The BEST episodes of The Equalizer season 1
Every episode of The Equalizer season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Equalizer season 1!
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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Back Home
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1985
A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
#7 - The Lock Box
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1985
McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
#8 - Reign of Terror
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1985
The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
#9 - Unpunished Crimes
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/1/1986
McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
#10 - China Rain
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1985
McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
#11 - Torn
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1986
McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
#12 - Desperately
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1985
A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
#13 - Pretenders
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/1986
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.
#14 - No Conscience
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/1986
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.
#15 - The Distant Fire
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1985
A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
#16 - Breakpoint
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1986
McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
#17 - Lady Cop
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1985
A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
#18 - Wash-Up
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1986
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.
#19 - Out of the Past
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/1986
An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
#20 - Dead Drop
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1986
McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
#21 - Unnatural Causes
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1986
McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
#22 - The Defector
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1985
McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.