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The Worst Episodes of The Cleaner

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...
  1. 7.3/10(50 votes)

    #1 - Meet the Joneses

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    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Chris Long
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  2. 7.3/10(26 votes)

    #2 - Split Ends

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    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.

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  3. 7.3/10(26 votes)

    #3 - Standing Eight

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    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.

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  4. 7.5/10(65 votes)

    #4 - Pilot

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

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    Director:David Semel
  5. 7.5/10(53 votes)

    #5 - Rag Dolls

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    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.

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  6. 7.5/10(41 votes)

    #6 - Chaos Theory

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    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.

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  8. 7.5/10(35 votes)

    #7 - Rebecca

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    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.

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  9. 7.5/10(26 votes)

    #8 - The Projectionist

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    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.

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  10. 7.5/10(23 votes)

    #9 - Does Everybody have A Drink?

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

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  11. 7.8/10(29 votes)

    #10 - Cinderella

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    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.

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  12. 7.8/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Trick Candles

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    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.

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  13. 7.9/10(32 votes)

    #12 - To Catch a Fed

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    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.

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  14. 7.9/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Let It Ride

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

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  15. 7.9/10(29 votes)

    #14 - The Turtle and the Butterfly

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    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.

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  16. 8.0/10(43 votes)

    #15 - Here Comes the Boom

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    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.

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  17. 8.1/10(44 votes)

    #16 - Hello America

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    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.

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  18. 8.1/10(29 votes)

    #17 - The Path of Least Resistance

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    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.

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  19. 8.2/10(38 votes)

    #18 - House of Pain

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    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.

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    Director:Leon Ichaso
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  20. 8.3/10(30 votes)

    #19 - The 11th Hour

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    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.

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  21. 8.4/10(24 votes)

    #20 - An Ordinary Man

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

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  22. 8.5/10(43 votes)

    #21 - Back to One

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    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.

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  23. 8.5/10(32 votes)

    #22 - Last American Casualty

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

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  24. 8.5/10(28 votes)

    #23 - Crossing the Threshold

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

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  25. 8.6/10(39 votes)

    #24 - Five Little Words

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    S1:E12

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

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  26. 8.6/10(38 votes)

    #25 - Lie With Me

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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Meet the Joneses" is the worst rated episode of "The Cleaner". It scored 7.3/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Chris Long and written by N/A, it aired on 7/29/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Split Ends".