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I thought it sucked!! The lead and the lead's wife are way too stiff! And what the hell is up with a HAHO into an airstrip in Idaho? Was it the ONLY airstrip in the state? And I know Rangers are good, but c'mon... going straight from the Nat'l Guard to working with Delta... clearing a plane... in five min with no training? And how about the kill shots on the spotters? It was a friggin' .22 cal. Not very lethal unless used just right and definitely not from that distance. What was up with the opening scene? Lazing the target from the middle of town? What... no roof tops, open windows facing that way, mountains outside of town with a clear view? About the only thing I bought was the ending when the lead guy shot the mirror. Heard plenty of Spec Ops guys doing that very same thing. Totally unbelievable and absolutely absurd. Trash!

Its Hollywood. I've seen the same thing in Chuck Norris' Delta Force movies. Yeah, it ain't real but it loads of fun.

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I thought it was awful.

The military stuff is very good, but the wives story really brings it down. I can see why on paper this would all look compelling, and how the wives stories would pace each episode, but an hour is too quick to wrap up a story (maybe future story arcs will have several eps).

Also, from a dramatic point of view, the wives pretty much did everything they can do in the pilot episode: talk with each other, share angst, support each other, 'cope' with their stresses, and sleep with other guys. That act is going to get tired after just a few episodes.

It's only a matter of time before one of the wives (or more) has an affair with a pretty boy liberal artist type right under the nose of her balls to the walls GI Joe hubby. That in itself is bad mostly because its been done so many times.

I like Shawn Ryan's 'The Shield' a lot. It's my favorite drama and hasn't lost steam in almost five seasons. Impressive. I think 'The Unit' will be a big swing & a miss, but will give it a few more episodes to decide if I'll be aboard.

Contrast this with the pilot episode of 'The Shield,' where at the end viewers were fairly breathless and absolutely had to see the next episode. It broke tv conventions and took things in a new direction. 'The Unit,' so far, is following tv conventions and taking things in a very familiar direction.