"All they did..."? "All they did..."?!? Are you serious? You make it sound like this is a normal everyday thing. And no they didn't "ask" them to be quiet. They commanded them to be quiet and pointed guns at them.

So to recap they forced their way into a civilian family's home, took what they wanted by force, and threatened the family with death if they did not conform to their demands. We've seen this kind of behavior before... in criminals and terrorists. Don't get me wrong I'm a big fan of the Unit and have enjoyed every episode in some way or fashion but this episode honestly shocked me.

Yes, you're right--they didn't say "pretty please with sugar on top be quiet so we don't all die," but come on. They weren't being "bullies"; they were rescuing a journalist who'd been kidnapped and tortured. Yes, it's a shame they had to briefly take residence with that family in order to live, but all they had to do was keep quiet and sit there for a while. The show's about an elite military squad, so it's curious to be shocked that they "commanded" people to be quiet and, gasp!, pointed guns!

Yea, I mean, for the most part, it's a war zone. Their first and last concern is them and their "package." Everything else is secondary.

The difference between them and terrorists is that terrorists would have come in and killed them all from the start so they didn't have to worry about them at all.


It's cliche, but hate the game, not the playa

And also terrorists are real, this is a show

I was thinking the whole time they were there, "I don't even hear an apology from anyone from the Unit". I mean sure they needed a place to hide, but they burst in, take over and don't even try to be civil with the family.

Chris

Shit. That ending sucked.

Again, it was a hostile environment and they were in "survival mode". Saying I'm sorry or trying to be diplomatic was the last thing on their minds. Like it's been said numerous times, all the family had to do was keep quiet for an hour and everything would have been fine.

How would you have handled the situation?

I rather like the discussion we're having here. I think the show is supposed to occupy a morally grey area.

Personally I kinda like how they're going about things right now.

In the last couple episodes Bob has sort have been the "bad guy" that nobody wants to talk about.

The truth of the fact is that "A Few Good Men" had it right. Our country needs people that "stand on that wall".

I don't want to get into a HUGE political debate here but the fact of the matter is that in order for US citizens to retain the rights that they're used to we need guys like Bob and other military guys/girls that are willing to do whatever it takes to keep our country safe. Those are the people that risk there lives each and every day to keep people like you and me safe and ask nothing in return.

We may not always like how they go about it but we should always respect that our military's job is to keep its citizen's safe

no
them being where they were when he was shot was random
if the extraction had gone as planned they never would have been on that particular area

man I hope not
I don't expect the show to be 100% beleivable or accurate, but that'd be too much
would come to mind

So, why did they kill Hector off? I looked on IMDB and there's nothing indicating he's got upcoming work. No news articles saying he wanted off the show.

I just hope it wasn't some November sweeps stunt, because I really like that character, and he was starting to get a little more story.

I know The Unit only got a 13 episode commitment for the season, then was picked up for a full season after it's good numbers. I'm wondering if they thought the show was going to get canned and this was one plot point for that "closure".