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The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Series Recap & Review - Episode 107: The Wolf You Feed

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"Brothers in arms are brothers for life." - Clone Cadets


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.


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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.


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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. 




Episode 107 - The Wolf You Feed


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.


In the final days of this mission, it is a stark reminder of how much has changed for Edwards. From Chief on Teams to a rogue, falsely accused CIA operative whose team leader may just be the enemy they’ve been fighting this whole time. Where is the line anymore? I don’t think Edwards knows or even cares. He is not the same man he was when Haverford first entered his life. 


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Two months after the tarmac ambush, Hastings attempts to prove his innocence and Haverford’s complicity by pleading his case with evidence in his defense. Unfortunately for Hastings and the rest of the accused, Haverford has answers for everything and none of it leaves him holding the bag. “It was his asset’s brother who betrayed them,” Haverford declares. 


Meanwhile, still in Mosul, Reece and his team prepare to return home. This tour is done. 


As Hastings tries in the open to clear their names, Edwards is going about things a bit different and with a lot more hostility. He’s playing them at their own game and he’s playing for keeps. He’s also having a come to Jesus moment when he realizes he may have negated his personal life far too long and he may not be able to return to it. 


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For the first time throughout this entire operation, Edwards is taking the fight to them. And he better be ready because they are throwing everything they have at him. He should be flattered. They are not underestimating him and the lengths he’s willing to go. 


Generation Home Alone vs. Iranian terrorism. Begin.


Edwards makes a valiant effort, killing dozens all by himself. But the walls are closing in from all sides. He’s hurt and losing steam. This is his final stand. Till the final bullet. Till his last breath. But even in his darkest moment, there is a light on the horizon. Once a frogman, always a frogman. 


With any creature worth their weight, this one has many tentacles. The last two remaining are Haverford and Cyrus and they think they're untouchable. If Edwards survives, the old man is his last stop on the journey and death may be too easy. Farooq will handle Cyrus. 


All loose ends will be tied.  


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For every ending, there is a new beginning. Now that the mission is over, where does Edwards go from here? To the world he once knew, or this new one, where the red tape is minimal and the results are fast and permanent? He may have found his true north after all. As murky as it may be. 


Out of 10

Story: 9/ Acting: 9/ Directing: 10/ Visuals: 10

OVERALL: 9.5/10


Overall thoughts on Episode 107: The Wolf You Feed

The finale is satisfying and complete. There’s an inherent tragedy in it though knowing Edwards’ path involving James Reece. Still, for the time being, it’s a great victory for our heroes but undoubtedly steeped in guilt and innocent blood. The physical injuries Edwards, Hastings, Farooq, and the remaining team sustain will heal but their regrets will likely haunt them forever. So many mistakes and misdeeds were carried out for reasons they never fully understood at the time. Unfortunately hindsight is 20/20 and it lets them see the truth, as raw and unforgiving as it may be. Still the battle rages on and the future is anything but assured. 


If you like The Terminal List as much as I do, Dark Wolf will more than suffice. Until more James Reece stories come in 2026 (Season 2 filming now), Ben Edwards is the man of the hour.


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