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Last week on The Unit, Jonas and the team were deployed to a casino in Macau, tasked to regain the services of a vital CIA asset who‘s gone over to the other side.  Other than this, though, there was more at stake in this mission.  Since if they were successful, the charges against Bridget would be dropped.  Meanwhile, they also had to break into the casino‘s safe deposit vault in order to ruin the mark‘s reputation with his Chinese patrons.  Of course, things didn‘t go according to plan, as Bob was kidnapped mid-caper and tortured in a terrifying way that made him want to give up the mission and the team.

Last week, like most other channels on the remote, CBS went to “holiday special” mood.  Sweep out some of the shows, they figured, and plug in the stuff that you‘ll only see once in a while—last week, for instance, they aired a television movie on someone suffering from Tourette‘s syndrome and proving himself to the world.  Which means, it‘s an interruption of your regular programming.  So, you most probably had to contend with a repeat of

While looking for the latest updates on CBS‘ military drama The Unit, a write-up about something a little different caught my eye.  Well, it relates to the show because of

Four seasons later, The Unit is still The Unit.  It is not a big hit (although it averaged at #14 on the ratings during its first season), but it isn’t an embarrassing failure either.  It’s just there, cruising along, although the change of time slot for the current season put some viewers in a little panic frenzy about its future. I t’s doing what it does best, and the expectations aren’t really pitted against them.

This is just a personal observation, but I can‘t really help but share.  CBS‘ Sunday night drama, The Unit, is performing reasonably well on its time slot.  In theory it‘s supposed to air at 10pm, but thanks to coverage of NFL games, things have moved around quite often.  Two weeks ago, the games ended 20 minutes after it was supposed to, and ratings results for the show aren‘t exactly definitive—ratings tables show a merged entry for

Blonde 5-foot-11 actress Nicole Steinwedell, who plays Bridget Sullivan on The Unit, revealed that she landed the role, which went from a guest spot to recurring to eventually a regular one on the CBS show, thanks to her gig as a math tutor.  She moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting professionally in 2002 after obtaining a double major in history and theater from Northwestern University.  Then after three years of tutoring a teenager who lived her mom, she said she was “floored” when she found out that her father was playwright, filmmaker – and

Last week on The Unit, fans watched as the team created false evidence of a terrorist attack in Boston to mislead an extremist into revealing his accomplices who attempting to blow up a tunnel in the city during rush hour.  Mack also confessed to Tiffy that he had affairs in the hopes of getting her to confess to him as well.

Last week on The Unit‘s fifth episode, we saw the team as they took on a complex transaction that required extensive planning.  In fact, the team needed to give up something as valuable to get what they wanted.  Last week, we saw the unit as they were assigned to retrieve a nuclear scientist.  The task wasn‘t as east as it sounded as the scientist initially refused to cooperate.  When he finally succumbed to their demands, they came to an agreement in which the team had to get vital information from him concerning a terrorist attack.

More action and drama will be featured on The Unit as it returns tonight for the episode “Dancing Lessons.”  The fifth installment of the show‘s fourth season continues the story of team‘s top-secret pursuits tonight, on CBS.  They will have to learn that sealing a deal with someone requires extensive planning, as well as striking the right balance to perfectly close an agreement.  In order to get what they want, the team has to give up something as valuable.