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The clock is ticking for The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, as the highly anticipated prequel to the intense thriller The Terminal List will premiere on August 27, 2025, on Amazon Prime Video. With trailers, interviews, and first-look visuals, the streaming giant is ramping up the marketing campaigns.
Actor Taylor Kitsch, who plays Ben Edwards, will be returning as the mysterious storyline left viewers desiring more. The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is set to venture deeper into the backstory of one of the most interesting characters in the franchise’s history.
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As the prequel is on its way, it is also appropriate to reconsider where all this started. The Terminal List impressed the viewers with a combination of high-stakes action, psychological thriller, and shocking betrayal. Revisiting key inidents from Season 1 serves both to jog the memory of the fans as well as to give viewers an idea of what is coming up.
The main events that shaped The Terminal List
Season 1 follows a former Navy SEAL commander, James Reece (Chris Pratt), following a disastrous mission abroad in a tightly wound conspiracy thriller. Here is how each event was a turning point for Reece:
The Ambush (Episode 1, "The Engram"): The series launches when Reece sees his platoon destroyed during a secret SEAL operation, and doubts his loyalty to his command as well as his own memory of the event.
Homecoming and personal loss: Reece arrives back in the U.S. to see his entire family be targeted and murdered, which becomes the emotional burden that allows the show to thrive on the revenge arc.
Unraveling a conspiracy (Episodes 2-5): Investigative journalist Katie Buranek (Constance Wu) assists Reece in unraveling a conspiracy trail that involves a pharmaceutical company (Capstone Industries) in the use of illegal medical testing on SEAL teams, implicating powerful people in the military and the private sector.
Betrayal (Episodes 6-8): Probing deeper and deeper, Reece finds that a number of his fellow military superiors and a close friend, Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch), were also in on the conspiracy. Edwards, as a close friend, played a pivotal part in the conspiracy that led Reece to his most ruthless acts of vengeance.
Warpath and resolution (Episodes 7-8): Reece carries out his own version of justice by taking revenge on those responsible and exposing the plot, but at a great personal cost, as the final episodes expose the clear betrayal.
Throughout Season 1, the mixture of psychological trauma, loyalty, and the effects of unguided power brings it one step up the scale of a mere revenge thriller.
What is The Terminal List? A quick refresher
The Terminal List is an American series created by David DiGilio based on Jack Carr’s novel of the same name and is available on Amazon Prime Video. The series debuted on July 1, 2022.
The series documents the role of James Reece (Chris Pratt), a Navy SEAL leader whose team is ambushed during a high stakes operation. Grappling with memory gaps and overcoming grief after his family is murdered, Reece finds himself in the middle of a vast conspiracy involving the military, the pharmaceutical cover-up, and betrayal by those close to him.
The main cast includes: Chris Pratt as James Reece, Constance Wu as Katie Buranek, Taylor Kitsch as Ben Edwards, Riley Keough as Lauren Reece, Arlo Mertz as Lucy Reece, and Jeanne Tripplehorn as Lorraine Hartley.
The Terminal List gained significant viewership on Prime and has been distinguished by its edgy realism and focus on psychological trauma caused by military service. It was confirmed for a second season in February 2023.
What do we know about The Terminal List: Dark Wolf?
The latest series, produced by Amazon Prime Video, takes place several years before the original one, focusing on Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) as he leaves the Navy SEALs to join the CIA as a covert operative.
The release date is set for August 27, 2025, where the first three episodes will launch with the debut and then weekly. The prequel follows the character of Edwards shortly before he is lured into the shadowy side of the CIA, and examines the motifs and deep-seated emotional pressures that lead Ben into his darker life. Chris Pratt is also back as James Reece, and Tom Hopper joins the cast as Raife Hastings.
The upcoming series is co-created by Jack Carr and David DiGilio, with executive producers Taylor Kitsch, Chris Pratt, and Antoine Fuqua returning. Military veterans are included in the advisory team and in decisive roles in the creative process, as well as an in-depth validity in the narration demeanor.
Other than Kitsch and Pratt, the cast includes Tom Hopper, Jared Shaw, Luke Hemsworth, Dar Salim, Robert Wisdom, Rona-Lee Shimon, and Shiraz Tzarfati.
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