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The Best Episodes of Sleeper Cell Season 1

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

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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  1. 8.5/10(159 votes)

    #1 - Youmud Din

    S1:E10

    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.

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  2. 8.2/10(157 votes)

    #2 - Immigrant

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:N/A
  3. 8.0/10(130 votes)

    #3 - Intramural

    S1:E8

    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.

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  4. 8.0/10(145 votes)

    #4 - Hijack

    S1:E9

    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.

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    Director:Rick Wallace
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  5. 7.9/10(156 votes)

    #5 - Scholar

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  6. 7.7/10(135 votes)

    #6 - Soldier

    S1:E5

    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").

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    Director:N/A
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  8. 7.6/10(160 votes)

    #7 - Target

    S1:E2

    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.

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  9. 7.6/10(145 votes)

    #8 - Money

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  10. 7.5/10(210 votes)

    #9 - Al-Fatiha

    S1:E1

    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.

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  11. 7.5/10(138 votes)

    #10 - Family

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Leslie Libman
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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 159 votes. Directed by Nick Gomez and written by Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff, it aired on 12/18/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Immigrant".