SummaryHow Navy SEAL Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) became a CIA operative is central to the prequel series co-created by Jack Carr and David DiGilio.
Created By:David DiGilio
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
Season 1 Premiere:
Aug 27, 2025
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Generally Favorable
66
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6.8
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Aug 26, 2025
90
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf has no interest in reinventing the wheel or really being particularly innovative beyond its exemplary craftsmanship, and it's easy to get caught up in admiration for a show that takes this much pride in presenting the kind of old-school action entertainment that feels increasingly rare these days.
Aug 29, 2025
80
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf very successfully widens the lens on author Jack Carr’s action universe and sets up an even more promising future, although it does so more thanks to its excellent eye for action and strong support players rather than via lead character Ben Edwards.
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Sep 16, 2025
10
If you liked Terminal list you enjoy this season. Dark, brutal, fast and not woke. I loved it
Sep 29, 2025
9
This show was well done. Highly recommended. It has a great ending and did not leave too many plot holes.
Aug 26, 2025
70
If you liked "The Terminal List," you may not like the very different "Dark Wolf." But if you liked better shows like "Jack Ryan" or "Reacher," you'll enjoy this.
Aug 27, 2025
60
We don’t know if Dark Wolf is gonna show us exactly how Ben Edwards became the Dark Wolf, which as a title feels airport novel generic. But we are interested in Taylor Kitsch building on the brood he brought to the Edwards role in Terminal List, or perhaps showing us how he got that way in the first place. And yeah, the guns and jocularity and serious people saying stuff like “Team 1, go!” into ear bud microphones – that’ll be here, too, which is its own draw for shows such as this.
Aug 27, 2025
60
Kitsch is a diverting anti-hero, morphing from fraternity-embracing band of brother to an “every man for himself” everyman. Thanks to him, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf has just enough brain to compensate for its overdose of gun-toting brawn.
Aug 26, 2025
50
Narratively, Dark Wolf lacks the revenge-fueled clarity of purpose that drove The Terminal List, and the plot feels a bit disjointed. .... Kitsch shine[s] as part of an ensemble or in supporting roles — his enigmatic performance as Edwards on The Terminal List gave the season a jolt of intrigue — but it makes him emotionally inaccessible as a lead.
Aug 27, 2025
40
There’s so little to the show besides apparent ideology. Edwards has little backstory besides a fiancée back home he refuses to return to, nor much personality besides his dedication to his comrades. It’s hard for the actors to visibly emote from under so much tactical gear, though Wisdom’s natural gravitas helps elevate the lackluster material.
Aug 28, 2025
7
I'm usually not a big military thriller/action movie guy anymore, but every once in a while you see a really good example of the genre and The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is that. It's exactly what you expect it to be and the pacing is spot on. It never let's you get too bored or thinky. It's a little rah-rah USA sometimes, but honestly, we need that. We've been listening to the entertainment industry **** on us for too long.
Aug 31, 2025
6
Very dry, serious military action drama. The cast, production and audio are excellent. however the genre is very over saturated, and there's little found here I would call original. Still, if you're a genre fan and in the mood, add a couple points on mine!
Sep 21, 2025
1
Such a horrible waste of time, a one note poorly written card board world of trash troupes, it tries to be borne and james bond but cant be anything, dont waste your time just watch a real show like the old man or somthing that has a real story and good acting, this is not it.
Nov 3, 2025
0
C’est une sorte de pseudo clancynerie en exclusivité chez Amacon… avec donc un hippie chez les SEAL, chargé de faire le ménage chez l’état islamique vers 2015… Puis, le hippie et son pote (une armoire en t-shirt taille 6 ans) va faire l’agent secret (?!) pour la CIA en Europe de l’est en compagnie d’agents du Mossad…Donc, là, déjà, ça sent un peu la bouse, cette série qui nous prend pour des jambons. J’en veux pour preuve dans l’épisode 2, ce chef terro ‘neutralisé’ trop brutalement… (faut dire, des SEAL, ils savent rien faire d’autre, ces brutes épaisses…) puis, un Irakien le remplace au pied levé : non, c’est pas grave, ils vont pas s’en apercevoir, les autres terros islamistes (ils se ressemblent tous…). J’ai tenté de poursuivre jusqu’à l’épisode 3 (sur 7 en tout) mais rien à faire, ça reste aberrant et limite grotesque pour ne pas dire plus… ou pire. Et en plus, ça se traîne le cul : l’action est rare, l’intrigue (?) est limitée, voire carrément… complètement sans intérêt en fait…! Les personnages sont des clichés ambulants (avec même de la guimauve à deux dollars) et les dialogues sont gênants de maladresse. C’est même l’ensemble qui est gênant d’amateurisme malgré des moyens conséquents… parce que cette daube a été tartinée par des caves, des blaireaux et des stagiaires ! et des nuls ou je ne sais quelle autre bande de cons.
