The Equalizer: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Equalizer Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Prelude
Oct 8, 1986 · 48 min
Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
Nocturne
Oct 15, 1986 · 48 min
A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.
A Community of Civilized Men
Oct 22, 1986 · 48 min
McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
Joyride
Oct 29, 1986 · 48 min
Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
Shades of Darkness
Nov 5, 1986 · 48 min
McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
Nightscape
Nov 12, 1986 · 48 min
A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.
Counterfire
Nov 19, 1986 · 48 min
The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.
The Line
Nov 26, 1986 · 48 min
The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
Tip On a Sure Thing
Dec 3, 1986 · 48 min
A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
The Cup
Dec 10, 1986 · 48 min
Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
Heartstrings
Dec 17, 1986 · 48 min
A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
High Performance
Jan 7, 1987 · 48 min
A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
Beyond Control
Jan 14, 1987 · 48 min
Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.
Carnal Persuasion
Jan 21, 1987 · 48 min
A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
Memories of Manon (1)
Feb 4, 1987 · 48 min
Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his p
Memories of Manon (2)
Feb 11, 1987 · 48 min
Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his p
Solo
Feb 18, 1987 · 48 min
McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
A Place To Stay
Feb 25, 1987 · 48 min
A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.
Coal Black Soul
May 6, 1987 · 48 min
McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
First Light
May 13, 1987 · 48 min
While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
Hand and Glove
May 20, 1987 · 48 min
Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
Re-Entry
May 27, 1987 · 48 min
McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.