The BEST episodes of The Equalizer (2021)
Every episode of The Equalizer (2021) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Equalizer (2021)!
Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. McCall comes across to most as an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is 'The Equalizer'—an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who's also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption.
#1 - Exposed
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/15/2022
McCall’s determination to apprehend Mason Quinn, the criminal responsible for Bishop’s death, veers into a dangerous obsession that could cost her everything. Also, Delilah finally meets her mother’s vigilante team when she requires Harry and Mel’s help to prove a fellow classmate made her best friend a victim of revenge porn.
#2 - When Worlds Collide
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2021
Bishop comes to McCall, Harry and Mel for help when a terrorist from his past uncovers the identity of his adult son, a young man Bishop has kept secret for decades to safeguard him from his intelligence work. Also, Aunt Vi becomes nostalgic about a past romantic relationship when she receives a surprise visitor.
#3 - Reckoning
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/23/2021
McCall’s personal and professional lives collide when Delilah and her friends are threatened by a European crime syndicate for being eyewitnesses to the outfit’s execution of a drug cartel boss.
#4 - Shooter
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2021
Mel's past military expertise proves critical when McCall is hired by District Attorney Grafton to find a sniper on a killing spree, seemingly selecting victims at random. Also, Delilah experiences PTSD when the sniper shootings cause her to relive the trauma of her friend's fatal shooting.
#5 - D.W.B.
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/20/2022
McCall races to find Dante when he’s abducted by a pair of panicked deputies who fear reprisal, after they detained Dante without cause and used excessive force before realizing he’s a fellow cop. Alone and injured, Dante experiences hallucinations that reveal his complicated childhood.
#6 - The People Aren't Ready
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2021
McCall comes closer than ever to being captured when she races to prevent the murder of District Attorney Grafton, the prosecutor seeking to bring her to justice.
#7 - The Room Where it Happens
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/4/2021
Mel goes undercover as a volunteer for a rising politician when McCall tries to help a despondent college student being threatened by someone inside the candidate’s campaign. Also, McCall worries when Delilah starts hanging out with a young girl who served time in juvenile detention and reminds McCall of her own troubled youth
#8 - Hunting Grounds
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/2/2021
McCall races to find a woman kidnapped by a serial killer whose past crimes went undetected because the victims were from marginalized communities. Also, trouble arises for McCall when her vigilante activity puts her on Manhattan District Attorney Avery Grafton's radar.
#9 - Pulse
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/10/2022
McCall receives a desperate plea for help from her former CIA trainee, now a full-fledged agent, that leads her into a confrontation with Mason Quinn, the most dangerous enemy from her past in intelligence. In need of confidential information about the agent’s latest assignment, McCall forms a tentative alliance with Carter Griffin, a by-the-book CIA handler.
#10 - Leverage
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2021
McCall is hired by a concerned mother who suspects her teen son has joined a local gang, leading McCall to the boy's surprising motivation behind his spiraling behavior. Also, Delilah faces anxiety as she prepares to speak at her friend Jason's memorial service, and Dante worries when the new detective pursuing McCall sets his sights on unmasking the people closest to her.
#11 - Vox Populi
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/24/2022
When Aunt Vi is the lone juror on a murder trial who believes the defendant is innocent, McCall covertly investigates the case to find proof that Vi’s instincts are correct.
#12 - Separated
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/2/2022
McCall and Mel help a deported woman track down her son after she was separated from him while seeking asylum at the U.S. border. Also, Mel, McCall and Bishop exhaust every avenue to get Harry released from prison.
#13 - Hard Money
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/17/2022
McCall’s vigilante work further complicates her personal life when she is forced to ask her ex-husband, Dr. Miles Fulton, to help with a gunshot victim, one of two women being hunted by thieves after they witnessed a robbery.
#14 - Judgement Day
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2021
McCall endeavors to help an escaped prisoner wrongly accused of murder who is too distrustful of the justice system that failed him to accept her aid. Also, McCall worries when her daughter, Delilah, stops hanging out with a close friend, and Detective Dante's search for McCall takes an unexpected turn.
#15 - Followers
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2021
McCall is hired by an online group of true-crime enthusiasts to find the anonymous stalker of an unsuspecting NYC woman when the criminal claims he will murder her in eight hours.
#16 - True Believer
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/16/2021
McCall races to help a concerned wife locate her husband before he helps an extremist group carry out an imminent bombing in the city. Also, McCall worries that her anonymity will be compromised when Delilah asks her to participate in a mother/daughter social media video.
#17 - It Takes a Village
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2021
McCall investigates a community activist's staged suicide and uncovers a connection between his murder and his protests over local real estate development. Also, Delilah's driving lessons lead McCall and Aunt Vi to teach her an even bigger lesson regarding personal accountability.
#18 - Chinatown
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/6/2022
McCall and Mel work with a jaded ex-cop to find the killers of a beloved Chinese American restaurant owner, who was the victim of a hate crime masked to look like an accidental electrical fire.
#19 - The Kingdom
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2021
McCall finds herself in the crosshairs of a foreign government's intelligence agency when her friend Mira, a diplomat's daughter, seeks McCall's help to find her missing brother. Also, Dante faces suspicion from a fellow detective newly tasked by the district attorney to find the vigilante knows as the Equalizer.
#20 - The Milk Run
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/28/2021
Doing a favor for CIA Director Suri Nance goes awry for McCall when she tries to locate a missing British mathematician and finds herself embroiled in an international fight for a revolutionary financial technology.
#21 - Lifeline
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/2021
An overseas call for help from the daughter of McCall's deceased CIA mentor forces McCall, Mel and Harry to work remotely to aid the conflict journalist as she's pursued by a hit squad in France. Also, Aunt Vi becomes suspicious when McCall skips out on another family night for work.
#22 - Aftermath
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2021
Just as McCall considers ending her work as The Equalizer, she’s pulled back in when she takes on Detective Marcus Dante as a new client who needs her help to find an untraceable group of bank robbers.
#23 - What Dreams May Come
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/8/2022
McCall, Mel and Harry take a leap of faith when they help a self-proclaimed psychic, Julien, find his missing sister who he says is in imminent danger, according to his visions. Also, Delilah’s PTSD returns as she struggles under the weight of keeping McCall’s secrets and her worries about her mother’s safety.
#24 - Bout That Life
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2022
McCall becomes ensnared in a deadly battle between rival rap crews when she is hired by the wife of a famous rapper, Dilemma, to prove the musician is innocent of murdering a fellow artist.
#25 - Somewhere Over the Hudson
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/13/2022
McCall helps a mob accountant, Bert Singer, scour the city for a lost ledger of evidence he must provide to the FBI in exchange for entrance into the Federal Witness Protection Program. Also, Mel frets over how to tell her best friend, who comforted her for years about Harry’s death, that Harry never died at all.
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