The Equalizer Season 5 Episode 10, “Dirty Sexy Money,” starts with a security guard looking around a warehouse to make sure the money in the vault is secure. He is distracted by a phone call that he takes outside. As he talks to his girlfriend, a fire starts in the vault, turning most of the cash into ash.
The next morning, Aunt Vi (Lorraine Toussaint) tells Robyn (Queen Latifah) that she is going on a ride along with Captain Curtis. Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes) tells both women she will spend the weekend at her father’s place. That’s when Robyn gets a call from Dante (Tory Kittles), and the teenager starts giving her a hard time about her new boyfriend.
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The Equalizer, “Dirty Sexy Money”
Robyn meets with a family in need at the restaurant they own. They tell her they lost their savings in the warehouse fire. When they called the company about their insurance, no one answered. Their only hope is for Robyn to find out what’s going on before they lose the restaurant.
Harry (Adam Goldberg) starts looking into Guardian Cash Warehouse because Robyn wants the family to know that someone cares about them and is willing to help them. She takes a look at the warehouse, and Dante tags along with her. The first thing they do is interview the security guard before looking in the vault.
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As they inspect the burnt bills, they discover they all have a stamp that says “Unfit for Legal Tender.” The security guard claims the cash was clean when it arrived at the warehouse because he checked it. This means someone set the vault on fire to cover for their robbery.
When Harry looks into it, he discovers a robbery in a recycling center containing the stamped cash. He begins to theorize the robbers got into the warehouse through a tunnel. Robyn and Dante look into that possibility and find a hair at the tunnel entrance. The blonde hair matches a woman Harry can see coming in and out of the warehouse several nights a week.
No Insurance, No Money
Robyn and Dante confront the woman and discover she’s been sleeping with the security guard in the vault, which is how her hair got stuck to the cash. However, she tells them to talk to the owner because he has been using the vault as his piggy bank.
Harry discovers the owner, Wentworth, created the company because he was in debt. Robyn and Dante decide to pay him a visit before he runs away. The moment they start looking around, Wentworth begins to shoot at them from his closet. When they confront him about it, he says he is hiding from a very dangerous client who wants to get his money back. Because there is no insurance, he has no money to give.
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As the investigation continues, Harry finds a possible suspect who could have taken the money. When Robyn and Dante arrive at his home, the suspect is gone, but Robyn discovers the young man used to go to the same university as the son of the family who lost everything in the fire. Harry discovers they used to be video game partners.
Pigeons in Danger
As Robyn and Dante talk to the family about their son, he and his friend are taken by the dangerous client. The bad guys take the two young men to the roof of an apartment where one of the kids takes care of his grandma’s pigeons. That is where the money is being kept.
Dante and Robyn arrive at the rooftop and fight the bad guys immediately. The dangerous client falls off the roof, and the young men are arrested for having stolen the money.
Robyn thanks Dante for saving her life and asks him out to dinner.
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Melody Talks to Her Parents
Mel (Liza Lapira) is back in therapy, talking about being back at work and her incredible support system. However, when the therapist brings up her family, Melody mentions she hasn’t told her parents about her PTSD because they don’t understand psychological issues. The therapist suggests talking to them.
When Mel mentions this idea to Harry, he says it might be good for her to tell them what’s been going on. Later that day, Mel visits her parents and tells them about therapy and her PTSD. She explains she’s been having panic attacks, and her father gets up and leaves the room.
As she is leaving Harry a message about what happened, her mom finds her in her car and talks to her. She tells her she understands her father is difficult, but they are more alike than Melody believes. The best she can do is confront her and talk to him.
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Mel finds her father in the living room and talks about her feelings. She tells him that when he walked away, he made her feel as if he was ashamed of her. On the contrary, her father breaks down and talks to her about his own experience in the army and being held hostage. He mentions he has the same scar,s and he fought so she didn’t have to. Even though the men in the family don’t talk about those things, he promises to do better with her.
That night, Mel tells Harry about her day and promises to spend more time with her parents.
Aunt Vi and a Difficult Ride Along on The Equalizer
As Aunt Vi goes on the ride along with Curtis, he receives a call about a robbery. Even though he tells her that happens all the time and he will ignore it, he ends up pulling aside because he sees a young man who fits the suspect’s description.
Aunt Vi watches through the car window, but things between Curtis and the suspect get heated. People gather around them and start recording what’s happening. When the young man moves his hand to his pocket to get his phone out, Curtis yells at him and moves his hand to his gun. At that moment, he receives a call that the suspect has been apprehended, so he lets the young man go.
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When he gets back in the car, Aunt Vi is shaken up. Curtis blames the young man for his behavior, and Aunt Vi decides to get out and walk home. When talking to Robyn about the incident that night, she mentions Curtis behaved like any angry cop on the street. She doesn’t know how to feel about that.
Delilah gets home before the night is over, telling them she can’t stand another minute of Miles talking about college. Robyn explains Miles had to work two jobs to go to college, but now that he can afford to send Delilah to an IVY League college, he wants the best for her. That is also when Robyn confirms she is dating Dante.
The Equalizer airs on Sundays on CBS.
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