The WORST episodes of The Equalizer

Every episode of The Equalizer ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 2/25/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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The Visitation
star
6.63
8 votes

#1 - The Visitation

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/1989

McCall's reunion with a former lover is interrupted when her medical skills are needed to deal with a deadly virus being carried by a pair of thugs responsible for killing an international arms dealer.

Directors: Bradford May
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Always a Lady
star
6.64
11 votes

#2 - Always a Lady

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1988

McCall's former protege at the Agency calls in a panic when she is apparently framed for the theft of a large amount of money from her gangster employer, but he arrives too late to save her life.

Directors: Marc Laub
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Video Games
star
6.69
13 votes

#3 - Video Games

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1988

A reporter's wife asks McCall to find her husband, who has disappeared while working undercover on a call-girl operation involving blackmail and the death of his daughter.

Directors: James A. Contner
Writer: Peter McCabe
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Race Traitors
star
6.70
10 votes

#4 - Race Traitors

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/11/1989

McCall answers a call for help from Kostmayer's old neighborhood, where a racist group is harassing a black family.

Directors: Robert E. Warren
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Regrets Only
star
6.70
10 votes

#5 - Regrets Only

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/1988

A young woman trying to start her life over faces continuing harassment from her upscale, professional husband who won't let her go but who is smart enough to conceal his activities.

Directors: James A. Contner
Writer: Robert Crais
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Prisoners of Conscience
star
6.73
11 votes

#6 - Prisoners of Conscience

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/27/1989

McCall's search for a kidnapped Chilean poet gets very intense when he learns the kidnapper killed his father many years ago.

Directors: Marc Laub
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Starfire
star
6.73
11 votes

#7 - Starfire

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/13/1989

McCall tries to help a girl and her friend, a confused man who claims to an extraterrestrial being hunted by killers.

Directors: Bradford May
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The Defector
star
6.73
150 votes

#8 - The Defector

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1985

McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.

Directors: Rod Holcomb
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Day of the Covenant
star
6.75
8 votes

#9 - Day of the Covenant

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/1988

Scott learns first hand about the anti-apartheid movement when his girl friend becomes the target of a zealous Afrikaner who believes she's a terrorist.

Directors: James A. Contner
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Making of a Martyr
star
6.75
8 votes

#10 - Making of a Martyr

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/11/1989

A gun control advocate whose husband was crippled by a stray bullet seeks McCall's help when she receives threatening phone calls.

Directors: Bradford May
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Trial by Ordeal
star
6.86
7 votes

#11 - Trial by Ordeal

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/1/1989

McCall becomes the defense counsel when a Company tribunal on charges of treason tries Control.

Directors: Marc Laub
Writer: Coleman Luck
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Splinters
star
6.86
7 votes

#12 - Splinters

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/1988

Mickey Kostmayer is captured when a Company operation fails, and he's turned against McCall using drugs and torture.

Directors: Paul Krasny
Writer: Coleman Luck
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Encounter in a Closed Room
star
6.87
15 votes

#13 - Encounter in a Closed Room

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1987

McCall tries to help a European defector free her parents from the KGB, who have kidnaped them to exert pressure on her to persuade another defector to return to their homeland.

Directors: Jim Johnston
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Silent Fury
star
6.90
10 votes

#14 - Silent Fury

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/8/1989

McCall tries to help a young woman who is one of the victims of a series of robberies directed against the deaf community.

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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Target of Choice
star
6.91
11 votes

#15 - Target of Choice

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/6/1988

A man fears for his life and that of his family when the murderer he helped put away is paroled and turns up living in his neighborhood.

Directors: Mark Sobel
Writer: Kevin Droney
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Unnatural Causes
star
6.96
54 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Alan Metzger
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Shadow Play
star
7.00
14 votes

#17 - Shadow Play

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1987

McCall helps a fellow Intelligence officer stay alive despite someone's efforts to keep him from talking to a Congressional committee.

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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Riding the Elephant
star
7.00
10 votes

#18 - Riding the Elephant

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1988

McCall helps a Thai boxer and his girl friend extricate themselves from the clutches of a racketeer with old connections to McCall's former employers.

Directors: Donald Petrie
Writer: M.K. Lorens
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Eighteen with a Bullet
star
7.00
9 votes

#19 - Eighteen with a Bullet

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/1988

McCall and Mickey try to help a young rock singer escape from her greedy, immoral manager.

Directors: Richard Compton
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The Child Broker
star
7.00
11 votes

#20 - The Child Broker

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1988

A young woman asks McCall to help her boyfriend break away from the control of a junior Fagin.

Directors: Mark Sobel
Writer: Mick Curran
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Dead Drop
star
7.03
60 votes

#21 - 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.

Directors: Donald Petrie
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A Community of Civilized Men
star
7.06
53 votes

#22 - A Community of Civilized Men

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1986

McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.

Directors: Alan Metzger
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Joyride
star
7.08
50 votes

#23 - Joyride

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/1986

Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.

Directors: Russ Mayberry
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The Mystery of Manon (2)
star
7.08
12 votes

#24 - The Mystery of Manon (2)

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/1988

Directors: Bradford May
Writer: Coleman Luck
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Out of the Past
star
7.09
57 votes

#25 - 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.

Directors: Richard Compton
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