"The Unit" True Believers (2006)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Oz Scott

Writers:

David Mamet (creator)
Eric L. Haney (book)

TV Series:

"The Unit" (2006)

Original Air Date:

28 March 2006 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

Plot:

The team, ordered to protect the Mexican Drug Minister, has to shift into high gear to rescue his family after they are kidnapped. Tiffy is upset when Mack's ordered some alone time, and Molly takes steps to protect the unit. |

Plot Keywords:

Delta Force | Military | Special Ops | Army | Veteran

Cast

Dennis Haysbert	...	Jonas Blane
Regina Taylor	...	Molly Blane
Robert Patrick	...	Colonel Tom Ryan
Audrey Marie Anderson	...	Kim Brown
Max Martini	...	Mack Gerhardt
Abby Brammell	...	Tiffy Gerhardt
Michael Irby	...	Charles Grey
Demore Barnes	...	Hector Williams
Scott Foley	...	Bob Brown
Michele Greene	...	Cynthia Burdett
Andrew Divoff	...	The Major
Conor O'Farrell	...	Major General Heath
Gary Perez	...	Alberto Salazar
Maria McCann	...	Susan Abernathy
Robert Catrini	...	D.E.A. Chief Johnson

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Australia:M (TV rating)

Quotes:

Susan Abernathy: I have a job to do.
Jonas Blane: I want you to postpone it.
Susan Abernathy: Why should I?
Jonas Blane: [Takes a card from his pocket and writes his number down] Take this card. Hold on to it.
Susan Abernathy: What is that?
Jonas Blane: No matter how blessed our lives, how charmed our existence, things still, inevitably, irrevocably, go wrong. Your mother is swindled out of her savings. Your estranged husband runs off with your kids. Your best friend goes on vacation in a foreign land and disappears...
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Excellent Episode, Especially Mack's Segment

The new Mexican drug minister is in Los Angeles and there are death threats out on him. The SpecOps are assigned to protect him. Sure enough, as the minister "Alberto Salazar"comes out of building, there's a drive-by but the assassination attempt fails. Jonas and company chase after the shooters in their car and catch them. They then learn that this was just part of the crime attempt, that the Salazar's family has been kidnapped.

The second story has Mack being left behind by the Corporal (who probably wants more time with Mack's wife) for a little hunting R&R after being slightly wounded last week at a training exercise. However, we see that someone out in the woods has Mack in their gun sights. The ending to this segment was outstanding.

The third story, the weekly women's story, has a wife of an ex-Unit member who has now gone into private business doing similar kind of work for huge bucks - almost 10 times what the guys are making now. She's recruiting Unit members for her and husband's business. Jonas' wife "Molly" (Regina Taylor) has the answer.

Another very good episode except for the only thing hasn't really been consistent with the rest of the show: the commander (Patrick), always shown as a straight shooter, making love to Mack's wife, who is turning out to be a total sleaze but yet is not pictured that way. Well, that's Hollywood for you.