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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 1

Every episode of The Equalizer Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 19 - Breakpoint
    8.0/10(136 votes)

    S1:E19

    McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Don Carlos Dunaway

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  2. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot: The Equalizer
    7.7/10(253 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  3. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 13 - Back Home
    7.7/10(118 votes)

    S1:E13

    A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  4. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 17 - Torn
    7.7/10(119 votes)

    S1:E17

    McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  5. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 4 - The Lock Box
    7.6/10(172 votes)

    S1:E4

    McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writers:Frank Military, Joel Surnow

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  6. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 11 - Desperately
    7.6/10(118 votes)

    S1:E11

    A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.

    Director:Donald Petrie
    Writer:Charles Grant Craig

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  7. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 14 - Out of the Past
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    S1:E14

    An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Cyrus Nowrasteh

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  8. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 21 - Unpunished Crimes
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    S1:E21

    McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:John Burke, Grenville Case

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  9. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 5 - Lady Cop
    7.5/10(165 votes)

    S1:E5

    A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  10. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 10 - Bump and Run
    7.5/10(137 votes)

    S1:E10

    Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  11. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 7 - The Children's Song
    7.4/10(150 votes)

    S1:E7

    Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  12. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 15 - Dead Drop
    7.4/10(125 votes)

    S1:E15

    McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.

    Director:Donald Petrie
    Writers:Maurice Hurley, Joel Surnow

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  13. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 18 - Unnatural Causes
    7.3/10(114 votes)

    S1:E18

    McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Susan Woollen

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  14. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 22 - Pretenders
    7.3/10(109 votes)

    S1:E22

    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.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Scott Shepherd

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  15. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 2 - China Rain
    7.2/10(191 votes)

    S1:E2

    McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writers:Joel Surnow, Victor Hsu

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  16. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 9 - Mama's Boy
    7.2/10(135 votes)

    S1:E9

    A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Heywood Gould

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  17. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 16 - Wash Up
    7.2/10(109 votes)

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  18. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 20 - No Conscience
    7.2/10(104 votes)

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  19. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 3 - The Defector
    7.1/10(166 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Heywood Gould

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  20. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 6 - The Confirmation Day
    7.0/10(136 votes)

    S1:E6

    McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.

    Director:Richard A. Colla
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 8 - The Distant Fire
    7.0/10(128 votes)

    S1:E8

    A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  22. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 12 - Reign of Terror
    6.7/10(129 votes)

    S1:E12

    The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Steve Bello

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Breakpoint" is the best rated episode of The Equalizer season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 136 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Scott Shepherd, Don Carlos Dunaway, it aired on February 19, 1986. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Pilot: The Equalizer".