The Equalizer: Season 1

2021 · 10 episodes · ★ 6.3

What Season 1 of The Equalizer

Robyn McCall is a former CIA operative living in New York City with her teenage daughter, Delilah. She carries a past that few people know about, and it still haunts her. Using the skills she developed during her years of service, she decides to help those who have nowhere else to turn. She takes on cases involving vulnerable people, from a teenager accused of murder to a mother whose son has been kidnapped. Her search for redemption weighs on every job. The central conflict lies in the tension between her family life and the street justice she delivers. Alongside Delilah is Aunt Vi, who also gets involved in the story.

10episodes

Feb 7, 2021premiered

May 23, 2021latest episode

7.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 The Equalizer
Feb 7, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 5.9
As McCall acclimates to civilian life, she is compelled to use her considerable resources to help Jewel, a teenager accused of murder and on the run from the criminals who framed her for the crime
Directed by: Liz Friedlander · Written by: Andrew W. Marlowe, Terri Edda Miller · Starring: Michael Rady, Lorna Courtney, Erica Camarano, Omara Torres II
1x02 Glory
Feb 14, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 5.4
McCall's online ad leads her to a mother whose son has been kidnapped by a human trafficker and will be executed unless she steals confidential information from her FBI agent employer. Also, McCall enlists Aunt Vi to help uncover a secret Delilah is keeping from them both.
Directing: Liz Friedlander · Writing: Andrew W. Marlowe, Terri Edda Miller · Starring: Charlie Semine, Erica Camarano, Fedna Jacquet, Quinn McCarthy
1x03 Judgement Day
Feb 21, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 6.0
McCall endeavors to help an escaped prisoner wrongly accused of murder who is too distrustful of the justice system that failed him to accept her aid. Also, McCall worries when her daughter, Delilah, stops hanging out with a close friend, and Detective Dante's search for McCall takes an unexpected turn.
Directed by: Solvan Naim · Written by: Erica Shelton Kodish · Starring: Erica Camarano, Jennifer Ferrin, Joe Perrino, Kyla Imani McMillan
1x04 It Takes a Village
Feb 28, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 5.8
McCall investigates a community activist's staged suicide and uncovers a connection between his murder and his protests over local real estate development. Also, Delilah's driving lessons lead McCall and Aunt Vi to teach her an even bigger lesson regarding personal accountability.
Directed by: Randall Zisk · Written by: Joseph C. Wilson · Starring: Marcus Callender, Jasmine Carmichael, Robert G. McKay, Scott Cohen
1x05 The Milk Run
Mar 28, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 5.8
When McCall tries to locate a missing British mathematician, she finds herself embroiled in an international fight for a revolutionary financial technology.
Directing: Peter Leto · Writing: Keith Eisner · Starring: Christian Coulson, Philip Goodwin, Laila Robins, Nia Madison Thompson
1x06 The Room Where It Happens
Apr 4, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 6.9
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
Directed by: Stephanie A. Marquardt · Written by: Zoe Robyn · Starring: Kevin Chapman, David Furr, Luis Antonio Ramos, Rockzana Flores
1x07 Hunting Grounds
May 2, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 6.8
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.
Directed by: Christine Moore · Written by: Joe Gazzam · Starring: Jennifer Ferrin, Frank Pando, Tyler Marcel Williams, Destin Khari
1x08 Lifeline
May 9, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 6.9
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.
Directed by: Randall Zisk · Written by: Joseph C. Wilson · Starring: Kaci Walfall, Alexandra Socha, Ken Allen Neely, Faruk Amireh
1x09 True Believer
May 16, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 6.0
McCall races to help a concerned wife locate her husband before he helps an extremist group carry out an imminent bombing in the city. Also, McCall worries that her anonymity will be compromised when Delilah asks her to participate in a mother/daughter social media video.
Directing: Laura Belsey · Writing: Keith Eisner · Starring: Jennifer Ferrin, Krystal Joy Brown, Giancarlo Vidrio, David Call
1x10 Reckoning Season Finale
May 23, 2021 · 43 min · ★ 7.1
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.
Directed by: Benny Boom · Written by: Joseph C. Wilson · Starring: Frank Pando, Danny Johnson, Jamie McRae, Jenny Strassburg