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The Best Episodes of The Unit Season 4

Every episode of The Unit Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Unit Season 4!

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'...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:CBS

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Sacrifice" is the best rated episode of "The Unit" season 4. It scored 8.3/10 based on 255 votes. Directed by David Mamet and written by Frank Military, it aired on 9/28/2008. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Sudden Flight".

  • Sacrifice
    8.3/10255 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Sudden Flight
    7.8/10218 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Sex Trade
    7.5/10200 votes

    #3 - Sex Trade

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2008

    While the Unit is investigating a man they believe to be smuggling nuclear weapons, they discover that he is also smuggling women.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: N/A

  • The Conduit
    7.5/10194 votes

    #4 - The Conduit

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2008

    Bob and Mac both find themselves in trouble when they each take assignments undercover. Bob as a chemist who hides cocaine by converting it to paint and Mac as a fighter trying to bust an illegal betting ring.

    Director: Michael Zinberg

    Writer: David Mamet

  • Dancing Lessons
    7.6/10199 votes

    #5 - Dancing Lessons

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2008

    A nuclear scientist insists on making a deal with the team before revealing information about an imminent terrorist attack on a major U.S. city; Kim, Molly and Tiffy are asked to work under cover with Jonas.

    Director: Steve Gomer

    Writer: N/A

  • Inquisition
    7.7/10203 votes

    #6 - Inquisition

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2008

    Hoping to con a terrorist into exposing his accomplices before they escape, the team produces phony evidence of an attack.

    Director: David Paymer

    Writer: N/A

  • Into Hell (1)
    8.5/10225 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Into Hell (2)
    8.2/10229 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Shadow Riders
    7.1/10188 votes

    #9 - Shadow Riders

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2008

    Jonas and the team must travel through enemy territory to bring a young bride to her groom, preserving a truce between two warring Afghanistan tribes; Kim and Bob try to expose a man who is linked to terrorists.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Misled & Misguided
    7.6/10198 votes

    #10 - Misled & Misguided

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2008

    The team's attempts to raid an anthrax lab are thwarted by an official from the Department of Defense (Michael McKean), who believes his high-tech intelligence is superior to field logic.

    Director: Steven DePaul

    Writer: N/A

  • Switchblade
    7.7/10201 votes

    #11 - Switchblade

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/2008

    Jonas and the team force a Department of Defense official to go with them on an assignment and experience the realities of war; A mysterious women shows up at Aerodyne headquarters. Kim is finally reunited with her kids.

    Director: Oz Scott

    Writer: David Mamet

  • Bad Beat
    7.6/10194 votes

    #12 - Bad Beat

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/2009

    Jonas 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 key in getting court martial charges against team member Bridget Sullivan dismissed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Spear of Destiny
    6.8/10216 votes

    #13 - The Spear of Destiny

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/2009

    Jonas and a seriously wounded Mack take refuge in a monastery where he is ordered to steal the monks' most prized possession. Back home, Bob is asked to perform a dangerous mission that will reveal the darkest side of his job to Kim.

    Director: Scott Foley

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Nazi
    7.5/10191 votes

    #14 - The Last Nazi

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2009

    The President orders the unit to capture a Nazi war criminal from his hiding place and deliver him to The Hague. In Washington, Tom Ryan confronts his past when he is offered a promotion to General

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Mamet

  • Hero
    7.7/10188 votes

    #15 - Hero

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/8/2009

    The unit initiates a new team member while Jonas coaches his daughter Betsy, on how to respond to media questions about her kidnapping and rescue without blowing the cover story.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

  • Hill 60
    8.3/10231 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Flesh and Blood
    7.3/10188 votes

    #17 - Flesh and Blood

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2009

    As the Unit fights to rescue Jonas's old friend, a broken helicopter gas tank and nearby guerillas impede their mission. Meanwhile, Tom goes to extreme measures to extract information from a recovering alcoholic whose husband may have been behind a terrorist attack.

    Director: Dennis Haysbert

    Writer: N/A

  • Best Laid Plans
    7.7/10188 votes

    #18 - Best Laid Plans

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/2009

    The mission's plans go awry and Bob must run interference when Jonas and Mack are undercover to find the terrorists who killed the Vice President.

    Director: Dean White

    Writer: N/A

  • Whiplash
    7.7/10207 votes

    #19 - Whiplash

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2009

    When Sam attacks Bridget, the other members of the Unit must hunt him down.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chaos Theory
    7.8/10183 votes

    #20 - 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

  • Endgame
    8.1/10203 votes

    #21 - 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

  • Unknown Soldier
    8.3/10242 votes

    #22 - 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