List of The Unit episodes

The Unit is an American drama television series. It began airing on CBS on March 7, 2006, in the United States, as a mid-season replacement.[1] Created by David Mamet, The Unit follows a United States Army top-secret special forces team and their missions abroad, in addition to the effect their careers have on their wives and girlfriends. The Unit began its first season on March 7, 2006 and concluded on May 16, 2006; the second season debuted on September 19, 2006 and completed on May 8, 2007. The third season started on September 25, 2007, with a hiatus occurring after the 11th episode due to 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. The show was picked up for a fourth season by CBS on May 12, 2008.[2] The fourth season began on September 28, 2008 and ended on May 10, 2009, which was also the series finale as the show was not renewed for a fifth season. A total of 69 episodes of the series aired.

The first three seasons have been released to Region 1 DVD by 20th Century Fox in the form of individual season box sets, which include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and commentaries. 20th Century Fox has also released both sets to Region 2 DVD in the United Kingdom. Season four was released to Region 1 on September 29, 2009 and was released on February 22, 2010 in Region 2.[3]

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	13		March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)
	2	23		September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)
	3	11		September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)	December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18)
	4	22		September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)

Episodes

Season 1 (2006)

Main article: The Unit (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)	Rank (week)
1	1	"First Responders"	Davis Guggenheim	David Mamet	March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07)	1ALF79	18.50[4]	10[4]
2	2	"Stress"	Guy Ferland	David Mamet	March 14, 2006 (2006-03-14)	1ALF01	18.07[5]	5[5]
3	3	"200th Hour"	Steve Gomer	Sharon Lee Watson & Carol Flint	March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)	1ALF04	15.50[6]	10[6]
4	4	"True Believers"	Oz Scott	Shawn Ryan & Eric L. Haney	March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)	1ALF02	16.08[7]	13[7]
5	5	"Non-Permissive Environment"	Ron Lagomarsino	Lynn Mamet & Paul Redford	April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04)	1ALF03	15.44[8]	10[8]
6	6	"Security"	David Mamet	David Mamet	April 11, 2006 (2006-04-11)	1ALF06	14.12[9]	12[9]
7	7	"Dedication"	Helen Shaver	Paul Redford & Sharon Lee Watson	April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)	1ALF07	15.62[10]	10[10]
8	8	"SERE"	Steven DePaul	Lynn Mamet & Carol Flint	April 25, 2006 (2006-04-25)	1ALF08	13.87[11]	18[11]
9	9	"Eating the Young"	J. Miller Tobin	Sterling Anderson	May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02)	1ALF05	14.06[12]	18[12]
10	10	"Unannounced"	Bill L. Norton	Paul Redford & Emily Halpern	May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)	1AFL09	14.18[13]	18[13]
11	11	"Exposure"	Guy Norman Bee	Sharon Lee Watson & Dan Hindmarch	May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09)	1ALF10	12.33[13]	26[13]
12	12	"Morale, Welfare and Recreation"	Félix Enríquez Alcalá	Sterling Anderson & Paul Redford	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)	1ALF11	14.04[14]	14[14]
13	13	"The Wall"	David Mamet	Eric L. Haney & Lynn Mamet	May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)	1ALF12	13.08[14]	22[14]

Season 2 (2006–07)

