The Unit

The Unit divides its attention between covert military assignments and the families living with the secrecy surrounding them. Dennis Haysbert's Jonas Blane gives the operational side a calm authority, while the home setting shows what that working life asks of other people.

The missions provide practical objectives and immediate danger. At home, the problems are less easily completed: absences need explaining, uncertainty has to be endured, and the support network has pressures of its own. That combination gives the ensemble more to do than return for another assignment.

This is a network action drama, so some situations are compressed or heightened to fit its rhythm. The attraction is the recurring team and the contrast between its professional confidence and the less controllable business of family life. A sensible choice if that continuing ensemble matters as much to you as the mission itself.