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The Unit - Episode Guide

Season 1

First Responders

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2006

First Responders

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.

Stress

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2006

Stress

The 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 wanted terrorists. Meanwhile, Bob is questioned about the Unit's role in the rescue of the hijacked plane. Molly decides to visit the Unit's psychiatrist about the shooting at her home. Kim is frustrating about moving and then comforts a woman who has just learned her husband has died in combat.

200th Hour

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2006

200th Hour

Jonas attempts to rescue a group of American missionaries in hiding in Indonesia. However, he soon realizes the mission is going to take more manpower then he expected. At the base, Mac ends up being shot by Bob during a training exercise and Molly, Kim and Tiffy prepare to host a visiting senator.

True Believers

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2006

True Believers

The 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 kidnapped. At the base, a former Unit wife makes a return appearance in the hopes of luring the Unit members away. Tiffy is upset when Ryan orders Mack to take time off.

Non Permissive Environment

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2006

Non Permissive Environment

Jonas and the team carry out an assasination of a terrorist in Spain. However, they soon find out that the government called off the mission and will now not protect them in the country which means there only hope is to escape. Back at the base, Molly learns that her daughter Betsy wants to drop out of college and Kim thinks about taking a college course herself.

Security

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2006

Security

The Unit must try to get a listening device to an agent inside the Iranian embassy where U.S., Iranian, and Russian diplomats are meeting. Many are speculating that the Russians are attempting to sell the Iranians material to make a nuclear weapon. Meanwhile at the base, Tom tries to end his affair with Tiffy but she won't listen to him and Kim notices Tiffy at a motel room and does not know what she should do.

Dedication

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2006

Dedication

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.

SERE

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2006

SERE

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.

Eating the Young

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: May 2, 2006

Eating the Young

After 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 down the weapons before they are taken out of the country. Jonas bonds with a local boy who directs the team to where the SAMs have been taken to be shipped and now it is in the Unit's hands to destroy them. Meanwhile on the home front, Kim stirs up more trouble when she insists that the "Family Readiness Group" deals with more serious issues, and Williams struggles with how and when to tell the woman he wants to marry that he is a Unit member and not a clerk on base.

Unannounced

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: May 9, 2006

Unannounced

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.

Exposure

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: May 9, 2006

Exposure

Keith 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 writing an article that will expose the Unit. Jonas decides there is only one way to get him to not print the story. Meanwhile, with some help from Tiffy and Kim, Molly tracks down the woman who scammed $40,000 of the women's investment fund.

Morale, Welfare and Recreation

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: May 16, 2006

Morale, Welfare and Recreation

The 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 and Kim decide to take a much needed vacation, but Kim soon discovers that Bob has whisked her away on a mission and wants her to help him out.

The Wall

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: May 16, 2006

The Wall

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.

Season 2

Change of Station

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2006

Change of Station

Mack and Tiffy prepare to leave the Unit, but she begins to feel conflicted when one of her former students, who claims to be physically abused, comes to her for help. The rest of the team are sent to Pakistan to prevent a plan to spread a deadly disease throughout the western world.

Extreme Rendition

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2006

Extreme Rendition

The team must help a rogue former Unit operator escape from a Bulgarian prison in order to have him help assassinate the world's leading arms dealer. On base, Molly takes a one time recruiting job to hire someone away from the Unit so she can put her sick mother in a nursing home.

The Kill Zone

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2006

The Kill Zone

The 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 by a sniper. On base, the wives help the fiancée of a deceased Unit member gain custody of her two would be step-daughters.

Manhunt

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2006

Manhunt

The 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 talking to her daughter, Serena, outside of school.

Force Majeure

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2006

Force Majeure

The team must evacuate an exiled dictator from an American hospital during a hurricane, but discover that other patients have been left behind. On base, Molly struggles over whether to honor Jeremy's request to be sent to Iraq and Tiffy and Mack decide to have another baby.

Old Home Week

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2006

Old Home Week

The 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 those in service in Iraq. Kim discovers an undelivered letter written by a soldier to someone he deeply loved, shortly before he was killed in action in 1944. She attempts to find the soldier's widow through his friend-in-arms and deliver the letter to her.

Off the Meter

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2006

Off the Meter

Jonas enlists Bob to take part in an unofficial operation to extract Ron Cheals' illegitimate daughter from a religious cult whose members are about to flee the U.S. On base, Tiffy covers forCharlotte Ryan when she is questioned by the police after she sees her driving erratically and discovers pills in her car.

