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The Best Episodes of The Unit

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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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  1. 8.8/10(318 votes)

    #1 - Play 16

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    S3:E8

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.6/10(299 votes)

    #2 - Five Brothers

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    S3:E7

    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.

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  3. 8.4/10(264 votes)

    #3 - In Loco Parentis

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    S2:E20

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.4/10(235 votes)

    #4 - Into Hell (1)

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    S4:E7

    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.

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    Director:Krishna Rao
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.3/10(261 votes)

    #5 - Paradise Lost

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    S2:E23

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.3/10(263 votes)

    #6 - Pandemonium (2)

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    S3:E2

    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.

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    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.3/10(265 votes)

    #7 - Sacrifice

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    S4:E1

    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.

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  9. 8.3/10(239 votes)

    #8 - Hill 60

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    S4:E16

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.3/10(253 votes)

    #9 - Unknown Soldier

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    S4:E22

    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.2/10(305 votes)

    #10 - Dark of the Moon

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    S2:E17

    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.

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  12. 8.2/10(281 votes)

    #11 - Pandemonium (1)

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    S3:E1

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  13. 8.2/10(239 votes)

    #12 - Into Hell (2)

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    S4:E8

    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.

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  14. 8.1/10(211 votes)

    #13 - Endgame

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    S4:E21

    Molly is kidnapped and used as bait, while Jonas is out of the country looking into a Russian terrorist cell.

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  15. 8.0/10(356 votes)

    #14 - SERE

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    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Steven DePaul
  16. 8.0/10(275 votes)

    #15 - Natural Selection

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    S2:E8

    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.

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    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.9/10(310 votes)

    #16 - Dedication

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    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.9/10(292 votes)

    #17 - The Wall

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    S1:E13

    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.

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    Director:David Mamet
  19. 7.8/10(257 votes)

    #18 - The Kill Zone

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    S2:E3

    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.

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    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Lynn Mamet
  20. 7.8/10(245 votes)

    #19 - Bait

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    S2:E10

    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.

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  21. 7.8/10(263 votes)

    #20 - Silver Star

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    S2:E11

    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.

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  22. 7.8/10(264 votes)

    #21 - The Broom Cupboard

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    S2:E12

    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.

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    Director:Karen Gaviola
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.8/10(228 votes)

    #22 - Sudden Flight

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    S4:E2

    The team follows a scientist who may have been targeted by terrorists, hoping to link those same terrorists to a presidential assassination plot.

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    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:N/A
  24. 7.8/10(192 votes)

    #23 - Chaos Theory

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    S4:E20

    A random incident throws Jonas and Bob's carefully planned mission into chaos.

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  25. 7.7/10(467 votes)

    #24 - First Responders

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  26. 7.7/10(283 votes)

    #25 - Eating the Young

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    S1:E9

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Play 16" is the best rated episode of "The Unit". It scored 8.8/10 based on 318 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".