7.5/10206 votes#1 - 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: Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
7.6/10157 votes#2 - 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: Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
7.6/10144 votes#3 - 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
7.9/10155 votes#4 - 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
7.7/10134 votes#5 - 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
7.5/10137 votes#6 - 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
8.2/10156 votes#7 - 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
8.1/10130 votes#8 - 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
8.0/10144 votes#9 - 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
8.5/10157 votes#10 - 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: Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Al-Fatiha" is the best rated episode of "Sleeper Cell" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 206 votes. Directed by Clark Johnson and written by Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff, it aired on 12/4/2005. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Target".