Natural Selection

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2006

Natural Selection

Bob and his translator are stranded in the Russian wilderness after their helicopter crashes. As Bob fights to save his translator's life, he remembers his experience during Unit selection through a series of flashbacks.

Report by Exception

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2006

Report by Exception

The team are sent to assassinate a prominent Latin American official who threatens the U.S. oil supply, but the mission is made difficult for Jonas when the woman posing as his wife begins to take her role very seriously. Colonel Tom Ryan travels to Washington, D.C. and is questioned about the Unit's mission during a congressional briefing.

Bait

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2006

Bait

Colonel Ryan is shut down by his contacts in Washington when Jonas becomes a prisoner of war in Georgia. Since his contacts refuse to cooperate with him, Colonel Ryan sends the team to rescue Jonas. On base, Tiffy learns she may face time in prison for her involvement in covering up Charlotte's reckless driving.

Silver Star

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2006

Silver Star

Jonas' father is awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Korea. Jonas recalls his father's actions to his nephew, also a soldier, after he learns that his nephew beats his young wife. On base, Mack and Bob must help land a plane that has flown into a restricted area.

The Broom Cupboard

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2007

The Broom Cupboard

The 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 secret mission from the President of the United States to evaluate the rebel leader. Molly, Tiffy, and Kim help Jeremy with a surprise engagement party for Crystal.

Sub-Conscious

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2007

Sub-Conscious

Kim is overheard discussing a dream she had which inexplicably contains secret details of the team's dangerous mission to North Korea. Colonel Ryan learns of the dream and believes Bob told Kim about the plan. Meanwhile, Jonas has to deal with the captain of a South Korean submarine.

Johnny B. Good

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2007

Johnny B. Good

The team is sent into Iran to deploy sensors for detecting nuclear weapons, but the mission becomes complicated when civilians become involved. On base, Tiffy considers whether she should help a soldier who went AWOL and Molly visits Jeremy in the burn unit. She becomes disappointed when Crystal does not come to visit him.

The Water is Wide

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2007

The Water is Wide

The 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 U.N. Secretary General. Meanwhile, Molly and Tiffy visit Vietnam to honor the soldiers who fought there. On base, Crystal tries to seduce Mack and threatens to tell Tiffy about their relationship.

Games of Chance

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2007

Games of Chance

The team competes against other elite military forces from around the world in counter-terrorism games staged in Hamburg, Germany, but the games turn deadly when someone tries to use them to stage a real act of terrorism. Meanwhile, Kim meets a former boyfriend while on a business trip and learns that he is now a multimillionaire and recently divorced.

Dark of the Moon

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2007

Dark of the Moon

The team captures three Pakistani men from a Waziristan village to take in for questioning, but they are pursued by the local militia. After arriving at an Army support base in a remote area of Afghanistan, the team find the base in a state of disarray and must prepare the troops against an attack from the militia.

Two Coins

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2007

Two Coins

Grey becomes involved in a relationship with a female Israeli soldier when the team travels to Israel to study advanced desert warfare. When the two go off into the desert alone, they become surrounded by hostile Arab militia. On base, Tiffy stumbles upon a windfall which makes her question her motives.

Outsiders

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2007

Outsiders

Brown and Williams are sent to Papua New Guinea to retrieve an aircraft's black box. Back on base, Mack discovers that Crystal may be talking to a reporter about the Unit.

In Loco Parentis

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2007

In Loco Parentis

The team must work with a SWAT unit to rescue the students of an elite international private school in the Washington suburbs who have been taken hostage by unknown captors. On base, Lissy becomes interested in the son of an Officer.

Bedfellows

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2007

Bedfellows

Bob'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 convinced that Tiffy is having an affair.

Freefall

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: May 1, 2007

Freefall

Mack, Grey and Williams protect a Thai prince on American soil and uncover scandalous family secrets that include murder. Meanwhile, Bob's life is endangered when a parachute jump goes awry.

Paradise Lost

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: May 8, 2007

Paradise Lost

The 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.

Season 3

Pandemonium, Part 1

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2007

Pandemonium, Part 1

The 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.

Pandemonium, Part 2

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2007

Pandemonium, Part 2

Jonas 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.

Always Kiss Them Goodbye

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2007

Always Kiss Them Goodbye

The 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 report from her radio station to get all personnel to take cover.

Every Step You Take

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2007

Every Step You Take

Bob, Williams, and Grey are charged with rescuing a group of Embassy personnel and their families who under attack in Abidjan; while Jonas tests his daughter's strength and conviction when she decides to enlist.

