About
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
as Darwyn al-Sayeed
Oded Fehr
as Faris 'Farik' al-Farik
Henri Lubatti
as Ilija Korjenić
Thekla Reuten
as Wilhelmina 'Mina' van der Hulst
Omid Abtahi
as Salim
Kevin Alejandro
as Benito 'Benny' Velasquez
Melissa Sagemiller
as Gayle Bishop
Episodes
Season 1
Al-Fatiha
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.
Target
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.
Money
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.
Scholar
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.
Soldier
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").
Family
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.
Immigrant
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.
Intramural
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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