The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Series Recap & Review - Episode 105: E & E
- Chase Gifford
- Sep 9
- 4 min read
Updated: Sep 15
"The battlefield is where friendships are forged and brotherhoods are tested." - unknown
I’ve heard series like this referred to as “dad shows.” Prime Video’s Reacher, FX’s Sons of Anarchy, The Shield, and Justified. All “dad shows.” The characteristics often consist of action, violence, crime, and justice. Vengeance is a big theme in these kinds of series as well. They often satiate an internal desire for heroism at any cost, especially at the defiance of authority. The main character is usually an anti-hero or rather a morally conflicted hero willing to bend and or break what they hold to be true if it means their foes fall as a result.
In Reacher the titular character is a walking wall of justice using everything from his fisticuffs to firearms and explosives. He is an incorruptible force, singularly focused on bringing his enemies to justice, whether that’s in handcuffs or in a body bag is entirely up to them. He is a nearly indestructible giant who either has the upper hand or has the means to get there. Always. And of course all the ladies want him. This is vicarious viewership at its most emphatic.
Prime Video’s The Terminal List is a Navy SEAL fueled thriller brimming with action, military tactics, weaponry, murder, betrayal, and perhaps most alluring, vengeance. Chris Pratt plays James Reece, a broken but still highly efficient and extremely deadly SEAL determined to uncover a conspiracy that began with the betrayal of his unit and ended with his own wife and daughter murdered. And to add insult to injury, no one believes it’s really happening. He’s just suffering from loss and possible PTSD. Reece knows better and anyone, everyone, involved will meet their maker at the hands of the frogman with nothing to lose.
At his side every step of the way is CIA operative, Ben Edwards. Loyal as they come, Ben will go to any length to help his friend fight some very real demons. But before he became CIA, he was of course a frogman just like Reece. Dark Wolf is the journey Ben goes on leading him from the rigid, team oriented SEALs to a more wild west, a no holds barred approach to fighting the enemy. The only problem is in this world, everyone begins to look like the enemy making it nearly impossible to trust anyone. This is Ben’s story before the events of Reece’s revenge odyssey.
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf premieres on Prime Video, Wednesday, August 27, 2025 with three new episodes. A new episode will then premiere every subsequent Wednesday until the September 24th season finale.
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Chris Pratt, Tom Hopper, Dar Salim, Luke Hemsworth, Robert Wisdom, Rona-Lee Shimon
Episode 105 - E & E
No technical spoilers, however each recap addresses what happens in each episode. If you don't want to be spoiled, watch the coinciding episode first and then come back to my recap and review.
Edwards awakens, bearings gone and so is Eliza. And he’s not happy. Meanwhile, in Austria, the team needs answers and Hastings intends on getting them by any means necessary. Including torturing one of the members of the convoy they ambushed. This is going to get ugly.
Eliza retreats to a premade hideout in a hotel in Zurich. She’s uneasy, looking over her shoulder constantly. As she should. Edwards is there to greet her. Little do either of them realize, Edwards wasn’t the only one on her trail and they are inbound shortly. Despite the literal violence she committed against him mere hours before, Edwards is forced to trust Eliza one more time if they hope to survive the impending ambush on the hotel. The incoming enemy are many and they are heavily armed. This will test both of them to their limits.
An all out assault against Edwards and Eliza erupts in gunfire and mayhem. As they make their way to safety, Hastings remains in Austria with his new friend and lots of unpleasantness.
Eliza continues to try and persuade Edwards that her actions against him were not malicious, but necessary in her quest to uncover who Haverford is loyal to and who the “Shepherd” is. Understandably, he’s not picking up what she’s putting down.
As Hastings pries information from his prisoner, he finally relents and gives vital info that changes everything. It also puts Haverford’s loyalties and motivations in question not just with Eliza, but with the entire team once Hastings tells them what he’s learned.
Tal is on the verge of discovering who the “Shepherd” is. But at great cost.
As Edwards begins to understand Eliza’s motivations and their trust forms again, tragedy strikes. It was too good to be true. Once again, we’re left with Edwards injured and on the run. This time he’s all alone.
Out of 10
Story: 8.5/ Acting: 9/ Directing: 10/ Visuals: 9
OVERALL: 9/10
Overall thoughts on Episode 105: E & E
This is when their so-called loyalties are tested. Who are they fighting for anymore? Hastings is losing faith fast and Edwards isn’t far behind. It’s an intense episode where gunfire is plentiful and earth shattering intel is uncovered. Despite all of the turmoil, one good thing is happening; their true enemy, their ultimate betrayer is coming into focus and they will face justice in any form the remaining team can unleash upon them. Whether a bullet or handcuffs, the truth will out.
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