7.8/10148 votes#1 - Al-Baqara
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/10/2006
several months after foiling a terrorist attack on Dodger Stadium, FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed is about to start a new life as a teacher at Quantico when he is asked to investigate a new terror suspect. Former cell leader Farik is interrogated by the CIA.
Director: Clark Johnson
Writer: Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
7.8/10116 votes#2 - Salesman
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/11/2006
Darwyn struggles to maintain his cover as he assumes command of a new Los Angeles sleeper cell and questions the experience and skill of his new FBI case agent. Farik's interrogators use new techniques to get him to talk.
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Writer: Alexander Woo
7.8/10122 votes#3 - Torture
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/2006
Ordered by the terrorist network to acquire a powerful weapon, Darwyn finds the FBI unwilling to cooperate. Ilija faces a heartbreaking decision as he prepares to flee for Europe. Farik is expatriated to Saudi Arabia, where he can be tortured.
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Writer: N/A
7.6/10112 votes#4 - Faith
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/2006
Darwyn risks blowing his cover to stop one of his cell's operative from taking revenge against a progressive Islamic televangelist; Farik escapes from prison in Saudi Arabia and finds an al-Qaeda safe house.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: N/A
7.4/10115 votes#5 - Home
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/14/2006
The future of Darwyn's cell is altered when he urges the FBI to intercept a shipment of nuclear material arriving at the Port of Los Angeles - sent by none other than Farik; Ilija faces his past when he arrives home in Sarajevo.
Director: Charles S. Dutton
Writer: N/A
7.5/10123 votes#6 - School
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/2006
The cell's new leader, Karrar, pushes Darwyn aside as plans progress for the nuclear attack on Los Angeles; Farik teaches a lesson about the terrorist way of doing business to an American philanthropist at a school in Yemen.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10123 votes#7 - Fitna
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/2006
The FBI and Darwyn move to intercept the cell's plans to detonate a pair of nuclear dirty bombs in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July, but their victory is overshadowed by a pair of tragedies for Darwyn.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Alexander Woo
7.9/10131 votes#8 - Reunion
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2006
Darwyn blames himself for the tragedies that occurred on the Fourth of July and embarks on a suicide mission to Yemen, where he plans to find and confront Farik using his former cell leader's wife as bait.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Al-Baqara" is the best rated episode of "Sleeper Cell" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 148 votes. Directed by Clark Johnson and written by Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff, it aired on 12/10/2006. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Salesman".