List of The Unit episodes

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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 an 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 2007–2008 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
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	13	March 7, 2006	May 16, 2006
	2	23	September 19, 2006	May 8, 2007
	3	11	September 25, 2007	December 18, 2007
	4	22	September 28, 2008	May 10, 2009

Episode list

Season 1 (2006)

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

Season 2 (2006–2007)

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

Season 3 (2007)

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

Season 4 (2008–2009)

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

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
• List of The Unit episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Unit at epguides.com
• The Unit at TV Guide