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The Best Episodes of The Cleaner

Every episode of The Cleaner ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Cleaner!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 6 - The Things We Didn't Plan
    9.1/10(32 votes)

    #1 - The Things We Didn't Plan

    S2:E6

    It's a busy week for the team, involving a risky grab of an armed client, and alcoholic father traveling with his daughter, cleaning up a policeman's son and a homeless woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 12 - Five Little Words
    8.9/10(39 votes)

    #2 - Five Little Words

    S1:E12

    William rescues a team member, while the others go undercover at a sorority house to get information about a drug dealer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 13 - Lie With Me
    8.9/10(38 votes)

    #3 - Lie With Me

    S1:E13

    William devises an extreme intervention when a couple's alcoholism endangers their daughter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 7 - An Ordinary Man
    8.9/10(24 votes)

    #4 - An Ordinary Man

    S2:E7

    A hospital administrator seeks William's help after receiving an anonymous letter accusing a doctor and some nurses of using drugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 12 - Crossing the Threshold
    8.9/10(28 votes)

    #5 - Crossing the Threshold

    S2:E12

    William and the team take a complex case involving a drug dealer's daughter, endangering both the team and William's family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 11 - Back to One
    8.8/10(43 votes)

    #6 - Back to One

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 2 - Last American Casualty
    8.8/10(32 votes)

    #7 - Last American Casualty

    S2:E2

    A weekend with Ben turns into a busman's holiday when William must deal with two alcoholics.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 9 - The 11th Hour
    8.7/10(30 votes)

    #8 - The 11th Hour

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 7 - House of Pain
    8.5/10(38 votes)

    #9 - House of Pain

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Leon Ichaso
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 9 - The Path of Least Resistance
    8.5/10(29 votes)

    #10 - The Path of Least Resistance

    S2:E9

    William finds a very personal trigger when a new age guru, cashing in on the self-help craze, turns to William for help with her addict son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 8 - The Turtle and the Butterfly
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    #11 - The Turtle and the Butterfly

    S2:E8

    William is asked by a woman to get her drug addicted son out of an Inland Empire jail, and he does, but the trip back is not as easy when the young man refuses to change his life, and a chance encounter with a 13-year old drug runner for a powerful dealer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 6 - To Catch a Fed
    8.3/10(32 votes)

    #12 - To Catch a Fed

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 1 - Hello America
    8.3/10(44 votes)

    #13 - Hello America

    S2:E1

    A friend who's also a program member asks for Banks' help to get her husband to rehab, but the case is complicated by the fact he's not only a newscaster, but a national spokesman for sobriety, and in the midst of a rescue that must be completely confidential Banks finds he's dealing with personal issues that affect both him and his client.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 5 - Here Comes the Boom
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #14 - Here Comes the Boom

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 8 - Let It Ride
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    #15 - Let It Ride

    S1:E8

    The gambler notices his favourite jockey is using a lot of drugs to meet weight and asks William to step in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 10 - Cinderella
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #16 - Cinderella

    S2:E10

    William weighs protecting Lula and their relationship or putting her face-to-face with the downfall of one of her idols when he decides whether to take the case of a ballerina.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 4 - Does Everybody have A Drink?
    8.1/10(23 votes)

    #17 - Does Everybody have A Drink?

    S2:E4

    William tries to help a celebrity beat her addiction to drugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 13 - Trick Candles
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    #18 - Trick Candles

    S2:E13

    An old friend turns to Banks for help as William closes in on his seven-year birthday. Meanwhile, PK's planned celebration of the event may not go as she'd like.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 3 - The Projectionist
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #19 - The Projectionist

    S2:E3

    Still reeling from his separation, William decides to detox a pregnant woman at his safe house, rather than utilizing a hospital, a decision he may come to regret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 10 - Rebecca
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #20 - Rebecca

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 11 - Standing Eight
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #21 - Standing Eight

    S2:E11

    Although the job is to clean up a boxer before his next match, William finds that the biggest risk to the man's sobriety is close to home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.7/10(67 votes)

    #22 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    William tries to help Zach, a once-promising high school athlete who has fallen victim to meth addiction.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Robert Munic

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  23. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 4 - Chaos Theory
    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #23 - Chaos Theory

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Cleaner Season 2 Episode 5 - Split Ends
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #24 - Split Ends

    S2:E5

    Sisters find that they may be linked by more than twinship when they try to achieve sobriety separately. At home, a friend of William's cuts a path of mayhem and destruction as he tempts a recovering addict with her drug of choice and crosses way over a boundary with Melissa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Cleaner Season 1 Episode 2 - Rag Dolls
    7.6/10(53 votes)

    #25 - Rag Dolls

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Things We Didn't Plan" is the best rated episode of "The Cleaner". It scored 9.1/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/28/2009. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Five Little Words".