The Equalizer

Previously on The Equalizer...

Please...

-I've got nowhere else to turn. -What do you want to do?

I'm the one you call when you can't call 911.

This is Melody, one of my oldest friends.

How's it going, Harry? I need those freaky-ass

-superpowers of yours. -Got my cape?

I've known for a long time what you do.

Not specifically.

But I've got a pretty good idea who you work for.

-Where is Carter? -Let him go.

You're pissed, I get it, but we... There is no we.

No more cooperation, no more quid pro quo.

Whatever this partnership was, it's over.

A collar like that could make a person's career.

And the next time I see you, I'm taking you down.

Elias?

Oh, my God, what happened?

It's nothing, Mandy. Go back to sl...

-You're hurt. -It's a nosebleed.

All right...

We got that new barcode system at the hardware store.

Being floor manager, I'm running point.

And I... guess the pressure's getting to me.

Talk to me, Elias.

Tell me what's been going on.

Everything will make sense soon.

Tomorrow night,

you're gonna be real proud of me.

Come on, Mom, it'll be fun!

I'm sorry, Dee, but I can't.

Okay, but it's a "Shake It with Your Family" dance challenge.

And you're my family.

With a job I'd like to keep.

And the last thing my charity clients need to see

is me twerking online.

No, you do not need to twerk, please.

You can Milly rock.

You want me, -you want me to twerk? -Or do the-- Oh, no!

Look, my friends have already posted their videos.

And they all look great. I'd ask Kelly,

-but she's out of town. -You do these videos with your stepmom?

Yeah, all the time.

But I would rather do them with you.

At least think about it?

Okay, I will hit you back

this afternoon once I see what my day is like.

Cool.

This whole social media thing. You...

you can't afford to have your face out there,

-can you? -No.

Monitoring what people know about me online is...

it's my big compromise.

I can't put my family in danger by exposing my identity.

And I thought you were just camera-shy.

Just careful.

But I miss out on a lot.

It's just a silly video.

Yeah, but I would love to be the good guy

in her life for a change.

You already are.

But yet...

it's the little things, Aunt Vi.

That's what they remember.

And all I keep giving her is excuses.

Stop. She's not gonna disown you,

and she's not gonna write some kind of spiteful memoir.

Is she really doing these videos with Kelly?

Have you seen 'em?

Mm-hmm.

What?

Kelly ain't got no rhythm.

I mean, like, none.

None. No.

Uh-uh. I ain't worried about that.

I got to go. Someone's in trouble.

I've never seen this knife

or this shirt before.

That's a lot of blood.

-And you're sure it's not his? -I looked

for a wound or an injury when he was asleep,

and there was nothing. And then when I tried to talk to him

this morning, he told me that he had to leave town

for a few days.

Did he say why?

He said it was for work.

But he didn't bring his phone or his wallet or...

his Saint Christopher pendant. His father gave him that.

He never takes that off.

Has anything happened to him lately?

Uh, any trouble with anyone?

Not that he told me. But he...

he became secretive ever s-since...

-Since what? -Those are our boys,

Sammy and Daniel.

Elias lives for them.

And a few months ago, Sammy had appendicitis.

And there were complications and surgeries, but...

Elias wouldn't leave his hospital room for days.

How's Sammy now?

He's fine. That's the thing. But Elias--

it's like this cloud came over him.

He became withdrawn.

He took extra shifts at the hardware store

to start paying the medical bills.

And he started taking work calls at all hours.

My husband, he's a good man.

He's kind. He's never even been in a fight.

But... something's wrong,

and he's not telling me.

And the thing that scares me most is, before he left,

he said that things would be different soon,

that, after tonight, I would be proud of him.

Yeah. There is

definitely something up with this guy.

He deleted all his social media three weeks ago,

and he's been using a secure browser to cover his tracks.

What about the phone his wife gave us?

Wiped clean.

It's a lot of cloak-and-dagger for someone

who works at a hardware store.

It gets cloakier.

I ran the family's financials.

And the Wilsons are-- they're basically broke.

A lot of money going out, not a lot coming in.

I think I know why. I reached out

to his job at Barham's Hardware.

He was let go five months ago.

Corporate cutbacks.

Oof. He was fired and didn't tell his wife? Ugh.

So if he hasn't been going to work every day,

where's he been going?

I bet he didn't know enough

to delete his GPS metadata.

Yeah, I can't tell you where he is,

but I can tell you where he's been.

And he's been...

riding the 7 Train

back and forthall day,

using their Wi-Fi.

That's weird. Cheap place to work from?

He ever get off?

Yeah.

Hunters Point.

Five times in the last ten days,

including last night.

Looks like he went into this alley here.

-Can we get eyes on it? -There's a...

pawn shop right down the street.

I can probably get the video off the security cameras.

Speaking of videos, what do you know about TikToks?

Other than the fact that I consider them the scourge

-of Western civilization? -You think everything's a scourge.

Everything is a scourge.

I just wanted to know whether I can post one

without it going viral.

Going viral's the point. That's why it's a scourge.

I mean, you know, people can't turn away.

And you shouldn't. Hello?

Kittens dressed up as celebrities? Come on.

-Yeah, J. -Lo with the Versace.

No. Will Smith...

In the green!

Ah! That's unbelievable. Yeah, okay, okay.

Okay, I-I'm-- Here we go.

There's Elias. He's going to that storage space.

At 2:00 in the morning?

Yeah, that's not suspicious.

Fast-forward.

He was meeting people.

Oh, we got a bleeder.

Back up and zoom in.

That guy's wrist is pretty messed up.

Can't see their faces.

But teapots--

just like Elias's shirt.

What are these guys doing?

One way to find out.

Ran that photo you gave me

through the military's facial rec software.

Nothing.

Come on, Bo. I know you didn't come

all the way over from your cushy desk at the DoD

to show me nothing.

We got this software in beta that scans photos

to create a full-body blueprint.

And I found something.

This...

is from a forward operating base

in Kandahar,

circa 2008.

That's her. You got a name for me?

This woman's not in any databases by design.

Meaning that picture slipped through the cracks.

What's that patch on her sleeve?

6-8-3.

Classified unit with the highest clearance.

Military intelligence.

What's this about, Marcus?

Professional curiosity.