Sleeper Cell

68
Metascore
2005-2006
2 seasons
Showtime Networks
Suspense, Drama
TV-MA

An American undercover FBI agent is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles.

68
Metascore
2005-2006
2 seasons
Showtime Networks
Suspense, Drama
TV-MA

An American undercover FBI agent is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles.

TNT Orders Legends from Homeland Producers

TNT has ordered 10 episodes of the drama Legends starring Game of Thrones alum Sean Bean, the network announced on Wednesday. Based on the a book by the same name by Robert Littell, Legends is about an undercover agent named Martin Odum (Bean) who works for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division. Martin can transform himself into a completely different person for each job, but starts to question his own identity when a stranger suggests that he isn't the man he believes himself to be.

Wed, May 8, 2013

TNT Orders Legends from Homeland Producers

Michael Ealy Joins the Cast of The Good Wife

Call him Bond, Derrick Bond. FlashForward alum Michael Ealy has joined the cast of The Good Wife as Derrick Bond, a partner in the...

Mon, Jul 19, 2010

Michael Ealy Joins the Cast of The Good Wife

Bruckheimer and CBS Chase Treasure Hunters

Jerry "Prolific Producer" Bruckheimer, he of CSI, Cold Case, Without a Trace and Amazing Race fame (and that's just TV), has secured a pilot order from longtime landing pad CBS for an untitled drama revolving around freelance treasure hunters, the Reporter reports. Ethan Reiff, who is penning the series with his Sleeper Cell cocreator Cyrus Voris, pegs it as an "A-class network version of an archaeology adventure show," and one grounded in (arti)facts by expert consultants. "It's not Indiana Jones for television," he says. "It's more grounded, more contemporary."

Thu, Aug 16, 2007

Bruckheimer and CBS Chase Treasure Hunters

You were right about The O.C. ...

Question: You were right about The O.C. Ryan and Taylor are my new addiction. Tell me they're not doomed!Answer: I don't know about doomed, but things certainly will get more complicated when Taylor's French hubby Henri Michel (Sleeper Cell's Henri Lubatti) shows up to reclaim his wife and makes a startling revelation that could drive Ryan away for good.

Wed, Dec 20, 2006

Sleeper Cell On the very climactic...

Sleeper CellOn the very climactic finale of Sleeper Cell, Darwyn and the FBI are able to stop a massive attack on Dodger Stadium, as well as simultaneous attacks on Yankee Stadium and a baseball field in D.C. Phew! But they really left this miniseries open for a second installment. Farik and Co. can't go to trial without showing that the government condoned Darwyn's involvement with the murders, and "Steve," or Ilija, escaped without being captured. All in all, I did enjoy this series, but it is heavy stuff to watch, especially when paired with the nightly news. But the show wasn't all a downer. I did get to enjoy Ilija's rousing rendition of A Tribe Called Quest's "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo." Oh, but did mean old Farik really have to send tickets to Ga

Mon, Dec 19, 2005

Sleeper Cell Those poor puppies....

Sleeper CellThose poor puppies. I know these are terrorists and their ultimate plan is to kill many, many civilians (probably at a baseball game and maybe by using bubbles, based on Sunday's episode) but the defenseless little animals? That's just wrong. I had to double-check the credits for the "no animals were harmed" mention before I could get a good night's sleep. I was happy to see that Darwyn still takes good care of his mama even though it has gotten hard to visit home when you are constantly trying to hide your identity from those puppy-murdering terrorists. As for the news that his bed buddy has a husband... well that is just one more reason he should stay away from her... at least until he's done with this case. If I learned anything from Jerry Maguire, it was not to

Tue, Dec 13, 2005

I've missed Kitchen Confidential....

I've missed Kitchen Confidential. I know it isn't really groundbreaking TV, and I know its goose is pretty much cooked, but it is just plain funny. Reuniting Alias pretty boys Bradley Cooper and Michael Vartan was a genius idea on this too-many-cooks-in-the-kitchen episode. The writers even tossed in a little aside where Cooper (as his character Jack) says they are so close it is like they've worked together before. Clever. And there was a nice lesson learned — in a feud like this one, it is always the innocent ones who get hurt. Poor Jim in that ice chest, after his friends had previously banished him to the "idiot hole." But at least the dopey newbie who makes Woody on Cheers look worldly got the line of the night: "Can you help me get

Tue, Dec 6, 2005

Sleeper Cell Much like this summer's...

Sleeper CellMuch like this summer's Showtime drama Weeds, Sleeper Cell explores what can lurk just below the radar in an average community. With daily news reports of terrorist threats and terrorist acts flooding the airwaves nowadays, it is hard not to think about terrorism as a constant danger here in the States. But it's a wee bit unsettling to watch a group of terrorists frolic in the park with kids at a birthday party. While this series, which is airing more like a miniseries, with four episodes this week and four next, got off to a bit of a slow start, it ended with a brutal scene that will keep me tuning in for the next installment. The disturbing image of that doting father, whose biggest concern early on was keeping his young daughter away from boys, being bu

Mon, Dec 5, 2005