"[Man] In 1979, Congress authorized... the formation 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." "[Man] Previously on The Unit." " You re-upped." " Honey, I have not re-upped." "I am leaving the Unit." "I'm keeping my promise." " You must be Mrs. Colonel Tom Ryan." " Well, I suppose that's right." "I would like to thank you, Mrs. Ryan." " Before us are the liquors" " There's that time after he made master sergeant  [Woman Screams] - [Screams]" "Drop down.!" "Drop down.!" "[Grunts]" "Check on the women!" "[Engine Idling]" "[Speaking Native Language]" "[Man Shouts In Native Language]" "[Grunts]" "[Animal Bleating]" "[Car Engine Starts]" "[Man Shouting In Distance]" " Oh, come on." " Can't do it." "[Chuckles]" "Sam.!" "[Groaning]" "Would you?" "Tom." "For him." " [Laughs]" " Look at that." "Look at that." "[Man] Stack the blankets right next to 'em." "## [Bugle]" "[Jonas] Careful now, Mr. Grey." "[Static Chirps On Walkie-talkie]" "[Gasps]" "Oh, baby." "She's got enough C-4 on her to sink the Bismarck." "Go." "[Velcro Crackling]" "We're about to have company." "Imminent ruru." "Imminent ruru." " [Van Doors Close]" " Darlin', you came to the wrong door." "## [Call And Response]" "## [Singing Ends]" "Don't shoot me." "Forgot." "I forgot the damn password." "Why are you wearing a coat that could blow us all to Bombay?" "Why?" "I forgot the damn E.R.S." "E.R.S.?" "What's that?" "Emergency." " [Cocking]" " Fire- fly." "Firefly." "Add it up." "Seven letters, second and fourth are vowels." "It scans." "And who the hell are you?" " Firefly." " Agency?" "Uh-uh." "They ain't got no one this deep." "[Wheezes, Coughs] Is that so?" "Rain or shine, boss, we got five minutes to get our package to the rendezvous." "She's sick." "No, she ain't sick." "She's dying." "[Beeps]" " Card's invalid as of 1700." " I, uh" " Change of station?" " Yeah." "I'm looking for the colonel." "Will you wait over there, please?" "I'll need you to surrender the card." "When you're in, you're a guest." "When you're out, you're a pest." "[Phones Ringing]" "Are you sure?" " I spell Foxtrot-Indio-Romeo" " Firefly" " Is that the right crash code for today?" " For yesterday." "Today's code is "forager."" " What?" " Forager." " Snake Doc." " Firefly is yesterday's code." " How much time we got till the exfill?" " When's their flight out?" " Past due." "Now." "They've got the package?" "Yes, sir." "Hold, hold, hold." " Mack." " Sir." "I'm wrapping out tomorrow morning." "Turn your back." "Get him on the line." "I wish you the best for the rest of your career, soldier, whatever that may be." "Is the team all right?" "Jonas is back, right?" "Leave your creds on my desk." "I got the C.I.A. Director of Covert Ops for you." "You've got a woman" "You've got a woman" "You've got a woman that says she's C.I.A. - deep, deep under out there." "She's been there how long?" "Crash code's a day off, Snake Doc." "It's your call." " Roger that." " [Phone Beeps]" "What day is it, Firefly?" " Tuesday?" " Tuesday is yesterday, friend." "I've been sick." "They gave me a shot." " Why'd you come here?" " I knew you'd be here." "I knew this safe house." "What- What chance" " How long you been under?" " Twenty- 28- 30 months." " Who's your station chief?" " I work for Langley." "Six to five and pick 'em." "You've been living undercover for more than two years?" "What brings you here today, Firefly?" "And if'n you're wrong, you know you're the one to go in first." "She don't care if she's the first to go, boss." "She came dressed for the prom." "And what are you doing here with all this boom-boom on your body?" "Huh?" "Huh?" "What are the explosives for?" " If they found me out" " You were gonna blast your way out of an entire country?" "No, I" "I thought I'd take 'em with me." "Girl hates to travel alone, you know?" "Sam." "Do you remember this?" " "George Washington fighting the Iraqis." - [Molly] What's that?" "When Sam was in my class- when he was the star of my class." "[Molly] Did George Washington actually fight the Iraqis?" "How's Jonas doing?" "He back to full duty?" " You cleared him." " Did I?" "I suppose I did." " Was it before his time?" " Not according to him." "Mrs. Gerhardt, you still with us?" "Yeah." "Sam fell off the swing set at home." " Hmm." "And where are his parents?" " Still trying to locate 'em." "Benton, Samuel, 12%21%96." "Did they have Iraqis in George Washington's time?" "It was the French and Indian Wars." "Actually the Iroquois." "But that's how Sam wrote it down, Iraqis- when he was much