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The Equalizer

7.3IMDb322 votesWorth your time
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2021 – 20255 seasons · 74 episodesTV-14Canceled
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

Robyn McCall

74 eps

Tory Kittles

Tory Kittles

Detective Marcus Dante

74 eps

Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg

Harry Keshegian

74 eps

Liza Lapira

Liza Lapira

Melody 'Mel' Bayan

74 eps

Laya DeLeon Hayes

Laya DeLeon Hayes

Delilah 'Dee' Fulton

74 eps

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint

Viola 'Vi' Marsette

74 eps

Chris Noth

Chris Noth

William Bishop

15 eps

Charlie Semine

Charlie Semine

Frank Sadler

1 eps

Michael Rady

Michael Rady

Reese Pruitt

1 eps

Lorna Courtney

Jewel Machado

1 eps

Erica Camarano

Erica Camarano

Detective Paley

5 eps

Omara Torres II

Officer Hollister

1 eps

Jimonn Cole

James Burke

1 eps

Wadi Jones

Chance Covac

1 eps

Adam Feingold

Douchie Guy

1 eps

Kazy Tauginas

Kazy Tauginas

Dmitry

1 eps

Jamie Geiger

Finance Bro

1 eps

Cormac Bluestone

Cormac Bluestone

Jack Gaynor

1 eps

Meg Bussert

Old Lady

1 eps

Smitty Chai

Smitty Chai

Officer Nolan

1 eps

Daniel Passaro

Henry Willard

1 eps

Brittany Bellizeare

Calista Thibideaux

1 eps

Jennifer Ferrin

Jennifer Ferrin

D.A. Avery Grafton

11 eps

Brett Dalton

Brett Dalton

Carter Griffin

4 eps

Nathan Hinton

Nathan Hinton

Cecil

2 eps

Veralyn Jones

Veralyn Jones

Kat

2 eps

Imani Lewis

Imani Lewis

Kisha Griffin

2 eps

Cristina Angelica

Cristina Angelica

Vera Franks

2 eps

Frank Pando

Frank Pando

Capt. Tony Torres

4 eps

Kyla Imani McMillan

Kyla Imani McMillan

Jasmine

2 eps

Krystal Joy Brown

Krystal Joy Brown

Kelly

2 eps

Tony DeMil

Tony DeMil

Kostya (uncredited)

5 eps

Kaci Walfall

Kaci Walfall

Nicki

2 eps

Tyler Marcel Williams

Tyler Marcel Williams

Stefon Dante

4 eps

Destin Khari

Destin Khari

Kyler Dante

3 eps

Danny Johnson

Danny Johnson

Benjamin 'Big Ben' Dante

5 eps

Jamie McRae

Tori Roberts

2 eps

Dave Granholm

Lindheim Academy Teacher (uncredited)

2 eps

Rob Giumarra

Rob Giumarra

Reporter

2 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How The Equalizer actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

The Equalizer reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Emotional Weight.

Character DepthVery strong8.0

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

SerializedVery strong7.0

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Emotional WeightStrong6.6

How much the series is designed to affect you.

TensionStrong6.5

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Cliffhanger IntensityStrong5.5

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

BingeabilityPresent5.3

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

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

The run

Seasons

5 seasons · 74 episodes.

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    202110 episodes

    6.1IMDb

    Best episode · S01E10 Reckoning

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    202118 episodes

    6.7IMDb

    Best episode · S02E16 Vox Populi

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    202218 episodes

    7.3IMDb

    Best episode · S03E11 Never Again

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    202410 episodes

    7.8IMDb

    Best episode · S04E09 The Big Take

  • Official poster for Season 5

    Season 5 · Complete

    Season 5

    202418 episodes

    5.1IMDb

    Best episode · S05E01 The Lost Ones

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Vox Populi

S02E16

Vox Populi

7.2IMDb5 votes

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.

24 Apr 202243 min
Still from D.W.B.

S02E13

D.W.B.

7.0IMDb5 votes

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.

20 Mar 202243 min
Still from Chinatown

S02E11

Chinatown

7.0IMDb6 votes

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.

6 Mar 202243 min
Still from The People Aren’t Ready

S02E04

The People Aren’t Ready

7.0IMDb5 votes

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

31 Oct 202143 min
Still from Reckoning

S01E10

Reckoning

7.0IMDb7 votes

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.

23 May 202143 min
Still from Aftermath

S02E01

Aftermath

6.8IMDb6 votes

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.

10 Oct 202143 min

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Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Writing

Direction

Cinematography

Music

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