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The Equalizer: Here's Our S05E15 "Deceptions" Preview, Season 5 Update
Along with our preview of tonight's episode of CBS's The Equalizer (S05E15: "Deceptions"), we have an updated look at what's still to come.
CBS and the creative team behind The Equalizer definitely want to make sure fans are prepared for what's to come as the Queen Latifah-starring hit series heads towards its season finale. Along with an official overview, image gallery, episode trailer, and sneak peeks for tonight's returning episode, S05E15: "Deceptions," we have the official overviews and image galleries for April 20th's S05E16: "Sins of the Father"(with Bosch: Legacy star Titus Welliver and Juani Feliz guest-starring in an episode that could lead to a spinoff) and April 27th's "Acceptance," and an official overview and some early images for the May 4th season finale, S05E18: "Decisions."
The Equalizer Season 5 Episodes 15 – 18: Season Finale Previews
The Equalizer Season 5 Episode 15: "Deception" – The team suspects Aunt Vi's (Lorraine Toussaint) friend Evelyn is being taken advantage of by a con man. Meanwhile, McCall (Queen Latifah) decides to take the day off equalizing and spend quality time with Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes). Written by Joe Gazzam and Rob Hanning and directed by Daniela Ruah, based on the original series by Richard Lindheim & Michael Sloan.
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The Equalizer Season 5 Episode 16: "Sins of the Father" – McCall (Queen Latifah) is contacted by Samantha Reed (Juani Feliz), whose father, ex-CIA agent Elijah Reed (Titus Welliver), is missing. While Samantha (Juani Feliz) joins forces with the Equalizer team to track down the agency legend, she learns more about her family's past in the Dominican Republic. Written by Joesph C. Wilson and directed by Geoff Shotz, based on the original series by Richard Lindheim & Michael Sloan.
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The Equalizer Season 5 Episode 17: "Acceptance" – When Dante's (Tory Kittles) brother, James (Neil Brown Jr.), seeks the team's help to clear his client's name in a shooting, they uncover a plot to bomb an international anti-terrorism conference. Meanwhile, Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes) gets ready for prom and learns she has been accepted to UCLA. Written by Stephen Lyons and directed by Darren Grant, based on the original series by Richard Lindheim & Michael Sloan.
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The Equalizer Season 5 Episode 18: "Decisions" – SEASON FINALE: While on a romantic getaway, McCall (Queen Latifah) and Dante (Tory Kittles) are abruptly ambushed by Salazar (Juan Javier Cardenas) and his army. Meanwhile, Aunt Vi (Lorraine Toussaint) finally decides to take the next step in her relationship with Captain Curtis (Christopher B. Duncan), and Dee (Laya DeLeon Hayes) meets with her favorite author who may be able to help her get into her dream university. Written by Joe Wilson & Rob Hanning and directed by Geoff Shotz, based on the original series by Richard Lindheim & Michael Sloan.
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CBS's The Equalizer is a reimagining of the classic series starring Academy Award nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah (Chicago, Bessie) as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to turn. McCall presents to most as an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is "The Equalizer" – an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who's also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption.
Robyn's clandestine work and her personal life often collide when her smart and observant daughter, Delilah, and her aunt Vi, who lives with Robyn to help her balance life as a working mother, struggle to conceal her vigilante career. While Robyn worries about the mental and emotional toll her work exacts on her family, she is joined in her pursuit of justice by Melody "Mel" Bayani, an edgy bar owner and sniper from Robyn's past who recently quit the Equalizer team to recover from post-traumatic stress disorder; and Harry Keshegian, a paranoid and brilliant white-hat hacker married to Mel. As Robyn aids the oppressed and exploited, she sometimes works with Marcus Dante, an NYPD detective and trusted friend who respects the need for Robyn's type of justice even as he often questions her methods.
The series stars Queen Latifah (Robyn McCall), Tory Kittles (Detective Marcus Dante), Adam Goldberg (Harry Keshegian), Liza Lapira (Melody "Mel" Bayani), and Laya DeLeon Hayes (Delilah) – with Lorraine Toussaint (Viola "Vi" Marsette). Developed for television by Andrew Marlowe and Terri Miller, as based on the original series co-created by Richard Lindheim, the series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with CBS Studios. Joseph C. Wilson, Dana Owens (Queen Latifah), Debra Martin Chase, Shakim Compere, John Davis, John Fox, Loretha Jones, and Rob Hanning serve as executive producers.
