The Equalizer' aired its season 5 finale on May 4, a few days before CBS announced the show's cancellation. Here's everything to know about why 'The Equalizer' was canceled.

That’s a wrap on “The Equalizer.” The primetime thriller starring Queen Latifah aired its series finale Sunday night following CBS’s decision to cancel the show after five seasons. Warning: “The Equalizer” series finale spoilers below.

For Latifah, however, the show “blew past every dream we had for it,” calling its five-season run “surreal.” Latifah did not use her Instagram post to encourage fans to write their local streamer services about reviving the series.