Thursday, August 28, 2008

What I'm Watching: The Cleaner

The Cleaner: Season 1, Episode 6 "To Catch A Fed" (B-)

Imagine my excitement when I discovered that not one but two of the actors who I feel have given two of the best single performances I have ever seen but rarely appeared in anything afterward were guest-starring in the same night of television. Christian Camargo was so fantastic as Rudy on the first season of "Dexter", and Sarah Clarke was simply incredible on season one of "24" as CTU agent Nina Myers. Now what I got from the episode was that these two should have their own show together as FBI agents, and it would be really good. I wish they had done more with both of these characters, and I hope that the "and" credit Sarah Clarke got wasn't just because she is a well-known government agent type but rather because the writers plan on bringing her back. Glad to see the Akani angle being fleshed out; wish they did more with it. I don't want to hear any more about the son and his troubles, but I guess any good masochistic tragic hero has to have family problems.

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