| Episode number |
Title |
Director |
Writer(s) |
Original airdate |
| 101 |
"First Responders" |
Davis Guggenheim |
David Mamet |
March 7, 2006 |
| The Unit's newest member, Bob Brown, quickly learns the ropes from the team after terrorists hijack a business jet in Idaho. On base, Bob's wife adjusts to the shock of learning that her husband is part of the team trying to rescue the airline hostages. |
| 102 |
"Stress" |
Guy Ferland |
David Mamet |
March 14, 2006 |
| The team, except for Bob, is deployed to Africa to retrieve a radiological component of a crashed Chinese satellite. On base, Bob must deal with his family, who are still settling in, and interrogation from an FBI agent. Meanwhile, the wives comfort the wife of a soldier who was killed in action. |
| 103 |
"200th Hour" |
Steve Gomer |
Sharon Lee Watson and Carol Flint |
March 21, 2006 |
| Jonas is sent to rescue a group of missionaries in Indonesia, while Bob must prove to the team that he is up to the job, after making a mistake in training. On base, the wives prepare to host a visiting senator who holds the power to increase financing for the Unit's military training. |
| 104 |
"True Believers" |
Oz Scott |
Shawn Ryan and Eric L. Haney |
March 28, 2006 |
| The team is sent to Los Angeles to protect Mexico's Drug Minister who has been threatened with assassination. The team are able to prevent an attempt the minister's life, but his wife and two young sons are kidnapped. On base, a former Unit wife returns to recruit their husbands into the private sector. |
| 105 |
"Non-Permissive Environment" |
Ron Lagomarsino |
Lynn Mamet and Paul Redford |
April 4, 2006 |
| The team is forced to escape Spain when their mission to assassinate a terrorist is called off by the government. On base, Molly learns that her daughter, Betsy, wants to drop out of college. Kim considers to sign up for courses at the local college. |
| 106 |
"Security" |
David Mamet |
David Mamet |
April 11, 2006 |
| The team is sent to Beirut to prevent the Russians from selling nuclear information to the Iranians. On base, Colonel Tom Ryan tries to end his affair with Tiffy, but she will not listen. Kim begins to ask Molly questions after she sees Tiffy enter a motel room. |
| 107 |
"Dedication" |
Helen Shaver |
Paul Redford and Sharon Lee Watson |
April 18, 2006 |
| While on a mission in Afghanistan to assassinate a high ranking member of the Taliban, the team attempts to rescue other Unit members when their helicopter experiences engine problems. On base, Molly confronts Ron Cheals about his addiction to painkillers and Kim tries to land a job at a radio station. |
| 108 |
"SERE" |
Stephen De Paul |
Lynn Mamet and Carol Flint |
April 25, 2006 |
| The team participates in a SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance Escape) training drill in which they are treated as prisoners of war. The drill pushes them to their mental and physical limits when the doctor who runs SERE places their lives in danger. On base, Kim struggles with her faith in God, while Molly tries to help her find it again. |
| 109 |
"Eating the Young" |
J. Miller Tobin |
Sterling Anderson |
May 2, 2006 |
| The team must recover seven stinger missiles from a Brazilian arms merchant, who uses children as guards, before he sells them to Islamic militants. On base, Kim causes trouble when she tries to bring about change in the family-readiness group and Hector's girlfriend discovers what his real job is in the Army. |
| 110 |
"Unannounced" |
Bill L. Norton |
Paul Redford and Emily Halpern |
May 9, 2006 |
| Bob's cover is compromised while guarding the U.S. Secretary of State in Africa. On base, Molly is conned when she agrees to purchase a home from an army widow and Kim receives an unwelcome visit at the radio station from an admirer she spoke to on the phone. |
| 111 |
"Exposure" |
Guy Norman Bee |
Sharon Lee Watson and Dan Hindmarch |
May 9, 2006 |
| During the Unit's annual "Day of the Dead" celebration, Jonas must deal with a young man wants to know the truth about his father's death. Meanwhile, Molly tracks down the woman who conned her and Bob is faced with a dilemma when a Unit widow insists that he sleep with her. |
| 112 |
"Morale, Welfare and Recreation" |
Felix Enriquez Alcala |
Sterling Anderson and Paul Redford |
May 16, 2006 |
| The team is sent to Atlanta to defuse a bomb. Kim discovers that her vacation with Bob to Cancún, Mexico is actually cover for a mission. Bob asks for her help to catch a spy who is selling top-secret files to the Chinese government. |
