Sleeper Cell

Sleeper Cell

Ended First aired 04/Dec/2005 United States English 3 season(s) 24 episode(s)
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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.
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Season 2 · American Terror
8 episode(s) · Air date: 10/Dec/2006
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S2E8
Reunion
Air date: 17/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Darwyn blames himself for the tragedies that occurred on the Fourth of July and embarks on a suicide mission to Yemen, where he plans to find and confront Farik using his former cell leader's wife as bait.

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Darwyn blames himself for the tragedies that occurred on the Fourth of July and embarks on a suicide mission to Yemen, where he plans to find and confront Farik using his former cell leader's wife as bait.

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S2E7
Fitna
Air date: 16/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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The FBI and Darwyn move to intercept the cell's plans to detonate a pair of nuclear dirty bombs in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July, but their victory is overshadowed by a pair of tragedies for Darwyn.

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The FBI and Darwyn move to intercept the cell's plans to detonate a pair of nuclear dirty bombs in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July, but their victory is overshadowed by a pair of tragedies for Darwyn.

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S2E6
School
Air date: 15/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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The cell's new leader, Karrar, pushes Darwyn aside as plans progress for the nuclear attack on Los Angeles; Farik teaches a lesson about the terrorist way of doing business to an American philanthropist at a school in Yemen.

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The cell's new leader, Karrar, pushes Darwyn aside as plans progress for the nuclear attack on Los Angeles; Farik teaches a lesson about the terrorist way of doing business to an American philanthropist at a school in Yemen.

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S2E5
Home
Air date: 14/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

The future of Darwyn's cell is altered when he urges the FBI to intercept a shipment of nuclear material arriving at the Port of Los Angeles - sent by none other than Farik; Ilija faces his past when he arrives home in Sarajevo.

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The future of Darwyn's cell is altered when he urges the FBI to intercept a shipment of nuclear material arriving at the Port of Los Angeles - sent by none other than Farik; Ilija faces his past when he arrives home in Sarajevo.

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S2E4
Faith
Air date: 13/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Darwyn risks blowing his cover to stop one of his cell's operative from taking revenge against a progressive Islamic televangelist; Farik escapes from prison in Saudi Arabia and finds an al-Qaeda safe house.

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Darwyn risks blowing his cover to stop one of his cell's operative from taking revenge against a progressive Islamic televangelist; Farik escapes from prison in Saudi Arabia and finds an al-Qaeda safe house.

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S2E3
Torture
Air date: 12/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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Ordered by the terrorist network to acquire a powerful weapon, Darwyn finds the FBI unwilling to cooperate. Ilija faces a heartbreaking decision as he prepares to flee for Europe. Farik is expatriated to Saudi Arabia, where he can be tortured.

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Ordered by the terrorist network to acquire a powerful weapon, Darwyn finds the FBI unwilling to cooperate. Ilija faces a heartbreaking decision as he prepares to flee for Europe. Farik is expatriated to Saudi Arabia, where he can be tortured.

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S2E2
Salesman
Air date: 11/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Darwyn struggles to maintain his cover as he assumes command of a new Los Angeles sleeper cell and questions the experience and skill of his new FBI case agent. Farik's interrogators use new techniques to get him to talk.

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Darwyn struggles to maintain his cover as he assumes command of a new Los Angeles sleeper cell and questions the experience and skill of his new FBI case agent. Farik's interrogators use new techniques to get him to talk.

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S2E1
Al-Baqara
Air date: 10/Dec/2006 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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several months after foiling a terrorist attack on Dodger Stadium, FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed is about to start a new life as a teacher at Quantico when he is asked to investigate a new terror suspect. Former cell leader Farik is interrogated by the CIA.

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several months after foiling a terrorist attack on Dodger Stadium, FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed is about to start a new life as a teacher at Quantico when he is asked to investigate a new terror suspect. Former cell leader Farik is interrogated by the CIA.

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Season 1 · Season 1
10 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Dec/2005
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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.

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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.

S1E10
Youmud Din
Air date: 18/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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S1E9
Hijack
Air date: 18/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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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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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S1E8
Intramural
Air date: 14/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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S1E7
Immigrant
Air date: 13/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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S1E6
Family
Air date: 12/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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S1E5
Soldier
Air date: 11/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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S1E4
Scholar
Air date: 07/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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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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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S1E3
Money
Air date: 06/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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S1E2
Target
Air date: 05/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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S1E1
Al-Fatiha
Air date: 04/Dec/2005 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

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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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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Season 0 · Specials
6 episode(s)
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Cast

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Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy
Darwyn al-Sayeed
Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr
Faris 'Farik' al-Farik
Henri Lubatti
Henri Lubatti
Ilija Korjenić
Omid Abtahi
Omid Abtahi
Salim
Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Alejandro
Benito 'Benny' Velasquez
Melissa Sagemiller
Melissa Sagemiller
Gayle Bishop
Blake Shields
Blake Shields
Thomas 'Tommy' Emerson
Alex Nesic
Alex Nesic
Christian Aumont
Thekla Reuten
Thekla Reuten
Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst
Carlos Gómez
Carlos Gómez
SAC Edgar Diaz
Marc Casabani
Marc Casabani
Michelle Pierce
Michelle Pierce
Ron Yuan
Ron Yuan
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Carl Gilliard
Assaf Cohen
Assaf Cohen
Lydia Blanco Garza
Lydia Blanco Garza
Soledad St. Hilaire
Soledad St. Hilaire
Leena
Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandvi

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Jose Vasquez
Jose Vasquez
Stunts
Charles S. Dutton
Charles S. Dutton
Director
Clark Johnson
Clark Johnson
Director
Guy Ferland
Guy Ferland
Director
Leon Ichaso
Leon Ichaso
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Leslie Libman
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Nick Gomez
Director
Rick Wallace
Rick Wallace
Director
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Director
Ziad Doueiri
Ziad Doueiri
Director
Cyrus Voris
Cyrus Voris
Executive Producer, Writer
Ethan Reiff
Ethan Reiff
Executive Producer, Writer

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