I would have given this show a "0" if I could. I was giving this show a chance as I truly enjoy watching "Homeland". Suddenly, there is an episode where they use DOGS to test their chemicals. They use and explosion device and they have THE DOGS IN A CAGE AND THEY WATCH THEM DIE to ensure that these so called chemicals do in fact work!!! While this is all fictional, I cant help but think that they are giving idiotic people ideas as to what to do and what scientific method to use to test results. I just finished watching this show, and effective immediately, I'm boycotting show. For those people who are animal advocates such as myself, DO NOT BOTHER WATCHING this trash. There are other shows that are far more positive and inspirational, and if you are into dramas, anything is good as long as they don't kill innocent animals. What kind of producer allows this? What about PETA and animal advocates and their belief systems? THIS IS SIMPLY TRASH!!!!

Sleeper Cell was an excellent series about an American Muslim FBI agent going undercover into terrorist Muslim cells.The agent, Darwyn Al-Sayeed, is portrayed beautifully by Michael Ealy. A devout Muslim, Darwyn is a gentle, quiet person who longs for a normal life but loves his country too much to turn his back on it. He also loves his religion and despises the way it is twisted by terrorists.Darwyn's opposite is Farik, brilliantly played by Oded Fehr. Farik is a devout Muslim as well, and he's bent on destroying the United States, one bomb, one crowd, one dose of poison gas at a time. He quotes the Qu'ran constantly. His cell has different types as members - some look like the people next door, and they're killers.This is just one scary feature of Sleeper Cell, that terrorists come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Another is how easily they infiltrate and how they are willing to be martyrs to their cause, which we know. The show is heart-stopping in its suspense, and once you start watching, you can't stop.I have to agree with some of the message board comments. This show was mishandled -- badly -- by its producers. I had never heard of it until someone mentioned to me. It was underpublicized -- there was no hype.I for one did not think that the end of season 2 was inconclusive, and I actually don't know how anyone can say that.Watching Sleeper Cell wasn't an entertaining or enjoyable experience. It was intense and overwhelming. I highly recommend it.

Has the drama, suspense, and character developments you would enjoy if you like drama that engages you and entertains as well as educates.The writers know their material and it shows. The direction is always engaging and not blase, and the acting terrific. Why this show didn't win any awards tells me the "powers that be" in Hollyweird don't know drama or much else for that matter. There is a plot twist in this episode at the end was a complete surprise and was very well played out. I'm glad it wasn't used as a shock scene for any climatic end to this series which would have been more typical and dull. Rent this series at once! Let's hope its brought back from celluloid extinction.

The story itself is interesting, but is it representative of terrorists? I think not. Find just one Islamic terrorist attack that involved three westerners. There aren't any.The show is good from a dramatic point of view, but it is in no way "realistic". It's about as true to life as 24. But, like Kiefer does on 24, the actors on here are quite good. It reeks of too much handling from producers - you can almost hear the pitch meeting "we can't just have a bunch of arabs. People need to identify with these characters. And we need a love interest." Very formulaic. Obviously a lot of time and money has been spent on this and it's very watchable, but ... HBO would have kept it truer to form. For instance, I am quite curious about the Indonesian character. If you've ever been to Indonesia, he looks about as Indonesian as an Eskimo. Would it have been that hard to find an actor from Jakarta?