In the season-one episode "True Believers", his wife says to him "come here sergeant major, and give me a report", but his rank is later established as master sergeant. The unit deploys throughout the world, and both the Army and United States government have the ability to deny the existence of the unit and any of its members to prevent the onset of international incidents. Grey is a Unit operator whose specialty is electronics, engineering, explosives and is also trained as a medic. During Season 2, Grey helped prevent the spread of weaponized smallpox throughout the world by members of al-Qaeda. In the provisional storyline outlined by the writers for season 5, Jonas would begin an affair with fellow Unit member Bridget Sullivan. The CO, Colonel Ryan, normally wears a "sanitized" uniform (bearing absolutely no tapes, such as his name, or even U.S. Army, or rank insignia). This model added finger stepping and cuts to the backstrap of the frame to make it easier to hold than the Generation 1 model. In the beginning of the series, she works in real estate. Jonas is Alpha Team's Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge. The two parties struck a deal, allowing the Unit to be reinstated and Mack Gerhardt returned safely in return for the Unit's silence about the grave. The first season of The Unit was originally broadcast between March 7, 2006 and May 16, 2006, it introduces the members of The Unit and their families. When the criminal escaped from UN custody, he tracked Blane back to Fort Griffith, the Alpha Team's headquarters. Despite serving as the team's primary engineer/demolition specialist (possibly having been an 18 Charlie "United States Army Special Forces Engineer Sergeant"), he is also cross-trained as a medic. [2], The fourth and final season began on September 28, 2008, and concluded on May 10, 2009. Gerhardt has worked as an operator with Blane and his team on a multitude of missions, including the recovery of a radioactive component of a Chinese satellite, the rescue of the drug minister of Mexico, the assassination of a terrorist financier in Spain, the bugging of an Iranian official's car at their embassy in Beirut, the recovery of seven Stinger Missiles from a Brazilian arms dealer, and the apprehension of a Serbian war criminal in the Balkans. This is parallel to Delta's structure, which was implemented by Col. Charles Alvin Beckwith. Staff Sergeant Sam McBride (United States Army, call sign "Whiplash") joins the Unit in the middle of the fourth season and is put through a nerve-shredding final test of loyalty where he is apparently arrested by the ATF who hold him responsible for the death of a judge during a training exercise. Joss and Grey were all set to get married, but the army suspects her of only marrying Grey to get into the secrets of the Unit because of the possibility of her having Russian contacts. Shortly after Blane found the contact in her apartment, they were visited by a CIA assassin. They barely escaped and decided to link up with a CIA agent who was her contact. On May 19, 2009, CBS cancelled the series after four seasons.[1]. In the Season 4 episode "Into Hell, Part 2", she risks her career by ordering helicopters to cross the border into Syria to rescue the rest of the Unit, the team later blackmailing the CIA in order to get her reinstated. By "Into Hell, Part 1" (2008, episode 4.7), Betsy is a platoon leader for the 505th Transportation Supply Corps, attached to the 101st Airborne Division. In Season 1, Hector was engaged to the daughter of a retired paratrooper who looked upon Hector with disdain due to his career in "logistics". The unit's immediate chain of command goes to the commanding officer, Colonel Tom Ryanand, presumably, straight to the President of the United States. He's not medically cleared, Mac has to go in and sort of change the medical records so that Jonas can keep on [going on missions]. On May 19, 2009, it was announced that, after four seasons and 69 episodes, the series had been cancelled by CBS,[3][4] but on the same day, producers at 20th Century Fox Television announced that the reruns of the show would be broadcast in syndication, in stations covering 56% of the country already committed to carrying the show, including the Fox Television Stations. Their soldiers possibly have the same Special Forces specialties as in Army Special Forces. However, Blane and his team are let off the hook. Back at home, Tiffy is victimized by a patron of the bar. Blane, assuming the agent's identity, doctored his passport and returned to the United States with the coffins of both bodies. 