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Experts analyze how and why five real men and women from Cairo, Riyadh, Casablanca, Abha and Damascus left their lives to join the Islamic State group.

As the women forcibly recruit in town, al-Khansaa grows wary of May and her companion. Abu Omar, Thenian, Madiha, Majed and his mom flee the compound.

The emir re-establishes himself as leader of the cell and gives new orders. Oum al-Hareth's infatuation with the emir gets the better of her.

Khaled tries to dissuade his mother from going to Egypt. After causing an electrical outage, Adham and May carry out their plan to free the pilot.

Madiha asks her new husband, the mufti, to send her to Egypt on a suicide mission. The leaders' struggle for power takes an unexpected turn.

The cell receives a status report on the emir, leaving the mufti with an important decision to make. Adham devises an exit strategy for the pilot.

Khaled and Hafssa have a heart-to-heart, aware it could be their last chat. Audrey decides where her loyalties lie. Adham attempts a daring rescue.

Ghadeer insists on waiting for her stepchildren before escaping, forcing Sara to make a difficult decision. The emir recalls how he first met Malika.

Al-Miqdad hunts for Majed's missing brother. After an airstrike hits the compound, Ghadeer's husband refuses to let her leave their burning home.

The emir orders Adham to wed May to keep an eye on her. The mufti learns of his fiancée's past. Ghadeer discovers a secret room in her husband's home.

Majed's older brother witnesses him being sexually abused. Kamar repays Thenian for saving her. The emir recalls a life-changing moment in 1985.

May plants a bomb in the church. Malika is tricked into carrying out a mission beyond spying. Ghadeer gets a surprise visit from a much-changed Sara.

Audrey gets revenge against the defiant teacher. A doctor and dentist are targeted for treating the opposite sex. Malika goes on her first mission.

Audrey makes a stunning announcement to her husband. The emir gives May a loyalty-testing mission. A resistance fighter asks Thenian for a risky favor.

Abu Omar sees a leader planting incriminating evidence. Sara is forced to make her escape without Ghadeer. Malika begs the emir to let her spy for him.

Khaled meets his prospective bride. May makes a shocking move to gain an audience with the emir. Sara and Ghadeer plan to escape the compound.

Abu Omar's daughter tries to out him as a traitor, but fate intervenes. A lottery is held to select two female recruits for a suicide mission.

Thenian carries out a plan to save Kamar. French wife Audrey awakens in a new home. The emir brings home a surprise to his spouse and promotes Adham.

A fishmonger reaches her limit when she's told to wear gloves. As the emir tours the marketplace for a propaganda video shoot, assassins lie in wait.

The cell orchestrates simultaneous terror attacks in three different cities around the world. Ghadeer and Sara are unhappy in their new marriages.

A French couple's getaway takes an unexpected turn. Seeing her people forced to undergo medical procedures, Yazidi prisoner Kamar confronts Thenian.

The emir reveals the object of his mission. Thenian learns of a shocking moneymaking scheme. The boys are subjected to a fear-instilling ritual.

The fortuneteller is made an example of. Thenian discovers the emir is hiding a secret. The leader of the Boys of Paradise preys upon little Majed.

The female recruits are shown how to indoctrinate girls on their way home from school. During a raid of a hospital, Adham grabs a window of opportunity.

The recruits are forced to punish "infidels" selling illegal goods, while the children are manipulated into shooting at Yazidis for target practice.

The mufti plots to steal the drug factory from its owner. Abu Omar spots his missing daughter. Surgeon Thenian tries to save a dying Yazidi prisoner.

The emir gets a surprise delivery. Timid young Majed witnesses a disturbing scene. Undercover agent Adham finds allies among his fellow recruits.

Eager recruit Nawaf is tricked into accepting a deadly mission. The cell leaders fund their war via armed robbery and drug factories employing children.

Based on their skills, the recruits are designated as platoon soldiers, brides or cyber warriors. Hailah is alarmed when her sons are taken from her.

New recruits of different walks of life and with varying motives, including at least two undercover agents, arrive at an Islamic State group compound.