“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. 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. 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. Girlfriend reflects on Bucs’ Super Bowl win in Rob Gronkowski tributeĪntonio Brown heads back to Florida home after wild Buccaneers exitĬBS 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. The 10 best Super Bowl national anthem performances of all time 21 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.The one thing Rams star ‘despises’ about Super Bowl celebrations Also, Delilah experiences PTSD when the sniper shootings cause her to relive the trauma of her friend’s fatal shooting, on the CBS Original series THE EQUALIZER, Sunday, Nov. “Shooter” – Mel’s past military expertise proves critical when McCall is hired by District Attorney Grafton (Jennifer Ferrin) to find a sniper on a killing spree, seemingly selecting victims at random. MEL’S PAST MILITARY EXPERTISE PROVES CRITICAL WHEN MCCALL IS HIRED BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GRAFTON TO FIND A SNIPER ON A KILLING SPREE, ON “THE EQUALIZER,” SUNDAY, NOV.
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