
The Unit
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The Unit is a covert Special Forces team that does not exist. Their cover is the 303rd logistical studies group. They are assigned covert military operations by the President and never get credit for their actions. Their wives are also a tight group protecting their husbands. They protect their husband's secrets and maintain their cover.
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- 01
Paradise LostThe team is investigated by a government agency that is probing into possible infractions that could result in criminal charges. Mack confronts Tiffy about Wilson and the CIA continues to try and recruit Bob. - 02
Pandemonium, Part 1The team is in shambles as Jonas runs from a deadly assassin; Bob may be secretly reporting to another agency; and Ryan tries to put them back together. Part one of the two part season premiere. - 03
Pandemonium, Part 2Jonas needs to uncover the conspiracy that has torn the team apart to bring them back together and clear Col. Tom Ryan's name; while Kim keeps the other wives safe from CIA scrutiny.
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Season01
- S01E01
First RespondersMarch 7, 2006The Unit is a covert team of U.S. Special Forces operatives who must undertake missions around the world. The latest newcomer is Bob Brown w - S01E02
StressMarch 14, 2006The team, minus Bob, are in search of a fallen Chinese satellite. This quickly turns into an opportunity to capture one of the world's most - S01E03
200th HourMarch 21, 2006Jonas attempts to rescue a group of American missionaries in hiding in Indonesia. However, he soon realizes the mission is going to take mor - S01E04
True BelieversMarch 28, 2006The Unit is sent to Los Angeles to protect Mexico's drug minister who has been threatened with assassination and soon his wife and sons are - S01E05
Season's bestNon Permissive EnvironmentApril 4, 2006Jonas and the team carry out an assasination of a terrorist in Spain. However, they soon find out that the government called off the mission - S01E06
SecurityApril 11, 2006The Unit must try to get a listening device to an agent inside the Iranian embassy where U.S., Iranian, and Russian diplomats are meeting. M - S01E07
DedicationApril 18, 2006The crew must fly to Afghanistan to assassinate a high ranking member of the Taliban. However, one of their team helicopters ends up going d - S01E08
SEREApril 25, 2006The Unit enters the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance Escape) training course and they are lead to believe that they will be guards. The g - S01E09
Eating the YoungMay 2, 2006After an effort to buy the surface-to-air missiles from a drug lord falls through and the missiles disappear, Jonas and his team must track - S01E10
UnannouncedMay 9, 2006After Bob gets his cover blown in Africa, he tells Jonas to cancel a visit a dignitary is taking to the area because of the danger. However, - S01E11
ExposureMay 9, 2006Keith Soto returns to the base for a reunion and it's quickly discovered by Jonas and Col. Tom Ryan that he is a newspaper reporter who is w - S01E12
Morale, Welfare and RecreationMay 16, 2006The Unit is called in to consult on a bomb planted in an Atlanta bank, but they soon learn that the bomb might be nuclear. Meanwhile, Bob an - S01E13
The WallMay 16, 2006The Unit ends up detaining a former Yugoslav general who was wanted for war crimes and then allows lets the U.N. take credit for their captu
Season02Best season
- S02E01
Change of StationSeptember 19, 2006Mack and Tiffy prepare to leave the Unit, but she begins to feel conflicted when one of her former students, who claims to be physically abu - S02E02
Extreme RenditionSeptember 26, 2006The team must help a rogue former Unit operator escape from a Bulgarian prison in order to have him help assassinate the world's leading arm - S02E03
The Kill ZoneOctober 3, 2006The team is sent to Paraguay to eliminate a militia rebel leader, but the mission is put on hold when they must rescue two operators trapped - S02E04
ManhuntOctober 10, 2006The team must find a terrorist who is planning to attack a nuclear waste train. On base, Kim becomes upset when she sees a strange man talki - S02E05
Force MajeureOctober 17, 2006The team must evacuate an exiled dictator from an American hospital during a hurricane, but discover that other patients have been left behi - S02E06
