Series
Sleeper Cell
CrimeDrama
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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Seasons & episodes
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.
1Al-Fatiha4 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 5.0Darwyn 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.
2Target5 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 5.4Farik 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.
3Money6 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 5.0Farik, 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.
4Scholar7 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 4.7Farik 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.
5Soldier11 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 7.4The 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").
6Family12 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 5.1Darwyn 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.
7Immigrant13 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 5.5When 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.
8Intramural14 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 6.8The 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.
9Hijack18 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 5.2The 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.
10Youmud Din18 Dec 2005 · 60m · ★ 7.2Judgement 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.
Details
- Created by
- Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris
- First aired
- 4 Dec 2005
- Last aired
- 17 Dec 2006
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Showtime
- Episodes
- 18
- Votes
- 82 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
fuboTV
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Paramount Plus Apple TV channel
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
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