younger." "Was he accident prone then too?" "Four trips to the E.R. In the last six months." " Does that hurt, son?" " Yes." "Can you move your hand?" "Hmm." "What brings you in, Firefly?" "That's the message." "It's a message I stole from their leader." "That's where they're taking 'em." "They're taking them on a bus to the airport." "Those men- men on the bus, they're... sending- sending- sending- they're sending 'em on a bus." "Men... on a bus." "The bag" "[Jonas] Bring the bag over here." "Whatever it is, she risked her life to bring it in." "Attention to orders." "Your mom's a little late." "In this evolution, we shall have one, playing with the new baby." "And two, Chinese food." " Where's Lissy?" " In her room with C.J." "It's not so far away." "No, Lissy." "It's not." "And I'm going to call you- every day." "Every day." "Girls, dinner." "C.J., you can stay." "I told my mom I'd be home." "And I will call you." " How you doing, darlin'?" " It's her first change of station." "Well, I've got some bad news." "There are two things you will not be able to do:" "Make your bed and clean up your room." "I am gonna let Corporal Smith finish the festivities... as he has done many more than I." "Radius and ulna, greenstick break." " The parents?" " Uh, not home." "We called." " He get it falling off a swing?" " How well do you know the boy, Tiffany?" " I had him in third grade." " Third grade?" "Why'd he come to you?" "Well, he's always-You know, I was just always the one he sought out." "I was more than just a teacher to him." "He's a special kid, Bill." "Always loved Tiffany." "Special kid." " What do you know about the parents?" " Both in." " Mom's an E4." "Dad's an E5." " Kid needs someone to talk to." "Something he can't tell his parents." "How do we know?" "He came to you." "He will, I would think, come back to you." " Can you" " Someone needs to talk to the parents." "He voted for you because he trusts you." "Good." "Now you need to keep an eye on him and let him know" " Bill" " Sure, if we had counseling." "But we don't have counseling for kids on the base." "And so, of course, the job falls to you." "Bill, Tiffy and Mack are leaving the Unit, leaving the base." "Ah, yes." "That's right." "[Sighs]" "I was an army brat like you, darlin', but differently from you." "We lived on five bases by the time I was 10." "And I learned, and you will learn the following... which will both surprise and delight you." "When you reach the new base... you will find you are still at home." " How about that?" "And- here's the real kicker now- - [Door Opens]" " When you get married" " Tiffy?" "Where's the, uh" " Where's the" " Shh." " [Whispers] Where's Mom?" " She's out with Molly." "You hungry?" "You will" "I'm gonna bet you five dollars now- marry and% or both be a soldier yourself." "Yes." "And continue moving base to base." "And curiously, always be at home." "[Laughs]" "A man won't sell you his life, but he'll trade it to you for a little piece of ribbon." " How do you walk with all that trash on your chest?" " I don't know." "I ain't done it in years." "You sure you want to go?" "'Cause you change your mind... the colonel'll tear up your transfer and kill the fatted calf." " I'm sure he would." " Then don't go." "Well, you are asking the wrong member of my marriage." "What you reading?" " The Bible." " Looking for a name for our son." "Well, the Bible's a good place to look." "Hair clippers." "Any regrets?" "Regrets are for the air force, ma'am." "I am a Ranger." "Want me to do that for you?" "Or is that too Samson and Delilah?" "No." "I am not shorning my locks because of Delilah... and I am not shorning them because of my wife, Tiffany." "It's called "change of station."" "And when it's time, it's time." "Best husband in the world's a military man." " Your wife is a lucky woman." " Is that so?" "Didn't I just say it?" "We'll be by in the morning to see you off." "[Clicks On, Hums]" "[Speaking Foreign Language] I repeat." "[Foreign On Headsets]" "Yemen, Pakistan, Arabic." "[Foreign]" "Okay." "Guards got received... ration shared dosage." " Guards received each" " Asiyraytah." "Asiyraytah." "Asiyraytah." "Last word Asiyraytah." "There's several ways you can spell it, Colonel." "It's not an Arabic word." "It's not Urlu." "It's-Spell it." "A-S-l-Y-R-A-Y-T-A-H." "It's a trade name." "It's a trade name for a medicine." "Um- [Foreign]" "Guards received dosage of" "It's a medical trade name for" "Oh, here it is." "It's an immunization." "What's it an immunization for?" "I need Dr. Mohamed