The Equalizer

Previously on The Equalizer...

I'm the one you call

when you can't call 911.

This is Melody, one of my oldest friends.

Trouble's my specialty.

How's it going, Harry?

Enjoying being dead?

You got him out of one life sentence

and straight into another.

Why do I have a feeling this is not a social call?

I need those freaky-ass superpowers of yours.

Delilah, no matter what I do, I'm always your mom.

I know that you lied to me.

Dee, there are things in this world,

things that no one should have to experience.

Make sure you send me that.

No!

Call 911!

There's a new cop on you.

Thanks for the intel, Detective.

You knew, didn't you?

That she wouldn't be there.

Never seen unless she wants to be.

I'm just getting started.

Empty your pockets. Empty them.

Huh?

Show 'em! Wash them dishes, punk.

Back already, Baby Boy?

What you need? That Molly.

Only five again?

Nah. 25.

Upping your game, son?

You know how it is.

I'm just trying to get paid.

Yeah, say less. We got you.

Where you at? Hey, give me that.

Man. Hey, get him.

Put your hands down.

Get your ass back... That's what happens

when you steal from Lamar Starks.

But if you really trying to get paid,

fall through tomorrow, all right?

I got some people I want you to meet.

A'ight. Bet. A'ight?

You ain't nothing right now, huh?

Boy, where the hell you been?

I had some stuff to take care of.

Stuff like what?

You were supposed to take me to the market.

What's going on with you? One minute,

everything's fine, the next minute,

you're sneaking around, acting all strange.

Everything's fine, Ma. Really.

What's in the bag?

You done lost your damn mind.

Sorry.

I got to go. Where are you going?

You just got here. I'll see you later.

Come back here, Malik.

Malik!

Please, don't even bother.

I read it online already.

Sounds like they

still have no idea who you are.

Yeah, and I want to keep it that way.

Those rolls. Mmm.

They smell like some of my sweetest memories.

Grandma's recipe.

She used to make it for your dad and I

when we were little. Yeah.

I remember he used to light up every time he talked about them.

Thought maybe they could help Delilah get through her day.

Mm.

You set? Uh, yeah.

I just...

hope I don't start crying talking about Jason

in front of the whole school.

Keep thinking about his laugh.

That was the last thing I heard before the gunfire started.

No shame in how you feel, baby.

Yeah, that's what memorials are for.

To share your feelings.

Celebrate the ones you love

by keeping them alive in your heart.

Yeah.

Like how every time you make these cinnamon rolls, Aunt Vi,

they remind you of your mom's kitchen?

Yep.

So, when you're up on that stage today--

ooh-- talking about Jason,

you just remember that your great-gran, your aunt

and your mother

are right there with you.

Can we go?

I want to get there early.

Yeah, let's do it.

Got somewhere I got to be, anyway.

Don't touch my rolls. Go on. Go on.

Malik's a senior this year.

He's got a district science scholarship to college.

Handsome young man.

Wish the world still saw him as young.

He's at that age, what they see is a threat.

How can I help?

He's always been a good kid.

Never been in trouble a day in his life.

But something's up with him.

He's keeping odd hours.

Jumps when his phone rings.

He's never kept a secret from me ever.

But now...

You're worried the streets got him.

I lost his father.

I don't want to lose him.

I know

this may seem like a small thing to someone like you, but...

It's not small to you.

That's your boy.

I'll see what I can do to help.

Does Malik have a cell phone?

Appreciate the difficult position this puts you in.

Tracking people like her is supposed to be your specialty,

but all I'm hearing are excuses.

So, you say you appreciate the position you're putting me in?

Then do something about it.

Detective.

Little coffee with your ass chewing?

This wouldn't happen to do with that article

that dropped this morning?

I don't get you, Dante.

That kind of press,

a vigilante making reckless choices

and endangering the public,

makes us all look bad. You especially.

So why are you okay with it? Who said I was?

You. When you let her slip

through your fingers. You haven't even gotten a whiff.

I've only been on it a minute.

But I did figure out why you came up short.

Do tell.

You don't chase someone whose whole M.O. is hiding.

You chase the folks she's mixed up with.

They're gonna lead me right to her.

Seem pretty sure of yourself.

Don't take it personally.

Hunting big game, it's not always easy

to know which weapon to use.

Hey, Malik?

Malik.

Hey. Hey, Malik.

Malik. Malik!

Listen, I just want to talk.

Hey! Hey,

what are you doing? Stop! Come on.

Let's go.

Oh, yeah. Yeah?

Yeah. Feel cold air circulating around my ears.

You said

you were tired of looking like a caveman. No, I know.

I just, you know... No, it's good. You know,

I want to make sure it was nice and tight. You know, if I...

I can go in tighter if you want. No, I'm good.

Oh, lookee here.

Well, if it isn't our mysterious vigilante.

I like the picture.

Not sure I ever noticed the big question mark on your face.

Look, you can give me a hard time later.

My client's kid just got abducted.

Now, his mom said he might be into drugs,

but these didn't look like drug dealers.

I need you to run a plate for me.

All right, what do you got?

Gray van. New York BNQ-1925.

It's registered

to Mike Skocroft.

Who's Mike Skocroft? Whoa.

Looks like someone who doesn't exist.

What do you mean? Means the registration's a fake.

Even the address isn't a real address.

Whoever owns this van

really doesn't want anybody to know who they are.

What the hell is Malik into?

Harry, what about tracking Malik's phone's GPS?

It's been turned off.

Probably by the person who grabbed him.

I'm sorry, Rob. Uh, there's just not much I can do

with a plate registered to a fake name and address.

Check the DMV file for that plate.

Maybe there's an alert flag buried in its code.

Matter of fact, there is.

It's set to send an email anytime anybody runs the plate.

How'd you know that? Where does the email go?

New York Field Division. DEA.

Ah, so the guys who snatched Malik were undercovers.

That's why the registration was fake.

The DEA's always notified

whenever someone runs their plates.

Right, to let them know if anyone's poking around their op.

Don't worry. I was really careful.

What do undercovers want with Malik?