The Equalizer
Crossover Event: "Vanished With a Trace"
Episode 1: The Don of the Cartel
ACT 1: The New Client
INT. MCCALL'S APARTMENT – NIGHT
Robyn McCall sits at her kitchen table, scanning a dossier. Her phone buzzes with a blocked number.
MCCALL:
McCall.
BARBARA SANDERS (V.O., urgent):
I need your help. They call me "The Don"—I run a cartel, but not the kind you think. I'm not the villain here. They're using my routes, my name, to move people like cargo. I want out.
MCCALL:
Who's "they," Barbara?
BARBARA:
A network called "The Eye." They have tech—RFID, EMP, mind games. I have evidence, but I need protection.
MCCALL:
Where are you?
BARBARA:
I'll send coordinates. But hurry—if they find me first, it's over.
ACT 2: The Cartel's Shadow
EXT. ABANDONED CHURCH – NIGHT
McCall meets Barbara Sanders, a poised woman with sharp eyes and a hidden edge. She hands McCall a flash drive.
BARBARA:
This has everything—routes, names, shell companies. They're using foster kids, prisoners, anyone off the grid.
MCCALL:
Why come to me?
BARBARA:
Because I know you'll do what's right. And because the cartel I built was for survival, not power. I won't let them use it to destroy more lives.
Suddenly, headlights sweep across the church. McCall pulls Barbara into the shadows.
ACT 3: The Network Reacts
INT. MCCALL'S APARTMENT – SAFE ROOM – NIGHT
McCall decrypts the flash drive. On screen: maps, financial transfers, a list of victims, and a logo—The Eye.
McCall dials her phone.
PHONE CALL 1: SCORPION
INTERCUT – INT. SCORPION HQ – NIGHT
MCCALL:
Walter O'Brien, this is Robyn McCall. I've got a drive full of cartel and trafficking intel—EMP tech, RFID, mind control. You ever see this?
WALTER:
We're working the same angle. Send the files—we'll cross-reference and keep you posted.
PHONE CALL 2: RIZZOLI & ISLES
INTERCUT – INT. MAURA'S OFFICE – NIGHT
MCCALL:
Dr. Isles, Detective Rizzoli—McCall here. Boston's on the network. You find RFID chips in your latest vic?
MAURA:
Yes. Military-grade, linked to identity erasure.
JANE:
We're headed to Chicago. You in?
MCCALL:
I'll meet you there. I've got a witness who can bring the whole thing down.
ACT 4: The Don's Choice
INT. SAFE HOUSE – NIGHT
Barbara sits with McCall, watching news reports of missing persons and cartel violence.
BARBARA:
I can testify. But if I do, they'll come after everyone I care about.
MCCALL:
You're the key, Barbara. With your testimony and this data, we can expose "The Eye." But you have to trust me—and trust yourself.
BARBARA (quietly):
I'm tired of running. Let's end this.
ACT 5: The Invitation
INT. MCCALL'S APARTMENT – NIGHT
McCall sends out a coded message to trusted contacts.
MCCALL (typing):
"Operation Donfall is a go. Meet in Chicago. Bring everything."
Barbara stands beside her, resolved.
BARBARA:
If we do this, there's no going back.
MCCALL:
That's the point.
The screen fades to black as they prepare to step into the unknown, the fate of countless lives hanging in the balance.
End of The Equalizer Episode 1: The Don of the Cartel – "Vanished With a Trace" Crossover