(2018-) and Cristobal Sifuentes on the HBO series Barry (2018-). His team is also responsible for the downfall of the world's foremost illegal weapons dealer. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. He was also cross trained in breaching demolitions. In the United States Army, however, soldiers are often laterally transitioned between the ranks depending on their assignments. Grey brought Brown to Blane's boat where Brown insisted he was not trying to kill Blane, despite being caught by Grey in the compromising position he was in. In season 4 he meets Joss Morgan and falls in love with her. Kayla Medawar 20 Episodes 2009. According to the writers had the series continued into a fifth season, the now Brigadier General Ryan would realize that his promotion had actually sidelined him into a meaningless staff post. Brown was a relatively new member of the Unit. He is competent in Spanish and a Pashto/Urdu dialect. According to the writers in the provisional storyline for the planned fifth season, Mack would take over command of the team after Jonas succumbs to combat stress. The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Sergeant First Class Grey. Mack killed a goatherd who would have compromised the mission, as well as their local contact after an explosion's debris pinned her to the ground to spare her from imminent capture, torture and death. He is proficient in many other languages, including Spanish, French, Arabic, and Korean. In a parallel of her husband's leadership position in the Unit, Molly is the de facto matriarch of wives who live on the base. To register look in the top right of the screen and you will find a register option. He would have been aided in his recuperation by veteran Ron Cheals and Crystal Burn's badly scarred ex-boyfriend Jeremy, allowing the series to tackle the controversy over the Army's treatment of injured soldiers. Brown manages to escape this fate by becoming a double agent to the CIA; while Grey disappears and Blane goes into hiding. A Generation 2 Glock 17 in 9x19mm. His official duty status is "Missing" though in reality he is AWOL. ^** Although this might have just been dirty talk, a similar continuity error exists regarding the rank of Mack Gerhardt. When Charles is injured while the team rescues a journalist Jonas must try to save his life and still keep the mission on track, but it may not be enough. Charles Grey. Two novelizations of CBS's The Unit were written by Patrick Andrews and published by Signet Books. Charles Grey 67 Episodes 2009. During Season 2, Grey helped prevent the spread of weaponized smallpox throughout the world by members of al-Qaeda. When the criminal escapes from UN custody, he tracks Blane back to Fort Griffith, the 303rd's headquarters. When Alpha Team leaves post to celebrate the marriage of unit commander Colonel Tom Ryan, the war criminal kills a few workers and injures Mrs. Ryan and Blane. She is instrumental in helping Colonel Ryan recruit and train more women into the Unit. In order to help to provide for their growing family, and to keep herself occupied, she takes a job at a local radio station known as KTML "The Missile". He is also something of a womanizer, as well as a bit of a hothead; during Season 1, Episode 7, SERE, upon learning that Alpha Team had been "captured" and were prisoners of war, Grey rushed and struck the guard, an action he repeated later in the episode. During the Season 3 episode "Five Brothers," Hector was killed when he was hit in the neck with a bullet fired by a sniper as the team made its escape from Hezbollah during the rescue mission in Beirut; the sniper's bullet ricocheted from a bone in Hector's neck into his chest whilst caring for injured teammate Charles Grey. His sidearm of choice is a customized Colt .45 automatic but as an off-duty gun he uses a Smith & Wesson .380 pocket pistol. It was this contact that Blane sought to find out to figure out what happened to the oil minister, whom a Congressional review panel believed was killed by Blane after watching some doctored security footage. If a member of the unit is killed in action, the actual mode of death is not told to the families. Despite serving as the team's primary engineer/demolition specialist (possibly having been an 18 Charlie "United States Army Special Forces Engineer Sergeant"), he is also cross-trained as a medic. Other episodes make clear references to Greenwood, including mentions of Greenwood/Fort Griffith area, and local Greenwood police cars, as well as Missouri license plates clearly appear in many episodes. The wives themselves are encouraged to form a close, cohesive military family based on the common knowledge and strife to which this inevitably leads. He is proficient in many other languages, including Spanish, French, Arabic, and Korean. It is unknown whether or not this bypasses the command hierarchy, though in the season-four episode, "The Spear of Destiny", a side character receives confidential mission information and when questioned as to who sent her, replies, "the Secretary of Defense". When the three got there, Blane uncovered a CIA dump site of human