What I'm Watching: The Cleaner

The Cleaner: Season 1, Episode 5 "Here Comes the Boom" (C)

I can't help feeling like too much is packed into just one episode here in terms of major plot developments. It seems weird that this is only episode five, since this show feels like it's been on for so long since the first few episodes were so surprisingly good. The setup for this episode is good, but pairing Ben's running away from home with it is a bit much. It's already clear that William's life is out of control and that he has issues to deal with. There's no need for him to get hit at the same time with everything. On top of that, Swenton being forced to smoke also seemed to come out of nowhere. I'm not quite sure why he in fact went in and what he possibly expected to happen. I'm a bit curious to see how William deals with it, but out of all the people on his team to get addicted, I would think either Akani or Darnell would have been far more interesting.