Director: Paul Cameron, Liz Friedlander, Frederick E.O. Toye
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is a 2025 American action-thriller series that works as a prequel to The Terminal List (2022). Its story follows Ben Edwards during the years before that earlier series, charting his move from a decorated Navy SEAL into the covert operations world of the CIA.
What is The Terminal List: Dark Wolf about?
Set before the events of The Terminal List, Dark Wolf centers on Ben Edwards at a turning point in his military career. A battle-tested Navy SEAL, Edwards is drawn toward the Central Intelligence Agency and its Ground Branch, where the rules of engagement are looser and the missions less visible than anything he has known in uniform. As he is recruited and trained for this new line of work, he adjusts to operating in the gray zone between conventional warfare and deniable, off-the-books assignments. The season tracks the mentors and operational pressures that shape him, and shows how the choices demanded by clandestine service begin to test his loyalties and his sense of duty. Built as an origin story, it fills in the background of a figure familiar to viewers of the original show while keeping the human cost of the work in frame.
Cast & crew
Taylor Kitsch leads the series as Ben Edwards, the role at the center of this prequel, with Chris Pratt appearing in connection to the wider Terminal List story. The supporting ensemble includes Tom Hopper, Dar Salim, Rona-Lee Shim'on, Raha Rahbari, and LaMonica Garrett. Directing duties across the season are shared by Paul Cameron, Liz Friedlander, and Frederick E.O. Toye.
Context & significance
The series belongs to the franchise adapted from Jack Carr's Terminal List novels, expanding the screen universe that began with the 2022 original. It is a United States production classified across the action, drama, and thriller genres, with episodes running around sixty minutes. As a prequel it suits both returning viewers who want the backstory of a known character and newcomers who can start here. On release it carried an IMDb rating of about 7.7. The military-and-intelligence backdrop is treated as dramatic setting rather than a documentary account.
Where & how to watch
You can stream The Terminal List: Dark Wolf on K-Time. Watching requires signing in with a free K-Time account, while this page stays free to read without logging in. The title is offered with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, and the K-Time experience is built with a Farsi-first interface for the Iranian diaspora, so you can browse and navigate comfortably in Farsi before pressing play.