"Previously on "sleeper cell"..." "Royal canadian mounted police have just released this footage of the anthrax seized at the canadian border... you must prove to us that you are still capable." "We have a new mission." "What about the others?" "They have their own assignments." "Christian is collecting beagles." "Tommy is learning to drive an 18-wheeler." "My ride got ripped off, and cash is a little tight right now." "Oh, no problem, my friend." "I have just the car for you." "Lynne?" "Mom, it's me, tommy." "I need to borrow some money." "She's a professor at berkeley." "That's why I joined the army -- to piss her off." "So, what's the problem?" "She's threatening to come here." "I'm got to go see my parole officer." "This place is perfect." "It's exactly what we need to prepare for youmud din." "It's a 4-week-long training period with no outside contact for a month." "Hey, uh, where are you?" "Call me, all right?" "The cause needs this place of yours now." "This place has everything we need in order to proceed with plan "B."" "We can come and go as we please without anyone knowing what we're up to." "X-pert security offers you the guaranteed assurance that your facility will be safeguarded from any undesirables." "It's a nice speech, but this isn't fort knox." "Our biggest security threat is one guy punching out another guy over taking a parking spot." "I would think that a man in your position would take this a little more seriously." "I've been here for 20 years." "Locks on the gates and an alarm on the front door has worked pretty good so far." "Let me ask you a question." "Since 9/11, which facilities have risen as potential threats?" "Chemical plants." "Look, I know this song and dance." "You want to scare me into thinking everybody's a terrorist, and they're all out to get us, and they're going to do it by breaking into this factory." "Am I right?" "They won't need to break in." "They'll already be working here." "In the last factory, we found five sex offenders and eight illegals." "Now, the federal government are this close to regulating security procedures in plants such as yours." "If your hiring turns out to be that sloppy, who do you think your bosses are going to blame when their insurance premiums skyrocket?" "What am I going to do, fire everybody?" "An easier solution would be to enlist our services." "With your permission, we can conduct a thorough background check on all of your employees." "After all, not everyone is who they appear to be." "The average iraqi packing a hip-fired A.K." "Won't hit a man past 25 meters." "But a vehicle?" "That's a juicy target." "It gives you three to five guys packed within two meters of each other, traveling on a narrow, predictable path." "Yeah, so you were walking, right?" "That's right," "I'm walking." "Darwyn, hey." "Aren't you anita's son?" "Y eah." "Hey, he's in the service, too." "Used to be, used to be." "I never saw any combat, though." "According to the paperwork, neither have I." "Baghdad don't count as a war zone, even though we average two casualties there every day." "J.C." "Jay clarence?" "Mm-hmm." "Helena's son?" "Yeah." "I knew you looked familiar, man." "I haven't seen you since we were kids, man." "We're cousins." "Your mom is my mom's big sister." "Oh, yeah, now I remember you." "What's up?" "So, you home for good now?" "Unh-unh," "I go back next tuesday." "Times flies when you're not at war." "Yeah, I bet it does." "Darwyn?" "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" "Because I know how much you like surprises." "And what did you do with your hair?" "Look at this scruffy thing." "I kind of got like a john shaft thing going." "I'm going to get my scissors out and even this all up for you." "See, no more homemade haircuts, ma." "No more." "You still got this old thing, huh, ma?" "It works, just not so good." "One way or another, I'm not missing a niners game." "I haven't missed throwing an opening-season barbecue in 15 years." "I promised you I wouldn't miss another one." "Oh, they never should have gotten rid of T.O." "They've lost their edge." "But they got this new quarterback this season, so we'll see how it goes." "You got to be the only niners fan in compton." "Some things never change." "And speaking of things which never change... you talk to your father recently?" "You should go see him." "Just because you work for the FBI doesn't mean you're not his son." "He's the one you need to convince on that topic, ma." "Baby, can you help me with this reception?" "I don't want to miss the opening kickoff." "It's great to see everybody." "I didn't even recognize J.C." "How's aunt helena doing?" "Well, you can ask her yourself if you stay long enough." "She showing up for the game?" "Yep, and she's going to be staying here for a while, too -- her and J.C.'S two little sisters." "What?" "How