7.6/1066 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2008
William tries to help Zach, a once-promising high school athlete who has fallen victim to meth addiction.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Robert Munic
7.5/1053 votes#2 - Rag Dolls
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/22/2008
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 Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: N/A
7.3/1050 votes#3 - Meet the Joneses
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/29/2008
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.
Director: Chris Long
Writer: N/A
7.5/1042 votes#4 - Chaos Theory
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/2008
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1043 votes#5 - Here Comes the Boom
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/19/2008
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1032 votes#6 - To Catch a Fed
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/26/2008
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: N/A
8.2/1038 votes#7 - House of Pain
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/2/2008
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: N/A
7.9/1035 votes#8 - Let It Ride
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2008
The gambler notices his favourite jockey is using a lot of drugs to meet weight and asks William to step in.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1030 votes#9 - The 11th Hour
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/16/2008
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1035 votes#10 - Rebecca
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/2008
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1043 votes#11 - Back to One
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/30/2008
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1039 votes#12 - Five Little Words
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/7/2008
William rescues a team member, while the others go undercover at a sorority house to get information about a drug dealer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1038 votes#13 - Lie With Me
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/14/2008
William devises an extreme intervention when a couple's alcoholism endangers their daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Cleaner Season 1
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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...
Genre:Drama
Network:A&E
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Cleaner" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by David Semel and written by Robert Munic, it aired on 7/15/2008. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Rag Dolls".