8.8/10308 votesLoading...#1 - Play 16
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2007
Jonas goes on a solo mission, enlisting the help of some local militants to hunt down a terrorist known as "The Butcher". Charles is still recovering in the hospital, Mack takes on the task of arranging Hector's final funeral preparations, with the help of the other wives and Bob has been ordered to deal with the rescued journalist. Ryan must deal with the man sent by Washington to oversee the cover story.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/10293 votesLoading...
#2 - Five Brothers
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2007
The Unit is in Lebanon when Charles is seriously wounded. They must think and act quickly to save his life. On the Home Front, Tiffy's problems continue to build when a man attempts to tow her car. The women stand up and fight to protect her.
Director: Steve Gomer
Writer: Frank Military
- 8.5/10228 votesLoading...
#3 - Into Hell (1)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2008
The team travels to Iraq to save Jonas' daughter, who has been kidnapped; Col. Ryan must face the consequences for his adultery with Mack's wife.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10256 votesLoading...
#4 - In Loco Parentis
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2007
The Unit is called in to help out the local SWAT team when a prominent school in Virginia is taken over by shooters. They must determine how to free the hostages without the students getting injured. On the homefront, Lissy has a young man interested in her, which turns into a delicate situation as he is the son of an Officer. Kim further complicates this matter, when she defies Tiffy’s orders and Lissy pays the price.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10251 votesLoading...
#5 - Paradise Lost
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/8/2007
The Unit faces its greatest threat when they are investigated by the Government for their actions. Each man must make difficult choices, which may put their entire team in jeopardy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10259 votesLoading...#6 - Sacrifice
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2008
While women are being secretly relocated and moved off the base for their own safety, Jonas and the team must unravel an assassination plot against the vice president and president elect.
Director: David Mamet
Writer: Frank Military
- 8.3/10233 votesLoading...
#7 - Hill 60
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2009
Unable to communicate with the outside world, the Unit and their families must survive when a deadly gas poisons anyone in their community who steps outside.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10246 votesLoading...
#8 - Unknown Soldier
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2009
When several dirty bombs are found on American soil, The Unit is deployed to find and diffuse. On the home front, the wives prepare for a wedding and a possible divorce.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10295 votesLoading...
#9 - Dark of the Moon
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/2007
The Unit is sent to Pakistan to retrieve three suspected terrorists when they run into trouble with the local forces. They find a U.S. base with a small force of troops that do not respect their commanding officer. Jonas takes control of the combined group and prepares them for the impending attacks.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Eric L. Haney
- 8.2/10269 votesLoading...
#10 - Pandemonium (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2007
Jonas is still in hiding, Mack and Hector are still imprisoned, Charles is on the run, Bob is in Mexico, working for the CIA and Colonel Ryan is again called to answer question before a Congressional hearing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10255 votesLoading...
#11 - Pandemonium (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2007
Jonas works out a plan and the team reunites to clear their reputation. Kim is working behind the scenes to keep the CIA away from the other wives.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10232 votesLoading...
#12 - Into Hell (2)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2008
The team keeps trying to rescue Betsy Blane from Syrian captors; Mack has an opportunity to get revenge on Ryan for his affair with Tiffy.
Director: Fred Gerber
Writer: Frank Military
- 8.1/10206 votesLoading...
#13 - Endgame
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2009
Molly is kidnapped and used as bait, while Jonas is out of the country looking into a Russian terrorist cell.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: N/A
8.0/10349 votesLoading...#14 - SERE
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/25/2006
The Unit enters the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance Escape) training course and they are lead to believe that they will be guards. The group is soon shocked to discover that they are actually the POWs for an undetermined amount of time.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: Carol Flint
8.0/10268 votesLoading...#15 - Natural Selection
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2006
While struggling to keep himself and his translator alive after their helicopter crashes in Siberia, Bob remembers the process in which he went through to become a member of the Unit.