Shirzeh, ex-World Health, retired." "Brussels, Paris- code word Riverfront." "Countersign, Fairfield." "[Woman] Yes, ma'am." "[Cell Phone Beeping]" "Yeah?" "They want the book back and the girl." "We're taking her out of here." "It's biologic." "It's a biologic attack." "Hey, Firefly, how are they going to spread the disease?" "Twenty men..." " dr-dressed as tourists" " Yeah, yeah." "It's a disease." "But how?" "The tour group." "That's how they're spreading it." "It's 20 human bombs." "Colonel, it's the chief of staff." "Ryan." "Yes, sir." "It appears to be a biological attack." "Terrorists self-inflicted with some disease, presumably contagious." "They're planning to spread the disease through human contact." "We believe they've already infected 10 to 20 individuals." "No, sir." "We do not know the exact nature of the disease." " Yes, sir." " Dr. Mohamed Shirzeh, his home in Paris, 0900 there." "Thank you." "Dr. Shirzeh?" "[Speaking French] L'Organisation Riverfront." "[French]" "In Fairfield, Connecticut." "Yes, sir." "I have a trade name for a medication... an immunization going back 40, 50 y" "Asyriatham." "My question:" "What disease" "Oh, Lord." "Yeah, that's a case for tactical attack." " Go to Pinnacle." "Have 'em scramble the air force." " Merci, Docteur." "Pinnacle." "Dog Patch Six." "Repeat, Dog Patch Six." "Request pot shot." "Repeat, pot shot." " Bravo-Quebec-00242321." " Are you calling in an air strike?" "C.I.A. Has located Azmeh Tours." "N.S.A. Finds air connections in the name of Azmeh Tours." "This date, 1600, Lima." "Party of 19 tourists connecting from Lahore to New Delhi." "The closest airfield which can accommodate a 20-pax plane is Carrier Corps." "Here, 20 miles from our team." "C.I.A. Requests we eyeball and identify the target for an air strike." " So let 'em get on the plane and then take it out?" " That's right." "Ryan." "Go for Pinnacle." "Yes, sir." "The men to eyeball the bus for an air-strike break." "Negative." "Package will be airborne by that time." "Your equipment is down?" "How long's your hold?" "No, sir." "That is outside the window." "You want my men to what?" "The bus on the ground." "Delay the bus." "No, sir." "I will neither instruct nor advise my men... and I wouldn't do it if I was standing at his elbow." "You can be the proud parent of this operation, or you can get the hell off my phone." "Snake Doc?" "Snake Doc, mission shift." "Get rid of him." " Mission shift." " Air force fast mover came up lame?" "The fast mover didn't come up lame." "It's political." "Man on the ground is deniable." "F-16 is not." "Snake Doc." "That bus has got to cease to exist." "Negative." "I do not have that ordnance for you." "Negative." "The air force is on break." "You're the man on the ground." "I understand." "No ordnance." "Air scouts on break." "No, sir." "Suicide's a sin." "And I already got too many points on my license." "Snake Doc out." " Mr. Grey." " Boss?" "The mission has shifted." "You will exfill the girl and the package as per the fallback plan." "Your team, Mr. Grey." "We got a busload of infected tourists to New Delhi- from New Delhi, outbound to London, Chicago, Madrid." " A busload of tourists?" " That's right." "What are they bringing with them?" "They ain't bringing nothing, 'cause we're gonna have a little talk." "Well, what are they planning on bringing?" " You've all had your smallpox shots?" " Uh-huh." "She hasn't." "She's been under since before the '04 immunization mandate." "We gotta get her some help." " Boss." " Keriapur." "Look, let 'em fly into Lahore, Boss." "Let the air force deal with them once they're there." "By then, they will have spread the disease." " Well, turn 'em over, Pakistani security." " Half of them's Al-Qaeda." " No." "We're gonna stop 'em here." " Show me." "One road to Keriapur airstrip, flying out in" "There." "That's where they're gonna be." "I'm gonna run 'em off the road and go from there." " Mr. Grey." " [Firefly Muttering]" " Move your team out." " We're moving." "Put her out." " You got a plan, Boss?" " I always got a plan." "You got a plan to meet up with the team for exfill?" "Name the kid after me." ""The 1921 smallpox 'A'strand..." ""is indicated by the prescribed immunization hyperperdroxy teradrine- trade name, Asyriatham. "" ""1921 smallpox 'A'strand." Yes, we are aware of that." " I got relatives in Chicago." " Many people do." " I say it's a disgrace." " And I say it with you." "What are the army children supposed to do for help- for help outside the family?" "What