4 Seasons HD . He passes the test and takes part in five operations as part of the Unit's Alpha Team with great success, including helping to kill the sniper who shot dead his predecessor. Charles Grey volunteered his service to MI-6, the British Secret Intelligence Service, under the code name of "L'ange Bleu", and was known as "The First Volunteer". Cool Breeze In Season 4, this aviation company heiress meets and falls in love with Charles Grey. In the last episode he apologizes to her and she seems to accept it whilst keeping distance between them. In the mid-season, she would be mortally wounded on a mission, her dying words forgiving Sam for the fake rape, her death in turn aggravating Jonas' combat stress. Jonas' personality is of a hard taskmaster. Currently you are able to watch "The Unit" streaming on Hulu or buy it as download on Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies. When the incident is uncovered, his wife states that she fired the rounds in an attempt to eliminate a rat. In season 4 Jonas' daughter Betsy Blane was captured in Iraq whilst serving as an army officer there. On the same day, terrorists hijack an airplane in the fictional city of Wyndham, Idaho. While in the Balkans, the war criminal that Blane's team apprehends gets a good look at Blane. In the episode "Binary Explosion" it was revealed that Grey had past history with the Hispanic gang "Byz-Lats" and that his late mother had been the last of his only real family. He has also threatened the wives with closing the unit down, and restarting it somewhere else under another coverforcing the uprooting of all families involved. Colonel Ryan states repeatedly that this can ruin a soldier's career, as well as his marriage, and has also stated that he will not hesitate to destroy families to preserve the unit's security. He can speak conversational Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, and Korean, in addition to English. The Unit is an American action-drama television series created by David Mamet that aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009 with the total of four seasons and 69 episodes. His whereabouts were unknown until the Season 3 premiere, where it turns out he linked up with Jonas in Panama City, Panama. He is also very ruthless, never hesitating to kill in cold blood and nearly always putting the mission first. The father's attitude toward Hector changed, which Hector's fiance noticed. When Mack suspects that Tiffy is having an affair with a lawyer she has been working with, he obtains an untraceable gun and plots to kill him. Blane eventually struggled free before taking the document from Kim and driving off in Kim's car, making it look like he and Kim did not know each other. He is unusual in having a son, as most Unit members tend to have only daughters. 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Dashnaw, and Daniel Hernandez, Best Performance in a TV Series Recurring Young Actress, Troy Brown, J.J. Dashnaw, Eddie J. Fernandez, and Oakley Lehman, Troy Brown, Max Daniels, J.J. Dashnaw, and Oakley Lehman, Sharon Lee Watson (10 episodes, 20062009), Benjamin Daniel Lobato (2 episodes, 2009), season 4 (9/22/08 11/23/08): 1.37 million, This page was last edited on 11 April 2023, at 21:20. His fighting style is based on the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga, a trait based on actor Michael Irby who is a student of it in real life. He is portrayed by Michael Irby. Comments: 1 Kudos: 16 Bookmarks: 4 Hits: 1352 Everyday Combat phasha18 Summary: In the course of the series he kills at least 30 people. Like Jonas, he uses a customized Colt .45 as his sidearm, he is obviously a fan of the weapon, complimenting Bridget Sullian for using one and recommending Sam McBride do the same. When Charles is injured while the team rescues a journalist Jonas must try to save his life and still keep the mission on track, but it may not be enough. She explained that she used him as the scapegoat because she felt the Unit was secure enough to not have the government go after it and told him that the location of the map was in a secure safe deposit box in Dallas. Between the 1st and 2nd seasons of the show their son, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Brown, is born. She and her husband have two daughters, Lissy and Jenn. He was also cross trained in breaching demolitions. While we mostly saw just the few major players on the Unit, the entire unit under the command of Colonel Ryan had somewhere around 130 soldiers. In order to help to provide for their growing family, and to keep herself occupied, she takes a job at a local radio station known as KTML "The Missile". Sergeant First Class Charles Lewis Grey ( United States Army, callsign Betty Blue) is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Unit. S4, Ep12 4 Jan. 2009 Bad Beat 7.6 (168) Rate However this self-centeredness sometimes alienates people outside the Unit in a detrimental manner. . Menu. He's not medically cleared, Mac has to go in and sort of change the medical records so that Jonas can keep on [going on missions]. During the Season 3 episode "Five Brothers," Hector was killed when he was hit in the neck with a bullet fired by a sniper as the team made its escape from Hezbollah during the rescue mission in Beirut; the sniper's bullet ricocheted from a bone in Hector's neck into his chest whilst caring for injured teammate Charles Grey. Years of continual combat have left Jonas with numerous injuries including three pieces of shrapnel close to the spine that would enable him to retire on full disability benefits should he wish to do so. Charlotte Canning (Rebecca Pidgeon), a Washington insider, marries Colonel Tom Ryan at the end of season 1 (in "The Wall" (2006, episode 1.13)). The series focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force . He was responsible for helping to eliminate one of the world's foremost arms dealers. They killed several restaurant employees and injured both Blane and the newly married Mrs. Ryan. He is portrayed by Michael Irby . His tombstone gives his dates of birth and death as February 12, 1981 - November 6, 2007. He is presumed to be in his 40s and has a daughter, Betsy, and a wife named Molly Blane. During "Side Angle Side," Brown was promoted to the rank of Sergeant First Class. The Unit - watch online: streaming, buy or rent. Sergeant First Class Hector Lucian Williams (United States Army, call sign: Hammerhead) (portrayed by Demore Barnes) was a Unit operator assigned to Alpha Team of the 1st Special Actions Group (official cover as the "303rd Logistical Studies Group"). Greay is a Unit operator whose specialty is electronics, engineering, explosives and is also trained as a medic. When he finally discovers that she has been having an affair with Colonel Ryan, teammate Bob Brown has to physically restrain him from killing the Colonel. The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Lieutenant Blane. After completing Basic Training, she was selected for Officer Candidate School in "Gone Missing" (2007, episode 3.10). On the drive over to the agent's house, she revealed to Blane that there was a thermal imaging map she was supposed to obtain for the CIA. Mack would take over the team but at the end of the series would also leave for a training post after Tiffy becomes pregnant with their third child. Bob develops an addiction to heroin having been forcibly injected with it during a mission but with Kim's help he kicks the habit. During Season 2, Grey helped prevent the spread of weaponized smallpox throughout the world by members of al-Qaeda. At first, she is confused by the new rules of the wives of Unit team members, but soon Jonas Blane's wife, Molly, takes Kim under her wing and shows her the ropes. Their plots feature missions of The Unit not shown in the CBS series. Michael Irby. An ODA, formerly known as an "A-Team", has weapons sergeants, engineering sergeants, medical sergeants, communications sergeants, etc. The show is produced by The Barn Productions Inc., David Mamet Entertainment, and Fire Ants Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television. She appears in: "Non-Permissive Environment" (2006, episode 1.5), "Silver Star" (2006, episode 2.11), "Every Step You Take" (2007, episode 3.4), "Gone Missing" (2007, episode 3.10), "Into Hell, Part 1" (2008, episode 4.7), "Into Hell, Part 2" (2008, episode 4.8), and "Hero" (2009, episode 4.15). In the episode Binary Explosion it was revealed that Grey had past history with the Hispanic gang "Byz-Lats" and that his late mother had been the last of his only real family. The Unit Wiki. Belgium: August 8, 2007. This leaves him with a heavy conscience after failing to keep his end of the bargain. After one unsuccessful attempt to conduct the transaction, they are given another opportunity which results in the teams procurement of the plutonium and the elimination of Petrov, but the prostitute was offered to Petrov in order to complete the transaction and she was taken over the Kosovo border before Jonas could intercept her. She is a very rich woman with an overprotective uncle who shoos away Grey a few times. The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Master Sergeant Gerhardt. Grey's appearance makes him ideal for undercover operations, particularly in the Middle East and in Latin America. During the seventh episode of the first season, Dedication, Mack is offered charge of his own team by Ryan, but turns the offer down, instead preferring to continue serving with his friend Jonas. The Unit (2006-2009) Michael Irby: Charles Grey. He has a wife, Kim, two daughters, Serena and Emily, and a son, Theodore. Blane was found out by Brown who had him in sight through the scope of a sniper rifle. The cast of "The Unit" includes Scott Foley as Bob Brown, Max Martini as Mack Gerhardt, Robert Patrick as Col. Tom Ryan and Michael Irby as Charles Grey. She would have entered into a relationship with Jonas Blane, but eventually break it off as she would fear that his feelings for her are clouding his tactical judgement. In the United States Army, however, soldiers are often laterally transitioned between the ranks depending on their assignments. While undercover with an arms dealer for 18 months, Bridget was instrumental in the Unit's success in eliminating the dealer's threat. According to an interview executive producer Shawn Ryan gave to The Futon Critic "[David] Mamet and I and our writers, we came up with a lot of great stuff," Ryan said about his pitch to CBS executives for a potential fifth season. It is noticeable the women do not seem to socialize with her or welcome her to the group as they do with the new male Unit members and their families. Since then, he and the Unit took down the world's foremost weapons dealer, and helped take out a rebel leader in Paraguay. When she is killed on a mission mid-season the combat stress that affected him in the first episode resurfaces. The