The Unit
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 143 Ratings
- Starring: Robert Patrick, Scott Foley, Dennis Haysbert
- Summary: Playwright David Mamet's first real stab at network television follows an elite Special Forces unit (led by 24's Dennis Haysbert) on covert missions around the globe, while also focusing on the wives left behind.
- Genre(s): Drama
- Creator: David Mamet
- Show Type: Ended
- Season 1 premiere date: Mar 7, 2006
- Episode Length: 60
- Air Time: 10:00 PM
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Positive: 13 out of 25
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Mixed: 8 out of 25
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Negative: 4 out of 25
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83This 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.
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80Mamet skillfully balances the men's harrowing missions with their wives' sacrifices on the home front.
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60This is news that never quite rises to the level of an event: "David Mamet Came to Television and All We Got Was a Better 'E-Ring.' "
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38The executive producers of this series are David Mamet and Shawn Ryan, but it has none of the panache of Mamet's plays and movies such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" or "The Spanish Prisoner," and none of the blunt force of Ryan's best-known work, "The Shield" on FX.
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Positive: 48 out of 59
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Mixed: 2 out of 59
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Negative: 9 out of 59
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KarriS4Tried it, kind of liked couple of episodes but the last two ones were just plain awful.
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