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 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Acceptance
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/27/2025
When Dante’s brother, James, seeks the team’s help to clear his client’s name in a shooting, they uncover a plot to bomb an international anti-terrorism conference. Meanwhile, Delilah prepares for prom and learns she has been accepted to UCLA.
#8 - Boom
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2022
In the aftermath of her abduction, the walls between McCall’s family and vigilante life continue to crumble as those closest to her must come together for the first time to save her.
#9 - No Way Out
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/23/2023
Aunt Vi enlists the help of McCall and the team when she realizes her masseuse is a victim of domestic abuse. Also, McCall trains Dee on situational awareness and Dante goes against orders by chasing after the man who shot his friend Manny.
#10 - A Time to Kill
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2022
After a teen girl dies from fentanyl-laced pills, a vigilante goes on a killing spree and McCall becomes a suspect.
#11 - Taken
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/9/2025
After a little boy disappears from a mall, McCall and the team track down the missing child. Meanwhile, Aunt Vi and Captain Curtis clear the air about what happened during their ride along.
#12 - Blowback
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2022
When a smuggler being detained by the CIA must be transferred quickly to a secure debriefing site, McCall works with Carter Griffin to ensure he arrives unharmed. Also, Dante deals with the possibility of his father being released from prison.
#13 - 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
#14 - 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.
#15 - Decisions
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/2025
While on a romantic getaway, McCall and Dante are abruptly ambushed by Salazar and his army. Meanwhile, Aunt Vi finally decides to take the next step in her relationship with Captain Curtis, and Dee meets with her favorite author who may be able to help her get into her dream university.
#16 - Do No Harm
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/5/2023
When the mother of a patient dying of a rare brain disease holds a hospital hostage in an attempt to get her daughter a lifesaving surgery, McCall races to resolve the situation peacefully while dealing with pushback from government forces.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Never Again
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/12/2023
After a string of antisemitic hate crimes terrorizes a local community, Harry reconnects with his Jewish faith as he leads the team in finding the culprit before they attack again. Also, McCall must calculate what extremes she will go to in order to win custody of Delilah.
#20 - Sacrifice
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/2024
Team races to rescue a young hacker in danger.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Paradise Lost
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2022
After Misty, a superstar singer deciding to retire, receives a terrifying fan letter, her head of security hires McCall to track down the culprit.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Justified
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/14/2023
When a note McCall receives leads her to the location of her late father’s car, she must revisit the past to uncover who was behind his carjacking and murder nearly 30 years prior.
#25 - 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.