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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.

2 Seasons
18 Episodes
Ended
Crime Drama
Cast & Characters
Youmud Din
8.5/10 (156 votes)

#1 Youmud Din

S1:E10

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.

Immigrant
8.2/10 (153 votes)

#2 Immigrant

S1:E7

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.

Intramural
8.1/10 (128 votes)

#3 Intramural

S1:E8

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.

Hijack
8.1/10 (141 votes)

#4 Hijack

S1:E9

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.

Fitna
8.1/10 (124 votes)

#5 Fitna

S2:E7

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.

Scholar
8.0/10 (152 votes)

#6 Scholar

S1:E4

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.

Al-Baqara
7.9/10 (148 votes)

#7 Al-Baqara

S2:E1

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.

Torture
7.9/10 (122 votes)

#8 Torture

S2:E3

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.

Reunion
7.9/10 (134 votes)

#9 Reunion

S2:E8

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.

Salesman
7.8/10 (117 votes)

#10 Salesman

S2:E2

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.

Target
7.7/10 (154 votes)

#11 Target

S1:E2

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.

Money
7.7/10 (141 votes)

#12 Money

S1:E3

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.

Soldier
7.7/10 (131 votes)

#13 Soldier

S1:E5

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").

Faith
7.7/10 (112 votes)

#14 Faith

S2:E4

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.

Family
7.6/10 (133 votes)

#15 Family

S1:E6

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.

School
7.6/10 (123 votes)

#16 School

S2:E6

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.

Al-Fatiha
7.5/10 (205 votes)

#17 Al-Fatiha

S1:E1

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.

Home
7.5/10 (114 votes)

#18 Home

S2:E5

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.

Cast & Chracters

Darwyn al-Sayeed

Darwyn al-Sayeed

Actor: Michael Ealy
Faris 'Farik' al-Farik

Faris 'Farik' al-Farik

Actor: Oded Fehr
Ilija Korjenić

Ilija Korjenić

Actor: Henri Lubatti
Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst

Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst

Actor: Thekla Reuten
Salim

Salim

Actor: Omid Abtahi
Benito 'Benny' Velasquez

Benito 'Benny' Velasquez

Actor: Kevin Alejandro
Gayle Bishop

Gayle Bishop

Actor: Melissa Sagemiller

The highest rated episode of Sleeper Cell is "Youmud Din" (S1E10) with a rating of 8.50.

This episode received 156 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Al-Fatiha" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 205 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Youmud Din" (S1E10) with a rating of 8.50.

This episode received 156 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Al-Fatiha" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 205 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Fitna" (S2E7) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 124 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Home" (S2E5) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 114 votes.

Name Department Job
Leon Ichaso Directing Director
Ziad Doueiri Directing Director
Ann Kindberg Production Producer
Cyrus Voris Production Executive Producer
Ethan Reiff Production Executive Producer
Janet Tamaro Production Producer
Andrew Barrett Writing Writer
Angel Dean Lopez Writing Writer
Kamran Pasha Writing Writer
Kath Lingenfelter Writing Writer
Michael C. Martin Writing Writer

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