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Sleeper Cell (2005)
Popularity 9.5
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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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Top Cast
Michael EalyDarwyn al-Sayeed
Oded FehrFaris 'Farik' al-Farik
Henri LubattiIlija Korjenić
Thekla ReutenWilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst
Omid AbtahiSalim
Kevin AlejandroBenito 'Benny' Velasquez
Melissa SagemillerGayle Bishop
Key Crew
Leon IchasoDirector
Ziad DoueiriDirector
Andrew BarrettWriter
Angel Dean LopezWriter
Janet TamaroWriter
Kamran PashaWriter
Kath LingenfelterWriter
Michael C. MartinWriter
Ann KindbergProducer
Cyrus VorisExecutive Producer
Ethan ReiffExecutive Producer
Janet TamaroProducer
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Specials
6 episodes
E02
Farik's Story
· 60 min
E03
Making of The Series One Finale
· 60 min
A Production Diary Documentry
E04
Extended & Deleted Scenes
· 60 min
E05
Know Your Enemy
· 60 min
E06
The Enemy Within
· 60 min
a first-season recap
E07
Islam Dictionary
· 60 min
Season 1
10 episodes · First aired 2005-12-04 · ★ 5.7 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.
E01
Al-Fatiha
2005-12-04 · 60 min
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.
E02
Target
2005-12-05 · 60 min
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.
E03
Money
2005-12-06 · 60 min
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.
E04
Scholar
2005-12-07 · 60 min
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.
E05
Soldier
2005-12-11 · 60 min
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").
E06
Family
2005-12-12 · 60 min
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.
E07
Immigrant
2005-12-13 · 60 min
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.
E08
Intramural
2005-12-14 · 60 min
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.
E09
Hijack
2005-12-18 · 60 min
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.
E10
Youmud Din
2005-12-18 · 60 min
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.
