In addition to another suspense-filled episode, fans can expect several celebrities to grace next week's episode of The Unit.  Guest starring in the sixth episode of season 3 is mixed martial arts fighter and five-time UFC champion, Randy Couture, who will be stirring up some action on the CBS military drama.

Couture, who is considered by many to be the most popular fighter in mixed martial arts history, holds notable wins over Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Gabriel Gonzaga and Tim Sylvia, just to name a few, and is also the only athlete in UFC history to win a championship after becoming a Hall of Fame member.

On The Unit, Couture will be playing the role of Sgt. Strickland in the episode entitled “M.P.” which is scheduled to air on Tuesday, October 30.  This episode features Jonas, Mack and Grey as they smuggle a pop princess into a restricted area to entertain the troops while Bob has a dangerous body guarding mission of his own to worry about, which involves escorting a prisoner to return to his home country to face his execution.

Aside from Couture and the principle ensemble, consisting of Dennis Haysbert (Jonas Blane), Regina Taylor (Molly Blane), Robert Patrick (Col. Tom Ryan), Audrey Marie Anderson (Kim Brown) and Scott Foley (Bob Brown), among others, this particular episode also includes Mikalah Gordon, singer and 11th finalist on the fourth season of American Idol.

Gordon, who is set to play Lila Lee, already landed guest roles on Fran Drescher's sitcom, Living with Fran, where she played Fran's cousin and Broadway singer Brianna.  After an appearance on The Try Banks Show, she became a correspondent for the talk show and even served as the co-host of American Idol Extra, which gives a behind the scenes look at American Idol after the taping each week.

Fans can catch a new episode of The Unit every Tuesday at 9pm ET/PT on CBS.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: CBS
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