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The Best Episodes of Sleeper Cell Season 1

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Every episode of Sleeper Cell Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sleeper Cell Season 1!

A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in...
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  • Youmud Din
    8.5/10(158)
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    #1 - Youmud Din

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/18/2005

    Judgement Day has arrived and Fariq isn't yet out of surprises. A surprise diversion proves effective in allowing the cell to escape their surveilance. A quick thinking Darwyn leaves a clue that will hopefully lead the FBI to the target location in time.

    Director: Nick Gomez

    Writer: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

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  • Immigrant
    8.2/10(157)
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    #2 - Immigrant

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 12/13/2005

    When an Afghan boy arrives at the warehouse looking for training as a jihadi, Darwyn introduces him to a more moderate brand of Islam in hopes of steering him away from terrorism.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Alexander Woo

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  • Intramural
    8.1/10(131)
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    #3 - Intramural

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 12/14/2005

    The cell buys explosives from a white supremacist militia while Darwyn's new handler, Patrice Serxner, tries to prevent the LAPD from blowing his cover in a conflicting investigation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Alexander Woo

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  • Hijack
    8.0/10(145)
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    #4 - Hijack

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 12/18/2005

    The cell hijacks a chemical truck in preparation for Judgment Day, as Farik spends a last night with and bids farewell to his wife, and the FBI prepares to stop the attack.

    Director: Rick Wallace

    Writer: N/A

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  • Scholar
    7.9/10(156)
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    #5 - Scholar

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 12/7/2005

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Soldier
    7.7/10(135)
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    #6 - Soldier

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 12/11/2005

    The cell members pose as Iraqi insurgents-in-training in order to infiltrate and take over a secure warehouse as a new base of operations for Youmud Din ("Judgment Day").

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Target
    7.6/10(159)
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    #7 - Target

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 12/5/2005

    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.

    Director: Guy Ferland

    Writer: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

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  • Money
    7.6/10(145)
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    #8 - Money

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 12/6/2005

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Al-Fatiha
    7.5/10(209)
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    #9 - Al-Fatiha

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 12/4/2005

    Darwyn Al-Hakim 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.

    Director: Clark Johnson

    Writer: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris

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  • Family
    7.5/10(138)
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    #10 - Family

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 12/12/2005

    Darwyn befriends a pesticide plant worker in order to buy some of his company's product under the table for the cell, while each of the jihadis cope with personal troubles of their own.

    Director: Leslie Libman

    Writer: N/A

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Youmud Din" is the best rated episode of "Sleeper Cell" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 158 votes. Directed by Nick Gomez and written by Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, it aired on 12/18/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Immigrant".