| 113 |
"The Wall" |
David Mamet |
Eric L. Haney and Lynn Mamet |
May 16, 2006 |
| The team is sent to assist the French Foreign Legion in capturing a former Yugoslavian general for war crimes. On base, Jonas learns that Molly has lost their savings and Tiffy considers divorcing Mack after she reads a letter indicating that he has re-enlisted. |
| Episode number |
Title |
Director |
Writer(s) |
Original airdate |
| 201 |
"Change of Station" |
Steven DePaul |
David Mamet |
September 19, 2006 |
| Mack and Tiffy prepare to leave the Unit, but she begins to feel conflicted when one of her former students, who claims to be physically abused, comes to her for help. The rest of the team are sent to Pakistan to prevent a plan to spread a deadly disease throughout the western world. |
| 202 |
"Extreme Rendition" |
Terrence O'Hara |
Sharon Lee Watson |
September 26, 2006 |
| The team must help a rogue former Unit operator escape from a Bulgarian prison in order to have him help assassinate the world's leading arms dealer. On base, Molly takes a one time recruiting job to hire someone away from the Unit so she can put her sick mother in a nursing home |
| 203 |
"The Kill Zone" |
Steve Gomer |
Lynn Mamet |
October 3, 2006 |
| The team is sent to Paraguay to eliminate a militia rebel leader, but the mission is put on hold when they must rescue two operators trapped by a sniper. On base, the wives help the fiancé of a deceased Unit member gain custody of her two would be step-daughters. |
| 204 |
"Manhunt" |
Michael Zinberg |
Emily Halpern |
October 10, 2006 |
| The team must find a terrorist who is planning to attack a nuclear waste train. On base, Kim becomes upset when she sees a strange man talking to her daughter, Serena, outside of school. |
| 205 |
"Force Majeure" |
James Whitmore Jr. |
David Voll |
October 17, 2006 |
| The team must evacuate an exiled dictator from an American hospital during a hurricane, but discover that other patients have been left behind. On base, Molly struggles over whether to honor Jeremy's request to be sent to Iraq and Tiffy and Mack decide to have another baby. |
| 206 |
"Old Home Week" |
David Mamet |
David Mamet |
October 31, 2006 |
| The team are sent to Africa on a mission to track down smuggled diamonds. On base, the wives organize "Old Home Week" to raise funds to help those in service in Iraq. Kim discovers an undelivered letter written by a soldier to someone he deeply loved, shortly before he was killed in action in 1944. She attempts to find the soldier's widow through his friend-in-arms and deliver the letter to her. |
| 207 |
"Off the Meter" |
Alex Zakrzewski |
Lynn Mamet and Eric L. Haney |
November 7, 2006 |
| Jonas enlists Bob to take part in an unofficial operation to extract Ron Cheals' illegitimate daughter from a religious cult whose members are about to flee the U.S. On base, Tiffy covers for Charlotte Ryan when she is questioned by the police after she sees her driving erratically and discovers pills in her car. |
| 208 |
"Natural Selection" |
Helen Shaver |
Sharon Lee Watson |
November 14, 2006 |
| Bob and his translator are stranded in the Russian wilderness after their helicopter crashes. As Bob fights to save his translator's life, he remembers his experience during Unit selection through a series of flashbacks. |
| 209 |
"Report by Exception" |
Gwyneth Horder-Payton |
Todd Ellis Kessler |
November 21, 2006[4] |
| The team are sent to assassinate a prominent Latin American official who threatens the U.S. oil supply, but the mission is made difficult for Jonas when the woman posing as his wife begins to take her role very seriously. Colonel Tom Ryan travels to Washington, D.C. and is questioned about the Unit's mission during a congressional briefing. |
| 210 |
"Bait" |
Jean de Segonzac |
Randy Huggins |
November 28, 2006 |
| Colonel Ryan is shut down by his contacts in Washington when Jonas becomes a prisoner of war in Georgia. Since his contacts refuse to cooperate with him, Colonel Ryan sends the team to rescue Jonas. On base, Tiffy learns she may face time in prison for her involvement in covering up Charlotte's reckless driving. |
| 211 |
"Silver Star" |
Bill L. Norton |
David Mamet |
December 12, 2006 |
| Jonas' father is awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Korea. Jonas recalls his father's actions to his nephew, also a soldier, after he learns that his nephew beats his young wife. On base, Mack and Bob must help land a plane that has flown into a restricted area. |