are the children supposed to do?" "Who do they go to?" "When we've got money for every half-baked, foolish study on the earth... and nothing for our children, who can they turn to?" " Their teachers." " Mrs. Gerhardt?" "How long are you going away for?" "Now, Sam, the army, as you understand it... controls and must control the movement of troops." " But how long are you going away for?" " This isn't your first base." " No." " And it isn't mine either." " And we've been reassigned." " [Gate Closes]" "[Knocking]" "[Sighs]" "You understand that." "Now, this is my number." "And should you, at any time, need help" "Everybody needs help or someone to talk to, someone a little bit more senior." " He fell off the swing set in the backyard?" " That's right." "There isn't a swing set." "Someone to talk to- in addition, of course, to your mother and your father." "My father beats me." " Where's Mom?" " She is out with Aunt Molly." "Stressful circumstance, moving." " You want something to eat?" " Dad?" "I hope nobody forced you to join the army." "Look at all these forms." "Drive anybody insane." "But I didn't join the army to do homework, did I?" "I joined the army because that's where the big money was- until they took away my clothing allowance... and my combat pay." "Now" "Now, I don't know about you, but I wonder if I'm gonna like this new base." "Why are we moving?" "We're gonna be near the beach, near your grandparents." " But why?" " I've done this a long time, baby." "But you love this job." "And I promised your mama I'd change." "Now, you wouldn't want me to break my promise, would you?" "Daddy?" "Yeah?" "Are you always strong?" "Nobody's always strong." "Mrs. Gerhardt was the young boy's teacher three years ago." "Three years ago?" "He came to her first." "They were always close." " His parents?" " I do not know." "We brought him home, and he- he said that his father beats him." " His father broke his arm?" " He said that he fell from a swing set." "When we brought him home, he changed his story and said that his father  his father beat him." " His father's not here now." " He came to your Miss..." "Gerhardt." " That's right." " Be-Because- - [Tiffy] You sit here, baby." "I'm gonna go get you a few things, okay?" " I should've tried here first." " I don't understand. "Should've tried here first"?" " Sam lives here." " Lives here?" " No." "He's been living with his aunt the last six months." " You're sure?" " He doesn't live with his father and mother?" " I don't see how he could." "The last six months, they've both been on deployment in Iraq." "[Native]" "Everything's fine." "The complaint is against his father." "His father is in Iraq." "I'm designated legal guardian in their absence and, God forbid, in the event of their death." "I am his legal guardian." " His father didn't break his arm." " How did he break his arm?" "He's been in the emergency room four times in the last five months." " He's a boy." " Is he getting counseling?" " Counseling?" " From the army?" "Counseling for children from the army?" "How long have you had this job, sir?" "His parents have been on deployment for the last six months." "Since their deployment" "Where's his discharge from the E.R., please?" "Sir, I don't know what army you think you're talking about, but" "[Continues, Indistinct]" "What we're trying to establish is how the boy got hurt... and all you're telling us is that the parents aren't here." "Sam!" "No." "It's okay." "Low on gas?" "Hello." "[Native]" "[Shouting]" "No deposit, no return." "How's the girl?" "Just holding on." "You got her?" "Snake Doc, Snake Doc, Snake Doc." "You're kinda persona non grata around there." "You're gonna have a party coming on, rikki-tik." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "I see 'em." " Snake Doc out." " [Beeps]" "You got a real name, Firefly?" "Ask me stateside." "[Sighs]" "The movers'll be here in three hours." "We're staying." " [Exhales Sharply] You wanted to move." " That's right." "We're staying because of one kid?" "You tell me who they're gonna turn to when there ain't nobody there but me." "No." "I'm staying for all of us." "So, what was George Washington doing fighting the Iraqis?" "I guess they were just on different sides." "Sometimes you just gotta take sides." "Approaching target." "Stand by." "It'd be a good idea if you were to work now." "[Gas Hissing]" "Confirmed." "Target in sight." "Hook is good." "You're go!" "Welcome home, sir." "What?" "I said, "Welcome home"!" "## [Call And Response]" "## [Singing Ends]"