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 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Where There's Smoke
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2022
The team helps an NYFD firefighter’s daughter when her father suddenly goes missing. Also, Aunt Vi and Delilah continue to cope after McCall’s abduction.
#22 - The Whistleblower
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/2024
After Mel is reunited with her brother, McCall helps him blow the whistle on his former unit's unethical practices before it's too late. Aunt Vi and Trish's relationship becomes fractured by Vi's need to protect McCall's true identity.
#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 - 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.
#25 - 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.