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 the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Cast: Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti
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10 episodes
1. Al-FatihaDarwyn 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 4, 2005
2. TargetFarik 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 5, 2005
3. MoneyFarik, 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 6, 2005
4. ScholarFarik 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 7, 2005
5. SoldierThe 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").TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 11, 2005
6. FamilyDarwyn 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 12, 2005
7. ImmigrantWhen 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 13, 2005
8. IntramuralThe 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 14, 2005
9. HijackThe 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 18, 2005
10. Youmud DinJudgement 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.TV-MACC1 h 0 minDec 18, 2005
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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 the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Ziad Doueiri, Leon Ichaso
- Created by
- Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris
- Studio
- Cardboard Guru Productions, Sin Sentido Films
