The Terminal List was a big hit for Prime Video in 2022, and it’s confirmed that Amazon has renewed the series for season 2. Based on the novel by Jack Carr, The Terminal List is the first book featuring protagonist Commander James Reece (Chris Pratt), a former Navy SEAL who goes on a mission of revenge when he discovers a conspiracy that goes deep into the upper levels of government. In addition to Pratt, the show stars Taylor Kitsch, Jai Courtney, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Constance Wu, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, JD Pardo, and more.
The Terminal List season 1 featured 8 single-hour episodes and premiered on July 1, 2022. Created for TV by Dan DiGilio (Black Sails) and directed/executive produced by Antoine Fuqua, The Terminal List has the distinction of the book’s author, Jack Carr, also being an executive producer and advisor to the series. After his family is targeted, James Reece creates a list, called “The Terminal List”, and hunts down those responsible. With his mission complete, it’s unclear what happens next in The Terminal List season 2.
The Terminal List Season 2 Latest News
A Star Teases His Season 2 Return
With updates regarding the sophomore season few and far between, the latest news sees an original star teasing his return in The Terminal List season 2. Actor JD Pardo appeared as FBI Agent Tony Layun in season 2, and he made it clear his character wouldn’t be in the prequel spinoff, The Terminal List: Lone Wolf. However, he did tease “future plans” involving his character, which suggests he will be back in season 2. Having survived the blood-soaked first season, it makes sense that Layun could return.
Read Pardo’s full comments here:
It’s a prequel and they’ve already started that. It goes into an area in the books where it’s before my character comes on. But I’m still in touch with all those guys. We’ve got some future plans that I’m not gonna mention right now, but it’s all great. Absolutely.
The Terminal List Season 2 Has Been Confirmed
A Second Season Is Coming Soon
The Terminal List season 2 has been confirmed. There was a considerable delay between the end of the first season and the announcement that the show would return, casting some doubt on the project. However, those involved with the show — including Pratt and Carr — expressed optimism that the series would be moving forward. With the second season now confirmed and a prequel series also in the works, it seems as though Amazon Prime Video is betting big on the new franchise.
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season 2 was announced at the same time as the spinoff,
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf.
The Terminal List Season 2 Cast Details
Who Can Return After Season 1?
The only confirmed season 2 cast member thus far is Chris Pratt as James Reece. Reece racked up a high body count in season 1, so there aren’t too many characters left standing. One potential return is Constance Wu’s determined reporter Katie Buranek. Likewise, JD Pardo has teased the return of FBI Agent Tony Layun. Taylor Kitsch’s Ben Edwards was killed in season 1, but he will continue in his prequel series. It’s assumed that, like the book it’s based on, Terminal List season 2 will introduce a bevy of new characters.
The presumptive cast of The Terminal List season 2 includes:
Actor | The Terminal List Role | |
|---|---|---|
Chris Pratt | James Reece |  |
Constance Wu | Katie Buranek |  |
JD Pardo | Agent Tony Layun |  |
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The Terminal List Cast & Character Guide
Full cast and character guide for Prime Video’s The Terminal List series, based on the book by Jack Carr and starring Chris Pratt as James Reece.
The Terminal List Season 2 Story Details
Season 2 Adapts Carr’s True Believer
The book picks up with Reece living as a wanted fugitive, who gets pulled back into government service after a series of terrorist attacks.
It has been confirmed that The Terminal List season 2 will adapt Carr’s follow-up novel, True Believer. The book picks up with Reece living as a wanted fugitive, who gets pulled back into government service after a series of terrorist attacks. Recruited into the CIA and given a Presidential pardon for his actions in The Terminal List, Reece is thrust back into battle, traveling the globe to combat a deadly new threat that he’s uniquely suited for.
Showrunner David DiGilio (Black Sails) has said that True Believer is an “epic blueprint for an epic season.” The Terminal List differed from the book in notable ways in the first season and can be expected to do the same in season 2, but True Believer offers insight into where the season will go.
A Terminal List Prequel Series Is Also In The Works
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Will Follow Taylor Kitsch’s Edwards
With the success of The Terminal List season 1 and with the second season on the way, the franchise is expanding with a prequel series as well. Following the revelation that Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) was one of the villains in The Terminal List season 1, the new show will examine how Edwards went from a respected soldier to turning on his friends. The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is being touted as an elevated espionage thriller. Kitsch is confirmed to return, and it would not be surprising if Pratt made an appearance as James Reece at some point given his history with Edwards.
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The Terminal List is an action-thriller television series based on the novel that follows James Reece, a Navy SEAL whose mission saw his entire platoon ambushed. When he returns home, he tries to figure out what happened, but his memories are out of order and, in some cases, incorrect. However, it isn’t long before Reece finds evidence of something that calls the entire mission into question, and he must figure out who is behind the ambush to protect the people he loves in his life before they are put in the crossfire.
- Cast
- Jared Shaw , Arlo Mertz , JD Pardo , Patrick Schwarzenegger , Chris Pratt2 , Tyner Rushing , Constance Wu , Christina Vidal , Matthew Rauch , Alexis Louder , Jai Courtney , Stephen Bishop , Taylor Kitsch , Jeanne Tripplehorn , Warren Kole , Nick Chinlund , Riley Keough , LaMonica Garrett , Sean Gunn
- Release Date
- July 1, 2022
- Seasons
- 1
- Network
- Amazon Prime Video
- Writers
- Chris Pratt2 , David DiGilio
- Directors
- Paul McCrane
- Showrunner
- David DiGilio