come?" "Hmm." "Helena had herself an electrical fire last week." "Bad wiring is what the fire inspector said." "The whole diner went up." "They were lucky to even get out of there before it was too late." "Helena had every penny sunk into that place." "She can't even afford to pay rent on her apartment now, so I'm taking them in -- at least till she can get back up on her feet." "That's awful good of you, mom, but where they going to sleep?" "And who's going to feed those kids of hers?" "I got a little something saved." "I still get a teacher's pension every month." "Helena will sleep on the couch, and the two girls will share my bed." "And where are you going to sleep?" "I got me a cot in the garage that I'm going to move into the living room." "Don't you worry about me." "I'm going to be fine." "Be very nice to have some kids running around here, even if they're teenagers." "Oh!" "Ha ha ha." "What do you think of our chemical candidates?" "This one -- ernest jefferson." "I think he offers us the best opportunity." "Let this recording, along with our success in los angeles," "inspire our brothers across the world, in numbers great and small, to take arms against the anglo-american regimes and every nation that sides with them." "With allah's blessing, we will remove the infidels and their apostate collaborators from the muslim nations." "Let this also be a statement to the american people that your government has brought upon you the wrath of the one " "Thomas." "I told you not to come, lynne." "Well, I " "I wanted to surprise you." "So." "This is your place." "It's like something out of james ellroy in "L.A. Confidential" -- so banal, it's filled with character." "Since when are you into popular fiction, mom?" "Oh, well, that's not fair." "You know I can enjoy anything, so long as it's not set in the present day." "It's good to see you, thomas, and, um, to be with you." "And don't worry," "I'm not here to try to drag you back to château de emerson." "I'm just here to visit." "I'm only in town for two days -- just pop in, pop out." "But, um..." "I would love to spend every free moment with you." "Is that really such a horrible prospect for you -- no, mom, I just -- it " "I'm really busy, you know." "I've got, uh... responsibilities." "You know?" "I was actually just leaving." "Oh, uh, well, look, wherever you're going, if you're in a hurry," "I could give you a ride, and, um, then maybe I could come back here or pick you up wherever, and I could take you to lunch or -- or dinner." "Okay." "Great, okay." "That'll give me a chance to fill you in on the symposium I'm leading tomorrow." "Sodium is detected in its compound by the bright-yellow coloration, which it imparts to flame when burned." "I, uh, I heard that sodium explodes if you put it in water." "Is that true?" "This is a science lab, so let's find out." "I'll fill it." "Okay, now, stand back." "Oh!" "Oh!" "Okay, the fun is over." "Everyone, now we get back to work." "Everyone back to their lab stations to prepare for lesson 5." "People have this romanticized, mythologized view of knights and squires and damsels in distress, when the reality -- as you well know, thanks to me -- is that knights and squires were nothing more than rapacious war profiteers and professional rapists." "Actually, not that unlike our early 21st century american military." "You know, um... we were so happy when you finally realized how wrong it would be for you to stay in the army, thomas." "I mean, today more than ever, that is just not a life for a young man like you." "That was something even your father and I could agree on." "Well, there you go, mom." "That's why I did it -- to bring you two together." "I'll see ya." "You know, um..." "I really am very proud of you." "you know, your dad is, too." "You've gone your own way, and you've built your own life, and I just want you to know that it makes me very happy to see it." "I love you, too, lynne." "Hey, who's the hot chick?" "The subject's name is ernest jefferson." "He works for an insecticide plant in glendale." "The man is in debt -- alimony, child support." "He hates his job." "He hates his life." "He's a confirmed loser and a soft target." "He gets off every night at 6:00, and he frequents this bar a few blocks from his work by the name of dick's den." "That's where you'll meet this black brother of yours." "We're not allowed to drink alcohol." "The rules of the house of islam can be broken in the land of unbelievers as long as it serves god's cause." "Now, you do what you need to do in order to make friends." "Why am I making friends with this guy?" "Because he has access to something we need." "What are you doing here, man?" "What, you're not happy to see me?" "This isn't the meeting place anymore." "You can't be seen here." "Aw, relax, man." "Just feeling a little