Director: Helen Shaver
Writer: N/A
7.9/10303 votesLoading...#16 - Dedication
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/18/2006
The crew must fly to Afghanistan to assassinate a high ranking member of the Taliban. However, one of their team helicopters ends up going down in enemy territory, placing the entire crew in jeopardy. Back at the base, Molly confronts a friend and retired Unit veteran about his addiction to painkillers and Kim ends up getting a job at the local radio station.
Director: Helen Shaver
Writer: N/A
7.9/10286 votesLoading...#17 - The Wall
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/16/2006
The 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 capture. However, the criminal soon escapes U.N. custody and he is now seeking retaliation against Jonas for capturing him. Meanwhile at the base, Tiffy is convinced that Mack has decided to re-up with the Unit and she's thinking of divorcing him, and Kim is the recipient of some disturbing news.
Director: David Mamet
Writer: Eric L. Haney
7.9/10250 votesLoading...#18 - The Kill Zone
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2006
A mission is put on hold in South America because the team has to rescue to two members trapped by snipers. Meanwhile, the wives take on a mission of their own to help a unit widow.
Director: Steve Gomer
Writer: Lynn Mamet
7.9/10222 votesLoading...#19 - Sudden Flight
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2008
The team follows a scientist who may have been targeted by terrorists, hoping to link those same terrorists to a presidential assassination plot.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: N/A
7.8/10237 votesLoading...#20 - Bait
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2006
Jonas heads off to the Democratic Republic of Georgia and finds himself in trouble. On the home front, Mack and Tiffy are fighting her legal troubles and Colonel Ryan is going head to head with the vice president's men.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10256 votesLoading...
#21 - Silver Star
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2006
Jonas and Molly celebrate the overdue presentation of George Blane with the Silver Star for his service in Korea, but are interrupted by the discovery that their nephew is beating his wife. Jonas attempts to remedy his nephew's behavior by sharing memories of his father after he returned from war.Meanwhile, Mack offers help to a jet that needs assistance to land after the pilot dies in mid flight and the jet flies into a restricted area. Piloting the jet is a former Ranger, with an alcohol problem and Mack calls Bob into help him.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: David Mamet
- 7.8/10258 votesLoading...
#22 - The Broom Cupboard
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2007
Jonas is assigned to protect an US Senator on a humanitarian mission to an Asian country. Although he has been secretly ordered by the President of the United States to meet with the former Prince who is planning a revolution against the current regime. On the home front, Molly, Kim and Tiffy work with Jeremy in planning a surprise for Crystal.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10186 votesLoading...
#23 - Chaos Theory
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2009
A random incident throws Jonas and Bob's carefully planned mission into chaos.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: N/A
7.7/10458 votesLoading...#24 - First Responders
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2006
The Unit is a covert team of U.S. Special Forces operatives who must undertake missions around the world. The latest newcomer is Bob Brown who joins Jonas' team and they set out to rescue an airliner filled with European businessmen who have been hijacked by terrorists. Meanwhile, Bob's wife Kim is struggling with how much control the Unit has on her own personal life.
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Writer: David Mamet
7.7/10277 votesLoading...#25 - Eating the Young
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/2/2006
Jonas and his team must track down surface-to-air missles before they are smuggled out of Brazil after a deal with a drug lord falls through. Jonas gets help from a local boy who informs the team where the SAMs have been taken to be shipped. Meanwhile back on the base, Kim ends up causing even more trouble when she insists that the “Family Readiness Group” deals with what she deems more serious issues. Also, Williams tries to find a way to tell the woman he wants to marry that he is actually a Unit member and not a clerk on the base like she believes.
Director: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Sterling Anderson
The Best Episodes of The Unit
Every episode of The Unit ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Unit!
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands'...
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Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Play 16" is the best rated episode of "The Unit". It scored 8.8/10 based on 308 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by N/A, it aired on 11/13/2007. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Five Brothers".