When does The Equalizer Season 5 return after the mid-season break? Explored

CBS’s crime drama series The Equalizer season 5 will reportedly be back on our screens in February 2025.

The Equalizer is a reboot of the original series of the same name and stars Queen Latifah as the protagonist, Robyn McCall, a single mother with a mysterious past who helps people who are unable to defend themselves.

The show premiered in February 2021 on CBS, and season 5 debuted on October 20, 2024. The Equalizer season 5 had its mid-season finale on December 8, 2024, with the episode titled "Slay Ride." The logline of the episode is:

" McCall, Dante and Miles are help hostage by a cartel on Christmas."

After an extended break, The Equalizer season 5 is set to return on Sunday, February 16, 2025.

Continue to read to learn more about The Equalizer Season 5.

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The Equalizer season 5 will return in February 2025

Most television shows go off-air during the winter holidays and return in January, but season 5 of The Equalizer cannot return in January due to the Super Bowl.

As CBS will be busy broadcasting the playoff matches of the NFL until the final game on February 9, the show’s return has been put on hold. Apart from that, it is also reported that when the show finally returns to screens, it will be given a new time slot of 10 p.m. ET rather than its usual time of 9 p.m. ET.

In every episode, we see Latifah’s Robyn McCall solve a new case with her exceptional investigative skills. Following the same theme, in the last episode that aired on December 8, titled "Slay Ride," we saw Latifah’s McCall, Tory Kittles’ Dante, and Stephen Bishop’s Dr. Miles Burton, the ex-husband of Robyn McCall, get held up in a hospital taken over by a cartel.

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More about The Equalizer

The Equalizer revolves around Queen Latifah's character Robyn McCall, who is raising her daughter Delilah alone as a single mother in New York while investigating and solving cases for people who have nowhere else to go for help, acting as a guardian angel for them.

The Equalizer is not only loved because of the presence of Emmy Award-winning actress Queen Latifah, who plays the lead role, but also because of the storyline and the ensemble cast, which includes Adam Goldberg as Harry Keshegian, Lorraine Toussaint as Aunt Vi, and Laya DeLeon Hayes as Delilah, Latifah’s character McCall’s teenage daughter.

Apart from these stars, several talented actors have appeared as guest stars and recurring stars, such as Jada Pinkett Smith and Chris Vance.

The Equalizer will be back with exciting new episodes in February 2025 on CBS and Paramount Plus.

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