Inside Out

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2007

Inside Out

As the team works to recover a chip with invaluable information that could prevent a possible terrorist attack, a pregnant Kim is sent to bed rest and Bob proves inept at childcare.

M.Ps

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2007

M.Ps

Jonas, Mack and Grey have their hands full keeping a pop diva safe from harm while Bob and a Justice Department escort face extreme danger as they return a prisoner to his own country to face his execution.

Five Brothers

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2007

Five Brothers

Jonas and Williams perform emergency battlefield surgery on Grey in an effort to keep him alive after he is critically injured during a mission...then must endure the teams's most devastating loss.

Play 16

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2007

Play 16

Jonas 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 team copes with William's death.

Binary Explosion

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2007

Binary Explosion

Jonas and Bob watch from the outside as Grey gathers information on gang members he knows from his past who are stealing weapons and deadly explosives that could wind up in the wrong hands.

Gone Missing

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2007

Gone Missing

Bob's moral conflict over the team's deadly tasks distracts him during a sniper mission, putting the whole team at risk.

Side Angle Slide

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2007

Side Angle Slide

As Jonas works with a British agent, he realizes that the agent may also have connections to the scientist they are tracking. Back home, Kim tries to help a desperate woman who has called in to her radio show.

Season 4

Sacrifice

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2008

Sacrifice

Jonas and the team are assigned the task of unraveling an assassination plot involving high government officials at the same time as the women are being secretly relocated from the base for their own safety.

Sudden Flight

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2008

Sudden Flight

The team follows a scientist on a commercial flight, who they believe will be the next target of terrorists they hope to link to a presidential assassination plot at the same time as their wives are relocated and given new identities back home.

Sex Trade

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2008

Sex Trade

Jonas 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 smuggler they are trying to find.

The Conduit

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2008

The Conduit

Bob is held hostage by a drug cartel after he poses as a chemist who can turn cocaine into paint for easy smuggling. Meanwhile, Mack penetrates the group posing as a prize fighter in an illegal betting ring to help bring them down.

Dancing Lessons

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2008

Dancing Lessons

A 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. City. Back home, Molly, Kim and Tiffy are drafted into service to work undercover with Jonas.

Inquisition

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2008

Inquisition

The team produces fake evidence of an attack to con a terrorist into exposing his accomplices before the truth comes out and they can get away. At home, Mack wants Tiffy to reveal details about her relationship with Ryan.

Into Hell, Part 1

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2008

Into Hell, Part 1

When 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 Ryan pay for having an affair with Tiffy.

Into Hell, Part 2

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2008

Into Hell, Part 2

While Jonas and the team continue to try to rescue his daughter, Betsy Blane, from Syrian captors, Mack has the opportunity to carry out his revenge on Ryan for his affair with Tiffy.

Shadow Riders

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2008

Shadow Riders

Jonas 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 Afghanistan tribes. At home, Bob and Kim work together to expose a man who is linked to terrorists.

Mislead and Misguided

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2008

Mislead and Misguided

The 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. At home, Kim's life is in danger when her boss commits a murder and forces her to help get rid of the body.

Switchblade

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2008

Switchblade

Jonas 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 will experience the realities of war first hand. Back home, Kim is secretly reunited with her children.

Bad Beat

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2009

Bad Beat

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.

The Spear of Destiny

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2009

The Spear of Destiny

Jonas and a seriously wounded Mack take refuge in a monastery where he is ordered to steal the monk's most prized possession.

The Last Nazi

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2009

The Last Nazi

The unit is assigned 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.

Hero

Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2009

Hero

As Jonas coaches Betsy before her military-ordered media tour, the Unit initiates a new team member.

Hill 60

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2009

Hill 60

Without any communication to the outside world, the Unit and their families must survive when a deadly gas poisons anyone in their community who steps outside.

Flesh & Blood

Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2009

Flesh & Blood

Time is running out for the Unit when a broken helicopter gas tank and nearby guerillas impede their rescue mission of Jonas's old friend.

Best Laid Plans

Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2009

Best Laid Plans

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

Whiplash

Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2009

Whiplash

The Unit hunts down one of their own after Sam attacks Bridget.

Chaos Theory

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2009

Chaos Theory

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

Endgame

Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: May 3, 2009

Endgame

While Jonas is tracking down a Russian terrorist cell, Molly is used as bait.

Unknown Soldier

Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: May 10, 2009

Unknown Soldier

The Unit must locate and diffuse three sets of dirty bombs headed for unknown locations across the United States.

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