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| Based on | The Terminal List by Jack Carr |
| Showrunner | David DiGilio |
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| Composer | Ruth Barrett |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| Running time | 49–67 minutes |
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| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | August 27, 2025 (2025-08-27) – present |
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The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is an Americanaction thriller television series based on characters from the 2018 novelThe Terminal List byJack Carr. Created by Carr and David DiGilio, the series is a prequel toThe Terminal List, in which the story follows Ben Edwards throughout his journey as aNavy SEAL to theCIA delving into the darker side of warfare and its human cost.
Taylor Kitsch reprises his role as Edwards fromThe Terminal List and stars alongsideChris Pratt, reprising his role as James Reece, andTom Hopper.
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf premiered on August 27, 2025, onAmazon Prime Video.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by [1] | Original release date [2] | |
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| 1 | "Inherent Resolve" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Story by : David DiGilio andJack Carr Teleplay by : David DiGilio | August 27, 2025 (2025-08-27) | |
In 2015, Ben Edwards leadsSEAL Team 5 Charlie Platoon assistingIraqi Security Forces andISOF fighting againstISIS as part ofOperation Inherent Resolve. A botched prisoner exchange results in ISIS leader Hamid Al-Jabouri escaping and ISF sergeant Amiri being injured. Three months later at aFOB outsideMosul, Edwards is joined by James Reece, whoseSEAL Team 7 Alpha Platoon will be taking over training Iraqi troops.CIA officers Fuller and Landry brief the SEALs that Massoud Danawi, aLebanese arms dealer working with ISIS is in Mosul. Danawi threatens Amiri's family, forcing him to smuggle explosives onto the FOB in hisprosthesis, detonating in themess hall and killing seven people. ISOF major Farooq obtains intel that Al-Jabouri orchestrated the attack with Danawi. Edwards deduces Al-Jabouri is an asset being protected by the CIA to gather intel on the arms dealer. Unable to kill him, Lieutenant Hastings proposes theyexpose Al-Jabouri as an asset. However, on a capture mission to his compound, Edwards discovers he has taken Amiri's young daughter Zaynab as asex slave, and executes him. | |||||
| 2 | "The Audition" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Max Adams | August 27, 2025 (2025-08-27) | |
As punishment, both Edwards and Hastings are stripped of rank and discharged, but avoidcourt martial and prison. Reece is spared, and remains in Iraq. During an extended layover inFrankfurt, they are approached by CIA spymaster Jed Haverford. He tells them he buried a witness statement to assist their Al-Jabouri coverup, and recruits them for an operation against Danawi, who is now inEurope working forIran. A pathway back to his former role is promised to Edwards, and Hastings assured hisgeneral discharge will be changed to anhonorable discharge. InVienna they are briefed by Haverford andMossad operative Tal Varon. The three intercept a meeting between Danawi andQuds Force financier Artem Gulabev at a nightclub inKrems. Eliza Perash, another Mossad operative inside the club, provides themBrügger & Thomet VP9 suppressed pistols. Danawi forces Perash to drink a spiked water, causing them to be made when Edwards saves her. After a shootout, Varon and Perash clean the scene. Edwards and Hastings chase and kill Danawi, retrieving his phone. Haverford congratulates them on passing their audition. | |||||
| 3 | "What's Past Is Prologue" | Liz Friedlander | Naomi Iizuka and Max Adams | August 27, 2025 (2025-08-27) | |
Vahid and Cyrus Rahimi attend a conference on theIranian nuclear agreement inGeneva, later meeting with minister Yousef Saedi. Farooq, Landry and another CIA officer Ish Reinhart join Haverford's team. Danawi's phone shows he received $5 million incryptocurrency to deliver to Balaz Molnar, anuclear physics professor inBudapest. Texts come through from another number identified as Thana Haddad. Farooq questions her and discovers she is Danawi's estranged daughter, but can't bring himself to follow orders to kill her. Varon agrees not to tell the others after he confesses that as a teenager his sisters were raped byUday Hussein, but he later helped the Americans ineliminating him. Edwards and Perash bond, but he becomes more estranged from his wife stateside. Impersonating Danawi, Farooq meets with Molnar and purchasesproof of concept for proprietary bearings he is selling to Iran, which will enable them to still enrichuranium with the smaller number of centrifuges mandated by the nuclear deal. A third party team tail Farooq after the meeting until he is extracted by Landry, and one kills Reinhart. Edwards has Varon cut CCTV and guns the man down on theBudapest Metro, taking a photo for identification before being extracted himself. | |||||
| 4 | "The Sound of the Guns" | Liz Friedlander | Kenny Sheard | September 3, 2025 (2025-09-03) | |
Hastings’s father puts him in contact with a CIA friend from hisSelous Scouts days, who confirms Haverford manages a long term asset inTehran codenamed "Shepherd". Minister Saedi thanks Cyrus for his clandestine work, but Vahid begins to question their actions of putting nuclear weapons in the hands of such men. The team relocates toMunich, discovering the third party is thenuclear proliferation Khalid Network, working to move the bearings into Iran before the nuclear deal is finalised. Haverford plans to intercept the convoy in Geneva and swap Molnar's bearings for fakes, rendering Iran's new facility useless. He assures a suspicious Hastings that Shepherd's intel is legitimate. Edwards and Perash kiss whilst scouting a location. Varon secures the fake bearings from Mossad agent Mordechai Ofer. Hastings becomes concerned aboutcollateral damage with the convoy ambush plan and Edwards' change in attitude. Edwards argues their current posting allows them to take real action compared to serving under military red tape. Haverford kills Molnar. ImpersonatingAustrian Federal Police, the team attacks the Khalid Network convoy and obtains the bearings, but are met by a hostilequick reaction force on exfil. Farooq is injured and extracted by Landry. The Israelis betray the team, hacking Haverford's phone and stealing the bearings after incapacitating Edwards. | |||||