left out, you know." "Neither of us is involved in whatever farik is up to right now." "Ilija's the go-to guy, man." "We both know that." "He and farik go way back -- the front lines outside sarajevo." "What about darwyn?" "What is that -- affirmative action?" "hey, man," "I thought you left that skinhead, racist shit behind, man." "We're all brothers in islam." "Oh, my god." "What's going on?" "Don't ask." "I love this place, thomas." "It's so "american graffiti."" "Hello, are you a friend of thomas'?" "Well, I'm not sure." "Am I your friend, thomas?" "Christian, this is lynne." "Lynne, christian." "This is your mother?" "I thought she was your sister." "Oh, merci." "Charming and a good liar." "I like him already." "So, how do you two know each other?" "We go to the same mosque." "Oh, well, good for the both of you." "You know, I spoke to ruth myers the other day, and she was so impressed when I told her what you'd been doing with yourself." "We are surrounded by so much blind hatred of muslims." "It just makes your own spiritual awakening that much more significant as a cross-cultural act." "Did you ever think maybe I don't want to be talked about?" "Maybe I'm a little tired of being a topic of gossip for you and your friends?" "We were just sharing our pride in you, thomas." "So, how is it you speak french?" "Professional reasons." "I'm a medieval historian, and in medieval europe, the lingua franca was french." "Like english today." "Yes, unfortunately." "Listen, I have a good idea." "I was going to invite thomas to a symposium that I'm leading, and since you two are such good friends, perhaps you would like to come along, as well." "Christian's got a lot of -- yeah, I would love to." "Great." "When I came to this country, my parents put me in an all-american high school." "So, every day, the teachers would call out the names of attendance -- jonathan bradley, samantha peterson, jim brown, and jelena jovanavic." "That's horrible." "It gets worse." "In english, we had to read out loud to the class." "The students would laugh at me because of my heavy accent." "What?" "Is something the matter?" "No, just... tell me, how does it feel to be sipping coffee and sharing pleasant conversation with a pseci?" ""Pseci" is a dog." "What are you talking about?" "Did my name fool you?" "If my parents had spelled my name the way they should have, with a "z" on the end, maybe then you would have known better -- ilijaz." "Do not play dumb." "You are serb -- christ worshipper, huh?" "What would your family say if they knew you were sharing a table with a bosnian muslim dog?" "My -- my family is from belgrade." "We were nowhere near the war." "Do you think that makes you exempt?" "My family was slaughtered!" "I saw my brother killed before my eyes." "We had nothing to do with it." "Please, believe me, ilija." "When you liked me in the classroom," "I was still a serb, and you were bosnian." "I was christian, and you were muslim." "But we're here now in america." "Those things belong in the past." "Please... leave them there." "I'm not american, and no matter how much you try, you will never be an american, either." "Hi." "You guys ready for the return of our lord and savior, jesus christ?" "When is he coming?" "Any day now." "Why don't you guys drop by one of our meetings on friday?" "I'll tell you all about it." "I'm at mosque fridays." "That's cool." "Why don't you drop by and hear what the bible has to say?" "Can't you hear, jesus boy?" "We're muslims." "You know, there are some things in the "koo-ran"" "that are actually in the true bible, as well." "It's the holy koran." "What matters isn't what it says in the book, man." "What matters is how you put it into practice in your life." "Muslims don't just serve god once a week when they step into church and then forget all about him for the next six days." "Think it over, man." "You know, jesus loves you." "Fucking religious fanatics." "What?" "So, uh, what time you get off?" "None of your business." "Oh, juanita." "Come on, girl, one night." "That's all I'm asking about is one night." "It'll change your whole life." "Why don't you go fuck yourself, ernie?" "Shit, that's what I'm trying to avoid." "Anybody sitting here?" "You, if you sit down." "Ahh!" "What you drinking?" "A slow, comfortable screw with a fat chick." "Never heard of one of those before." "Yeah, well, it's my own special drink, you know?" "You got your sloe gin, your southern comfort, your vodka and O.J." "For the screw, and then sometimes they top it off with tequila and call it a slow comfortable screw with a mexican, or bacardi and it's a puerto rican, but I don't go for all that light shit." "I have 'em top it off with some corn liquor." "That's your fat chick, huh?" "Hell, yeah." "This shit will make you wake up the next day sore all over... splitting headache,"