"The Unit"
Games of Chance (2007)

Director:

Terrence O'Hara

Writers:

Eric L. Haney (book)
David Mamet (creator)

TV Series:

"The Unit" (2006)

Original Air Date:

20 February 2007 (Season 2, Episode 16)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

Plot:

At the special operatives' version of the Olympics, Jonas and his team stumble across an actual threat; back home, Kim meets up with an old flame who throws her for a loop. |

Plot Keywords:

Terror | Challenge | Seminar

Cast

Dennis Haysbert	...	Jonas 'Snake Doctor' Blaine
Regina Taylor	...	Molly Blaine
Robert Patrick	...	Col. Tom Ryan (credit only)
Audrey Marie Anderson	...	Kim Brown
Max Martini	...	Mack 'Dirt Diver' Gerhardt
Abby Brammell	...	Tiffy Gerhardt
Michael Irby	...	Charles 'Betty Blue' Grey
Demore Barnes	...	Keenan 'Hammerhead' William
Scott Foley	...	Bob 'Cool Breeze' Brown
John G. Connolly	...	Keller (as John Gleeson Connolly)
Eric Johnson	...	Ethan McNeal
Phil Hendrie	...	George
David Aaron Baker	...	Bruce Smith
Daz Crawford	...	Hart
Sam Littlefield	...	Andreas

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Trivia:

According to the flags in the casino and the white board the countries attending the CT Games are Norway, France, Russia, Italy, Germany, USA, Australia, Austria, Great Britain and New Zealand. In addition Latvia and Turkey are introduced as observers.

Goofs:

John G. Connolly who plays the German CT head, Keller, has an injury to his right eye (looks like a couple capillaries popped) in the scenes that take place in the beginning and the end--the black tie parties. The scenes in between show him without the blemish. He obviously had the injury during the day they filmed both scenes which breaks continuity a bit.

Somebody Is Cheating And Somebody Isn't

This was a pretty solid episode, with the usual two stories: the "action" part which involves the annual "CT (counter-terrorism) games" and the home front with Kim meeting an old- friend, but thankfully - unlike other characters here - no hanky-panky. The guy was extremely rich which seemed to impress our girl, but she sees he's still the same old shallow guy, too.

The "games" were okay; nothing really that great. Basically, it's a competition between Units from around the world. One Unit plays the "terrorists" and the rest have to see who can capture then. It turned out to be more than that when one guy goes overboard simply because, as we find out, he's nuts. The Germans, of course, are made to look like the bad guys, but are they? That's the mystery.

Overall, not the greatest of episodes because neither segment was noteworthy, but it was nothing to complain about, either, since it held my attention.