The Unit: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Unit Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Sacrifice
Sep 28, 2008 · 45 min
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
Sudden Flight
Oct 5, 2008 · 45 min
The team follows a scientist who may have been targeted by terrorists, hoping to link those same terrorists to a presidential assassination plot.
Sex Trade
Oct 12, 2008 · 45 min
While the Unit is investigating a man they believe to be smuggling nuclear weapons, they discover that he is also smuggling women.
The Conduit
Oct 19, 2008 · 45 min
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
Dancing Lessons
Oct 26, 2008 · 45 min
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 w
Inquisition
Nov 2, 2008 · 45 min
Hoping to con a terrorist into exposing his accomplices before they escape, the team produces phony evidence of an attack.
Into Hell (1)
Nov 9, 2008 · 45 min
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.
Into Hell (2)
Nov 16, 2008 · 45 min
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.
Shadow Riders
Nov 23, 2008 · 45 min
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 m
Misled & Misguided
Nov 30, 2008 · 45 min
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
Switchblade
Dec 21, 2008 · 45 min
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
Bad Beat
Jan 4, 2009 · 45 min
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 again
The Spear of Destiny
Jan 11, 2009 · 45 min
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
The Last Nazi
Feb 15, 2009 · 45 min
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 pro
Hero
Mar 8, 2009 · 45 min
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.
Hill 60
Mar 15, 2009 · 45 min
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.
Flesh and Blood
Mar 22, 2009 · 45 min
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 informat
Best Laid Plans
Mar 29, 2009 · 45 min
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.
Whiplash
Apr 12, 2009 · 45 min
When Sam attacks Bridget, the other members of the Unit must hunt him down.
Chaos Theory
Apr 26, 2009 · 45 min
A random incident throws Jonas and Bob's carefully planned mission into chaos.
Endgame
May 3, 2009 · 45 min
Molly is kidnapped and used as bait, while Jonas is out of the country looking into a Russian terrorist cell.
Unknown Soldier
May 10, 2009 · 45 min
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.