bodies. His wife, Kim, convinced him to join the Agency. Charles Grey ( Michael Irby) uses a Glock 17 during the opening scene of "Sacrifice" (S4E01). Greenwood, Missouri, is a small town located southeast of Kansas City. There was also a significant number of fans who at first believed that Williams was killed off in secret on the orders of Colonel Tom Ryan by an unknown assassin, due to Williams accidentally catching Ryan dead to rights in an affair with Tiffy Gerhardt (Mack's wife) at a hotel they coincidentally all wound up staying at off post. Grey is also a demolitions expert-during Episode 1x12, "Morale, Recreation, and Welfare", Grey, Blane, and Williams were sent to Atlanta, Georgia, to advise the FBI on a bomb threat, possibly a nuclear bomb. Along with Hector Williams, he instructed a SWAT unit in advanced closed quarters battle tactics, and designed the deliberate assault plan for the Braydon School takedown in "In Loco Parentis". When Alpha Team went off post to celebrate the marriage of Unit commander Colonel Tom Ryan, the war criminal struck, killing a few workers and injuring Mrs. Ryan and Sergeant Major Blane. When Alpha Team went off post to celebrate the marriage of Unit commander Colonel Tom Ryan, the war criminal struck, killing a few workers and injuring Charlotte Ryan and Sergeant Major Blane. Their soldiers possibly have the same Special Forces specialties as in Army Special Forces. Unit: Aronautique Militaire Escadrille SPA.93; Lafayette Flying Corps; Air Service, United States Army. In the last episode, Ryan accepted that he must leave the Unit having lost the trust of his men due to his affair with Tiffy and subterfuge with Sam McBride. In tropical climates he wears a distinctive Australian slouch hat which he considers a lucky charm. He was also responsible for helping Sergeant Major Blane's wife, Molly, train a young Unit support staffer in offensive driving in order to qualify him for a job with Blackthorne Security, a private military company. Robert Patrick . He effortlessly commands the respect of his men and is extremely patriotic, pushing himself hardest of all. The show was picked up for a fourth and final season by CBS on May 12, 2008. The Unit (TV Series 2006-2009) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Early life and education [ edit] Grey did most of the bomb inspections, and was the one that determined that the bomb was not nuclear-the bomb maker had sprinkled plutonium around the bomb in order to set off the Geiger counter. He is a confidant of two different US Presidents who both use him for personal secret missions outside the normal chain of command. When she is killed on a mission mid-season the combat stress that affected him in the first episode resurfaces. Mack and Tiffy have a very strained relationship; Mack's quick temper causes violent and abusive outbursts, while Tiffy is a serial philanderer, most notably in an affair with the Unit's commander, Colonel Tom Ryan. He customarily uses a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol, the same weapon as Hector. At the end of the first episode, when a mechanical speaking toy repeats an Arabic phrase, he pivots around and fires two rounds from his pistol into a bedroom mirror, a reaction presumably caused by stress. Grey's appearance makes him ideal for undercover operations, particularly in the Middle East and in Latin America. The Members of "The Unit". He is competent in Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, and Persian. She told Blane that she informed the CIA that he was the one with the map so that they would nt kill her for knowing about it. Season 2, Episode 23 is about an investigation of illegal activity by The Unit, whose primary purpose is to perform actions that would otherwise be illegal in the countries they operate in. By "Into Hell, Part 1" (2008, episode 4.7), Betsy is a platoon leader for the 505th Transportation Supply Corps, attached to the 101st Airborne Division. He is presumed to be in his 40s and has a daughter, Betsy, and a wife named Molly Blane. While there, Hector discovered Tiffy and Colonel Ryan having an affair. Hector's cover was that of a "logistics clerk". Showing all 7 items Jump to: Photos (7) Photos . 2nd Lieutenant Elizabeth "Betsy" Blane, US Army (Angela Wainwright[1]) is the daughter of Jonas and Molly Blane. When they reached the agent's house, the CIA agent shot her and was then subsequently killed by Blane. On three occasions he has tortured enemies for information by shooting them in the kneecap and slashing them in the face with a knife. Blane and his local CIA contact (whom he actually slept with to preserve his cover) were eventually found out and Blane barely got out of there alive. She recovers some of the money and pays back the victims. Later on, she works for a private military company called Blackthorne Security. Sergeant Major Jonas Blane (United States Army, call sign: Snake Doctor) is the main protagonist in the series. He then threatens to send him to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a national security threat. The unit has an unconventional structure. In the course of the series Jonas kills at least 58 people. . He joined the army after being beaten by his stepfather, just as Bob Brown did, many Special Forces soldiers having overcome adversity at a young age. In fact he is still working for Colonel Ryan and providing them with disinformation, acting as the Unit's man within the CIA. Warrant Officer 1 Bridget Sullivan (United States Army, call sign "Red Cap") is a United States Army soldier whom joined the Unit during the events of the Season 4 episode "Sacrifice". On May 19, 2009, CBS cancelled the series after four seasons.