Old Home WeekOctober 31, 2006The team is sent to Africa on a mission to track down smuggled diamonds. On base, the wives organize "Old Home Week" to raise funds to help - S02E07
Off the MeterNovember 7, 2006Jonas enlists Bob to take part in an unofficial operation to extract Ron Cheals' illegitimate daughter from a religious cult whose members a - S02E08
Natural SelectionNovember 14, 2006Bob and his translator are stranded in the Russian wilderness after their helicopter crashes. As Bob fights to save his translator's life, h - S02E09
Report by ExceptionNovember 21, 2006The team are sent to assassinate a prominent Latin American official who threatens the U.S. oil supply, but the mission is made difficult fo - S02E10
BaitNovember 28, 2006Colonel Ryan is shut down by his contacts in Washington when Jonas becomes a prisoner of war in Georgia. Since his contacts refuse to cooper - S02E11
Silver StarDecember 12, 2006Jonas' father is awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Korea. Jonas recalls his father's actions to his nephew, also a soldier, after h - S02E12
The Broom CupboardJanuary 16, 2007The team is assigned to protect a U.S. Senator who plans to meet a rebel leader wanting to overthrow his government. Jonas receives a top se - S02E13
Sub-ConsciousFebruary 6, 2007Kim is overheard discussing a dream she had which inexplicably contains secret details of the team's dangerous mission to North Korea. Colon - S02E14
Johnny B. GoodFebruary 6, 2007The team is sent into Iran to deploy sensors for detecting nuclear weapons, but the mission becomes complicated when civilians become involv - S02E15
The Water is WideFebruary 13, 2007The team is sent on a mission to protect a Middle Eastern dignitary at the United Nations, but must defuse a bomb found in the office of the - S02E16
Games of ChanceFebruary 20, 2007The team competes against other elite military forces from around the world in counter-terrorism games staged in Hamburg, Germany, but the g - S02E17
Dark of the MoonFebruary 27, 2007The team captures three Pakistani men from a Waziristan village to take in for questioning, but they are pursued by the local militia. After - S02E18
Two CoinsMarch 20, 2007Grey becomes involved in a relationship with a female Israeli soldier when the team travels to Israel to study advanced desert warfare. When - S02E19
OutsidersApril 3, 2007Brown and Williams are sent to Papua New Guinea to retrieve an aircraft's black box. Back on base, Mack discovers that Crystal may be talkin - S02E20
In Loco ParentisApril 10, 2007The team must work with a SWAT unit to rescue the students of an elite international private school in the Washington suburbs who have been - S02E21
BedfellowsApril 24, 2007Bob's loyalty to Jonas and the Unit is challenged when he is recruited to work with the CIA on a covert mission. On base, Mack becomes convi - S02E22
FreefallMay 1, 2007Mack, Grey and Williams protect a Thai prince on American soil and uncover scandalous family secrets that include murder. Meanwhile, Bob's l - S02E23
Season's bestParadise LostMay 8, 2007The team is investigated by a government agency that is probing into possible infractions that could result in criminal charges. Mack confro
Season03
- S03E01
Season's bestPandemonium, Part 1September 25, 2007The team is in shambles as Jonas runs from a deadly assassin; Bob may be secretly reporting to another agency; and Ryan tries to put them ba - S03E02
Pandemonium, Part 2October 2, 2007Jonas needs to uncover the conspiracy that has torn the team apart to bring them back together and clear Col. Tom Ryan's name; while Kim kee - S03E03
Always Kiss Them GoodbyeOctober 9, 2007The reunited team races to stop a plane armed with a deadly nerve gas aimed at Ft. Griffith; and Kim is ordered to broadcast a fake weather - S03E04
Every Step You TakeOctober 16, 2007Bob, Williams, and Grey are charged with rescuing a group of Embassy personnel and their families who under attack in Abidjan; while Jonas t - S03E05
Inside OutOctober 23, 2007As the team works to recover a chip with invaluable information that could prevent a possible terrorist attack, a pregnant Kim is sent to be - S03E06
M.PsOctober 30, 2007Jonas, Mack and Grey have their hands full keeping a pop diva safe from harm while Bob and a Justice Department escort face extreme danger a - S03E07
Five BrothersNovember 6, 2007Jonas and Williams perform emergency battlefield surgery on Grey in an effort to keep him alive after he is critically injured during a miss - S03E08
