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TELEVISION SERIES
The Cleaner (2008)
Popularity 9.1
Overview
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.
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Cast & Crew
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Top Cast
Benjamin BrattWilliam Banks
Grace ParkAkani Cuesta
Esteban PowellArnie Swenton
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Amy Price-FrancisMelissa Banks
Key Crew
Jonathan PrinceWriter
David SemelProducer
Jonathan PrinceProducer
Robert MunicProducer
ARTWORK GALLERY
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Seasons & Episodes
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Specials
11 episodes
E01
Alternate Pilot
William tries to help Zach, a once-promising high school athlete who has fallen victim to meth addiction.
Same episode as the original broadcast pilot except for a few scenes cut short to fit a future 45 minute time slot. The first aired pilot was 52 minutes.
E02
Cast & Crew Interviews
E03
On Set with Esteban Powell
E04
The Mystery of William Banks
E05
Deleted Scenes - Chaos Theory
E06
Deleted Scenes - Here Comes the Boom
E07
Deleted Scenes - House of Pain
E08
Deleted Scenes - Five Little Words
E09
Deleted Scenes - Lie With Me
E10
Gag Reel
E11
Extreme Interventionist: The Man Behind The Cleaner
2009-11-08
Who is the cleaner? He is a real man who this series is based upon. Discover who he is in this special episode!
Season 1
13 episodes · First aired 2008-07-15
E01
Pilot
2008-07-15
William tries to help Zach, a once-promising high school athlete who has fallen victim to meth addiction.
E02
Rag Dolls
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.
E03
Meet the Joneses
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.
E04
Chaos Theory
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.
E05
Here Comes the Boom
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.
E06
To Catch a Fed
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.
E07
House of Pain
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.
E08
Let It Ride
2008-09-09
The gambler notices his favourite jockey is using a lot of drugs to meet weight and asks William to step in.
E09
The 11th Hour
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
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
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
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
2008-10-14
William devises an extreme intervention when a couple's alcoholism endangers their daughter.
