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The Best Episodes of The Unit Season 4

Every episode of The Unit Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Unit Season 4!

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A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Unit Season 4 Episode 1 - Sacrifice
    8.4/10(277 votes)

    #1 - Sacrifice

    S4:E1

    While women are being secretly relocated and moved off the base for their own safety, Jonas and the team must unravel an assassination plot against the vice president and president elect.

    Director:David Mamet
    Writer:Frank Military

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  2. The Unit Season 4 Episode 2 - Sudden Flight
    7.9/10(239 votes)

    #2 - Sudden Flight

    S4:E2

    The team follows a scientist who may have been targeted by terrorists, hoping to link those same terrorists to a presidential assassination plot.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Unit Season 4 Episode 3 - Sex Trade
    7.5/10(219 votes)

    #3 - Sex Trade

    S4:E3

    While the Unit is investigating a man they believe to be smuggling nuclear weapons, they discover that he is also smuggling women.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Unit Season 4 Episode 4 - The Conduit
    7.6/10(215 votes)

    #4 - The Conduit

    S4:E4

    Bob and Mac both find themselves in trouble when they each take assignments undercover. Bob as a chemist who hides cocaine by converting it to paint and Mac as a fighter trying to bust an illegal betting ring.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:David Mamet

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  5. The Unit Season 4 Episode 5 - Dancing Lessons
    7.7/10(220 votes)

    #5 - Dancing Lessons

    S4:E5

    A nuclear scientist insists on making a deal with the team before revealing information about an imminent terrorist attack on a major U.S. city; Kim, Molly and Tiffy are asked to work under cover with Jonas.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Unit Season 4 Episode 6 - Inquisition
    7.8/10(221 votes)

    #6 - Inquisition

    S4:E6

    Hoping to con a terrorist into exposing his accomplices before they escape, the team produces phony evidence of an attack.

    Director:David Paymer
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Unit Season 4 Episode 7 - Into Hell (1)
    8.5/10(247 votes)

    #7 - Into Hell (1)

    S4:E7

    The team travels to Iraq to save Jonas' daughter, who has been kidnapped; Col. Ryan must face the consequences for his adultery with Mack's wife.

    Director:Krishna Rao
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Unit Season 4 Episode 8 - Into Hell (2)
    8.2/10(254 votes)

    #8 - Into Hell (2)

    S4:E8

    The team keeps trying to rescue Betsy Blane from Syrian captors; Mack has an opportunity to get revenge on Ryan for his affair with Tiffy.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Frank Military

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  9. The Unit Season 4 Episode 9 - Shadow Riders
    7.1/10(210 votes)

    #9 - Shadow Riders

    S4:E9

    Jonas and the team must travel through enemy territory to bring a young bride to her groom, preserving a truce between two warring Afghanistan tribes; Kim and Bob try to expose a man who is linked to terrorists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Unit Season 4 Episode 10 - Misled & Misguided
    7.7/10(219 votes)

    #10 - Misled & Misguided

    S4:E10

    The team's attempts to raid an anthrax lab are thwarted by an official from the Department of Defense (Michael McKean), who believes his high-tech intelligence is superior to field logic.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Unit Season 4 Episode 11 - Switchblade
    7.8/10(221 votes)

    #11 - Switchblade

    S4:E11

    Jonas and the team force a Department of Defense official to go with them on an assignment and experience the realities of war; A mysterious women shows up at Aerodyne headquarters. Kim is finally reunited with her kids.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:David Mamet

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  12. The Unit Season 4 Episode 12 - Bad Beat
    7.6/10(215 votes)

    #12 - Bad Beat

    S4:E12

    Jonas plays a game of high stakes baccarat to win back the services of a CIA spy who has gone over to the other side. His success is also key in getting court martial charges against team member Bridget Sullivan dismissed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Unit Season 4 Episode 13 - The Spear of Destiny
    6.8/10(241 votes)

    #13 - The Spear of Destiny

    S4:E13

    Jonas and a seriously wounded Mack take refuge in a monastery where he is ordered to steal the monks' most prized possession. Back home, Bob is asked to perform a dangerous mission that will reveal the darkest side of his job to Kim.

    Director:Scott Foley
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Unit Season 4 Episode 14 - The Last Nazi
    7.5/10(212 votes)

    #14 - The Last Nazi

    S4:E14

    The President orders the unit to capture a Nazi war criminal from his hiding place and deliver him to The Hague. In Washington, Tom Ryan confronts his past when he is offered a promotion to General

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Mamet

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  15. The Unit Season 4 Episode 15 - Hero
    7.7/10(211 votes)

    #15 - Hero

    S4:E15

    The unit initiates a new team member while Jonas coaches his daughter Betsy, on how to respond to media questions about her kidnapping and rescue without blowing the cover story.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  16. The Unit Season 4 Episode 16 - Hill 60
    8.3/10(253 votes)

    #16 - Hill 60

    S4:E16

    Unable to communicate with the outside world, the Unit and their families must survive when a deadly gas poisons anyone in their community who steps outside.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Unit Season 4 Episode 17 - Flesh and Blood
    7.3/10(207 votes)

    #17 - Flesh and Blood

    S4:E17

    As the Unit fights to rescue Jonas's old friend, a broken helicopter gas tank and nearby guerillas impede their mission. Meanwhile, Tom goes to extreme measures to extract information from a recovering alcoholic whose husband may have been behind a terrorist attack.

    Director:Dennis Haysbert
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Unit Season 4 Episode 18 - Best Laid Plans
    7.8/10(207 votes)

    #18 - Best Laid Plans

    S4:E18

    The mission's plans go awry and Bob must run interference when Jonas and Mack are undercover to find the terrorists who killed the Vice President.

    Director:Dean White
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Unit Season 4 Episode 19 - Whiplash
    7.8/10(226 votes)

    #19 - Whiplash

    S4:E19

    When Sam attacks Bridget, the other members of the Unit must hunt him down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Unit Season 4 Episode 20 - Chaos Theory
    7.9/10(204 votes)

    #20 - Chaos Theory

    S4:E20

    A random incident throws Jonas and Bob's carefully planned mission into chaos.

    Director:Gwyneth Horder-Payton
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Unit Season 4 Episode 21 - Endgame
    8.2/10(223 votes)

    #21 - Endgame

    S4:E21

    Molly is kidnapped and used as bait, while Jonas is out of the country looking into a Russian terrorist cell.

    Director:Lesli Linka Glatter
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Unit Season 4 Episode 22 - Unknown Soldier
    8.4/10(265 votes)

    #22 - Unknown Soldier

    S4:E22

    When several dirty bombs are found on American soil, The Unit is deployed to find and diffuse. On the home front, the wives prepare for a wedding and a possible divorce.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Sacrifice" is the best rated episode of "The Unit" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 277 votes. Directed by David Mamet and written by Frank Military, it aired on 9/28/2008. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Sudden Flight".