Main article: The Unit (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)	Rank (week)
14	1	"Change of Station"	Steven DePaul	David Mamet	September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	2ALF01	11.81[15]	28[15]
15	2	"Extreme Rendition"	Terrence O'Hara	Sharon Lee Watson	September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)	2ALF03	11.96[16]	27[16]
16	3	"The Kill Zone"	Steve Gomer	Lynn Mamet	October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	2ALF02	13.22[17]	23[17]
17	4	"Manhunt"	Michael Zinberg	Emily Halpern	October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)	2ALF04	13.03[18]	23[18]
18	5	"Force Majeure"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Daniel Voll	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)	2ALF05	12.94[19]	25[19]
19	6	"Old Home Week"	David Mamet	David Mamet	October 31, 2006 (2006-10-31)	2ALF07	11.49[20]	30[20]
20	7	"Off the Meter"	Alex Zakrzewski	Lynn Mamet & Eric L. Haney	November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)	2ALF08	11.34[21]	35[21]
21	8	"Natural Selection"	Helen Shaver	Sharon Lee Watson	November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14)	2ALF09	11.84[22]	30[22]
22	9	"Report by Exception"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Todd Ellis Kessler	November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21)[Note 1]	2ALF06	12.39[23]	22[23]
23	10	"Bait"	Jean de Segonzac	Randy Huggins	November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28)	2ALF10	12.56[24]	23[24]
24	11	"Silver Star"	Bill L. Norton	David Mamet	December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12)	2ALF14	13.74[25]	N/A
25	12	"The Broom Cupboard"	Karen Gaviola	Emily Halpern	January 16, 2007 (2007-01-16)	2ALF11	11.93[26]	19[26]
26	13	"Sub Conscious"	Steven DePaul	Daniel Voll	February 6, 2007 (2007-02-06)	2ALF13	12.41[27]	25[27]
27	14	"Johnny B. Good"	Vahan Moosekian	Todd Ellis Kessler	February 6, 2007 (2007-02-06)	2ALF12	10.54[27]	32[27]
28	15	"The Water is Wide"	Krishna Rao	Lynn Mamet	February 13, 2007 (2007-02-13)	2AFL15	11.86[28]	26[28]
29	16	"Games of Chance"	Terrence O'Hara	Sharon Lee Watson	February 20, 2007 (2007-02-20)	2ALF16	11.70[29]	23[29]
30	17	"Dark of the Moon"	Michael Zinberg	Eric L. Haney	February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	2ALF17	13.05[30]	21[30]
31	18	"Two Coins"	Bill L. Norton	David Mamet	March 20, 2007 (2007-03-20)	2ALF18	11.97[31]	17[31]
32	19	"Outsiders"	Alex Zakrzewski	Randy Huggins	April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03)	2ALF19	9.83[32]	33[32]
33	20	"In Loco Parentis"	Michael Offer	Clayton Surratt & Todd Ellis Kessler	April 10, 2007 (2007-04-10)	2ALF20	10.37[33]	24[33]
34	21	"Bedfellows"	Dean White	Emily Halpern	April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24)	2ALF21	9.83[34]	27[34]
35	22	"Freefall"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Daniel Voll & Sara B. Cooper	May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01)	2ALF22	9.70[35]	32[35]
36	23	"Paradise Lost"	Vahan Moosekian	Eric L. Haney & Lynn Mamet	May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08)	2ALF23	10.74[36]	24[36]

Season 3 (2007)

Main article: The Unit (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)	Rank (week)
37	1	"Pandemonium (Part 1)"	Vahan Moosekian	Sharon Lee Watson	September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)	3ALF01	10.70[37]	30[37]
38	2	"Pandemonium (Part 2)"	Steven DePaul	Todd Ellis Kessler	October 2, 2007 (2007-10-02)	3ALF02	11.31[38]	24[38]
39	3	"Always Kiss Them Goodbye"	Michael Zinberg	Eric L. Haney	October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09)	3ALF03	11.03[39]	24[39]
40	4	"Every Step You Take"	Helen Shaver	Lynn Mamet	October 16, 2007 (2007-10-16)	3ALF04	12.35[40]	22[40]
41	5	"Inside Out"	Bill L. Norton	Dan Hindmarch	October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)	3ALF05	10.84[41]	27[41]
42	6	"MPs"	James Whitmore, Jr.	David Mamet	October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30)	3ALF06	10.72[42]	N/A
43	7	"Five Brothers"	Steve Gomer	Frank Military	November 6, 2007 (2007-11-06)	3ALF07	11.08[43]	27[43]
44	8	"Play 16"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Daniel Voll	November 13, 2007 (2007-11-13)	3ALF08	11.04[44]	27[44]
45	9	"Binary Explosion"	Steven DePaul	Randy Huggins	November 20, 2007 (2007-11-20)	3ALF09	10.76[45]	28[45]
46	10	"Gone Missing"	Terrence O'Hara	Eric L. Haney & Lynn Mamet	November 27, 2007 (2007-11-27)	3ALF10	10.56[46]	28[46]
47	11	"Side Angle Side"[Note 2]	Seth Wiley	Todd Ellis Kessler	December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18)	3ALF11	10.74[47]	10[47]

