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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer

Every episode of The Equalizer ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Equalizer!

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Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 16 - Vox Populi
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Vox Populi

    S2:E16

    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.

    Director:Carl Seaton
    Writer:Zoe Robyn

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  2. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 4 - The People Aren’t Ready
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #2 - The People Aren’t Ready

    S2:E4

    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

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Joseph C. Wilson

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  3. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 13 - D.W.B.
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #3 - D.W.B.

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:Solvan Naim
    Writer:Joseph C. Wilson

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  4. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 10 - Reckoning
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Reckoning

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Benny Boom
    Writer:Joseph C. Wilson

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  5. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 11 - Chinatown
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Chinatown

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:Zoe Robyn

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  6. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 1 - Aftermath
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Aftermath

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Solvan Naim
    Writers:Andrew W. Marlowe, Terri Edda Miller

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  7. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 6 - Shooter
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Shooter

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Milena Govich
    Writer:Joe Gazzam

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  8. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 8 - Separated
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Separated

    S2:E8

    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. Mel, McCall and Bishop exhaust every avenue to get Harry released from prison.

    Director:Neema Barnette
    Writer:Erica Shelton Kodish

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  9. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 12 - Somewhere Over the Hudson
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Somewhere Over the Hudson

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:John Krokidas
    Writer:Rob Hanning

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  10. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 15 - Hard Money
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Hard Money

    S2:E15

    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.

    Director:Hernán Otaño
    Writer:Erica Shelton Kodish

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  11. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 17 - What Dreams May Come
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #11 - What Dreams May Come

    S2:E17

    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.

    Director:Millicent Shelton
    Writer:Rob Hanning

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  12. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 18 - Exposed
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Exposed

    S2:E18

    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. Second season finale.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writers:Andrew W. Marlowe, Terri Edda Miller, Joseph C. Wilson

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  13. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 6 - The Room Where It Happens
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #13 - The Room Where It Happens

    S1:E6

    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

    Director:Stephanie A. Marquardt
    Writer:Zoe Robyn

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  14. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 7 - Hunting Grounds
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Hunting Grounds

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writer:Joe Gazzam

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  15. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 8 - Lifeline
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Lifeline

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Joseph C. Wilson

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  16. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 2 - The Kingdom
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #16 - The Kingdom

    S2:E2

    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

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Zoe Robyn

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  17. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 3 - Leverage
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Leverage

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writers:Erica Shelton Kodish, Keith Eisner

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  18. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 5 - Followers
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Followers

    S2:E5

    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

    Director:Mark Polish
    Writer:Zoe Robyn

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  19. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 14 - Pulse
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Pulse

    S2:E14

    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.

    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:Joe Gazzam

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  20. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 3 - Blind Justice
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Blind Justice

    S4:E3

    After a high-powered real estate developer is killed by a moving subway train, his widow hires McCall to investigate his death. Meanwhile, Aunt Vi and Dee visit an old neighbor living in a nursing home who may need their help.

    Director:Geoff Wing Shotz
    Writer:Adam Glass

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  21. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 9 - The Big Take
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #21 - The Big Take

    S4:E9

    When a conman from Dante’s past attacks a prison transport, McCall and the team race to take him down. Meanwhile, Aunt Vi and Dee’s girls’ trip is suddenly derailed when they find a woman squatting in their home, and Harry risks his relationship with Mel when Fisk pulls him deeper into his secret mission.

    Director:Millicent Shelton
    Writers:Vanessa K. Herron, Onalee Hunter

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  22. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 7 - When Worlds Collide
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #22 - When Worlds Collide

    S2:E7

    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

    Director:John Terlesky
    Writer:Rob Hanning

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  23. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 15 - No Way Out
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #23 - No Way Out

    S3:E15

    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.

    Director:Richard Lyons
    Writers:Rob Hanning, Vanessa K. Herron

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  24. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 2 - Full Throttle
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Full Throttle

    S4:E2

    After a young girl is struck by a car in an illegal street race, McCall tracks down the person responsible for the hit-and-run. Meanwhile, Dee contemplates the idea of following in her mother's footsteps to join the armed forces.

    Director:Solvan Naim
    Writer:Joseph C. Wilson

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  25. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 9 - Second Chance
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Second Chance

    S3:E9

    McCall and Dante's relationship is tested when a conman the NYPD has been building a years-long case against kidnaps a relative of McCall's client and forces him to assist in a heist in order to save them.

    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:Christopher B. Derrick

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Best Episodes Summary

"Vox Populi" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 7.3/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Carl Seaton and written by Zoe Robyn, it aired on 4/24/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The People Aren’t Ready".