The best episodes of Cleaners
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
The Caterpillar and the Butterflies
Veronica and Roxie go to a masquerade party thrown by El Mariposa. Veronica has a shocking run-in with someone from her past. While Barnes realizes Phillips may have not told him everything, Mother’s past catches up with her, leaving Eileen to fend for herself.
- 02
Roxie and Veronica are two gorgeous young women - who also happen to be highly trained contract killers. While on an errand for their boss, an unpleasant surprise in the trunk of their car turns this lethal pair into hunted targets.
- 03
Veronica & Roxie soon find their lives at risk. Mother deploys her two best hunters in Julian (Clifton Collins Jr.) & Kyle (Nathan Keyes) to eliminate the girls & bring the boy, Tyler (Jakob Salvati) in. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Frank Barnes (David Arquette) continues his search for Tyler.
- 04
Veronica and Roxie fight their would-be-assassins as they become the reluctant protectors of Tyler -and uncover the secret as to why the young boy is in such high demand. In the meantime, Barry is double crossed by Mother and moves up his prison escape plans to settle the score.
- 05
Barry Madden escapes from prison to help re-capture his son Tyler who is the key to accessing the embezzled funds from Barry’s lucrative and illegal ponzi scheme. As Mother’s hit squad close in on them, Veronica and Roxie have no choice but to team up with Agent Barnes to keep Tyler safe.
- 06
After Tyler is captured by crime boss Mother, Veronica, Roxie, and FBI agent Barnes fight to reunite the young boy with his mother, Eileen. In a classic bait-and-switch, they lure Barry into a trap and force him to make a deal with Mother that will hopefully ensure Tyler’s safe return.
- 07
In the season finale, Veronica and Roxie must finally face-off against their old boss, Mother, and her lethal team. Can these assassins also save lives as they try to keep the stolen money out of Barry’s hands and get Tyler back into his mother’s arms?
- 08
Veronica and Roxie get attacked as they wait on Eileen to collect their share of the $57 million. Veronica calls on the only other people she knows on the island—Marcus and Isabelle Walker, the couple who raised her.
- 09
The Walker house is a former training ground for contract killers from which the young Veronica escaped before they could sell her off. Marcus forces Veronica and Roxie into a deal in exchange for her debt. Mother arranges for the release of an assassin from an asylum for the criminally insane.
- 10
Veronica and Roxie track down a drug distribution site for the elusive drug lord, El Mariposa. Back in his survivalist bunker, Carlos starts to reminisce about his dead wife Sally. Mother and Eileen hole up in one of Mother’s safe houses—a church.
- 11
Veronica and Roxie get a new lead on where El Mariposa can be found. Mother seeks refuge with Father Brooks, who tries to persuade her to let the girls go.
- 12
Veronica and Roxie infiltrate the drug cartel of El Mariposa. Carlos thinks his dead wife Sally is still alive, while Mother realizes a ghost from her past is out to get her.
- 13
Veronica reluctantly needs Mother to find Roxie, but tracking down Carlos may be harder than she expected. Roxie realizes she may need to use her brain and not her brawn to survive her captivity. Eileen is tired of being trapped in the house and wants to blow off some steam.
- 14
Veronica and Barnes learn of Carlos’s strange and dangerous past. Mother gets a lead on where Eileen might be. Roxie finds out she may need to fight her way out of her imprisonment as the clock continues to tick.
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