Play 16November 13, 2007Jonas seeks revenge for the murder of his fallen colleague, Brown deals with a rescued journalist to be sure he doesn't betray them, and the - S03E09
Binary ExplosionNovember 20, 2007Jonas and Bob watch from the outside as Grey gathers information on gang members he knows from his past who are stealing weapons and deadly - S03E10
Gone MissingNovember 27, 2007Bob's moral conflict over the team's deadly tasks distracts him during a sniper mission, putting the whole team at risk. - S03E11
Side Angle SlideDecember 18, 2007As Jonas works with a British agent, he realizes that the agent may also have connections to the scientist they are tracking. Back home, Kim
Season04
- S04E01
SacrificeSeptember 28, 2008Jonas and the team are assigned the task of unraveling an assassination plot involving high government officials at the same time as the wom - S04E02
Sudden FlightOctober 5, 2008The team follows a scientist on a commercial flight, who they believe will be the next target of terrorists they hope to link to a president - S04E03
Sex TradeOctober 12, 2008Jonas vows to help save a group of girls who are being trafficked as sex slaves by the man he hopes will lead the team to a nuclear weapons - S04E04
The ConduitOctober 19, 2008Bob is held hostage by a drug cartel after he poses as a chemist who can turn cocaine into paint for easy smuggling. Meanwhile, Mack penetra - S04E05
Dancing LessonsOctober 26, 2008A nuclear scientist insists on making a deal with the team before he will reveal vital information about a terrorist attack in a major U.S. - S04E06
InquisitionNovember 2, 2008The team produces fake evidence of an attack to con a terrorist into exposing his accomplices before the truth comes out and they can get aw - S04E07
Into Hell, Part 1November 9, 2008When Betsy Blane is taken hostage, Jonas and his team go to Iraq and begin their plan to rescue her. On the home front, Mack works on making - S04E08
Season's bestInto Hell, Part 2November 16, 2008While Jonas and the team continue to try to rescue his daughter, Betsy Blane, from Syrian captors, Mack has the opportunity to carry out his - S04E09
Shadow RidersNovember 23, 2008Jonas and the team must go through enemy territory to bring a young bride to her groom in order to preserve a truce between two warring Afgh - S04E10
Mislead and MisguidedNovember 30, 2008The team's efforts to raid an anthrax lab are thwarted by an official who thinks his high-tech intelligence is superior to their field logic - S04E11
SwitchbladeDecember 21, 2008Jonas and the team make a Dept. of Defense official, whose bad judgment caused a mission to fail, go on an assignment with them where he wil - S04E12
Bad BeatJanuary 4, 2009Jonas plays a game of high stakes baccarat to win back the services of a CIA spy who has gone over to the other side. His success is also ke - S04E13
The Spear of DestinyJanuary 11, 2009Jonas and a seriously wounded Mack take refuge in a monastery where he is ordered to steal the monk's most prized possession. - S04E14
The Last NaziFebruary 15, 2009The unit is assigned to capture a Nazi war criminal from his hiding place and deliver him to The Hague. In Washington, Tom Ryan confronts hi - S04E15
HeroMarch 8, 2009As Jonas coaches Betsy before her military-ordered media tour, the Unit initiates a new team member. - S04E16
Hill 60March 15, 2009Without any communication to the outside world, the Unit and their families must survive when a deadly gas poisons anyone in their community - S04E17
Flesh & BloodMarch 22, 2009Time is running out for the Unit when a broken helicopter gas tank and nearby guerillas impede their rescue mission of Jonas's old friend. - S04E18
Best Laid PlansMarch 29, 2009When Jonas and Mack go undercover to find the terrorists who killed the Vice President, the mission's plans go awry and Bob must run interfe - S04E19
WhiplashApril 12, 2009The Unit hunts down one of their own after Sam attacks Bridget. - S04E20
Chaos TheoryApril 26, 2009A random incident throws Jonas and Bob's carefully planned mission into chaos. - S04E21
EndgameMay 3, 2009While Jonas is tracking down a Russian terrorist cell, Molly is used as bait. - S04E22
Unknown SoldierMay 10, 2009The Unit must locate and diffuse three sets of dirty bombs headed for unknown locations across the United States.
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