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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 3

Every episode of The Equalizer Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 3!

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Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 1 - Blood & Wine (1)
    8.0/10(88 votes)

    #1 - Blood & Wine (1)

    S3:E1

    McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  2. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 2 - Blood & Wine (2)
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #2 - Blood & Wine (2)

    S3:E2

    McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  3. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 3 - Suspicion of Innocence
    7.4/10(85 votes)

    #3 - Suspicion of Innocence

    S3:E3

    McCall regrets persuading a young retarded friend of his into going to the police after he witnesses a murder; he's arrested for the crime.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Robert Eisele

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  4. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 4 - In the Money
    7.0/10(80 votes)

    #4 - In the Money

    S3:E4

    The trading on Wall Street gets a little rough; McCall and Mickey pull a half-drowned woman from the river after she gets in the way of some ruthless manipulators.

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Ed Waters

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  5. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 5 - Encounter in a Closed Room
    6.9/10(66 votes)

    #5 - Encounter in a Closed Room

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writers:Ann Lewis Hamilton, Scott Shepherd

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  6. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 6 - Mission: McCall (1)
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    #6 - Mission: McCall (1)

    S3:E6

    Scott discovers that his father has been kidnapped by someone, and following his father's instructions, contacts an old Company colleague, Richard Dyson, who sets things in motion to find out who has McCall and to get him back.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Ed Waters

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  7. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 7 - Mission: McCall (2)
    7.4/10(78 votes)

    #7 - Mission: McCall (2)

    S3:E7

    Scott discovers that his father has been kidnapped by someone, and following his father's instructions, contacts an old Company colleague, Richard Dyson, who sets things in motion to find out who has McCall and to get him back.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Ed Waters

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  8. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 8 - Shadow Play
    7.1/10(70 votes)

    #8 - Shadow Play

    S3:E8

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

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Robert Eisele

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  9. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 9 - Inner View
    7.4/10(70 votes)

    #9 - Inner View

    S3:E9

    A psychic can't convince the police that she has `seen' the next attack of a serial killer, so she turns to McCall for help in preventing it.

    Director:Marc Laub
    Writer:Jim Trombetta

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  10. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 10 - The Rehearsal
    6.9/10(69 votes)

    #10 - The Rehearsal

    S3:E10

    McCall and Kostmayer are caught with an acting company rehearsing a new work when a psychopath boobytraps the theater exits with bombs.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Robert Eisele

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  11. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 11 - Christmas Presence
    7.5/10(77 votes)

    #11 - Christmas Presence

    S3:E11

    McCall asks Harley to help him handle a request for help from a six-year-old AIDS victim who is living with his grandmother and facing increasingly violent harassment from the frightened and angry neighbors.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  12. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 12 - A Dance on the Dark Side
    7.2/10(70 votes)

    #12 - A Dance on the Dark Side

    S3:E12

    A police station switchboard operator overhears a detective discussing the murder of his former partner and goes to McCall for help when she receives threats to keep her quiet.

    Director:Jonathan Perry
    Writer:David Lightstone

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  13. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 13 - The Child Broker
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    #13 - The Child Broker

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Mick Curran

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  14. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 14 - Video Games
    7.7/10(64 votes)

    #14 - Video Games

    S3:E14

    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.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Peter McCabe

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  15. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 15 - Something Green
    7.3/10(65 votes)

    #15 - Something Green

    S3:E15

    The ex-wife of a European diplomat asks McCall to help her retrieve her son from his father before he can leave the country with the boy and $10 million in mob money.

    Director:Luis Soto
    Writer:Kevin Droney

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  16. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 16 - The Mystery of Manon (1)
    7.9/10(72 votes)

    #16 - The Mystery of Manon (1)

    S3:E16

    Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  17. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 17 - The Mystery of Manon (2)
    7.8/10(67 votes)

    #17 - The Mystery of Manon (2)

    S3:E17

    Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  18. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 18 - No Place Like Home
    7.7/10(76 votes)

    #18 - No Place Like Home

    S3:E18

    McCall comes to the aid of a recently dispossessed man and his family who has been moved in a welfare hotel and is facing pressure from the landlord to take part in his welfare scams.

    Director:Tobe Hooper
    Writer:Robert Eisele

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  19. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 19 - Last Call
    7.3/10(65 votes)

    #19 - Last Call

    S3:E19

    A rapist being hunted by a mob assassin takes hostage Kostmayer, Pete and several customers.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Robert Crais

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  20. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 20 - Regrets Only
    7.7/10(69 votes)

    #20 - Regrets Only

    S3:E20

    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.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Robert Crais

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  21. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 21 - Target of Choice
    7.4/10(65 votes)

    #21 - Target of Choice

    S3:E21

    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.

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Kevin Droney

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  22. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 22 - Always a Lady
    7.6/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Always a Lady

    S3:E22

    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.

    Director:Marc Laub
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Blood & Wine (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Alan Metzger and written by Coleman Luck, it aired on 9/23/1987. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Blood & Wine (2)".