
The Cleaner
Sometimes your only hope is someone who's been there before
TV-142008•1h 0m•6.6/10
Drama
Ratings
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6.6/10(18)
After hitting rock-bottom from his own addictions during the birth of his twins, William Banks strikes a tentative deal with God. In exchange for a second chance, he vows to kick his addictions and dedicate his life to helping others. Now, along with his unconventional team, he helps people get clean from their own addictions of sex, drugs, alcohol and gambling by any means necessary.
Production
Once A Frog Productions, CBS Studios
Language
EN
Status
Canceled
First Aired
July 15, 2008
Last Aired
September 15, 2009
Networks
A&E
Created By
Jonathan Prince, Robert Munic
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
Pilot
Air date: 2008-07-15
William tries to help Zach, a once-promising high school athlete who has fallen victim to meth addiction.

E2
Rag Dolls
Air date: 2008-07-22
A mother thinks her teen daughter is involved with drugs though her drug test comes back negative. The mother enlists the help of William to prove this theory one way or another.

E3
Meet the Joneses
Air date: 2008-07-29
You never know where drug rings may show up. In this ongoing episode a wife, from the suburbs, involves herself with a drug ring. Her husband enlists the help of William to crack the ring.

E4
Chaos Theory
Air date: 2008-08-05
A mathematics professor uses cocaine to help him publish his research in time. His girlfriend and colleague requests William's help. William tries to stop the professor before he loses everything--his career, personal life, and even his immigrant parents' diner. Meanwhile, William's son discovers a used needle in their house after a dinner party. William realizes that the needle belongs to his former sponsor and must decide whether to cut his sponsor out of his life.

E5
Here Comes the Boom
Air date: 2008-08-19
A teenage boy needs William's help with his father, who once went to prison because of William's past efforts. The man is back on the streets and using meth again.

E6
To Catch a Fed
Air date: 2008-08-26
William is determined into searching for the former partner of an FBI agent; the missing man is found in a tent city of meth manufacturers, William then realizes that he's has been told lies about the real reason why the FBI agent is looking for her old partner.

E7
House of Pain
Air date: 2008-09-02
William's friend needs help with a student who is abusing heroin and prescription drugs. The boy's father causes problems for the crew. William thinks the boy might be attempting suicide.

E8
Let It Ride
Air date: 2008-09-09
The gambler notices his favourite jockey is using a lot of drugs to meet weight and asks William to step in.

E9
The 11th Hour
Air date: 2008-09-16
The original interventionist brings William in after his intervention with a woman goes wrong and she ends up on the streets. The original interventionist considers William a "Thug" making William question his own motivation for finding the woman.

E10
Rebecca
Air date: 2008-09-23
A teenager pianist turns to meth in order to cope with the pressure, the father of the teenage girl asks William's crew for help, but they are stonewalled by the girl's mother.

E11
Back to One
Air date: 2008-09-30
The brother of an striving actress discovers his sister cocaine addiction and tries to get William's crew to help. Akani races to find Sweton after he mysteriously goes missing.

E12
Five Little Words
Air date: 2008-10-07
William rescues a team member, while the others go undercover at a sorority house to get information about a drug dealer.

E13
Lie With Me
Air date: 2008-10-14
William devises an extreme intervention when a couple's alcoholism endangers their daughter.


























