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Showtime's got great shows this year; first
Weeds and now
Sleeper
Cell.
On the surface it's a spinning-plates anti-terrorist drama in the vein
of 24. Which makes for fun TV. But Sleeper Cell has more depth than
that, particularly in
the subtlety of the characterizations.
The script borrows from recent history to build a motley crew of terrorists intent on carrying jihad to America. Blake Shields is great as the unfortunate John Walker Lindh type. Alex Nesic is fun as the French Islamic radical who enjoys hookers and strippers. Both good guys and bad are drawn with complexities and imperfections that make the story compelling.  The show just finished its 10 hour miniseries run, but Showtime promises a rebroadcast January 10. And it looks like a DVD release is planned, too. |
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