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"The Unit" Synopsis and General Information

By Rachel Thomas, About.com

Photo: Michael Yarish/ CBS ©2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc.

When is it on?:

Tuesdays at 9pm EST on CBS (check local listings).

Starring:

Dennis Haysbert, Scott Foley, Robert Patrick, Regina Taylor, Max Martini, Michael Irby, Demore Barnes, Abby Brammell and Audry Marie Anderson.

Synopsis:

As head of the Unit, Jonas Blane (Haysbert) leads his team on missions out in the field and is responsible for taking elite new recruit Bob Brown (Foley) under his wing.

The Unit includes Jonas, Colonel Tom Ryan (Patrick), Mack Gerhardt (Martini), Charles Grey (Irby), Hector Williams (Barnes) and Bob Brown, all highly skilled soldiers, whose ability to rely on each other in life-threatening situations creates their unique brotherhood.

Jonas' wife, Molly (Taylor), is the base matriarch who comforts and counsels "the unit's" wives as they cope with the fear and uncertainty they experience when their husbands leave home.

Molly and Tiffy Gerhardt (Brammell), a wife hiding her own dark secrets, help Bob's pregnant wife, Kim (Anderson), acclimate to the stress of her new secret life.

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