Sleeper Cell (TV series)

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Sleeper Cell

Title screen from the second series, Sleeper Cell: American Terror
Genre Drama
Starring Michael Ealy
Oded Fehr
Henri Lubatti
Melissa Sagemiller
Country of origin Flag of United States United States
No. of episodes 18 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Showtime
Original run December 4, 2005 – present
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Sleeper Cell is a one-hour drama on the Showtime network that began airing on December 4, 2005. Its tagline for the first season is "Friends. Neighbors. Husbands. Terrorists." The tagline for the second season is "Cities. Suburbs. Airports. Targets." In the UK Sleeper Cell has been shown on FX (UK) and on Channel 4 Terrestrial TV. The series was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries. The eight-episode second season of the series, titled Sleeper Cell: American Terror, premiered on December 10, 2006.

As extra material on the first season DVDs reveal, the show was originally known simply as "The Cell." The opening shot of the first season showed Darwyn praying in a prison cell toward a photo of Mecca, while the final shot of the first season showed him praying in a mosque, perhaps signifying his freedom from the sleeper cell.

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Darwyn Al-Sayeed, a 30-year-old African-American undercover FBI agent who is also a practicing Muslim, is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles. The cell is run by a Muslim extremist named Faris al-Farik. Darwyn is supervised by FBI senior agent Ray Fuller, also a close friend who worries for Darwyn's safety.

In the second season, Darwyn infiltrates a new cell that has formed to avenge the defeat of the original cell. When his second handler, Patrice Serxner, is killed in Sudan, Darwyn must try to work with yet another handler, Special Agent Russell. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Gayle is drawn deeper into the intrigue when she's caught between Russell, Darwyn and a member of the cell.

The writers once again offered a non-stereotypical mix of cell members, including a white European woman, a Latino-American man and, in a first for American television, a gay Muslim man.

[edit] Cast

See also: List of Sleeper Cell characters

[edit] Season 1

Actor Role
Michael Ealy Darwyn al-Sayeed (Alias: Darwyn al-Hakim)
Oded Fehr Faris "Farik" al-Farik / Saad bin Safwan
Henri Lubatti Ilija Korjenić
Alex Nesic Christian Aumont
Blake Shields Thomas "Tommy" Allen Emerson
Melissa Sagemiller Gayle Bishop

[edit] Recurring

  • James LeGros -- Special Agent Ray Fuller
  • Grant Heslov -- "Bobby" Habib (pilot episode)
  • Michael Desante -- Masked Gunman/FBI Special Agent Alim Saleh (6 Episodes)
  • Joshua Feinman -- FBI Tech (5 episodes)
  • Sonya Walger -- Special Agent Patrice Serxner (4 Episodes)
  • Megan Ward -- Mrs. Fuller (3 Episodes)
  • John Fletcher -- Deputy Attorney General of the US (2 Episodes)
  • Ally Walker -- Lynn Ellen Emerson (3 Episodes)
  • Raj Mann -- Radical Islam Man
  • Luis Chavez -- Khashul

[edit] Season 2

Actor Role
Michael Ealy Darwyn al-Sayeed (Alias: Darwyn al-Hakim)
Oded Fehr Faris "Farik" al-Farik
Henri Lubatti Ilija Korjenić
Omid Abtahi Salim
Kevin Alejandro Benito 'Benny' Velasquez
Thekla Reuten Mina
Melissa Sagemiller Gayle Bishop

[edit] Recurring

[edit] Crew

[edit] Writers

  • Ethan Reiff
  • Cyrus Voris
  • Angel Dean Lopez
  • Alexander Woo
  • Kamran Pasha
  • Katherine Lingenfelter
  • Andrew Barrett
  • Nina Fiore- Writers Assistant

[edit] Directors

[edit] Sound Department

  • Paul Haslinger (Composer)
  • Joe Earle (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
  • Elmo Ponsdomenech (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
  • Mark Kamps (Supervising Sound Editor)
  • Kevin Roache (Sound Recordist)
  • Matt Fausak (Music Editor)

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Sleeper Cell episodes

[edit] DVD releases

Main article: Sleeper Cell DVD releases
DVD Name Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Sleeper Cell Season 1 March 14, 2006 September 25, 2006 August 17, 2006
Sleeper Cell Season 2 March 20, 2007 Unknown Unknown

[edit] DVD Box Art

The Complete First Season

The Complete Second Season

[edit] External links

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