November 16, 2008
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 The Unit creator – David Mamet.
"Here I'd been dispensing all that wisdom about acting and the business, while her dad is a staple in the performing arts, a living legend!"
November 9, 2008
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.
Tonight, the action and drama ensues as the first part of “Into Hell” airs at 10pm on CBS. Fans will get to see Jonas' daughter Betsy as she deals with her kidnapping in Iraq while he and the team go in to rescue her. Back at home, Mack plots his revenge against Ryan for having an affair with Tiffy.
November 2, 2008
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.
October 26, 2008
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.
On “Dancing Lessons” tonight, the unit is assigned to retrieve a nuclear scientist. However, it's not as easy as it seems since he initially refuses to go with them. He makes a proposition, which is that he'll only agree if they do something for him as well. The team needs vital information from him, concerning a terrorist attack in a major U.S. city. The scientist though, turns them down until they accomplish what he asks of them.
October 12, 2008
Recently, we let you in on the scoop with Nicole Steinwedell, the newest recruit of CBS' The Unit. In fact, based on the comments of our last article, it seems that the viewers like her presence in the show. Steinwedell is a fairly new actress who first appeared on television on the drama Dawson's Creek. She recalls her stint on the show in a recent conversation with TV Guide, saying, “That was my first job in Hollywood and I had watched Dawson's Creek in high school, so it was sort of surreal. Joshua [Jackson] was incredibly sweet to me, and very helpful one educating me on how to work with things. I was so new, it was ridiculous — I was such a dork!”
October 5, 2008
We recently reported that a new recruit on The Unit will come in the form of a blonde woman named Bridget Sullivan, who will be played by Nicole Steinwedell. TV Guide was the first to grab an interview with the former Dawson’s Creek actress, who is honored to be The Unit’s first female crew member.
"Women aren’t supposed to be in the Unit, or people underestimate their strength or fortitude," Steinwedell told TV Guide in a recent interview. "[Bridget] illustrates the 'constantly surprising' in the first episode by being resourcefulness in the line of duty and under pressure. She keeps on surprising them with her education and her ability to help out in certain situations."
September 28, 2008
Recently, we reported on the events to come in the anticipated new season of The Unit, which returns to television screens tonight at 10pm. On the show’s third season, we saw Jonas in the middle of an investigation involving the link between a Russian uranium dealer and his old friend at MI5. The show’s third season spanned 11 episodes due to the writers’ strike, but this time, they’re ready to come back with new episodes that would pick up where we left off last season.
The Unit star Scott Foley recently talked to IGN, sharing his thoughts about the new season and how he has adapted to the show, given his drama series roots.
September 14, 2008
Fans of CBS' The Unit are gearing up for September 28, when the series comes back for its fourth season. The show, which stars 54-year-old Dennis Haysbert as Sergeant Major Jonas Blane, follows a group of counter-terrorists as they risk their lives going into missions that take them undercover in various parts of the world.
The operative group is led by Blane, and is composed of Colonel Tom Ryan (Robert Patrick), Mack Gerhardt (Max Martini), Charles Grey (Michael Irby), Hector Williams (Demore Barnes) and Bob Brown. Blane's wife, Molly (Regina Taylor) is a base matriarch acting as a counselor for other wives as they deal with the fear for their husbands' security.