The Unit (Season 4)

[Goodsport]

This week's episode had the Unit (except Mack) both successfully diffuse a bomb they found in the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston and deceive a detained terrorist into killing his own terrorist cell head.

Meanwhile, Mack confronted Tiffy about her infidelity with Colonel Ryan after first admitting to his own with Crystal Burns (from Season 2) and with a few other unnamed women overseas. They eventually forgave each other, though Mack still hadn't forgiven Colonel Ryan.

Also, Molly and Kim clandestinely obtained a blue envelope handed between two of the community members they'd collected intel on during last week's episode, much to Colonel Ryan's chagrin.

Next week: Mack finally confronts Colonel Ryan about his affair with Tiffy, the rest of the Unit attempt to rescue Jonas' and Molly's kidnapped daughter, and an angry Molly hits Tiffy for some reason.


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[Goodsport]

This week's episode featured the Unit operators' clandestine trial of Colonel Ryan, Jonas' and Molly's daughter Betsy and her convoy captured in an ambush in Iraq, the Unit's mission to rescue her and her convoy mates, Molly's unsuccessful attempt at sending a message to her daughter on the local TV news station and Mack confronting Colonel Ryan in the middle of the mission.

Next week: the Unit enters Syria against orders to rescue Betsy and Colonel Ryan from their captors.


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[Remus Lupin]

I dunno. I'm beginning to think that they'll either end the love triange with a happy reconciliation ending, or else with a heroic redeeming sacrifice by Col. Ryan. Not the David Mamet I remember!

 

[Wycen]

Ok, so I watched the episode where they try to rescue President Palmer's daughter (I haven't watched since season 2 for various reasons so names I can't remember).

Wasn't there another member of the team? He was black and I definitely remember him in the first 2 seasons. Did he die or leave? Was there a temporary replacement in the form of a woman? I think I watched a single episode last year but can't remember what was going on.

 

[DM_Matt]

Ok, so I watched the episode where they try to rescue President Palmer's daughter (I haven't watched since season 2 for various reasons so names I can't remember).

Wasn't there another member of the team? He was black and I definitely remember him in the first 2 seasons. Did he die or leave? Was there a temporary replacement in the form of a woman? I think I watched a single episode last year but can't remember what was going on.

He got killed by a sniper in Beirut last year.

 

[Goodsport]

This last week, the Unit crossed into Syria and found where Colonel Ryan and Betsy were being held captive. After successfully rescuing them, Mack administered his punishment on Colonel Ryan but ended up just short of killing him.

Next week: Kim further infiltrates her babysitting employer's house for the Unit to find evidence that he's indeed laundering money for the terrorists responsible for the attacks in the season premiere.


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[Goodsport]

The latest episode had the Unit encountering multiple challenges in escorting a bridal party across enemy-controlled land in Afghanistan to broker a truce between two warring tribes that's vital to the U.S. efforts againt the Taliban.

Meanwhile, Colonel Ryan had Kim continue her reconnaissance of Isaac Reed (her babsitter employer who Ryan has evidence of laundering money for the season premiere's terrorists) while Bob eventually gained Reed's trust after a grueling test with delivering an upholstered private plane to Las Vegas and a run-in with the (supposed) FBI.

Next week: the team deals with a raid on an anthrax lab and a skeptical Department of Defense official, while Kim apparently gets captured by Reed.


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[Goodsport]

Yesterday's episode had a clueless Department of Defense official ordering the Unit to raid a suspected Central Asian anthrax lab, only for them to discover that the "lab" was only producing and storing heroin. The Unit then got diverted to a new mission, this time with Jonas Blaine in charge, much to the DoD official's dismay.

Also, Colonel Ryan helped Redcap from being court martialed by erasing her records from the army database and sending her to hide out in the Philippines until he calls her back (if ever).

Meanwhile, Isaac Reed killed a supposed colleague and, along with Kim under duress, stashed the colleague's body into the trunk of his car and drove away. Reed then almost killed Kim, but she had discreetly led an army helicopter to capture him and save her just in time, after which he was taken into custody by Colonel Ryan.

There was no preview for the next episode, so one won't likely air next week.


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[Goodsport]

After a two-week hiatus, a new episode is scheduled to air this coming Sunday (12/21/08).

Among other things, it'll continue with the story of the Unit taking the clueless Department of Defense official on an assignment to experience the realities of war.


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[dagger]

Good episode.....