The Unit - A matter of honor

Television series
German title	The Unit - A matter of honor
Original title	The Unit
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2006-2009
length	45 minutes
Episodes	69 in 4 seasons
genre	Military, action, drama
idea	David Mamet
production	Sharon Lee Watson
music	Robert Duncan
First broadcast	March 7, 2006 (USA) on CBS
German-language ; first broadcast	March 7, 2007 on Sat.1

The Unit - A Matter of Honor is an American television series . It was broadcast from March 7, 2006 to May 10, 2009 on the US television channel CBS . It is about a fictional special unit that reports directly to the president and carries out secret missions around the world. The series is based on the Delta Force . The series was created by David Mamet and is based on the book Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by ex-Delta Force soldier Eric Lee Haney . The series was produced by The Barn Productions Inc., David Mamet Entertainment and Fire Ants Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television and CBS Paramount Television.

Production and broadcast

After the continuation of the series was unclear for a long time, CBS ordered a fourth season on May 12, 2008. Their broadcast began on September 28, 2008. On May 20, 2009, CBS announced the discontinuation of the series after four seasons.

The German-language first broadcast took place in March 2007 on Sat.1 . Only the first three seasons were shown until 2010, with the third season not being broadcast on Sat.1, but on Kabel Eins . The fourth season has now been broadcast on ProSieben Maxx almost four years later since April 16, 2014 .

As of February 28, 2008, all four seasons have been released on DVD one after the other.

action

The Unit is a top-secret anti-terrorist unit that carries out top - secret operations, mostly behind enemy lines. In order not to attract any attention, the unit is disguised as the 303rd Logistic Study Unit .

occupation

Role name (code name)	actor	Season	role
Colonel (later Brigadier General ) Thomas "Tom" Ryan (Dog Patch 06)	Robert Patrick	1-4	He's the commanding officer . At the beginning of the first season, Tom Ryan has an affair with the wife of Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt. At the end of the first season, he ended the affair. He then marries Charlotte Ryan. However, the marriage ends with the divorce during season three, but continues to have a relationship with her.
Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (Snake Doc)	Dennis Haysbert	1-4	He leads one of the deployment teams and thus mostly leads their operations. He and his wife Molly have a daughter, Betsy, who also joins the Army.
Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt (Dirt Diver)	Max Martini	1-4	He is the second man behind Jonas Blane. At the end of the second season he has an argument with his wife Tiffy, after which she files for divorce. In the fourth season they come together again.
Sergeant First Class Robert "Bob" Brown (Cool Breeze)	Scott Foley	1-4	He comes to the unit at the beginning of the series and is gradually briefed by Jonas Blane during the first season. He has three children with his wife Kim.
Sergeant First Class Charles Gray (Betty Blue)	Michael Irby	1-4	In the unit he is the specialist for explosives, bomb disposal and technology. He is also a trained paramedic. Gray is a notorious womanizer, but meets pilot Joss Morgan in the fourth season and falls in love with her. They get married in the series finale.
Sergeant First Class Hector Williams (Hammerhead)	Demore Barnes	1-3	He is often used as a sniper. Williams dies in season three during a mission that went wrong. In his endeavors to rescue his badly injured teammate Charles Gray, he himself is hit in the neck by an enemy bullet.
Molly Blane	Regina Taylor	1-4	She is the wife of Jonas Blane and Chair of the Fort Griffith Wives Support Group. She mentors and is always committed to the other wives in the unit. At the end of the series, she leaves her husband.
Tiffany "Tiffy" Gerhardt	Abby Brammell	1-4
Kim Brown	Audrey Marie Anderson	1-4
Sergeant Kayla Medawar	Kavita Patil	1-4	She is the assistant to the duty or commanding officer in the Tactical Operations Center.
Warrant Officer Bridget Sullivan (Red Cap)	Nicole Steinwedell	4th
Staff Sergeant Sam McBride (Whiplash)	Wes Chatham	4th