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  • SHOWTIME
  • Dec 10, 2006
  • SHOWTIME
  • Dec 10, 2006

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...

  • SHOWTIME
  • Dec 10, 2006
  • SHOWTIME
  • Dec 10, 2006
Sleeper Cell
Season 2
Season Premiere: Dec 10, 2006
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Overwhelming Dislike
1.8
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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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Season Episodes

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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
73
90% Positive
18 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
73
90% Positive
18 Reviews
5% Mixed
1 Review
5% Negative
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100
Another edge-of-your-seat thriller.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
80
Ealy and Fehr give fierce performances that will keep fans hooked.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Ellen Gray FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Melanie McFarland 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
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.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
20
A dreary thing it is, and depressing, too.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW

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