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SummaryShowtime’s new drama unveils the war on terrorism to reveal a riveting and unfiltered view. ‘Sleeper Cell’ stars Michael Ealy as an African-American undercover F.B.I. agent who is seduced into joining an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States by the cell’s ruthless leader played by Oded Fehr. Showtime has a unique viewing sched... Read More

❮ Sleeper Cell

Season 2

Season Premiere:

Dec 10, 2006

Metascore

Generally Favorable

Based on 20 Critic Reviews

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Episode 1 • Dec 10, 2006 • 58 m

Al-Baqara

Episode 2 • Dec 11, 2006 • 59 m

Salesman

FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed must protect his cover and work with the terrorists to unmask their secret attack plan.

Episode 3 • Dec 12, 2006 • 56 m

Torture

FBI agent Darwyn faces a dangerous dilemma when he is ordered by the terrorist network to secure a military explosive and his new FBI handler refuses to cooperate.

Episode 4 • Dec 13, 2006 • 57 m

Faith

FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed must risk blowing his cover to stop a cell member who embarks on a deadly vendetta against a progressive Islamic televangelist.

Episode 5 • Dec 14, 2006 • 57 m

Home

The future of the Cell will be changed forever when Darwyn receives a special delivery from a newly energized Farik.

Episode 6 • Dec 18, 2006 • 54 m

School

A new leader is calling the shots for the Cell, and Darwyn learns more details about the planned nuclear strike against Los Angeles.

Episode 7 • Dec 16, 2006 • 53 m

Fitna

The day of reckoning has arrived. The Cell members prepare to launch the attack, even as the FBI springs its trap.

Episode 8 • Dec 17, 2006 • 56 m

Reunion

On the heels of successfully thwarting the attack on the Hollywood Bowl, Darwyn deals with the loss of Gayle and his failure to stop Mina's bombing in Las Vegas.

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Metascore

Generally Favorable

Based on 20 Critic Reviews

90% Positive
18 Reviews

5% Mixed
1 Review

5% Negative
1 Review

100

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Another edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Orlando Sentinel

Ealy and Fehr give fierce performances that will keep fans hooked.

Philadelphia Daily News

If you can make the time in a season where most programmers think we're all too busy shopping to be watching anything heavier than "Miracle on 34th Street" (the Natalie Wood version, of course), then "Sleeper Cell" delivers.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A significant improvement in the sequel is its keener sense of urgency and alarm, achieved by down-scaling the exposition and character development that bogged down the first hours of the original.

Time

While not perfect, [it] manages to be both exciting and--if not exactly realistic--then at least reality-grounded.

Chicago Tribune

The series would fall apart if Al-Farik were a cardboard cutout villain. Who’d want to watch eight hours of this man’s journey if he were just a shallow action-movie bad guy? But thanks to Fehr’s brave, layered performance, it’s impossible to ignore Al-Farik or the ideas that motivate him.