Taylor Kitsch's character ends up a villain in 2022's Chris Pratt-led series, “The Terminal List,” and in a new series, viewers learn how he got that way.
“The Terminal List: Dark Wolf," now streaming on Prime Video, is set about five years before the original show. Kitsch plays Ben Edwards, a Navy SEAL deployed to Iraq who is assigned to train local soldiers. He feels a deep loyalty to his comrades but begins to question some of the decisions made above him.
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Tom Hopper, from left, Chris Pratt, Taylor Kitsch, and Luke Hemsworth pose for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Jack Carr poses for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Tom Hopper, from left, Chris Pratt, Taylor Kitsch, and Luke Hemsworth pose for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Chris Pratt poses for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Taylor Kitsch poses for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
“I take the utmost pride to be authentic and rooted in Ben," Kitsch said in a recent interview, “but there's a dark side to service."
Prime Video is invested in “The Terminal List” universe. Production is underway on a second season starring Pratt and there are plans for more “Dark Wolf” — and perhaps standalone films. The franchise is based on novels by former SEAL Jack Carr, who is also a creator and executive producer on its shows.
“Hopefully we can keep swinging,” said Pratt who describes Carr as “a workhorse” with “no shortage of source material.”
Kitsch was intrigued to dive back in when he heard Carr and “Terminal List” co-creator and showrunner David DiGilio wanted to do more with his character.
“Anytime you get a call where it’s like, ’Hey, we would love to do a full season and go way deeper into the psyche of the character you built, I mean of course, I was all ears,” said Kitsch.
The first three episodes of “The Terminal List: Dark Wolf” are now streaming on Prime Video. A new episode will drop weekly on Wednesdays. The finale streams Sept. 24.
In “The Terminal List,” Pratt plays James Reece, a Navy SEALS Lieutenant Commander who goes on a quest for vengeance after his platoon is ambushed.
“I love playing James Reese,” said Pratt. "But also I think James Reese is reaching that echelon of like a Jack Reacher or a Jack Ryan. There can be multiple iterations of this character over time. He now lives in the ethos of one of the greatest American badass heroes.”
Besides Kitsch and Pratt, the show also features Luke Hemsworth and Tom Hopper.
“What’s so great about an origin story is we see the doors that these guys walk through and where it takes them," said Hopper. “I think about that in my life, I look back on my life and go, ‘Oh, if I hadn’t walked through that door, then that would never have happened. I wouldn’t have met that person. It wouldn’t have led me there.'”
“The Terminal List” employed actual military veterans to work in roles like advisors and as background actors. They were also employed for “Dark Wolf.” Hemsworth said their presence was an incentive to make something they would be proud of.
“Everyone, particularly us as actors, feel a great weight and responsibility to make sure that it’s done very well."
Tom Hopper, from left, Chris Pratt, Taylor Kitsch, and Luke Hemsworth pose for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Jack Carr poses for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Tom Hopper, from left, Chris Pratt, Taylor Kitsch, and Luke Hemsworth pose for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Chris Pratt poses for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
Taylor Kitsch poses for a portrait to promote "The Terminal List: Dark Wolf" on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
TORONTO (AP) — Piper Gilles shook her head as the scores popped up on the screen.
She and Paul Poirier had just delivered their cleanest free dance of the season at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. The kind of skate that has landed the Canadian duo on the world championship podium three years in a row.
Yet the judges saw it differently — and the marks weren’t enough to bring home a medal.
“It definitely is disheartening. We can’t lie, we’re human,” Gilles said. “We skated two successful programs, and we emotionally and physically felt so in shape and powerful in those moments, (only) to kind of be left questioning what we’re doing, Is it enough?”
The veteran ice dancers dropped from third after the rhythm dance to fourth following the free, finishing 0.06 points behind British pair Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson in the season’s first head-to-head competition between the world’s top six teams.
After the event, Gilles posted a quote on social media about athletic truths being “diminished and manipulated by people with agendas,” and tagged the International Skating Union.
Her husband, Nathan Kelly, replied to an ISU Instagram post saying he was disillusioned with the results. And even the Gilles’ dog account chimed in, siding with another dog account that questioned the judging.
A couple days later, Gilles addressed her fans directly, saying she was grateful for her team, partner, family and supporters despite the disappointing result.
“The ISU and the state of ice dance can’t take any of those things from me!” she wrote.
Gilles said she felt some fear criticizing the sport’s governing body — she’d also questioned the judging at last month’s Finlandia Trophy after the technical panel’s scores puzzled much of the figure skating community — but she felt compelled to speak up.
“I felt like I needed to state that and let my emotions fly a little bit,” Gilles said in a phone interview with The Canadian Press. “Having my dog comment on another dog, I think that was kind of a humorous play, but I understand how that could have looked bad.
“But I am proud about speaking out and sharing my concern because if no one does it, nothing will change.”
As Canada’s top hope for a figure skating medal at the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics, the stakes are high for Gilles and Poirier as they compete in their 15th and possibly final season.
The two-time reigning world silver medalists entered the season with expectations for a podium spot — and a shot at Olympic gold. Now their marks have dipped almost 12 points behind defending world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States, and even a medal isn’t a sure thing.
Poirier says vying for a place on the Olympic podium is already tough enough without second-guessing the judging system and wondering how the scoring is determined from one event to the next.
“The benchmark is always moving,” he said. “Makes it really difficult for us to understand where the room for improvement lies.
“The thing that we’re seeking the most, that the athletes are seeking the most, is clarity and consistency across events.”
Gilles and Poirier aren’t the only skaters voicing concerns. French Olympic champion Guillaume Cizeron, who won silver at the GP Final with Canadian partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry, also spoke out after their rhythm dance at Finlandia Trophy.
“I see some strange games being played that are destroying ice dance,” Cizeron said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been to a competition like this in my career, from a judging standpoint.”
Concerns about fairness in ice dance are hardly new. It is figure skating’s most subjective discipline, particularly vulnerable to politics and judging bias.
At the 1998 Nagano Olympics, one judge was recorded trying to predetermine the results, and the scandal that initially cost Canadian duo Jamie Salé and David Pelletier gold in 2002 supposedly stemmed from a vote-trading deal between a pairs judge and ice dance judge. That corruption hurt the sport’s credibility and prompted the introduction of a new judging system.
Poirier said they’ve received feedback from various officials and have mapped out a “strong strategy” with Skate Canada and their coaches heading into the second half of the season.
“We have a really clear vision of who we are as skaters and what we want to present out on the ice," he said, “and so we want to create the best opportunity for ourselves at the Olympic Games.”
AP Winter Olympics at https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, of Canada, compete in the ice dance's free dance segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, central Japan, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, of Canada, compete in the ice dance's free dance segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, central Japan, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, of Canada, compete in the ice dance's rhythm dance segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya, central Japan, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
