The BEST episodes of The Equalizer

Every episode of The Equalizer ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Equalizer!

Robert McCall is a former agent of a shadowy, unnamed government agency, who is trying to make up for the unspoken sins of his past. His atonement comes in the form of an advertisement in a New York newspaper that features the quote: "Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer." McCall uses his finely honed skills and occasionally the agents and resources from his old agency to combat the injustices perpetrated against those who can't seek protection from the law.

Last Updated: 11/26/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Memories of Manon (1)
star
8.07
15 votes

#1 - Memories of Manon (1)

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1987

Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Coleman Luck
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Blood and Wine (1)
star
8.00
16 votes

#2 - Blood and 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.

Directors: Alan Metzger
Writer: Coleman Luck
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First Light
star
8.00
13 votes

#3 - First Light

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/13/1987

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

Directors: Richard Compton
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Mission: McCall (1)
star
7.89
18 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Alan Metzger
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A Place to Stay
star
7.76
17 votes

#5 - A Place to Stay

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1987

A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.

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The Confirmation Day
star
7.73
128 votes

#6 - The Confirmation Day

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1985

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

Directors: Richard A. Colla
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Hand and Glove
star
7.69
13 votes

#7 - Hand and Glove

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/20/1987

Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.

Directors: Alan Metzger
Writer: Coleman Luck
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High Performance
star
7.62
16 votes

#8 - High Performance

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1987

A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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Mama's Boy
star
7.61
67 votes

#9 - Mama's Boy

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1985

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

Directors: James Sheldon
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The Children's Song
star
7.60
73 votes

#10 - The Children's Song

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1985

Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.

Directors: Richard Compton
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Memories of Manon (2)
star
7.60
15 votes

#11 - Memories of Manon (2)

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1987

Directors: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Coleman Luck
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The Last Campaign
star
7.56
18 votes

#12 - The Last Campaign

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1988

The aide to an ambitious candidate for state senator discovers that her boss is blackmailing the incumbent into endorsing his candidacy.

Directors: Richard Compton
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Heart of Justice
star
7.55
11 votes

#13 - Heart of Justice

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/11/1989

A bitter man tries to get revenge on the men who brutalized his wife but he calls McCall when someone else gets them first.

Directors: Bradford May
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Solo
star
7.50
20 votes

#14 - Solo

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1987

McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.

Directors: Alan Metzger
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Mission: McCall (2)
star
7.50
16 votes

#15 - Mission: McCall (2)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1987

Directors: Alan Metzger
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Inner View
star
7.47
15 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Marc Laub
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The Equalizer
star
7.47
225 votes

#17 - The Equalizer

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1985

A former government agent offers his services to people facing problems too big for them to handle, such as a woman being stalked by a psychopath and a man who learns of a blackmail scheme involving government officials.

Directors: Rod Holcomb
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Something Green
star
7.45
11 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Luis Soto
Writer: Kevin Droney
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Bump and Run
star
7.44
96 votes

#19 - Bump and Run

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1985

Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.

Directors: Richard Compton
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Sea of Fire
star
7.44
16 votes

#20 - Sea of Fire

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/1988

A desperate high school principal calls on McCall for help in combating the gang responsible for the rape of a girl in the school gymnasium.

Directors: Alan Metzger
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Christmas Presence
star
7.40
10 votes

#21 - 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.

Writer: Coleman Luck
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Heartstrings
star
7.40
15 votes

#22 - Heartstrings

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1986

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

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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In the Money
star
7.38
16 votes

#23 - 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.

Directors: Aaron Lipstadt
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Counterfire
star
7.38
48 votes

#24 - Counterfire

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1986

The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.

Directors: Alan Metzger
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The Rehearsal
star
7.36
11 votes

#25 - 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.

Directors: Alan Metzger
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