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Sleeper Cell is an American one-hour drama on the Showtime network that began airing on December 4, 2005. The tagline for the first season was “Friends. As extra material on the first season DVDs reveal, the show was originally named The Cell. 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.
Season one aired from December 4, 2005 to December 18, 2005. Darwyn is introduced to Faris al-Farik, an Islamic extremist who is the leader of a sleeper cell. Farik recruits another Cell member, bio-chemical student Eddy Pangetsu, to test the anthrax that he and Ilija have received. Darwyn learns that the Cell is planning an anthrax attack inside a mall and tries to inform the FBI of where and when, but it turns out the anthrax was fake and just a rehearsal. Farik discovers that the money supply coming in from Mexico to finance Youmud Din has ceased. So, Farik, Darwyn and Christian cross the border to Tijuana, Mexico, and try to find a way to straighten out their financial troubles.
Farik decides to send biochemical student Eddy Pangetsu on a flight to Vancouver. At the same time, Abdal Malik, a moderate religious scholar and deprogrammer from Yemen arrives on a visit to the US. The Cell members end up posing as Iraqi insurgents-in-training to infiltrate and take over a warehouse to make it the new base of operations for Youmid Din. Darwyn tries to get close to a chemical plant worker in the hopes of trying to acquire some of the company’s product for the Cell. Farik attends a meeting with cell leaders in Las Vegas as they finalize their plans for a date for their possible attack.
Meanwhile, an Afghani boy comes to the warehouse in the hopes of becoming a jihadist himself. The Cell works out a deal with white supremacists so they can acquire a large amount of explosives. The LAPD then sets up a surveillance on Darwyn after Gayle Bishop contacts them, which endangers his cover and gets the FBI’s attention. The Cell hijacks a truck in order to acquire its contents – a deadly chemical to be used in their attack.
The FBI holds off on stopping the Cell in the hopes of getting more information on the other two cells operating in the U. Judgement Day has arrived and Farik is not yet out of surprises. A surprise diversion proves effective in allowing the Cell to escape their surveillance. A quick thinking Darwyn leaves a clue that he hopes will lead the FBI to the target location in time. 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.
Ilija prepares to run away to Europe. Farik is sent to Saudi Arabia where torture is allowed. Darwyn risks blowing his cover to save an Islamic televangelist. Salim struggles with a painful secret. Farik escapes from prison in Saudi Arabia and finds a place to hide with Al-Qaeda.