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The Worst Episodes of The Equalizer

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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 20 - Race Traitors
    5.9/10(79 votes)

    #1 - Race Traitors

    S4:E20

    McCall answers a call for help from Kostmayer's old neighborhood, where a racist group is harassing a black family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 5 - Encounter in a Closed Room
    6.7/10(65 votes)

    #2 - Encounter in a Closed Room

    S3:E5

    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
    Writers:Ann Lewis Hamilton, Scott Shepherd

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  3. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 5 - The Day of the Covenant
    6.7/10(59 votes)

    #3 - The Day of the Covenant

    S4:E5

    Scott learns first hand about the anti-apartheid movement when his girl friend becomes the target of a zealous Afrikaner who believes she's a terrorist.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Robert Eisele

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  4. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 12 - Reign of Terror
    6.8/10(128 votes)

    #4 - Reign of Terror

    S1:E12

    The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Steve Bello

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  5. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 10 - The Rehearsal
    6.8/10(69 votes)

    #5 - The Rehearsal

    S3:E10

    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

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  6. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 4 - In the Money
    6.9/10(79 votes)

    #6 - In the Money

    S3:E4

    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
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Ed Waters

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  7. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 6 - The Confirmation Day
    7.0/10(134 votes)

    #7 - The Confirmation Day

    S1:E6

    McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.

    Director:Richard A. Colla
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 8 - Shadow Play
    7.0/10(71 votes)

    #8 - Shadow Play

    S3:E8

    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

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  9. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 3 - The Defector
    7.1/10(164 votes)

    #9 - The Defector

    S1:E3

    McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Heywood Gould

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  10. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 8 - The Distant Fire
    7.1/10(127 votes)

    #10 - The Distant Fire

    S1:E8

    A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  11. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 4 - Joyride
    7.1/10(106 votes)

    #11 - Joyride

    S2:E4

    Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Charles Grant Craig

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  12. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 9 - Tip On a Sure Thing
    7.1/10(85 votes)

    #12 - Tip On a Sure Thing

    S2:E9

    A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.

    Director:Donald Petrie
    Writer:Scott Shepherd

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  13. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 12 - A Dance on the Dark Side
    7.1/10(69 votes)

    #13 - A Dance on the Dark Side

    S3:E12

    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

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  14. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 19 - Last Call
    7.1/10(64 votes)

    #14 - Last Call

    S3:E19

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

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Robert Crais

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  15. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 2 - China Rain
    7.2/10(189 votes)

    #15 - China Rain

    S1:E2

    McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writers:Joel Surnow, Victor Hsu

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  16. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 9 - Mama's Boy
    7.2/10(134 votes)

    #16 - Mama's Boy

    S1:E9

    A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Heywood Gould

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  17. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 16 - Wash Up
    7.2/10(108 votes)

    #17 - Wash Up

    S1:E16

    A window washer witnesses the murder of his pro-union partner by their anti-union boss, who has his own witnesses to back his self-defense claim.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  18. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 20 - No Conscience
    7.2/10(103 votes)

    #18 - No Conscience

    S1:E20

    A womanizer is abducted and threatened with death if he doesn't give his captors what they want-but he can't figure out what.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  19. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 10 - The Cup
    7.2/10(84 votes)

    #19 - The Cup

    S2:E10

    Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.

    Director:Mario DiLeo
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  20. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 20 - First Light
    7.2/10(71 votes)

    #20 - First Light

    S2:E20

    While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Jack V. Fogarty

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  21. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 15 - Something Green
    7.2/10(64 votes)

    #21 - Something Green

    S3:E15

    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

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  22. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 17 - Prisoners of Conscience
    7.2/10(63 votes)

    #22 - Prisoners of Conscience

    S4:E17

    McCall's search for a kidnapped Chilean poet gets very intense when he learns the kidnapper killed his father many years ago.

    Director:Marc Laub
    Writer:Robert Eisele

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  23. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 18 - Unnatural Causes
    7.3/10(113 votes)

    #23 - Unnatural Causes

    S1:E18

    McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Susan Woollen

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  24. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 22 - Pretenders
    7.3/10(108 votes)

    #24 - Pretenders

    S1:E22

    An aspiring reporter, desperate for a scoop that will get her notice and a promotion, becomes convinced that something big is happening right in the next apartment.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Scott Shepherd

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  25. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 11 - Heartstrings
    7.3/10(80 votes)

    #25 - Heartstrings

    S2:E11

    A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Loraine Despres

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Race Traitors" is the worst rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 5.9/10 based on 79 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/11/1989. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Encounter in a Closed Room".