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Sleeper Cell (TV series)

Field	Value
image	SleeperCellAMericanTerrorMainTitle.png
caption	Title screen from the second series, Sleeper Cell: American Terror
genre	Thriller
Action
runtime	60 minutes
creator	Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris
starring	Michael Ealy
Oded Fehr
Henri Lubatti
Melissa Sagemiller
country	United States
network	Showtime
first_aired
last_aired
num_seasons	2
num_episodes	18

Action Cyrus Voris](ethan-reiff-and-cyrus-voris) Oded Fehr Henri Lubatti Melissa Sagemiller

Sleeper Cell is an American television drama series on the Showtime network that began airing on December 4, 2005. The tagline for the first season was "Friends. Neighbors. Husbands. Terrorists." and the tagline for the second season was "Cities. Suburbs. Airports. Targets." 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. Both seasons of Sleeper Cell were originally aired in an unusual fashion, by filming the entire season ahead of time and then airing the episodes on consecutive nights, such that each brand new season was aired for the first time over a period of less than two weeks. In Australia, both seasons originally aired on the Showtime Australia channel in 2006/2007. Re-runs as of 2008 have screened on the showcase channel (part of the Showtime Australia group of channels).

As extra material on the first season DVDs reveal, the show was originally named The Cell.

Synopsis

Darwyn Al-Sayeed, a 30-year-old American undercover FBI agent who is a Muslim and embracing Islam as his religion, is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles. The cell is run by an Arab extremist named Faris al-Farik who disguises himself as a Jew. The members of the cell come from a variety of racial backgrounds and conflicting personalities. The series also portrays the hypocrisy and dichotomy of the cell members who claim to be Muslims but engage in behavior that is sinful in Islam (e.g. sex outside marriage) yet they profess a desire to be martyred for Islam.

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.

Cast

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

Recurring

James LeGros—Special Agent Ray Fuller
Albert Hall—The Librarian
Michael Desante—FBI Special Agent Alim Saleh
Joshua Feinman—FBI Tech
Sonya Walger—Special Agent Patrice Serxner
Megan Ward—Mrs. Fuller
John Fletcher—Deputy Attorney General of the US
Ally Walker—Lynn Ellen Emerson
Raj Mann—Radical Muslim Man
Luis Chavez—Khashul
Saïd Taghmaoui—Hamid
Amro Salama-Abbas

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

Recurring

Jay R. Ferguson—Special Agent Russell
Michael Rady - Jason
Susan Pari - Samia
Sarah Shahi - Farah
Angela Gots - Carli
Yvette Nicole Brown - Fatima

Crew

Writers

Ethan Reiff
Cyrus Voris
Angel Dean Lopez
Alexander Woo
Kamran Pasha
Katherine Lingenfelter
Andrew Barrett
Nina Fiore (writers' assistant)

Directors

Ziad Doueiri
Guy Ferland
Nick Gomez
Leon Ichaso
Leslie Libman
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Charles S. Dutton
Clark Johnson (Pilot Episode)

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)

Episodes

Season 1: (2005)

Season one aired from December 4, 2005 to December 18, 2005. The original airdates (U.S.) are listed here for each episode.

Season 2: (2006)

Season two aired from December 10, 2006 to December 17, 2006. There were several cast changes in season two. Thekla Reuten, Omid Abtahi, and Kevin Alejandro joined the main cast as Mina, Salim and Benny, respectively. The original airdates (U.S.) are listed here for each episode.

Home media

Region 1 DVD

DVD name	Release date	No. of
episodes	Additional information
Sleeper Cell	March 14, 2006	10	The entire first season of Sleeper Cell was released as a widescreen three-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the U.S. on March 14, 2006. It was distributed by Showtime Entertainment. In addition to all the episodes that had aired, it included several DVD extras such as episode commentaries by executive producers Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes with optional commentary.
Sleeper Cell: American Terror - The Complete Second Season	March 20, 2007	8	The entire second season of Sleeper Cell: American Terror was released as a three-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the U.S. on March 20, 2007. The box for the DVD mistakenly lists the Season 1 cast on the back.

Region 2 DVD

DVD name	Release date	No. of
episodes	Additional information
Sleeper Cell	September 18, 2006	10	The entire first season of Sleeper Cell was released as a widescreen four-disc Region 2 DVD digipak in Europe on September 18, 2006. It was distributed by Tla Releasing. In addition to all the episodes that had aired, it included the same DVD extras as the Region 1 release, such as episode commentaries by executive producers Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes with optional commentary.

Region 4 DVD

DVD name	Release date	No. of
episodes	Additional information
Sleeper Cell	August 17, 2006	10	The entire first season of Sleeper Cell was released as a widescreen four-disc Region 4 DVD box set in Australia on August 17, 2006. It was distributed by Road Show Video. In addition to all the episodes that had aired, it included DVD extras such as episode commentaries by executive producers Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes with optional commentary. In addition to the bonus material included on the Region 1 release, the DVD set featured audio interviews with cast and crew members.

References

(March 2022)
(October 2010). "Sleeper Cell (Region 4)". Sanity.com.au}} {{Dead link.
"TV.com: Sleeper Cell Episode Guide". TV.com.

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