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The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project

아이돌 리부팅 프로젝트 더 유닛
2017EndedSouth Korea105 min

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Idols who failed to impress the audience after their debut are given another chance to be back on stage in The Unit. Korean top producers will give them a chance to shine in a brand new unit with new members, concepts and content. (Contestants credited here are sorted by final rankings.)

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Cast

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Episodes

Season 1 — 28 episodes · from 10/28/2017

Page 1 of 2 · Episodes 1–25

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The Reboot

S01E0110/28/2017105 min

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-class mentors appear, the contenders’ stages that will surprise them begin.

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Reappraisal

S01E0210/28/2017105 min

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 Jiwon has been working part-time and goes to audition to audition since her …

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The Second Chance

S01E0311/04/2017105 min

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 dance, their first performance disappoints the mentors. Yet, the mentors change …

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Tears of a True Friend

S01E0411/04/2017105 min

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 tells a story of his friendship with Taemin after he gives his performance. Taemin …

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Girl Crush

S01E0511/11/2017105 min

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 the strongest performers with her outstanding rapping and singing. H.U.B’s …

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The Gateway to the Spotlight

S01E0611/11/2017105 min

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 500,000 dollars-worth music video. While everyone else is overwhelmed and …

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Dancing on the Edge

S01E0711/18/2017105 min

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 challenging. Even with all the hard work they put in, some members make mistakes …

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Beginning of the Twist

S01E0811/18/2017105 min

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, the groups that have not stood out before, bring good games and get positive …

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Restart, Part 1

S01E0911/25/2017105 min

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 title of the song they want to perform to. With the new group members, they start practicing in earnest.

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Restart, Part 2

S01E1011/25/2017105 min

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 performances to survive begin of which everyone practiced all night as if it’s their last chance on the stage.

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Restart, Part 3

S01E1112/02/2017105 min

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Restart, Part 4

S01E1212/02/2017105 min

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-performance is revealed.

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What I Am Made Of

S01E1312/09/2017105 min

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 and get to take courage and comfort from the mentors' advice and by opening up …

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The First Farewell

S01E1412/09/2017105 min

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 happiness by the announcement of the top nine performers only lasts for so long until …

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Produce Myself

S01E1512/16/2017105 min

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 performance, to compete with the rival groups. Everyone is more cautious about their …

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Belief and Doubt

S01E1612/16/2017105 min

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, come up with amazing performances while Timoteo gets a negative feedback about …

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Ideas Make the Stage

S01E1712/23/2017105 min

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 takes the charge of the choreography in her team and becomes highly praised for her extraordinary talent and taste.

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Emotional Roller Coaster

S01E1812/23/2017105 min

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 gives a tearful performance with the rap song that is close to the members’ hearts.

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Decisions, Decisions

S01E1901/06/2018105 min

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 own groups is given to those from who placed the first to the fifth from the last …

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The Crossing Fate

S01E2001/06/2018105 min

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 performances at Song Festival and Drama Awards. After the announcement of the ratings …

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Decisions, Decisions

S01E2101/13/2018105 min

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. Meanwhile, Unit B's Team Green stays with Jungha who has injured his leg and …

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Unit B All Day

S01E2201/13/2018105 min

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 keep going. Lee Geon and Daewon of Madtown get to perform in Team Orange and give a …

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Girls on Top

S01E2301/20/2018105 min

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 practices the song with a cute concept, "Poco a Poco", the older members struggle …

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Be Cute or Sexy

S01E2401/20/2018105 min

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 memorize the choreographies of all five songs including of other groups in three …

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The Lucky Number 18

S01E2502/03/2018105 min

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 the result of ratings. Meanwhile, Unit G appears on a radio show as well as …

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