It’s a throwback, but she’s “The Equalizer,” dammit, announcing her intentions to continue fighting the good fight by episode’s end.Ĭhris Noth is also on hand as William Bishop, Robyn’s onetime CIA colleague who now runs a private investigation firm in the city. We expect nothing less, and Robyn/Latifah delivers the goods (without breaking a sweat). She then uses her mad skills to solve the case and she’s a tough cookie, with an ingenious ability to work around any potential roadblock complemented by her flurries of fisticuffs, karate kicks, bashing in people’s heads … the usual stuff. “You think you can buy and sell the whole world!” Robyn barks at him, a predictable line that’s not exactly Shakespeare but hey, it makes its point. Lorraine Toussaint plays the ‘favorite auntie we all have’ in ‘The Equalizer’ That leads Robyn, who’s officially “retired,” and her crew of sidekicks - bearded (of course), iconoclastic computer hacker Harry Keshegian (Adam Goldberg) and Melody Bayani (Liza Lapira) - to a sleazy billionaire entrepreneur. “The Equalizer” opens in arresting fashion with the gunning down of a lawyer in a dark alley, an innocent young woman framed for the gangland-style murder.
(Robyn’s “cover story” is that she’s been working for a nonprofit organization all these years.) Queen Latifah stars in “The Equalizer,” which debuts post-Super Bowl - TV’s most coveted timeslot.
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This isn’t fully explained in the opener - nor are several other contextual narrative points - but I expect we’ll learn more about Robyn’s relationship with Delilah, and with Aunt Vi, as the series progresses. (There’s an allusion to things going wrong in Venezuela.) Divorced, she’s moved back to New York City, where her 15-year-old daughter, Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes), lives with Robyn’s Aunt Vi (Lorraine Toussaint), who’s been caring for the teenager in her mother’s frequent (and long) absences. The series reimagines the ’80s CBS series starring Edward Woodward, and the 2014 Denzel Washington movie, with Latifah as Robyn McCall, who’s left the CIA after a stellar career nabbing the bad guys. There’s nothing new here, at least not yet, but “The Equalizer” checks all the boxes, is well-acted with an appealing cast and features a strong lead character - which should be enough to warrant a decent shelf life. That remains to be seen, but Sunday night’s premiere gave us a snugly predictable drama in that formulaic network primetime kind of way.
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CBS knows this, of course, but is confident “The Equalizer” will attract a loyal core audience sufficient in today’s saturated TV landscape. That will earn the series, starring Queen Latifah, a huge onetime audience it will never approach again. Life can get crazy when your namesake is a sports figureĬBS obviously has high hopes for its reboot of “The Equalizer,” gifting it with a high-profile post-Super Bowl 2021 premiere - TV’s most coveted time slot. Gronk trolls Tom Brady over boozy Super Bowl celebrationīill Belichick gets cryptic when asked about Tom Brady phone call The great news is that The Equalizer Season 2 is happening, and hopefully, it will get a place in the fall schedule.Tom Brady blown away by Buccaneers’ Super Bowl ring However, there’s a bit of hope that it will be the last break until the end of the season. This break isn’t finishing up until May 2. It’s taking longer than normal to film episodes, which means the episodes airing are catching up to the episodes filmed a lot faster.
Shows are catching up to the episodes filmed and gone through post-production, which means weeks off now and then are necessary to get ahead once more. The pandemic has caused a few scheduling issues. Of course, this year, it just seems to be yet another break. It’s something that happens around this time every year, so really, it should be something viewers are used to. CBS is airing the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards. While this is partly because of the pandemic, this weekend was always going to be a weekend off.
Why isn’t The Equalizer new tonight, Sunday, April 18? Is there at least a rerun? You’ll need Paramount+ to check in on previous episodes because CBS isn’t airing a rerun tonight.
There isn’t going to be a new episode of The Equalizer tonight, Sunday, April 18. After just two new episodes coming off a month-long break, we’re back into another month-long break. Sadly, The Equalizer is one of those shows.