| 212 |
"The Broom Cupboard" |
Karen Gaviola |
Emily Halpern |
January 16, 2007 |
| The team is assigned to protect a U.S. Senator who plans to meet a rebel leader wanting to overthrow his government. Jonas receives a top secret mission from the President of the United States to evaluate the rebel leader. Molly, Tiffy, and Kim help Jeremy with a surprise engagement party for Crystal. |
| 213 |
"Sub Conscious" |
Stephen DePaul |
Daniel Voll |
February 6, 2007 |
| Kim is overheard discussing a dream she had which inexplicably contains secret details of the team's dangerous mission to North Korea. Colonel Ryan learns of the dream and believes Bob told Kim about the plan. Meanwhile, Jonas has to deal with the captain of a South Korean submarine who refuses to do missions. |
| 214 |
"Johnny B. Goode" |
Vahan Moosekian |
Todd Ellis Kessler |
February 6, 2007 |
| The team is sent into Iran to deploy sensors for detecting nuclear weapons, but the mission becomes complicated when civilians become involved. On base, Tiffy considers whether she should help a soldier who went AWOL and Molly visits Jeremy in the burn unit. She becomes disappointed when Crystal does not come to visit him. |
| 215 |
"The Water is Wide" |
Krishna Rao |
Lynn Mamet |
February 13, 2007 |
| The team is sent on a mission to protect a Middle Eastern dignitary at the United Nations, but must defuse a bomb found in the office of the U.N. secretary general. Meanwhile, Molly and Tiffy visit Vietnam to honor the soldiers who fought there. On base, Crystal tries to seduce Mack and threatens to tell Tiffy about their relationship. |
| 216 |
"Games of Chance" |
Terrence O'Hara |
Sharon Lee Watson |
February 20, 2007 |
| The team competes against other elite military forces from around the world in counter-terrorism games staged in Hamburg, Germany, but the games turn deadly when someone tries to use them to stage a real act of terrorism. Meanwhile, Kim meets a former boyfriend while on a business trip and learns that he is now a multimillionaire and recently divorced. |
| 217 |
"Dark of the Moon" |
Michael Zinberg |
Eric L. Haney |
February 27, 2007 |
| The team captures three Pakistani men from a Waziristan village to take in for questioning, but they are pursued by the local militia. After arriving at an Army support base in a remote area of Afghanistan, the team find the base in a state of disarray and must prepare the troops against an attack from the militia. |
| 218 |
"Two Coins" |
Bill L. Norton |
David Mamet |
March 20, 2007 |
| Grey becomes involved in a relationship with a female Israeli soldier when the team travels to Israel to study advanced desert warfare. When the two go off into the desert alone, they become surrounded by hostile Arab militia. On base, Tiffy stumbles upon a windfall which makes her question her motives. |
| 219 |
"Outsiders" |
Alex Zakrzewski |
Randy Huggins |
April 3, 2007 |
| Brown and Williams are sent to Papua New Guinea to retrieve an aircraft's black box. Back on base, Mack discovers that Crystal may be talking to a reporter about the Unit. |
| 220 |
"In Loco Parentis" |
Michael Offer |
Clayton Surratt and Todd Ellis Kessler |
April 10, 2007 |
| The team must work with a SWAT unit to rescue the students of an elite international private school in the Washington suburbs who have been taken hostage by unknown captors. On base, Lissy becomes interested in the son of an Officer. |
| 221 |
"Bedfellows" |
Dean White |
Emily Halpern |
April 24, 2007 |
| Bob's loyalty to Jonas and the Unit is challenged when he is recruited to work with the CIA on a covert mission. On base, Mack becomes convinced that Tiffy is having an affair. |
| 222 |
"Freefall" |
James Whitmore Jr. |
Daniel Voll and Sara B. Cooper |
May 1, 2007 |
| Mack, Grey and Williams protect a Thai prince on American soil and uncover scandalous family secrets that include murder. Meanwhile, Bob's life is endangered when a parachute jump goes awry. |
| 223 |
"Paradise Lost" |
Vahan Moosekian |
Eric L. Haney, Lynn Mamet |
May 8, 2007 |
| The team is investigated by a government agency that is probing into possible infractions that could result in criminal charges. Mack confronts Tiffy about Wilson and the CIA continues to try and recruit Bob. |
The third season started on September 25, 2007, with a hiatus occurring after the 11th episode due to 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.
