| Show | Tomatometer | Audience Score | Year | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 88% | 82% | 2005 | | 24 (Season 5) | 76% | 80% | 2006 | | The Unit | 71% | 68% | 2006 | | Homeland (S1) | 91% | 86% | 2011 |

: Some reviews mentioned "awful dialogue" and noted that it occasionally felt like "two entirely different programs bolted together"—one an intelligent look at fundamentalism and the other a standard TV thriller. Audience Reception

While the critics were united in their praise, the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score offers a different, perhaps more visceral, perspective. While generally positive, the audience scores for the series often reveal the discomfort viewers felt at the time.

Here are the Rotten Tomatoes scores for that show:

Diving deeper into the Rotten Tomatoes data reveals an interesting trajectory for the show. The first season is universally regarded as a masterpiece of tension. However, the second season, Sleeper Cell: American Terror , faced a slightly tougher, though still favorable, reception.