The Cleaning Lady

Name: The Cleaning Lady
Genre: Drama, Suspense
Released: January 3, 2022
Rating: 53

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Ratings

See All

6.4

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6.4	Your Score
6.4	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

The Cleaning Lady: The Icebox

Now Playing: The Cleaning Lady: The Icebox

Series Details & Credits

FOX | Release Date: January 3, 2022

Summary: Thony (Elodie Yung), a Cambodian doctor, is forced to find work with a crime organization to help pay for treatment for her ill son in this adaptation of the Argentinean drama of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

Recent Episodes

No episode information is currently available for this season

See all Seasons and Episodes

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Radhika Menon

Jan 3, 2022

Season 1 Review: Kwok’s script does a good job of centering this narrative without hitting us over the head with claims of diversity and representation, the balance integral to its success. It’s a unique character inhabiting a unique world: the perfect ingredients for an exciting story. Read full review

Darren Franich

Jan 3, 2022

Season 1 Review: Miranda Kwok and showrunner Melissa Carter have adapted an original Argentine series into a drama with decently complex cultural politics. ... Here's a TV series that's pro-immigrant, pro-feminist, pro-stem cell research, anti-racist, and very cheesy. The Cleaning Lady mixes so many different things together, which is how you make a mess. It's also how you make a melting pot. Read full review

Collider Therese Lacson

Sep 19, 2022

Season 2 Review: It's still way too early to tell the tone of the season, but given how Episode 2 ends, it feels like the show gets back on track and on a new normal. In many ways, the first two episodes feel like an epilogue to the first season and a prologue to the second. There is still a lot of story to tell. Read full review

Rob Owen

Jan 5, 2022

Season 1 Review: [Her boss] strangely does not immediately kill her when she gives him guff. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jan 13, 2022

Season 1 Review: Preposterous but occasionally gripping melodrama. [17 - 30 Jan 2022, p.9] Read full review

Angie Han

Jan 3, 2022

Season 1 Review: The show itself feels oddly sedate. Too restrained to be properly soapy and too silly to be convincingly gritty, The Cleaning Lady winds up in that inhospitable middle ground of shows that are not so much hateable as just plain forgettable. ... [Millan is] the only character who comes across like a living, breathing human being rather than a screenwriter’s outline of one. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jan 3, 2022

Season 1 Review: The concept here isn’t bad but the execution is another story as the writers pull out all the stops to manipulate the emotions of their viewers in ways that alternate between annoying and exploitative. Read full review

SEE ALL 10 REVIEWS

User Score

Write a Review

6.4

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

User Reviews

TVMovieGirl

Mar 16, 2022

This series is fresh and hip and so good it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire hour. If you looking for something new to watch, I highly recommend this show.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

Ariadne

Jan 25, 2022

The first few shows were pretty good. But it's quickly gone down the "soapy" drain hole. I'm done. I gave two stars because it is very well acted. It's just that the scripts, the drama and character interactions are not very believable. It could have been good if it focused on just oneThe first few shows were pretty good. But it's quickly gone down the "soapy" drain hole. I'm done. I gave two stars because it is very well acted. It's just that the scripts, the drama and character interactions are not very believable. It could have been good if it focused on just one thing, but this tries to throw every drama issue and trope in to it's first season.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

Seasons & Episodes

53

Series Overview
Season 4

tbd
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: March 25, 2025
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 5, 2024
Season 2

tbd
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 2022
Season 1

53
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 3, 2022