The Unit

1974??????

Of a contingent of elite special forces soldiers

who answer only to the president

of the united states.

Their missions, and their very existence,

are closely guarded secrets

protected by the soldiers themselves,

and their wives

who possess secrets of their own.

You do not tell your mother,

your best friend, your priest...

what your husband does.

Army regulations state...

you aren't in the army.

You're in the unit.

Previously on the unit...

we have an immediate need for a driver in brazil.

Blackthorn will give you the opportunity to travel,

see the world.

Non-combat zone pay

is $1,500 a week, starting.

Kid's almost ready for the job.

Glad to hear it.

Welcome to the family.

Come on... you can do better than that.

Allende? Noriega?

No embroidery. Would be my pick, too.

Don't need a belt.

Oh, take it... keep your pants on.

Get in the cash?

Is a pig's porker pink?

You tell me?

Small bills, manila envelope, in your bag.

Gracias.

Credit cards, guyana driver's license,

business cards.

Rohan?

Why not? Mexico city, connect to guyana,

and ground travel across the border.

Contact in san-tom*s? Yes.

Bev? What?

Who's my liaison?

Agency. Local hire.

Agency? Come on.

I just prep 'em. I don't pick 'em.

If they want poison pens and exploding seashells...

yeah. All you need is the 2 hands that god gave you.

I'm just sayin'.

Oh, you're so beautiful when you're angry.

Well, i'm beautiful because my soul is beautiful.

And if my soul were not beautiful,

this magnificent face and body

would be but an unattractive husk.

Uh-huh.

Uh... your ring.

Right.

I'll bring you back a souvenir.

Ok.

Hasta luego. Bye.

"3 additional taliban safe houses near kandahar

"were neutralized by unit operators in this operation.

A.i.c. Has identified new supply lines to insurgent..."

excuse me, colonel ryan, uh, we have your report before us...

very comprehensive.

I want to ask you about latin america.

Is your unit planning a mission there now?

We always have various missions in the planning stages

directed towards various areas

including latin america.

This is a secure chamber.

Sir, the agenda for this briefing is...

is counterterrorism. And afghanistan.

That's your agenda. My question then has to do...

congressman gelber, i'm sure i can answer any questions...

mr. Krinsman, are you here as white house counsel

or white house muzzle?

Are you deploying a hit team to latin america

to assassinate a certain oil minister, a mr. Luis inez reale?

Congressman gelber, if this committee would like our agenda

to include operations in latin america,

you can submit your request to my office.

--I'll be happy to... --oh, i've been trying for months

to get an answer out of your boss, mr. Krinsman.

But the vice president apparently maintains

that congressional oversight is an arcane notion.

Colonel ryan, right after 9/11

the president expanded your authority to target particular individuals.

Is that correct?

Are we speaking of terrorists, sir?

That was my question.

Do you believe louis inez reale is a terrorist?

I have never met the man, sir.

Mr. Reale oversees the supply of 130 million barrels of crude

to the u.s. Each year.

As oil minister, he has been making some noise

about shutting down u.s. Operations in his country.

Does that make him a terrorist?

With respect, sir, these questions are outside my purview.

I'm just asking if mr. Reale is considered a threat to the united states.

Congressman gelbert, these questions are inappropriate.

Are you under orders to assassinate mr. Reale?!

With all due respect, sir...

hang due respect, colonel.

I'd like some answers.

Sir, my job and the job of my men

is to protect and defend the interests of this country

as determined by the executive branch.

It is not my job to make nor to influence policy.

If you disagree with specific mission objectives,

i strongly suggest you address your concerns

to someone higher in the chain of command.

Then what you're saying is you're just going to sit there all afternoon and stonewall.

Frankly, sir, yes, sir, i am, sir.

Sweetheart, i'm so sorry!

I know i'm late, rohan, but...

there were these shoes.

Reale sent his driver. His terms.

I see.

Ooh, what a thoughtful husband.

Hmm.

We should go then.

I'm with you!

Oh, my...

Capture:FRM@XXY Sync:FRM@LPP

mr. And mrs. Gibson, welcome.

I trust the ride from san-tom*s was not too unpleasant.

An easy drive.

Did he recite for you?

Recite? What?

Yeah, yeats, kipling... whatever you like.

Trucha used to teach poetry at the university.

Before the government change.

Hmm. Look at this wonderful home.

It belonged to an american corporation.

Bananas?

Bananas, then oil.

Now ours.

Mm-hmm. Oh, a housewarming gift

from my client.

The dutch are such a warm and generous people.

And good clients to have, i'm sure.

I have contracts in my bag.

Drilling rights, barrel quotas.

We are boring your beautiful wife.

She doesn't come all the way from the city to listen to so much business talk.

Am i right, se}ora gibson?

Mariana.

We have all weekend to talk business.

Come. Let me show you around.

You're not from guyana like your husband.

I grew up not far from here.

Olivos.

Olivos?!

My wife... rest her soul... was from olivos.

Beautiful orchards.

Beautiful orchards. Rohan and i married among the avocados.

How long ago? 6 years.

6 years.

Come. Come. I want to hear all about you, and your family,

how you met, everything.

Kipling, hmm?

"The great poet of the empire."

Works.

So do you have... do you have any other guests?

Others... uno, dos, tres.

Ah.

What?

It's, uh... it's bird watching equipment.

It's for bird... for, uh, for birds.

Watching... watching flying birds.

Watching birds.

P*jaro. S^.

P*jaro.

See. Birds.

Like ducks.

Uh, key? Can i have a key?

Thank you.

Hey, manuel, put a move on.

Come on, we're missing all the action out there, comprende buddy?

Nice.

Next time, i'll be manuel.

Bob and judy magnuson will be there,

the myers, and of course the clarksons.

Ugh, i hear dana's miserable since rick started at d.o.d.

Too much entertaining. "Boo hoo betty."

Do i know 'em?

You met them at the r.n.c. Dinner at my father's table.

Old fat guy, real suit.

Real suit, real influence.

Mmm. Let's stay in tonight and order room service.

You're very attractive.

I'm serious.

I can tell.

So great to see you back in your element.

You've got that fire back in your eyes.

Oh, look at the time!

It's washington.

Let's be fashionably late.