THE EQUALIZER

"It's going to be pulse-pounding," executive producer Joseph C. Wilson promises of the thriller's Season 3 premiere. We'd expect nothing less from badass vigilante Robyn McCall (Queen Latifah).

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Oct. 2, 8:30/7:30c, CBS

 To recap, just as she was about to tell her teen daughter Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes) and her Aunt Vi (Lorraine Toussaint) that she was returning temporarily to the CIA-to head a task force aimed at quashing nemesis Quinn's (Chris Vance) plans to detonate a dirty bomb in New York-their car was T-boned and Robyn was kidnapped. "McCall is more vulnerable than we've ever seen her," Wilson says.

While she plots an escape, her colleagues and family unite to launch a rescue of their own. "[Saving her] takes everyone working together," Wilson says. "The walls come down." Among the highlights: Detective Dante (Tory Kittles) runs a gauntlet of gunmen with Robyn's friend and sniper Mel (Liza Lapira). A surprise twist puts hacker Harry (Adam Goldberg) in the field. And Aunt Vi even gets to use her art skills!