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Sleeper Cell Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Al-Fatiha (Pilot)

First aired: Dec/04/2005
Writer: Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
Director: Clark Johnson
Guest star: Zsa Zsa Modjallal (Crying Mother), Gary Levine (Cantor), Sahra Silanne (Teenage Girl), Stephen Mendel (Rabbi), Jake Soldera (Marcus), Lala Khanian (Nadia), John Wesley Chatham (Frat Boy)

Darwyn Al-Sayeed 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.



2 :01x02 - Target

First aired: Dec/05/2005
Guest star: Scott Caudill (Bad Teen #1), Noora Albright (Young Girlfriend), Michael Desante (Masked Gunman), Taivon McKinney (Alexis-Teen Student), Joshua Feinman (F.B.I. Tech), Jeff Mallare (Eddy Pangetsu), Francesca Cecil (Young Girl)

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 become suspicious about the disappearance of a cell member.



3 :01x03 - Money

First aired: Dec/06/2005
Guest star: Michael Desante (Special Agent Alim Saleh), Rizwan Manji (Car Salesman), Seth William Meier (FBI Tech Warren), Carlos Gomez (SAC Diaz), Eduardo Yáñez (Felix Ortiz)

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.



4 :01x04 - Scholar

First aired: Dec/07/2005
Guest star: Ambrit Millhouse (TSA Agent), Joshua Feinman (F.B.I. Tech), Aleksandar Petko (FBI Special Agent Larry), Sanjay (Pakistani Man), Marc Casabani (The Scholar), Jeff Mallare (Eddy Pangetsu), Therese McLaughlin (FBI Agent), Seth William Meier (FBI Tech Warren), Emily Liu (Plain Clothes Agent), Michael Desante (Masked Gunman), Zuhair Haddad (Imam Mustafa), David McDivitt (FBI Agent)

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.



5 :01x05 - Soldier

First aired: Dec/11/2005
Guest star: Michelle Pierce (Young Beauty), Connie Richmond (Receptionist), Lydia Blanco (Miss Graham), Adam Gorelick (Teenager), Joshua Feinman (F.B.I. Tech), David Lindsay (Nerdy Kid), John Siciliano (Kenneth Bin Al-Waleed)

The Cell members decide to pose as Iraqi insurgents-in-training in order to infiltrate and take over a secure warehouse as a new base of operations for Youmid Din.



6 :01x06 - Family

First aired: Dec/12/2005
Guest star: Philip Carlsen (Christian Crusader), Nick Huff (Teenager), Ron Yuan (Cornrow), Ana Alexander (Jelena Jovanovic)

Darwyn becomes friends with a pesticide plant worker so he can purchase some of his company’s product under the table for the Cell. Meanwhile, the members are all dealing with personal conflicts of their own.



7 :01x07 - Immigrant

First aired: Dec/13/2005
Guest star: Tom Ohmer (Officer Davis), Maureena Galindo (Prostitute #1), Amro Salama (Abbas), Lou Richards (Detective), Tiger Mendez (Coyote), Kristi Clainos (Hotel Clerk), Cameron Lee (Gamer)

An Afghan boy comes to the warehouse looking for training as a jihad and Darwyn decides to introduce him to a more moderate brand of Islam in hopes of steering him away from terrorism.



8 :01x08 - Intramural

First aired: Dec/14/2005
Guest star: Joshua Feinman (F.B.I. Tech), Andy Langham (LAPD Detective #1), Bill Parks (Johnny), DeVone Lawson, Jr. (Dashwasher)

The Cell purchases some explosives from a white supremacist militia. Also, Darwyn’s new handler, Patrice Serxner, tries to prevent the LAPD from blowing his cover in a conflicting investigation.



9 :01x09 - Hijack

First aired: Dec/18/2005
Guest star: Michael Desante (Masked Gunman), James D. Weston (F.B.I. Agent), Amy Block (Drunken Singing Woman), Rana Haddad (Nabeel's Wife), P. D. Mani (Pakistani Commando), Joshua Feinman (F.B.I. Tech)

The cell hijacks a chemical truck in preparation for Youmud Din "Judgment Day" as the FBI prepares to stop them, not knowing that, due to a misunderstanding of the Arabic calendar, the attack will proceed one day earlier than they think it will.



10 :01x10 - Youmud Din

First aired: Dec/18/2005
Guest star: Amro Salama (Abbas), Alexa Melo (Anthem Singer), Kinsey Packard (Forensic Woman), Carl Gilliard (NYPD Detective), Michael Desante (FBI Special Agent Alim Saleh)

The cell hijacks a chemical truck in preparation for Youmud Din "Judgment Day" as the FBI prepares to stop them, not knowing that, due to a misunderstanding of the Arabic calendar, the attack will proceed one day earlier than they think it will.



11 :02x01 - Al-Baqara

First aired: Dec/10/2006
Guest star: Thekla Reuten (Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst)

An American Muslim and FBI agent, scheduled to begin a stint as a teacher at Quantico, must first check out a terror suspect; the CIA grills former cell leader Farik.



12 :02x02 - Salesman

First aired: Dec/11/2006
Guest star: Thekla Reuten (Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst), Assaf Cohen (Lt. Hayat)

Darwyn experiences problems on two fronts: as new leader of the cell, and with his new FBI case agent, whose inexperience in the field is a concern. The cell's first order of business is to steal a surface-to-air missile from a former arms dealer in Pakistan; Farik's interrogators turn up the pressure; Ilija has a plan to slip into Canada.



13 :02x03 - Torture

First aired: Dec/12/2006
Guest star: Sarah Shahi (Farrah), Thekla Reuten (Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst)

Unable to break Farik, American intelligence sends him to Saudi Arabia, where torture methods are stepped up; terrorist leaders order Darwyn to secure nuclear material, but his new FBI boss refuses to help; Ilija makes it into Canada, but must clear up loose ends before he goes back to Europe.



14 :02x04 - Faith

First aired: Dec/13/2006
Guest star: Thekla Reuten (Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst), Sarah Shahi (Farrah)

Escapee Farik finds refuge in a safe house in the city of Najran; Darwyn risks blowing his cover to keep a vengeful member of his cell from killing a televangelist; Ilija is guillt-stricken about having to kill a woman to facilitate his escape from Canada.



15 :02x05 - Homecoming

First aired: Dec/14/2006
Guest star: Thekla Reuten (Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst)

Darwyn and his estranged father have an uncomfortable reunion; Salim wrestles with his sexual identity; Ilija struggles to make it back to Sarajevo for a confrontation with his troubled past; Darwyn learns about Farik's special shipment to L.A. and attempts to intercept.



16 :02x06 - School

First aired: Dec/15/2006
Guest star: Thekla Reuten (Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst)

A new terrorist leader takes over the planned nuclear attack on Los Angeles and keeps Darwyn in the dark about the specifics; Mina goes on a mission that endangers Gayle; in Yemen, Farik turns the tables on an idealistic American philanthropist; Ilija's Bosnian homecoming is a disappointment.



17 :02x07 - Fitna

First aired: Dec/16/2006
Guest star: Thekla Reuten (Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst)



18 :02x08 - Reunion

First aired: Dec/17/2006