[1]. Charles Grey (The Unit) Bob Brown Brock Reynolds Mack Gerhardt Original Female Character (s) Original Child Character (s) Language: English Stats: Published: 2018-05-29 Updated: 2018-08-08 Words: 11952 Chapters: 5/? Bob used the call signs Moreno and Whippoorwill in early operations/ however they appear to have been compromised so he currently goes by the call sign "Cool Breeze"/ Bob drives a vintage Mustang with just the primer coat, which he sells in order to better provide for his family. In the episode Five Brothers Grey was severely wounded but survived until the team was extracted by Marines. Joss and Grey were all set to get married, but the army suspects her of only marrying Grey to get into the secrets of the Unit because of the possibility of her having Russian contacts. When the criminal escaped from UN custody, he tracked Blane back to Fort Griffith, the Alpha Team's headquarters. The Unit is an American action-drama television series created by David Mamet that aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009 with the total of four seasons and 69 episodes. He can speak conversational Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, and Korean, in addition to English. Greay is a Unit operator whose specialty is electronics, engineering, explosives and is also trained as a medic. Sergeant First Class Hector Lucian Williams (United States Army, call sign: Hammerhead) (portrayed by Demore Barnes) was a Unit operator assigned to Alpha Team of the 1st Special Actions Group (official cover as the "303rd Logistical Studies Group"). They used the platform of apparent crimes committed by Jonas Blane to try and recruit them, and ironically, Blane signed off on it, saying that the Unit could use a man within the CIA. Michael Irby holds an Micro Draco Pistol fitted with an MP5K foregrip as Zizi in Fast Five (2011). 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Charlotte Canning (Rebecca Pidgeon), a Washington insider, marries Colonel Tom Ryan at the end of season 1 (in "The Wall" (2006, episode 1.13)). Staff Sergeant Sam McBride (United States Army, call sign "Whiplash") joins the Unit in the middle of the fourth season and is put through a nerve-shredding final test of loyalty where he is apparently arrested by the ATF who hold him responsible for the death of a judge during a training exercise. In the course of the series he kills at least 28 people. In the episode Johnny B. Goode, Mack and the team were in Iran to determine its Weapons of Mass Destruction capability. The series focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force. She was a waitress and former US Army medic who happened to know Tiffany. In 2005, CBS ordered a pilot for an adaptation of Eric L. Haney's 2002 memoir Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit. The show is produced by The Barn Productions Inc., David Mamet Entertainment, and Fire Ants Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television. He and his wife, Molly, have one daughter. The irony of this is that during the episode, and also during the episode's promotional spots, Hector's roommate, Charles, was speculated as being killed, but survives the ordeal due to Williams' medical efforts. According to the writers in the provisional storyline for season 5, Grey's marriage to Joss would cause difficulties, as she is an independent woman and not prepared to submit to the normal restrictions of a Unit member's wife. Years of continual combat have left Jonas with numerous injuries including three pieces of shrapnel close to the spine that would enable him to retire on full disability benefits should he wish to do so. While undercover with an arms dealer for 18 months, Bridget was instrumental in the Unit's success in eliminating the dealer's threat. He was an experienced marksman, and frequently served as a sharpshooter for the team. Brown was then surprised by a gun to his head by Charles Grey, who himself had gone AWOL upon the Unit being shut down. They are responsible for maintaining the "303rd Logistical Studies Group" cover in all interactions with anyone who is not a unit family member. In later episodes, unit members are shown as wearing the Special Operations Command patch on their class A uniforms. In the Season 4 episode "Sex Trade", in the midst of an operation to recover weapons-grade plutonium and a Russian arms dealer in Kosovo, Jonas encounters a prostitute named Dava to whom he promises to deliver from her owner if she will aid him and the team in gathering intel on Petrov the arms dealer.