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- CBS
- Mar 7, 2006
- CBS
- Mar 7, 2006
Summary The Unit conducts clandestine and covert operations for the US Government and the US Army around the globe. The Unit operates under the cover of the 303rd Logistical Studies Group. Carrying the operators through battle is the knowledge that while they are out in the field, their wives help maintain their lives back home. They protect the...
- CBS
- Mar 7, 2006
- CBS
- Mar 7, 2006
Summary The Unit conducts clandestine and covert operations for the US Government and the US Army around the globe. The Unit operates under the cover of the 303rd Logistical Studies Group. Carrying the operators through battle is the knowledge that while they are out in the field, their wives help maintain their lives back home. They protect the...
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Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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52% Positive
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32% Mixed
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16% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
61
52% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
32% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
16% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
This could all get old really fast, but Taylor's steely performance keeps the home front interesting, while the globe-trotting soldiers bring home the reality of how many troubled spots this small planet still has.
It just oozes potential with sharp dialogue and a strong cast.
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 User Ratings
8.3
79% Positive
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5% Mixed
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16% Negative
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 User Ratings
8.3
79% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
16% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
The Unit is one of them shows that grab hold of you from the opening credits to the last scene. I think it gives the viewer a captivating look at the unsung heroes that keep this Country safe. The story lines were well written the actors were amazing. I think this show still had a few more seasons left and was pulled at the wrong time. Dennis Haysbert stole this show and made it his own. Robert Patrick and Max Martini charactor arcs were nothing short of great TV. I give this show a 10 because it is one of the very few shows I will always stop at while flipping through the channels.
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SEASON 1
The Unit maybe one of the best tv shows I have ever seen. I loved the look, the style and everything. It was perfect. Such a shame that it was discontinued just to produce one more useless NCIS spin-off.
Kick all NCIS stuff out of your program except ne original one that was really good and go back producing The Unit. Dennis Haysbert was awesome btw.
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SEASON 1
"The Unit"... is predictably Mametian only in that it's interesting, tightly written and finely shot.
There are glimmers of something refreshingly different.
"The Unit" becomes distinctive only when the action shifts back to the wives left behind on the base.
These two extraordinary talents have done an average job with what is a surprisingly unimaginative premise.
What you get is a show constricted by radical artistic compromises that it refuses to acknowledge having made. The result is an expulsion of Mamet's distinctive vision into the margins of the series, in which it wanders around like a director who's been fired from a movie yet will not leave the set.
The Unit represents one of the most compelling hours of television anywhere and anytime. I am flummoxed by the critics average score, other than to say critics are generally against any TV drama that purveys the military in anything approaching a favorable light.
In fact the drama is many times so gripping that the episode becomes difficult to watch. Is it too much for at least some home viewers to reach star status?
Ultimately, I believe the the show suffered from two flaws that lead to its failure; one common and one not so common. The common one is that in 5 years the characters did not evolve enough to deep the deeply faithful viewership alive. The show was at its best presenting the army's best soldiers in impossible situations, but floundered in the continuing Kafkaesque moments with wives and girlfriends.
The second flaw was the wife story line. It was frustratingly unrealistic. No one, and I mean no one, can watch even 1 season of absolutely shunned wife long suffering and comparatively uneventful story lines while being complicitly lied to, and not be frustrated. Not even Jonas would not tell the love of his life what he was doing. The evolution in the last season was a band-aid to this issue, not a solution.
Kudos to the writers and the producers of an absolutely brilliant idea and some of the best writing on TV. But Andy Griffin shows are dead. People need to change. It's part of the fun.
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SEASON 1
Compelling and interesting, however the special effects are not top notch. The acting performances are also pretty good. I like the Allstate guy, lol. He doesn't do commercials anymore, apparently.
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SEASON 1
Une série dont la réalisation est sans reproche mais qui reste trop basse de plafond et qui connaît beaucoup de passages à vide. ça fait penser à du Tom Clancy légèrement dégrossi, soit la propagande pro-américaine habituelle (protégez et sauvez le monde libre etc).
Le point qui aurait pu être intéressant concerne la vie quotidienne des protagonistes qui aurait pu donner lieu à quelques questionnements sur leur métier si particulier mais que nenni : on garde les oeillères et on ne relève surtout pas la tête sous peine de se cogner brutalement au plafond dogmatique du genre vu, revu et usé jusqu'à la corde.
Certes, cela reste étonnamment sobre en comparaison d'un 24H Chrono mais le train-train et la répétition des situations ont raison un peu trop vite de notre patience.
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SEASON 1
Surprisingly bad action/drama series from David Mamet, the mind behind such brilliant works as Glengarry Glenn Ross, The Verdict, and House of Games. The Unit is badly paced, poorly acted, jingoistic drivel. And, yet, the worst thing about it is that it is unbelievably boring.
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