Prime Video’s 2-Season Action Thriller Just Surged 307% To Become the No. 1 Streaming Original

When it comes to the host of action thrillers that you can find on Prime Video, none have made quite the waves that The Terminal List has. Based on the popular James Reece novels by former Navy SEAL-turned-author Jack Carr, the two-season drama has soared in the streaming charts, with Variety reporting that the show had even jumped into “No. 1 on Streaming” territory just last week. With over 1.3 billion minutes watched, the David DiGilio-created thriller continues to exceed expectations and is a reminder that the conspiracy-minded military thriller is as strong as ever.

‘The Terminal List’ Has Done Exceptionally Well on Streaming

For fans who have followed The Terminal List since the first season dropped back in 2022, this doesn’t come as a surprise. Although initial reviews for the book-to-screen adaptation were not in the show’s favor, the audience scores were exceptional. It wasn’t long before Jack Carr famously noted that the show was made for fans, and the budding action franchise has been better for it. Rather than cater to whatever was safe or perhaps politically correct, the Chris Pratt drama largely stuck to its guns and pressed forward by expanding on what made the show successful in the first place, business as usual. That decision paid off, with the prequel, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, and the second season, based on the novel True Believer, leaning more into the type of material fans were hoping for after that inaugural batch of episodes — even if there were some changes made to the source material. Over time, the show and its spin-off have become more well-received even by reviewers, and The Terminal List only continues to expand.

Of course, The Terminal List isn’t just a successful show on streaming; it’s one of Prime Video’s best. Over the last several years, the Amazon platform has become known as the definitive home of the action thriller. Reacher and Jack Ryan alone would probably be enough to solidify this idea, but The Terminal List and its Dark Wolf prequel have proven over and again that there are differing flavors of the action/military thriller flavor that deserve our undivided attention. Sure, it can be a bit gruesome at times, but that’s the world of espionage and off-the-books military operations for you. Pratt’s James Reece is a protagonist haunted by his loss, one who seeks to redeem himself for the actions he took against those who wronged him — including his best friend. It’s a harrowing but complex story that could only be told with the freedom that Prime Video offered DiGilio, Carr, Pratt, and the rest of the creative minds involved. The good news is, they’re not done yet.

‘The Terminal List’ Will Continue With ‘Savage Son’

For those worried that the True Believer adaptation may be the end of the story, never fear. In Collider’s interview with showrunner David DiGilio, the creator explained that they are always thinking of ways to expand The Terminal List world beyond just James Reece and Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch). While no official confirmation has been made as to what those projects may be (or their current status), we do know that the next James Reece story will be a book-to-screen take on the third Carr-penned novel, Savage Son, one that “Reecer” fans are anxious to see brought to life. How this will look exactly — as either a third season or a standalone series building off previous installments — is currently a mystery, but the news that the folks in charge have plans for a quicker turnaround is exciting. Hopefully, that means we’ll also be getting more of the Dark Wolf prequel soon as well.

Although Chris Pratt may be best known for his big-screen roles in the MCU and Jurassic World franchises (or his time on the sitcom Parks and Recreation), The Terminal List has more than proven that the star has the chops to tackle more serious and thematic material with ease. “[He] was the person I thought of playing the role as I was writing the book,” Carr once explained on his YouTube channel when speaking about the events leading up to the Prime Video series. And yes, that was before he was a well-known movie star. Sometimes things just work out, and in the case of The Terminal List, there’s no doubt that Amazon made the right call in not only adapting these beloved military thrillers but also in finding its leading man. The next season can’t come soon enough.

The Terminal List is available for streaming on Prime Video.