*The Terminal List: Dark Wolf* (2025) is a gripping prequel to Amazon Prime Video’s hit military thriller *The Terminal List*. Set years before the original events, the series follows **Ben Edwards**, portrayed by **Taylor Kitsch**, a Navy SEAL who later becomes one of the most complex figures in the franchise. The story dives deep into his transformation—from a loyal warrior serving alongside his brothers to a covert CIA operative caught in moral conflict and betrayal.

The show opens with Ben on dangerous missions in Iraq and Eastern Europe, showcasing his unmatched skills and leadership within his SEAL team. Yet beneath his calm, disciplined exterior lies growing disillusionment. After losing close teammates and witnessing the manipulation of soldiers by political agendas, Ben begins questioning the purpose of the wars he fights. His path crosses with **James Reece** (played by **Chris Pratt**), another SEAL who will later become the main character in *The Terminal List*. Their brotherhood forms the emotional core of the series—built on loyalty, shared trauma, and unspoken guilt.

As Ben transitions to work with the CIA, he enters a world even murkier than the battlefield. His missions now involve assassinations, espionage, and silent wars where truth and lies blur. The agency offers him freedom, wealth, and purpose, but at a terrible cost. Ben finds himself drawn into operations that test his morality—eliminating targets who may be innocent, following orders he no longer believes in, and hiding secrets from his SEAL brothers.

Meanwhile, Reece starts to notice Ben’s increasing distance and secrecy. Their friendship becomes strained as they operate on opposite sides of the same shadow war. Through flashbacks and brutal combat scenes, *Dark Wolf* reveals how the pressures of duty, loyalty, and survival turn Ben into a man haunted by his past and consumed by darkness.

By the final episodes, Ben’s choices culminate in betrayal and tragedy, setting up the emotional groundwork for the original *The Terminal List*. The show is both a high-octane action series and a psychological portrait of a soldier’s fall from grace. *The Terminal List: Dark Wolf* explores the cost of power, the scars of brotherhood, and the thin line separating heroism from destruction—making it one of the most compelling military dramas of 2025.