Chris Pratt's Terminal List prequel is Prime Video's latest hit
Chris Pratt's Prime Video military franchise is back in the spotlight: The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, a seven-episode prequel led by Taylor Kitsch with Pratt in a supporting role, has reentered Prime Video's U.S. Top 10 ahead of the flagship series' second-season return. Tracking data from FlixPatrol, reported by MovieWeb and Collider, ranks the action thriller among the platform's most-watched titles in the United States and other countries worldwide.
Key Takeaways
- The Terminal List: Dark Wolf debuted on Prime Video on August 27, 2025, with seven episodes.
- Taylor Kitsch stars as Ben Edwards; Chris Pratt appears as James Reece in a supporting capacity.
- FlixPatrol data places the series seventh on Prime Video's U.S. Top 10 chart.
- Rotten Tomatoes scores Dark Wolf at 75% with critics and 80% with audiences.
- The Terminal List Season 2 arrives on Prime Video on October 21.
What Is The Terminal List: Dark Wolf?
Created by Jack Carr and David DiGilio, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf serves as a prequel to Chris Pratt's 2022 revenge thriller, The Terminal List. The spin-off follows Navy SEAL Ben Edwards, played by Taylor Kitsch, years before the events of the original series.
The show traces how Edwards is drawn from principled special-operations work into the morally gray world of CIA black operations. Carr has described the series as having "no woke stuff shoved into it," framing it as a grounded military and espionage story rather than a culture-war talking point.
Alongside Kitsch, the ensemble includes Tom Hopper as Raife Hastings and a supporting turn from Pratt as James Reece. The first season runs seven episodes and is available to stream now on Prime Video.
Why Is Dark Wolf Climbing Prime Video's Charts?
Per FlixPatrol figures cited by MovieWeb, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf currently sits seventh on Prime Video's U.S. Top 10. Collider reports similar momentum, noting the prequel ranks among the service's most popular shows in multiple territories.
The surge comes as viewers revisit the franchise ahead of The Terminal List Season 2. MovieWeb notes the prequel has outpaced titles including the Legally Blonde prequel Elle, the coming-of-age drama Every Year After, and Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir.
That renewed interest aligns with a stronger critical reception than the original received. Rotten Tomatoes rates Dark Wolf at 75% with critics, compared with roughly 42% for Season 1 of The Terminal List. Audience scores tell a narrower story: Dark Wolf holds an 80% Popcornmeter rating versus 94% for the flagship show.
How Does Chris Pratt Factor Into the Franchise Now?
Chris Pratt built his James Reece role into one of Prime Video's signature action properties after the 2022 debut. Collider notes the original series earned a 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes despite a 41% critics' rating, cementing Reece as a fan-favorite counterpart to comparably rugged heroes like Reacher and John Wick.
In Dark Wolf, Pratt steps back to support Kitsch's origin story. The arrangement lets the prequel explore CIA tradecraft and covert operations with a larger ensemble while keeping Reece visible inside the same narrative universe.
Pratt's broader 2026 slate also includes the Apple TV military film Way of the Warrior Kid, due November 20, following box-office success with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. For more streaming momentum stories like this one, see our Streaming & TV Alerts hub.
When Does The Terminal List Season 2 Premiere?
The long-awaited second season of The Terminal List lands on Prime Video on October 21. The eight-episode run adapts Carr's novel True Believer and picks up with Reece living in isolation as a fugitive.
Season 2 pulls Pratt's character back into action when the government offers a full pardon in exchange for stopping a major terrorist threat. The story spans Moscow, Langley, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Indian Ocean.
Amazon has not announced a second season of Dark Wolf. MovieWeb notes it took four years for The Terminal List to return after its first season, so a follow-up prequel remains possible but unconfirmed.