Sleeper Cell (2005)
Synopsis
A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
First Air Date: 2005-12-04
Last Air Date: 2006-12-17
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 18
Created By: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris
Networks: Showtime
Top Cast
- Michael Ealy as Darwyn al-Sayeed
- Oded Fehr as Faris 'Farik' al-Farik
- Henri Lubatti as Ilija Korjenić
- Melissa Sagemiller as Gayle Bishop
- Thekla Reuten as Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst
- Blake Shields as Thomas 'Tommy' Emerson
- Alex Nesic as Christian Aumont
- Carlos Gómez as SAC Edgar Diaz
- Omid Abtahi as Salim
- Kevin Alejandro as Benito 'Benny' Velasquez
Seasons
Season 1 (2005)
Friends. Neighbors. Husbands. Terrorists. Things are not always as they seem as a group of seemingly average citizens, living in a Los Angeles community, are revealed to be terrorists plotting to attack without warning.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Al-Fatiha
Darwyn Al-Hakim is a Muslim ex-con who has just been released from prison and finds his way to an Islamic extremist named Farik, who recruits him to join a terrorist sleeper cell planning an attack in Los Angeles.
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Ep. 2: Target
Farik and Ilija receive a deadly biological anthrax shipment and prepare for an attack inside a Los Angeles shopping mall. Darwyn's supervisor Ray Fuller become suspicious about the disappearance of a cell member.
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Ep. 3: Money
Farik, Darwyn and Christian cross the U.S.-Mexico border at Tijuana to find out why the cell's pipeline of mob funds has suddenly gone dry.
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Ep. 4: Scholar
Farik dispatches a biochemical student on a flight to Vancouver, Canada, to drive a shipment of real anthrax across the Canadian border and down to Los Angeles.
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Ep. 5: Soldier
The cell members pose as Iraqi insurgents-in-training in order to infiltrate and take over a secure warehouse as a new base of operations for Youmud Din ("Judgment Day").
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Ep. 6: Family
Darwyn befriends a pesticide plant worker in order to buy some of his company's product under the table for the cell, while each of the jihadis cope with personal troubles of their own.
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Ep. 7: Immigrant
When an Afghan boy arrives at the warehouse looking for training as a jihadi, Darwyn introduces him to a more moderate brand of Islam in hopes of steering him away from terrorism.
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Ep. 8: Intramural
The cell buys explosives from a white supremacist militia while Darwyn's new handler, Patrice Serxner, tries to prevent the LAPD from blowing his cover in a conflicting investigation.
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Ep. 9: Hijack
The cell hijacks a chemical truck in preparation for Judgment Day, as Farik spends a last night with and bids farewell to his wife, and the FBI prepares to stop the attack.
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Ep. 10: Youmud Din
Judgement Day has arrived and Fariq isn't yet out of surprises. A surprise diversion proves effective in allowing the cell to escape their surveilance. A quick thinking Darwyn leaves a clue that will hopefully lead the FBI to the target location in time.
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