Robert Munic
Director
The Cleaner (2008)
Season 1
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.
Released July 15, 2008
14+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.addiction, tmdb.drug-rehabilitation, tmdb.los-angeles-california, tmdb.recovering-addict, tmdb.recovery, imdb.recovering-drug-addict, imdb.addiction + 6 more, imdb.marriage, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.faith, awards.emmy-award-nominated, imdb.interventionist
Production Companies: Once A Frog Productions, CBS Television Studios
Network: A&E
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Pilot
William tries to help Zach, a once-promising high school athlete who has fallen victim to meth addiction.
July 15, 2008, midnight
S1E2 - Rag Dolls
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.
July 22, 2008, midnight
S1E3 - Meet the Joneses
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.
July 29, 2008, midnight
S1E4 - Chaos Theory
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.
Aug. 5, 2008, midnight
S1E5 - Here Comes the Boom
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.
Aug. 19, 2008, midnight
S1E6 - To Catch a Fed
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.
Aug. 26, 2008, midnight
S1E7 - House of Pain
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.
Sept. 2, 2008, midnight
S1E8 - Let It Ride
The gambler notices his favourite jockey is using a lot of drugs to meet weight and asks William to step in.
Sept. 9, 2008, midnight
S1E9 - The 11th Hour
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.
Sept. 16, 2008, midnight
S1E10 - Rebecca
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.
Sept. 23, 2008, midnight
S1E11 - Back to One
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.
Sept. 30, 2008, midnight
S1E12 - Five Little Words
William rescues a team member, while the others go undercover at a sorority house to get information about a drug dealer.
Oct. 7, 2008, midnight
S1E13 - Lie With Me
William devises an extreme intervention when a couple's alcoholism endangers their daughter.
Oct. 14, 2008, midnight
Network: A&E
Released: July 15, 2008
Last Air Date: Sept. 15, 2009, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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