Season 4 (2008–09)

Main article: The Unit (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)	Rank (week)
48	1	"Sacrifice"	David Mamet	Frank Military	September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)	4ALF01	9.71[48]	29[48]
49	2	"Sudden Flight"	Steven DePaul	Sharon Lee Watson	October 5, 2008 (2008-10-05)	4ALF02	9.46[49]	26[49]
50	3	"Sex Trade"	Jesús Salvador Treviño	Todd Ellis Kessler	October 12, 2008 (2008-10-12)	4ALF03	9.10[50]	29[50]
51	4	"The Conduit"	Michael Zinberg	David Mamet	October 19, 2008 (2008-10-19)	4ALF04	8.28[51]	36[51]
52	5	"Dancing Lessons"	Steve Gomer	Lynn Mamet & Ted Humphrey	October 26, 2008 (2008-10-26)	4ALF05	9.17[52]	36[52]
53	6	"Inquisition"	David Paymer	Patrick Moss & Shannon Rutherford	November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02)	4ALF06	8.98[53]	40[53]
54	7	"Into Hell (Part 1)"	Krishna Rao	Daniel Voll	November 9, 2008 (2008-11-09)	4ALF07	9.87[54]	27[54]
55	8	"Into Hell (Part 2)"	Fred Gerber	Frank Military	November 16, 2008 (2008-11-16)	4ALF08	10.23[55]	27[55]
56	9	"Shadow Riders"	Vahan Moosekian	Sharon Lee Watson	November 23, 2008 (2008-11-23)	4ALF09	9.99[56]	30[56]
57	10	"Misled and Misguided"	Steven DePaul	Todd Ellis Kessler	November 30, 2008 (2008-11-30)	4ALF10	9.56[57]	15[57]
58	11	"Switchblade"	Oz Scott	David Mamet	December 21, 2008 (2008-12-21)	4ALF11	8.24[58]	19[58]
59	12	"Bad Beat"	Bill L. Norton	Ted Humphrey	January 4, 2009 (2009-01-04)	4ALF12	9.73[59]	9[59]
60	13	"The Spear of Destiny"	Scott Foley	Lynn Mamet & Benjamin Daniel Lobato	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11)	4ALF13	10.16[60]	24[60]
61	14	"The Last Nazi"	Michael Offer	David Mamet	February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15)	4ALF14	8.36[61]	18[61]
62	15	"Hero"	Terrence O'Hara	R. Scott Gemmill & Randy Huggins	March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)	4ALF15	9.38[62]	33[62]
63	16	"Hill 60"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Ted Humphrey	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15)	4ALF16	10.87[63]	21[63]
64	17	"Flesh & Blood"	Dennis Haysbert	Lynn Mamet & Pete Blaber	March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22)	4ALF17	8.14[64]	35[64]
65	18	"Best Laid Plans"	Dean White	Benjamin Daniel Lobato & Patrick Moss	March 29, 2009 (2009-03-29)	4ALF18	9.46[65]	14[65]
66	19	"Whiplash"	Seth Wiley	Dan Hindmarch	April 12, 2009 (2009-04-12)	4ALF19	9.05[66]	28[66]
67	20	"Chaos Theory"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Sharon Lee Watson	April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)	4ALF20	8.84[67]	14[67]
68	21	"End Game"	Lesli Linka Glatter	Ted Humphrey	May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03)	4ALF21	9.97[68]	15[68]
69	22	"Unknown Soldier"	Vahan Moosekian	Todd Ellis Kessler	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)	4ALF22	9.64[69]	14[69]

Notes

1. "Report by Exception" was originally to be aired on October 24, 2006, but was preempted.
2. The title "Side Angle Side", commonly abbreviated in mathematics as SAS, refers to the British Special Air Service, also abbreviated SAS.

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External links

• Official website
• List of The Unit episodes at TV.com
• The Unit – list of episodes on IMDb
• The Unit at epguides.com
• The Unit at TV Guide