The WORST episodes of The Unit

Every episode of The Unit ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Unit!

The Unit is a covert Special Forces team that does not exist. Their cover is the 303rd logistical studies group. They are assigned covert military operations by the President and never get credit for their actions. Their wives are also a tight group protecting their husbands. They protect their husband’s secrets and maintain their cover.

Last Updated: 11/4/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Bedfellows
star
6.91
543 votes

#1 - Bedfellows

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/2007

Jonas and Bob travel to Russia to try and locate a wanted man. Their only lead is the name of his prostitute. On the home front, Mack gets robbed.

Directors: Dean White
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Inside Out
star
6.98
566 votes

#2 - Inside Out

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2007

Jonas must recover a chip containing information that could prevent a possible terrorist attack.

Directors: Bill Norton
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Outsiders
star
7.08
597 votes

#3 - Outsiders

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2007

Bob and Hector head to New Guinea to retrieve a black box from an Army aircraft that was shot down. The wreckage is located on sacred grounds and they need permission of the local tribes to retrieve the item. They both must face their own battles to gain the acceptance of the tribe in order to succeed with the mission. On the home front, Crystal tells a reporter about Mack to get even with him for rejecting her. This action endangers the entire team as well as the National Security of the country. Mack must enlist the aid of the other Unit members to neutralize this threat.

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
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Gone Missing
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7.09
568 votes

#4 - Gone Missing

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2007

In Montenegro, Bob has a moral dilemma when he disagrees with the team's mission. Tiffy discovers some information about Molly's past and decides to look into it further.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Every Step You Take
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7.09
503 votes

#5 - Every Step You Take

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2007

The team travels to Abidjan, Ivory Coast to aid personnel from the American Embassy. They must get the Americans and their families out of the area. On the home front, Jonas’s daughter has enlisted in the Army and he wants to train her as well as to test her resolve.

Directors: Helen Shaver
Writer: Lynn Mamet
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M.P.s
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7.11
592 votes

#6 - M.P.s

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2007

Mack, Charles and Jonas are assigned to protect an American musician while she tours the army camps in Iraq, while Bob is assigned to transfer a prisoner from a high-security prison.

Writer: David Mamet
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Security
star
7.12
723 votes

#7 - Security

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/2006

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.

Directors: David Mamet
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Report by Exception
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7.19
574 votes

#8 - Report by Exception

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2006

Colonel Ryan becomes under scrutiny from a Congressional committee in Washington. Jonas and the team work against an oil minister in South American. On the home front, Molly works with Kim in finding a babysitter for the children.

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Force Majeure
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7.19
600 votes

#9 - Force Majeure

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2006

The Unit finds itself torn between saving an African dictator or innocent people when they are sent into a hospital as a hurricane hits.On the home front, Mack and Tiffy reconnect with each other.

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Sex Trade
star
7.21
706 votes

#10 - 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.

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Freefall
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7.25
547 votes

#11 - Freefall

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2007

When a Thai prince visits the U.S., Mack, Grey and Williams are up for bodyguard duty. In the mean time, Jonas and Bob jump out of a plane to catch a terrorist. The priorities change dramatically when Bob's parachute malfunctions

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Off the Meter
star
7.26
625 votes

#12 - Off the Meter

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2006

Jonas and Bob, on personal time, rescues a young girl from a cult leader as a favor to an old friend. Tiffy covers for Charlotte and finds herself in a lot of trouble.

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
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Side Angle Side
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7.26
558 votes

#13 - Side Angle Side

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/2007

A Russian scientist and an Britsh MI5 agent are suspected of collusion. Jonas is sent to London to team up with the agent. However, things get complicated as Jonas had been engaged to the agent's wife earlier.

Directors: Seth Wiley
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Johnny B. Good
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7.26
571 votes

#14 - Johnny B. Good

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2007

The team is sent into Iran to set up a system that can detect Weapons of Mass Destruction. The mission goes off kilter when civilians become involved.On the home front, Tiffy runs into a dilemma while doing her community service. Molly and Kim are helping Jeremy and are confused by Crystal's behaviors. Mack finds himself in trouble.

Directors: Vahan Moosekian
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Always Kiss Them Goodbye
star
7.27
571 votes

#15 - Always Kiss Them Goodbye

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2007

The Unit is back together and ready to take on their next assignment when a bomb filled with a nerve agent stolen from a nearby base is discovered to be on its way to their home. On the home front, Jonas and Molly make plans to spend time together, Mack is ordered to move out of his home, and Kim proposes a new show for the station but ends up handling a crisis.

Directors: Michael Zinberg
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True Believers
star
7.29
980 votes

#16 - True Believers

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/2006

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.

Directors: Oz Scott
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In Loco Parentis
star
7.30
538 votes

#17 - In Loco Parentis

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2007

The Unit is called in to help out the local SWAT team when a prominent school in Virginia is taken over by shooters. They must determine how to free the hostages without the students getting injured. On the homefront, Lissy has a young man interested in her, which turns into a delicate situation as he is the son of an Officer. Kim further complicates this matter, when she defies Tiffy’s orders and Lissy pays the price.

Directors: Michael Offer
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Paradise Lost
star
7.30
460 votes

#18 - Paradise Lost

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/8/2007

The Unit faces its greatest threat when they are investigated by the Government for their actions. Each man must make difficult choices, which may put their entire team in jeopardy.

Directors: Vahan Moosekian
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The Water is Wide
star
7.33
587 votes

#19 - The Water is Wide

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2007

The team goes to New York to protect a foreign dignitary at the United Nations building. A bomb is discovered and they must diffuse it. Molly and Tiffy travel to Vietnam to attend a War Memorial Service. A mother of a POW asks them to look for her missing son.On the home front, Mack rejects Crystal's advances and she threatens to tell Tiffy.

Directors: Krishna Rao
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The Broom Cupboard
star
7.34
502 votes

#20 - The Broom Cupboard

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2007

Jonas is assigned to protect an US Senator on a humanitarian mission to an Asian country. Although he has been secretly ordered by the President of the United States to meet with the former Prince who is planning a revolution against the current regime. On the home front, Molly, Kim and Tiffy work with Jeremy in planning a surprise for Crystal.

Directors: Karen Gaviola
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Dark of the Moon
star
7.34
560 votes

#21 - Dark of the Moon

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/2007

The Unit is sent to Pakistan to retrieve three suspected terrorists when they run into trouble with the local forces. They find a U.S. base with a small force of troops that do not respect their commanding officer. Jonas takes control of the combined group and prepares them for the impending attacks.

Directors: Michael Zinberg
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200th Hour
star
7.36
897 votes

#22 - 200th Hour

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/2006

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.

Directors: Steve Gomer
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Non-Permissive Environment
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7.36
818 votes

#23 - Non-Permissive Environment

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2006

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.

Directors: Ron Lagomarsino
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Manhunt
star
7.36
691 votes

#24 - Manhunt

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2006

The men are working on tracking down a known terrorist before he can launch an attack. At home, the women must face their own danger when a stranger approaches one of the children.

Directors: Michael Zinberg
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Exposure
star
7.37
719 votes

#25 - Exposure

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/9/2006

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.

Directors: Guy Norman Bee
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