Oil Minister had found out about the grave and thus the rogue group had put in motion the orders that eventually instructed the Unit to do its dirty work by assassinating the Oil Minister originally. At the end of season 2, Blane was targeted by the Central Intelligence Agency due to unnamed crimes that he may have committed. In other episodes, Blane and his team recover a radioactive component of a Chinese satellite, rescue American missionaries in Indonesia, rescue the drug minister of Mexico, assassinate a terrorist financier in Spain, bug an Iranian official's car at their embassy in Beirut, recover seven Stinger missiles from Brazilian arms dealers, and the apprehend a Serbian war criminal in the Balkans. Grey did most of the bomb inspections, and was the one that determined that the bomb was not nuclear-the bomb maker had sprinkled plutonium around the bomb in order to set off the Geiger counter. In the first season, she and Bob, then a Staff Sergeant, are new arrivals to the Unit. The action incurred the wrath of the FBI, as the Alpha Team LSU members had violated the Posse Comitatus Act. The official cover name of the unit in the show is the "303rd Logistical Studies Group". However, the red, white, and blue license plate is from the state of Idaho. Along with Hector Williams, he instructed a SWAT unit in advanced closed quarters battle tactics, and designed the deliberate assault plan for the Braydon School takedown in "In Loco Parentis". Warrant Officer 1 Bridget Sullivan (United States Army, call sign "Red Cap") is a United States Army soldier whom joined the Unit during the events of the Season 4 episode "Sacrifice". He came clean to her that he was in counter-terrorism, and she, not seeing job security out of the Army in his future, ended the relationship. . This scenario is called "Play 16." Williams was likely the most diverse member of Alpha Team. Jonas begins to question Bob's capability, however Bob was soon able to defeat his emotions by accepting he liked killing and the mission was carried out as planned after Gerhart, Blane and Grey were all unable to take the shot on the target. A cover story concurrent with a member of the 303 Logistical Studies Unit is created. He customarily uses a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol, the same weapon as Hector. In the episode Five Brothers Grey was severely wounded but survived until the team was extracted by Marines. He is very resourceful and technically adroit, especially in terms of escape. According to Grey, his old roomate Hector Williams considered him 'cheap'. The second season debuted on September 19, 2006. His off-duty gun is a Colt .32 pistol and he also has a Smith & Wesson .38 'throwaway gun'. After Dragovich escaped UN custody, he tracked the Unit back to their home base at Fort Griffith. The newly wed Charlotte was shot twice in the back when a Serbian war criminal discovered the Unit's headquarters and attacked Alpha Team at Ryan's post-wedding celebration. Ultimately, after convincing the reporter that Crystal is psychologically unstable (with fake medical records), he gives him the option to drop the story and leave for good. Brown's membership in the Unit has at times strained his marriage, such as when he was late returning from a mission in Spain, conducted a mission under the guise of taking his wife on a vacation, and became hospitalized during a SERE exercise. This discrepancy has not been explained. He effortlessly commands the respect of his men and is extremely patriotic, pushing himself hardest of all. Back at home, Tiffy is victimized by a patron of the bar. Blane, through his networked contacts, learned about how the Oil Minister of Venezuela was assassinated. "The Unit: Seek and Destroy" was published in 2008 and "The Unit: Lock and Load" was published in 2009. During Season 1, Grey participated in an operation in the fictional town of Wyndham, Idaho, to recover hostages taken by Islamic terrorists. Before being accepted into the Unit Bob and Kim were planning on him attending law school. At the end of Season 4, Molly decided to live away from Jonas after he refused to retire for her. The series would end with Jonas reuniting with Molly and retiring from the army to help her in her real estate business. However, in the episode, "The Broom Cupboard", the President gives orders directly to Jonas for a unit mission. Grey, in conjunction with Alpha Team, was also responsible for the recovery of a radioactive component of a Chinese satellite, rescuing the drug minister of Mexico, the assassination of a terrorist financier in Spain, the recovery of seven Stinger missiles from Brazilian arms dealers, and the apprehension of a Serbian war criminal in The Balkans. After finding that the CIA was behind the investigation, Brown was given a choice-join the CIA, or go to prison. Two novelizations of CBS's The Unit were written by Patrick Andrews and published by Signet Books. Brown was responsible for saving the Secretary of State from assassination by radicals in Africa, as well as capturing a United States Air Force cryptologist who was selling secrets to the Chinese.
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