I don’t learn about you, however I felt simply as blindsided as James Reece (Chris Pratt) was on the finish of The Terminal Listing when he came upon that his buddy and confidant, Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch), had betrayed him. Now, clearly, I get why Ben did this, as a result of he defined his reasoning earlier than he was killed. Nevertheless, there’s nonetheless a lot extra to this story, I can simply inform. So, thank goodness we’re getting a by-product on the 2025 TV schedule all about this advanced character.
How The Terminal Listing Ended For Ben Edwards
So, I didn’t contribute to The Terminal Listing’s 1.6 billion minutes watched when it initially got here out in 2022. I binged it with my Amazon Prime subscription weeks earlier than Darkish Wolf’s premiere. Subsequently, figuring out Taylor Kitsch was getting his personal present performed a giant half in my interpretation of and shock over the collection.
This stunning occasion I’m referring to is the scene the place we discover out that Ben was concerned within the conspiracy that in the end led to James’ workforce and household dying. That was confirmed within the present’s finale when Ben stated:
Admiral swore you have been already lifeless. Stated you and the boys had tumors. And I believed ‘Let ‘em die with their fucking boots on slightly than in some hospital mattress.’
Then, when James requested if Ben did this for his mates or for $20 million, Kitsch’s character replied with:
Possibly each, at first. I haven’t spent a fucking dime. I can’t. However you need to know, I would like you to know, that it’s set in fucking stone. Laura and Luce, I had nothing to do with it. And after I came upon, I needed to set the fucking world on hearth, brother. I used to be with you. Each step. Cleansing up all these motherfuckers that took them. That’s the reality.
There wasn’t a lot clarification previous that, and James ended up capturing his buddy. Now, as we transfer into The Terminal Listing Season 2, I can’t assist however surprise how that betrayal and selection will impression James. Nevertheless, an even bigger query on my thoughts is: What led Ben to do that? Nicely, fortunately, his spinoff from one in all Amazon’s finest reveals would possibly give us a solution.
The Terminal Listing: Darkish Wolf Will Serve As Ben’s Origin Story
Right here’s why I’m so relieved Ben is getting his spinoff, The Terminal Listing: Darkish Wolf: I have to know when and why he modified and misplaced his timeless loyalty to Reece and co. When did he determine to betray his brothers? What modified him to the purpose the place he felt like he might or needed to make the selection? How did his time within the CIA change him after he left the SEALs?
Fortunately, it looks as if The Terminal Listing: Darkish Wolf will reply no less than a few of these questions. The collection, which premieres its first three episodes on Wednesday, August 27, will function Ben’s origin story. Amazon’s synopsis states that it’s going to observe Kitsch’s character “all through his journey from the Navy SEALs to the clandestine aspect of CIA Particular Operations.” It additionally guarantees to be an “espionage thriller that explores the darker aspect of warfare and the associated fee that comes with it.”
I’m actually hopeful that we’ll get some vital backstory right here that provides some depth to Ben’s ethical greyness, and I personally can’t wait to look at it. That feeling elevated tenfold after I re-watched the trailer for Darkish Wolf after seeing the unique collection, and heard Ben say:
Once we step on that battlefield, we combat for one another. For this reason it’s so laborious to surrender that brotherhood.
So, that tells me we’ll get to see some occasions play out that result in him in the end giving up this “brotherhood” he discovered within the navy. The trailer, which you’ll be able to see under, additionally options Tom Hopper’s Raife Hastings speaking in regards to the significance of figuring out learn how to discover the breaks and cease as a complete bunch of violence occurs.
It looks as if Ben is a free cannon, looser than he was in The Terminal Listing, and that may probably play into the alternatives he makes that ultimately result in his deadly destiny on the finish of the unique collection.
The Terminal Listing is one in all Taylor Kitsch’s finest tasks, and his character was such a captivating a part of the collection. So, I’m thrilled he’s getting a by-product, and we’d lastly get some backstory to the largest betrayal of Season 1.