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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!

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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' secrets.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Unit Season 3 Episode 8 - Play 16
    8.9/10(334 votes)

    #1 - Play 16

    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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Unit Season 3 Episode 7 - Five Brothers
    8.7/10(318 votes)

    #2 - Five Brothers

    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.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Frank Military

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  3. The Unit Season 4 Episode 7 - Into Hell (1)
    8.5/10(248 votes)

    #3 - Into Hell (1)

    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.

    Director:Krishna Rao
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Unit Season 2 Episode 20 - In Loco Parentis
    8.4/10(277 votes)

    #4 - In Loco Parentis

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Unit Season 2 Episode 23 - Paradise Lost
    8.4/10(277 votes)

    #5 - Paradise Lost

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Unit Season 4 Episode 1 - Sacrifice
    8.4/10(278 votes)

    #6 - Sacrifice

    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.

    Director:David Mamet
    Writer:Frank Military

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  7. The Unit Season 4 Episode 22 - Unknown Soldier
    8.4/10(266 votes)

    #7 - Unknown Soldier

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Unit Season 2 Episode 17 - Dark of the Moon
    8.3/10(324 votes)

    #8 - Dark of the Moon

    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.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Eric L. Haney

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  9. The Unit Season 4 Episode 16 - Hill 60
    8.3/10(254 votes)

    #9 - Hill 60

    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.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Unit Season 3 Episode 1 - Pandemonium (1)
    8.2/10(295 votes)

    #10 - Pandemonium (1)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Unit Season 3 Episode 2 - Pandemonium (2)
    8.2/10(278 votes)

    #11 - Pandemonium (2)

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Unit Season 4 Episode 8 - Into Hell (2)
    8.2/10(254 votes)

    #12 - Into Hell (2)

    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.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Frank Military

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  13. The Unit Season 4 Episode 21 - Endgame
    8.2/10(223 votes)

    #13 - Endgame

    S4:E21

    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:Unknown

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  14. The Unit Season 1 Episode 8 - SERE
    8.0/10(379 votes)

    #14 - SERE

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Carol Flint

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  15. The Unit Season 2 Episode 8 - Natural Selection
    8.0/10(291 votes)

    #15 - Natural Selection

    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.

    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Unit Season 1 Episode 7 - Dedication
    7.9/10(329 votes)

    #16 - Dedication

    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.

    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Unit Season 1 Episode 13 - The Wall
    7.9/10(313 votes)

    #17 - The Wall

    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.

    Director:David Mamet
    Writer:Eric L. Haney

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  18. The Unit Season 2 Episode 3 - The Kill Zone
    7.9/10(271 votes)

    #18 - The Kill Zone

    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.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Lynn Mamet

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  19. The Unit Season 2 Episode 12 - The Broom Cupboard
    7.9/10(277 votes)

    #19 - The Broom Cupboard

    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.

    Director:Karen Gaviola
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Unit Season 4 Episode 2 - Sudden Flight
    7.9/10(239 votes)

    #20 - Sudden Flight

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Unit Season 4 Episode 20 - Chaos Theory
    7.9/10(204 votes)

    #21 - Chaos Theory

    S4:E20

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

    Director:Gwyneth Horder-Payton
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Unit Season 1 Episode 9 - Eating the Young
    7.8/10(301 votes)

    #22 - Eating the Young

    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.

    Director:J. Miller Tobin
    Writer:Sterling Anderson

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  23. The Unit Season 1 Episode 10 - Unannounced
    7.8/10(307 votes)

    #23 - Unannounced

    S1:E10

    After 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, the official refuses and something shocking is quickly learned about why he really wants to go there. Meanwhile, Kim has an encounter while at the radio station and Molly gets offered a real estate opportunity.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Unit Season 2 Episode 10 - Bait
    7.8/10(260 votes)

    #24 - Bait

    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.

    Director:Jean de Segonzac
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Unit Season 2 Episode 11 - Silver Star
    7.8/10(280 votes)

    #25 - Silver Star

    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.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writer:David Mamet

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Best Episodes Summary

"Play 16" is the best rated episode of "The Unit". It scored 8.9/10 based on 334 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/13/2007. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Five Brothers".