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Summary Showtime’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 view...

  • 2005
  • TV-MA
  • SHOWTIME
  • 2005
  • TV-MA
  • SHOWTIME

Sleeper Cell

Season 1 Premiere: 2005
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 46 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 User Ratings
3.7
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Summary Showtime’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 view...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 46 Critic Reviews
68
72% Positive
33 Reviews
22% Mixed
10 Reviews
7% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 46 Critic Reviews
68
72% Positive
33 Reviews
22% Mixed
10 Reviews
7% Negative
3 Reviews

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100
Another edge-of-your-seat thriller.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
80
As exciting as the original.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
80
This engrossing and unnerving nail-biter is a rare treat: a thriller with a brain and a soul.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
70
While not perfect, [it] manages to be both exciting and--if not exactly realistic--then at least reality-grounded.
By James Poniewozik FULL REVIEW
70
While it is more intriguing than gripping, the drama has considerable power in its best moments, many of which will come in the last episodes.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
50
Fehr's performance is worth noting, if only because his cool demeanor is frighteningly at odds with the insane rhetoric pouring out of his mouth. His portrayal may be the show's greatest point of interest -- that is, if you aren't annoyed by Shields, or hypnotized into a slumber by Ealy's never-ending "haunted past" routine.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
20
A dreary thing it is, and depressing, too.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 User Ratings
3.7
38% Positive
5 Ratings
8% Mixed
1 Rating
54% Negative
7 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 User Ratings
3.7
38% Positive
5 Ratings
8% Mixed
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54% Negative
7 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Sin Sentido Films
Initial Release Date: 2005
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 5 Nominations
Casting Society of America, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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