SeriesSupernatural Monster & Creature Comedy Horror

Special Unit 22001

Name: Special Unit 2
Genre: Supernatural, Monster & Creature, Comedy Horror, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 2001-04-11
Rating: 7.4

“Monsters are real. Deal with it!”

Created by Evan Katz

7.4

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.6TMDB 7.3

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Year

2001

Seasons

Network

UPN

Status

Canceled

The premise

Detectives Nick O'Malley and Kate Benson work in Special Unit 2, a secret precinct of the Chicago Police Department whose sole charge is to protect the city's citizens from Links, a malicious paranormal species that is the missing link between man and beast.

Horror Vault's take

Beneath Chicago's streets, a secret division of the police department wages a quiet war against creatures most citizens never know exist. Detectives Nick O'Malley and Kate Benson are the front line of Special Unit 2, tasked with hunting down Links — dangerous paranormal beings lurking at the evolutionary edge between human and beast. The show blends monster-of-the-week thrills with buddy-cop banter and a healthy dose of self-aware humor. Think procedural drama with a seriously weird case file.

Content: Creature Violence, Mild Action Violence

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S2.E8 · The Beast

1.0

· 4h 8m total· Apr 2001 → May 2001

S1.E1 · The BrothersPremiere
Apr 11, 2001 · 42 min · Dir: John T. Kretchmer
Suspended from her normal duty, Officer Kate Benson is recruited by Special Unit Two (SU2) for a temporary assignment. Mature gargoyles that have been hibernating (on churches in Europe) have awoken and are collecting food (people) to feed
S1.E2 · The Pack
Apr 18, 2001 · 41 min · Dir: Oscar L. Costo
Werewolves, scientifically known as lycanthhropes, (thropes) are roaming the city killing innocent people who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But these Links' superhuman senses and strength, and their ability to blen
S1.E3 · The Wraps
Apr 25, 2001 · 41 min · Dir: Terry Windell
On the way to an exhibit at the museum, a mummy is revived by an electrical storm. However, this is no ordinary mummy, it was the most feared Japanese Samurai warrior that ever lived. The mummy wants all the things promised to him in the a
S1.E4 · The Web
May 2, 2001 · 41 min · Dir: John T. Kretchmer
Spider man, spider man...only this time it's women. Kate and Nick must track down and terminate an infestation of spider-women who find Chicago's single men a delicacy. It gets even stickier when Nick takes a personal interest in protectin
S1.E5 · The Waste
May 9, 2001 · 41 min · Dir: Oscar L. Costo
A Link is formed out of fat from liposuction patients from a plastic surgery clinic. The link kills the plastic surgeon when he gets in the way of the link's food supply and then disappears into the Chicago water system. The first detective