This is a really overacted stereotypical drama than honestly is so bad its embarrassing for the viewer. The characters are just so unbelievable and the dialogue is cheesy and lame.As one previous reviewer said its like desperate housewives meets homeland, which is quite accurate yet probably an insult to those two shows.Nothing original in the story line, characters that are completely unlikeable and a script like a that from a school play.I was enticed to watch by the high ratings this achieved (8.1/10). I am really surprised at this score given that Homeland only scores 8.5 and is such a brilliant show compared to this drivel.

Having just finished four seasons of this beautiful show, both myself and my partner concluded that it was truly great and deserved a fifth season.Some fans of the show on this or that forum think that lefties won't like it, but both myself and my sweetheart are very left wing, and that did not stop us from loving it. Being left wing does not make you anti-army, even if some adopt such an extreme stance. For most lefties, disagreements with right wingers lie with the ideological use of the army and issues of accountability, and other issues surrounding specifics. But a constant is that soldiers face situations that require mastery of fear and great bravery which most of us will never have to face, and even if we disagree with a specific war or issues of human rights accountability, most of us know that they play a vital role in keeping us safe, that they are brave, and are thankful for (and in admiration of) what they do even though most are anonymous heroes. One can criticize the politics/politicians without criticizing all soldiers. There were some episodes with a very conservative leaning (but I've seen conservatives complain about other episodes being left leaning), but I am capable of enjoying a great quality episode even if I happen to disagree with the political orientation of the writer of the episode. The writing is brilliant, the actors are even better, but like all TV shows there are some weaknesses and weaker episodes than others.The show provides great insight into the bravery, moral dilemmas, good sides, bad sides of anonymous individual soldiers who are part of a covert team, as well as how families of these soldiers cope with the difficult life. Of course, there are many opinions one may hold from an ethical point of view, but irrespective of those positions, the show portrays brave characters who are morally complex, and even if the show may displease some at a political level, just enjoy the amazing portrayal of the human side of anonymous soldiers and their families as well as a very interesting description of what many covert teams actually do.

When I first came across this series I was expecting an action packed one since the series is about the covert operation units of the US army. But i was disappointed with what i saw. well it has action, but the what ruins this series is the showing of the family point of view of the officers. just think about it. if this was a action drama series it would be appealing to a crowd who enjoys action. but instead of that they add the family side which mostly includes how the wives cope with all this. do you really think that we want to see that in middle of a gun battle? that has brought down the effectiveness of this series. it distracts you. since most of the women are too ambitious. you get fed up with 'kim' because she always want's it her way. well if they wanted to portrait the family side of it they should have gone and made a separate series without spoiling this one. my advice is that if you are able to block your thought while the family side is shown then you could enjoy this series. else you too would find the interruptions fairly annoying.

This entire series is outstanding. I am kicking myself for not paying closer attention to it when it was on broadcast television. Bought all 4 seasons on DVD and have been watching them in order. Stays truthful to Haney's book and his input and influence on the episodes is obvious. When CBS put Season 4 on Sundays at 10:PM, it was the deathnell for the series. During Football season, because of late game over-runs the entire Sunday night CBS prime time lineup often starts late, and, at unpredictable times in the east and central time zones. Almost impossible to build or maintain an audience when you never know what time the show will begin. Check the fate of any drama that CBS puts in that time slot (during the fall. Basically a great series got screwed! Too bad Shawn Ryan couldn't get FX to pick it up. This show is right up there with 24 and in many respects, even better. There is enough on-going connective story to keep die hard fans moving from episode to episode, and, for the occasional viewer each episode is a stand alone story. Something 24 does not have. If you've never seen The Unit, or like me, was just a casual viewer, get season 1 episode one and start watching. You'll be glad you did