South Korea / SEASON

Season 1

28 listed episodes · First aired October 28, 2017

EPISODE GUIDE

Episodes

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E1The Reboot

The first episode of The Unit is titled ‘The Reboot’. The performers who have not gotten enough chances to show their true talents even after their debut, challenge once more to make their dreams come true. As the top-c…

E2Reappraisal

Two of the former girl group members, Han Areum and Yang Jiwon, get reappraised while getting the most attention on the stage. Areum left her group after suffering from a rumor while she was in a popular girl group. And…

E3The Second Chance

The mentors sympathize with Mad Town’s story in which they have continued to dream and practice even after they lost the support of their agency. Although MVP claims that they are confident with their unified group danc…

E4Tears of a True Friend

A friend who had dreamt together with Hyuna as a young trainee, Joo gets on the stage which makes Hyuna become surged up with emotions. Hyuna roots for Joo as she watches her perform in full of joy. Hotshot’s Timoteo te…

E5Girl Crush

As the booting evaluation is coming to an end, female teams with various charms appear. A group of talented vocalists, Matilda makes the mentors laugh with their cheerful energy. Rubber Soul’s Kim gets noticed as one of…

E6The Gateway to the Spotlight

The contestants who have passed the first round gather in a mysterious place in the order from the ones who received one boot to the super boot. Rain gives them a mission to form groups on their own to compete for a 500…

E7Dancing on the Edge

All the contestants move into the training camp and start practicing the choreography for the music video in each group. While some groups show off their great chemistry, the others run into problems as things get more …

E8Beginning of the Twist

With a surprise interim evaluation, the real front-runners start to reveal. Although everyone is paying attention to the female Black Team and male Red Team, they fail terribly at the interim evaluation. On the contrary…

E9Restart, Part 1

The first hurdle where performers drop starts at last. Before they form groups, everyone gathers for fierce dance battles which to decide the best dancers of all. After this, each person goes into a room that has the ti…

E10Restart, Part 2

Female groups take the stage for the restart mission. The unit makers start their voting as they watch the performances. And the first and last place are announced as soon as the performers get off the stage. The keen p…

E11Restart, Part 3

E12Restart, Part 4

Through hardships, The Unit finishes all the performances and gets emotional as the winning female and male teams are announced. After going through a tough practice, the two winning teams and the mentor, Rain’s joint-p…

E13What I Am Made Of

Position Battle to decide the best performer of each position begins and everyone works hard to present their talent for 30 seconds to become the last one standing. After that, the performers are visited by the mentors …

E14The First Farewell

As the male performers join ‘Crying Fist’, things get more heated and shocking truth are revealed with expose and counterattack. After that, the official announcement of the vote results commences. The moment of happine…

E15Produce Myself

The Self-Producing Mission finally begins that everyone must decide on choosing the song, outfit, and choreography on their own. The groups are formed into three categories, which are vocal, vocal and rap, and performan…

E16Belief and Doubt

Through careful planning and practice, most groups successfully present their performances after the behind stories are revealed. Some of the groups that followed the mentor, Rain’s advice from the interim evaluation, c…

E17Ideas Make the Stage

The performances for Self-producing mission of the female groups in the vocal and the dance parts begin. Team Yellow chooses an unexpected song, ‘Jackpot’ and surprises everyone including the mentors. Team Black’s Haein…

E18Emotional Roller Coaster

The last groups for Self-producing mission take the stage and the announcement of the rankings follow. As the surprising results of rankings continue, everyone keeps themselves on their toes. And the male Team Orange gi…

E19Decisions, Decisions

The third mission, Album Production Mission, as well as the huge benefit and the chance to be on a music video from it, are revealed, which everyone can't help but be excited about. Soon, the opportunity to form their o…

E20The Crossing Fate

The result of the second official voting is revealed as well as the twist of Unit G's ninth place. In addition, an audition is held for the new centers and the members to take the dance break of ‘My Turn’ for the perfor…

E21Decisions, Decisions

After the five songs for the mission are revealed, each leader of Unit B's groups competes to get the best song including the addictive "Mine". Sungjun of Team White appeals to every songwriter and makes everyone laugh.…

E22Unit B All Day

Since Kijung of Team White takes an important part of the group, he is torn about how he can't hit high notes with the change of voice due to puberty. Yet, the members' heartfelt encouragement helps him overcome and kee…

E23Girls on Top

The announcement of Unit B's rating from the last voting surprises everyone. Finally, the new songs for Unit G are revealed and the leaders of each group compete to get the best-suited song for them. As Team Orange prac…

E24Be Cute or Sexy

Even though Team Green has great dancers, they have a hard time adjusting to the sexy choreography and lose the trust in the choreographer, Hwayeong. To earn her trust again, Team Green has to complete a mission to memo…

E25The Lucky Number 18

After the 120-day journey, the third announcement that will decide the 36 idols out of 64 who will remain to perform for the final is set in motion. Due to the benefit from the last mission, it gets harder to anticipate…

E26Here on After

The eighteenth places, which will make the last members of Unit G and Unit B for the final, are announced. Another sad farewell comes and the new songs for the final stage are revealed to the remaining 36 idols. Each id…

E27The Unit Final 1

Prior to the final stage, the journey of The Unit so far and the first interviews of them are shown. To thank the mentor, Jo Hyunah, members of Unit G prepare a surprise candid camera. And finally, the remaining 18 perf…

E28The Unit Final 2

Followed by Unit G, the remaining 18 members of the Unit B's performances begin. Before the final stage, the performers are greeted by the video messages from their beloved families. After they watch the video, they spe…