| Episode number |
Title |
Director |
Writer(s) |
Original airdate |
| 301 |
"Pandemonium, Part 1" |
Vahan Moosekian |
Sharon Lee Watson |
September 25, 2007 |
| Jonas is pursued by a mysterious assassin, and meets up with Mariella, a CIA operative from the 2nd season. Colonel Ryan meets up with his wife, who has sold out secrets about the unit that prompted the investigation and subsequent shutdown of the unit. Finally, Jonas makes a shocking discovery. |
| 302 |
"Pandemonium, Part 2" |
Steven DePaul |
Todd Ellis Kessler |
October 2, 2007 |
| Jonas, Bob, and Charles return to Washington, D.C. and rendezvous with Colonel Ryan. They try to find the person responsible for the dismantling of the Unit and try to clear their name. Meanwhile Hector is being transported to a Senate subcommittee hearing to testify against the Unit and Mack is held at a secret prison. |
| 303 |
"Always Kiss Them Goodbye" |
Michael Zinberg |
Eric L. Haney |
October 9, 2007 |
| A VX nerve agent bomb has been stolen from a nearby military arsenal. While Mack mans the TOC, Jonas leads the other Team members on an attempt to recover the stolen bomb. When the bomb is loaded on a plane, Bob pursues it on another plane. On base, an accident between Mack and Tiffy in the garage is misinterpreted as a domestic dispute and Ryan orders Mack to move to the BEQ. Kim tries to start a military talk show at the radio station. |
| 304 |
"Every Step You Take" |
Helen Shaver |
Lynn Mamet |
October 16, 2007 |
| Bob, Mack, and Hector rescue embassy personnel and their families who are under attack in Abidjan. After learning that his daughter wants to enlist, Jonas takes her on a trip to prepare her for boot camp. |
| 305 |
"Inside Out" |
Bill L. Norton |
Dan Hindmarch |
October 23, 2007 |
| The Unit must retrieve a computer chip being carried by a mule that contains information on undercover agents within terrorist networks. On base, Bob tries to care for his family after Kim needs bed rest due to her pregnancy. To make ends meet after getting fired from her teaching job, Tiffy goes to work as a waitress at a bar and then an exotic dancer. |
| 306 |
"MPs" |
James Whitmore Jr. |
David Mamet |
October 30, 2007 |
| Jonas, Mack and Grey protect a pop star on a trip to Iraq. Bob is tasked to escort a foreign prisoner for extradition to his home country. Williams dates a waitress where Tiffy works and discovers her affair with Colonel Ryan. |
| 307 |
"Five Brothers" |
Steve Gomer |
Frank Military |
November 6, 2007 |
| On a mission to rescue a kidnapped reporter, who ends up with Stockholm syndrome, in Beirut, Lebanon, Grey is wounded during the operation and Williams is killed by a sniper. The wives retrieve Tiffy's car which has been towed by an unscrupulous tow truck operator. |
| 308 |
"Play 16" |
James Whitmore Jr. |
Daniel Voll |
November 13, 2007 |
| Jonas goes on a solo mission to seek out the leader of the group responsible for Williams' death. Bob convinces the rescued journalist to keep the mission a secret. |
| 309 |
"Binary Explosion" |
Steven DePaul |
Randy Huggins |
November 20, 2007 |
| Jonas, Grey, and Bob work to uncover gang members in the Army who are selling weapons. Meanwhile, Mack and Col. Ryan track down football players who caused Tiffy to get into an auto accident. |
| 310 |
"Gone Missing" |
Eric L. Haney and Lynn Mamet |
Terrence O' Hara |
November 27, 2007 |
| Bob's operation capability becomes questionable after he starts to see visions of people whom he killed during missions. Tiffy and Kim find out shocking story about Molly's father. |
| 311 |
"Side Angle Side" |
Todd Ellis Kessler |
Seth Wiley |
December 18, 2007 |
| Jonas is in London working on discovering the connection between a Russian uranium dealer and his old friend from MI5. On the home front, Kim is confronted by a suicidal caller on her Talk-Show, Bob gets a promotion to Sergeant First Class, and Charles is having an internal struggle about dating his late-friend-and-teammate Hector Williams' ex-girlfriend. |
