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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 3

Every episode of The Equalizer Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 3!

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.

Genres:Action & AdventureCrimeDrama
Network:CBS

Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Equalizer" season 3 is "Blood & Wine (1)", rated 8/10 from 85 user votes. It was directed by Alan Metzger and written by Coleman Luck. "Blood & Wine (1)" aired on 9/23/1987 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Blood & Wine (2)".

  • Blood & Wine (1)
    8.0/10 85 votes

    #1 - Blood & Wine (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1987

    McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies.

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Coleman Luck

  • Blood & Wine (2)
    8.0/10 81 votes

    #2 - Blood & Wine (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1987

    McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies.

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Coleman Luck

  • Suspicion of Innocence
    7.4/10 82 votes

    #3 - Suspicion of Innocence

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1987

    McCall regrets persuading a young retarded friend of his into going to the police after he witnesses a murder; he's arrested for the crime.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Robert Eisele

  • In the Money
    7.2/10 76 votes

    #4 - In the Money

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1987

    The trading on Wall Street gets a little rough; McCall and Mickey pull a half-drowned woman from the river after she gets in the way of some ruthless manipulators.

    Director: Aaron Lipstadt

    Writer: Scott Shepherd, Ed Waters

  • Encounter in a Closed Room
    7.0/10 62 votes

    #5 - Encounter in a Closed Room

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1987

    McCall tries to help a European defector free her parents from the KGB, who have kidnaped them to exert pressure on her to persuade another defector to return to their homeland.

    Director: Jim Johnston

    Writer: Scott Shepherd, Ann Lewis Hamilton

  • Mission: McCall (1)
    7.5/10 74 votes

    #6 - Mission: McCall (1)

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1987

    Scott discovers that his father has been kidnapped by someone, and following his father's instructions, contacts an old Company colleague, Richard Dyson, who sets things in motion to find out who has McCall and to get him back.

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Scott Shepherd, Ed Waters

  • Mission: McCall (2)
    7.4/10 74 votes

    #7 - Mission: McCall (2)

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1987

    Scott discovers that his father has been kidnapped by someone, and following his father's instructions, contacts an old Company colleague, Richard Dyson, who sets things in motion to find out who has McCall and to get him back.

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Scott Shepherd, Ed Waters

  • Shadow Play
    7.3/10 65 votes

    #8 - Shadow Play

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1987

    McCall helps a fellow Intelligence officer stay alive despite someone's efforts to keep him from talking to a Congressional committee.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Robert Eisele

  • Inner View
    7.4/10 67 votes

    #9 - Inner View

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1987

    A psychic can't convince the police that she has `seen' the next attack of a serial killer, so she turns to McCall for help in preventing it.

    Director: Marc Laub

    Writer: Jim Trombetta

  • The Rehearsal
    6.9/10 67 votes

    #10 - The Rehearsal

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1987

    McCall and Kostmayer are caught with an acting company rehearsing a new work when a psychopath boobytraps the theater exits with bombs.

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Robert Eisele

  • Christmas Presence
    7.6/10 72 votes

    #11 - Christmas Presence

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1987

    McCall asks Harley to help him handle a request for help from a six-year-old AIDS victim who is living with his grandmother and facing increasingly violent harassment from the frightened and angry neighbors.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: Coleman Luck

  • A Dance on the Dark Side
    7.4/10 65 votes

    #12 - A Dance on the Dark Side

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1988

    A police station switchboard operator overhears a detective discussing the murder of his former partner and goes to McCall for help when she receives threats to keep her quiet.

    Director: Jonathan Perry

    Writer: David Lightstone

  • The Child Broker
    7.8/10 68 votes

    #13 - The Child Broker

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1988

    A young woman asks McCall to help her boyfriend break away from the control of a junior Fagin.

    Director: Mark Sobel

    Writer: Mick Curran

  • Video Games
    7.8/10 60 votes

    #14 - Video Games

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1988

    A reporter's wife asks McCall to find her husband, who has disappeared while working undercover on a call-girl operation involving blackmail and the death of his daughter.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Peter McCabe

  • Something Green
    7.2/10 60 votes

    #15 - Something Green

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1988

    The ex-wife of a European diplomat asks McCall to help her retrieve her son from his father before he can leave the country with the boy and $10 million in mob money.

    Director: Luis Soto

    Writer: Kevin Droney

  • The Mystery of Manon (1)
    7.9/10 69 votes

    #16 - The Mystery of Manon (1)

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/1988

    Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.

    Director: Bradford May

    Writer: Coleman Luck

  • The Mystery of Manon (2)
    7.8/10 63 votes

    #17 - The Mystery of Manon (2)

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/1988

    Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.

    Director: Bradford May

    Writer: Coleman Luck

  • No Place Like Home
    7.7/10 72 votes

    #18 - No Place Like Home

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/1988

    McCall comes to the aid of a recently dispossessed man and his family who has been moved in a welfare hotel and is facing pressure from the landlord to take part in his welfare scams.

    Director: Tobe Hooper

    Writer: Robert Eisele

  • Last Call
    7.3/10 62 votes

    #19 - Last Call

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/23/1988

    A rapist being hunted by a mob assassin takes hostage Kostmayer, Pete and several customers.

    Director: Michael O'Herlihy

    Writer: Robert Crais

  • Regrets Only
    7.7/10 66 votes

    #20 - Regrets Only

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/1988

    A young woman trying to start her life over faces continuing harassment from her upscale, professional husband who won't let her go but who is smart enough to conceal his activities.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Robert Crais

  • Target of Choice
    7.5/10 61 votes

    #21 - Target of Choice

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/6/1988

    A man fears for his life and that of his family when the murderer he helped put away is paroled and turns up living in his neighborhood.

    Director: Mark Sobel

    Writer: Kevin Droney

  • Always a Lady
    7.7/10 61 votes

    #22 - Always a Lady

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1988

    McCall's former protege at the Agency calls in a panic when she is apparently framed for the theft of a large amount of money from her gangster employer, but he arrives too late to save her life.

    Director: Marc Laub

    Writer: N/A