The Equalizer

Previously on The Equalizer...

- I was trained by the best. - Damn right you were.

I serve as an equalizer.

It's what I was put on this earth to do.

I want you to resurrect me.

- You serious, babe? - I just want to live

preferably without being arrested by the Feds

for leaking military secrets.

That's a tall order, Harry.

Have you ever had an asset

- who had to disappear? - A few.

Ever try to bring one back?

Just how deep in the cold are they?

- The Arctic. - From what I've learned,

sometimes there just isn't a way back home.

It's about time.

This guy is smart.

Sophisticated obfuscation protocol, which...

Did you get it or not?

Yes.

Okay, you got me up early on a Saturday morning.

Sorry to cut into your family time.

Speaking of family,

how's Delilah?

Making progress.

Therapy's helping,

and she wants to invite you over

for dinner so you could spill all my secrets.

Hey, you didn't rush me down here so you could ask about Dee.

Why are you redlining?

I don't redline.

Tell that to your eyebrows.

Someone's hit my personal server with a cyberattack.

Some hacktivist group.

They want millions, or they're gonna release

all my files to the dark web.

Well, if your people can't help,

- what makes you think I can? - Come on, McCall.

I know he's alive.

Who?

Don't "who" me.

You once asked me to clear someone's name with the Feds.

And now you're palling around with his widow,

Mel Bayani.

You're making a big leap here.

Robyn.

If those files get leaked,

it's not just the end of my business.

There's intel in there

that could jeopardize national security.

Blow up alliances.

Unless you're willing to risk World War III,

I need Harry's help.

Babe, it's McCall.

Hey, Rob, you're up early.

Good morning, Harry. I need a favor.

For Bishop.

His server's been encrypted and is being held hostage.

Mm, cyber hooligans,

giving the rest of us a bad name.

Yeah, I'll be happy to look into it.

Wait, hold on, hold on a second.

If Bishop's top guys couldn't crack it,

who did you tell him you were bringing this to?

About that.

You're cleaning up for Bishop?

We don't get a lot of visitors down here.

Besides, he may be my ticket out.

Harry Keshegian.

Bishop.

- Hi. - Harry.

You look pretty good for a dead guy.

Thanks. Moisturizer.

Oh, hey, Mel.

Bishop.

So, I'm impressed.

This is quite a joint you guys got here.

You know, as they say, nice place to visit,

but, uh, eh...

Well, principles have consequences.

See, that kind of thinking

is exactly why I don't trust you.

I know how to keep a secret.

Is that right? Because I thought you were here

because your secrets got hacked.

Not if we get in front of it.

All right, look.

The information you sent is being processed.

I'm through, uh, most of the ransomware firewalls.

Robyn tells me you're working on clearing Harry's name.

How's that going?

Yeah, I've got some feelers out.

You've "got some feelers out"? What does that even mean?

- Uh-oh. - You got something?

Yeah, but you're not gonna like it.

Encrypting that drive was just a smoke screen

to hide what they were actually doing, which was introducing malware

onto the server.

What kind of malware?

It's called a bloodhound virus,

which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like.

It's designed to seek out specific targets.

In this case, this file.

No, no, no, you got to stop that.

- Right now. - Yeah, sorry, maybe I wasn't clear.

It's already been breached.

Bish?

What's on that file?

It's an identity that I've been safeguarding for 25 years.

It's the name of my son.

Yeah, yeah, got it. Thanks, Harry.

All right, he tracked your son's phone.

He's at Claremont and 123rd, and he's still not answering.

And you have a son?

Zade. His name is Zade.

And he's getting a PhD in poli-sci at Columbia.

And you kept that from me for 20 years?

Nobody knows.

Not even him.

We thought it'd be safer that way.

Who's we?

His mother, Adhara.

We met in Syria in the '90s.

She got pulled into a terror cell against her will,

so, uh, I recruited her.

Her people got onto her.

We spent days in hiding together

before I could get us out to safety.

Just happened.

You loved her.

We got back to the States,

we found out that she was pregnant.

I was happy.

But let's face it, who I am and what I do...

that was everything she was running away from.

She didn't want that for her kid. I don't blame her.

So we both decided that I, uh,

I should stay away.

But you kept tabs.

Every school play, every baseball game,

I was there.

But never as his dad.

But if no one knows about him,

then why are they going after this file?

- You think his mother knows? - She's dead.

Six months ago, cancer.

I'm so sorry, Bish.

Well, if she's gone, then...

Why don't I call him?

What the hell am I gonna say?

"Hey, it's your long-lost dad.

I'm this random guy you don't even know."

Well, staying away doesn't seem like an option anymore.

Clear.

Clear.

His phone.

- They took him. - Yeah, but who?

They attacked my files.

This is about me.

They're just using him for leverage.

This is why I stayed away.

Whoever it is, We'll get him back.

I checked all available footers.

There's no coverage of the front of the building.

Anything suspicious in the area?

There was a green van that was idling

across the street about an hour ago.

Driver never got out.

- Could've been standing watch. - Plates?

Unlisted. I tried to track it

through street cams, but I-I lost it in a dead area.

All right, thanks, Harry.

Well, let me know if you find anything.

You sure

you don't want me to call a CSU team

- for that print? - Oh, no, no.

No cops. I'll put my people on it.

That's Zade's phone.

Hello?

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, that's not gonna...

They got him.

What do they want?

A meet in an hour.

Ransom demands?

Not yet, just a meet.

Well, if this is about you, and all they want is a meet

it's probably a trap.

You think I don't know that?

What am I gonna do?

They said if I don't show, they'll kill him.

Okay. Well, I'm going with you.

No, you can't.

I go alone or he dies.

Well, then I do overwatch.

Look, you've been going through this by yourself too long.

That ends now.

Aunt Vi, is Mom back yet?

No, she's out.