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Sleeper Cell - Episode Guide

Season 1

Al-Fatiha

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2005

Al-Fatiha

In the Season 1 premiere, 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.

Target

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2005

Target

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 becomes suspicious about the disappearance of a cell member.

Money

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2005

Money

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.

Scholar

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 7, 2005

Scholar

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.

Soldier

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2005

Soldier

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").

Family

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2005

Family

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.

Immigrant

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2005

Immigrant

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

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2005

Intramural

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

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2005

Hijack

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.

Youmud Din

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2005

Youmud Din

In the Season 1 finale, Darwyn discovers that Farik's explosion is simply a decoy and leaves a clue pointing the FBI in the direction of the cell's real intended target: Dodger Stadium.

Season 2

Al-Baqara

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2006

Al-Baqara

In the Season 2 premiere, 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.

Salesman

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2006

Salesman

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.

Torture

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2006

Torture

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.

Faith

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2006

Faith

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.

Homecoming

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2006

Homecoming

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.

School

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2006

School

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.

Fitna

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2006

Fitna

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.

Reunion

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2006

Reunion

In the Season 2 finale, 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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