| 5 | "E&E" | Paul Cameron | Hennah Sekander | September 10, 2025 (2025-09-10) | |
Edwards confronts Perash inZurich and retrieves the bearings. She insists Mossad didn't plan the attack and her and Varon's real mission is to investigate Haverford, who they believe is being manipulated by Shepherd. The two are attacked by aFarsi speaking tactical team, who Perash believes was sent by Shepherd, but escape after an intense gunfight. Whilst recovering in a safe house, Perash tells Edwards she never intended to kill him, even if her mission demanded it. Varon hacks the secure portal used by Haverford to communicate with Shepherd, tracing it to an apartment in Munich. She is attacked by the occupant, but eventually kills him and leaves with his laptop. Hastings tortures an operative captured from the convoy, who before dying reveals he is not Khalid Network butBND and the subsequent attackers were not affiliated with German intelligence. Hastings is distraught upon hearing this, unsuccessfully attempting to save the man. Edwards and Perash leave Zurich rendezvous with the team, but are attacked by a pair of assassins who kill the latter with a bomb. Edwards kills both men, and recovers a bracelet made by her daughter from Perash's body before fleeing the scene. | |||||
| 6 | "Pawns & Kings" | Paul Cameron | Jared Shaw & Max Adams | September 17, 2025 (2025-09-17) | |
Cyrus assures Saedi he will have the bearings the following day. Saedi criticises Vahid's enamoration with the West. Edwards reunites with the team inStein. Hastings confirms the bearings they retrieved are also fakes. Haverford admits Shepherd played them to stop the BND's own disruption operation. He states Vahid Rahimi, now in custody, is Shepherd, and ordered the team killed in a panic to cover his own tracks, fearing Saedi would discover his actions. Haverford forces Vahid to confirm the bearings exchange point with Cyrus, then executes him. Mossad tells Varon Haverford terminated Shepherd, but she analyses the laptop and sees further portal activity after Vahid's execution. Hastings, disillusioned with their actions, fails to convince Edwards to walk away with him. Farooq, Landry and Edwards, impersonating KN couriers, meet Saedi at an airstrip. He tests the bearings, which are revealed to be genuine. Haverford is shown to be working with Cyrus, the real Shepherd. By having the bearings deal proceed, Cyrus can madeForeign Minister, replace hardliner Saedi and improve Iranian-Western relations as a CIA plant. Varon sends proof of this to the team, prompting them to attack Saedi's plane before it departs, killing him and hisQuds Force bodyguards and retrieving the bearings. Haverford reports the team as rogue traitors to theCIA Director to cover his own back. Reuniting with Varon, they prepare to prove Haverford's treachery. | |||||
| 7 | "The Wolf You Feed" | Paul Cameron | Jack Carr & David DiGilio | September 24, 2025 (2025-09-24) | |
Two months after the airport attack, Hastings attempts to accuse Haverford of treason to the CIA, but fails due to lack of Edwards's support. Edwards was holed up in Germany, preparing his forces. Working with Varon, he planned to hold off the Iranian forces sent by Haverford, giving Varon time to hack into Haverford's servers and steal evidence to clear his team's name. When the enemy forces arrived, Edwards faced them alone but was trapped. Farooq privately informed Reece, who arrived with several members of his own unit to rescue Edwards and retrieve the bearings. Edwards reunites with Varon, Farooq, and Landry. They decide to take down their enemies one by one; Landry kills Artem, Farooq kills Cyrus with a bomb, and Edwards uses the evidence he gathers to bring Haverford to the police. Edwards returned Perash's bracelet to Perash's daughter. Afterward, Edwards bought a boat and prepared to drift around. He was approached by Hank "Dash" Dashnaw, a former friend and CIA/SAC Ground Branch operator. Dashnaw recruited him to join the Ground Branch. Edwards eventually accepted the offer and passed the test. | |||||
In early February 2023, it was announced that a prequel series focusing on Ben Edwards was in development atAmazon Prime Video with Kitsch confirmed to be reprising his role as Edwards.[3]
In January 2024, it was announced that the series would be officially titledThe Terminal List: Dark Wolf. BothJack Carr and David DiGilio co-created and executive-produced the series, with DiGilio serving as showrunner. The series is also executive-produced by Kitsch,Chris Pratt,Antoine Fuqua, Kat Samick, Max Adams, Jared Shaw, andFrederick E. O. Toye.[4][5]
In February 2023, it was announced that both Pratt and Shaw would reprise their roles as James Reece and Ernest "Boozer" Vickers respectively.[6] In January 2024,Tom Hopper was cast as a series regular for the series.[7] In February 2024,Luke Hemsworth had joined the cast in a recurring role.[8] In March 2024,Dar Salim,[9]Robert Wisdom, Shiraz Tzarfati, andRona-Lee Shimon were cast in recurring roles.[10]
Principal photography forThe Terminal List: Dark Wolf began on March 13, 2024.[11] Scenes were filmed inBudapest,Esztergom andSzentendre,Hungary.[12]
The series premiered on August 27, 2025, and consisted of 7 episodes. The first three episodes premiered the same day, with the remaining episodes released weekly through September 24, 2025.[5]
