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The Unit

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...

  • 2006
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • 2006
  • TV-14
  • CBS

The Unit

Season 1 Premiere: 2006
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 33 User Ratings
8.6
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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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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews
61
52% Positive
26 Reviews
32% Mixed
16 Reviews
16% Negative
8 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews
61
52% Positive
26 Reviews
32% Mixed
16 Reviews
16% Negative
8 Reviews

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83
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.
By Gloria Goodale FULL REVIEW
80
It just oozes potential with sharp dialogue and a strong cast.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
75
"The Unit"... is predictably Mametian only in that it's interesting, tightly written and finely shot.
By Doug Elfman FULL REVIEW
70
There are glimmers of something refreshingly different.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
50
"The Unit" becomes distinctive only when the action shifts back to the wives left behind on the base.
By Alessandra Stanley FULL REVIEW
40
These two extraordinary talents have done an average job with what is a surprisingly unimaginative premise.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
20
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.
By Lee Siegel FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 33 User Ratings
8.6
88% Positive
29 Ratings
3% Mixed
1 Rating
9% Negative
3 Ratings

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 33 User Ratings
8.6
88% Positive
29 Ratings
3% Mixed
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9% Negative
3 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • David Mamet Chicago
  • MiddKid Productions
  • 20th Century Fox Television
Initial Release Date: 2006
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 4 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 3 Nominations

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