The Terminal List Season 2 is now on Prime Video
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Chris Pratt returns as James Reece in The Terminal List Season 2, streaming now on Prime Video with all eight episodes of a globe-trotting espionage thriller.
The second season of The Terminal List is now streaming on Prime Video. As of Wednesday, October 21, 2026, all eight episodes of the new chapter are available at once in more than 240 countries and territories, marking the return of Chris Pratt as Navy SEAL Commander James Reece just over four years after the show's July 2022 debut. The big change is one of genre and scale: what began as a personal revenge story is now rewritten as an international espionage saga, adapted from True Believer, the second novel in Jack Carr's series.
From completed revenge to a Moscow-to-Langley conspiracy
The new season adapts True Believer, Carr's novel published in 2019. With the score from the first chapter settled, Reece must find a reason to keep going — and he is cornered by the CIA, which recruits him to intercept a terrorist group that has managed to sway one of his trusted allies.
What looked like a single job turns out to be far bigger: a conspiracy reaching Moscow and the headquarters of the US intelligence community that also touches the protagonist's own family past. In practice, the psychological home-front thriller of the debut scales up into a globe map: the story takes Reece from the Indian Ocean to Africa, passes through the Middle East and lands in Europe, on an itinerary of agents, financiers and mercenaries threatening the world order. It is a meaningful shift for a series that, back in 2022, was criticized precisely for its slow, introverted pace.
Where James Reece left off
For viewers needing to catch up, the July 2022 premiere followed Reece back to the United States after an ambush that wiped out most of his special operations team. Arriving home with patchy memories, he found that his version of events did not match the evidence presented by his superiors — and he had to work out, before trusting anyone else, whether he could trust his own mind.
The murder of his wife and daughter turned the initial investigation into a personal hunt. With the help of journalist Katie Buranek (Constance Wu), the soldier unmasked those responsible for a conspiracy binding military and corporate interests; the list of intended victims became a physical note scribbled on the back of his daughter's drawing — the map that guided his revenge through the first season.
A cast that goes broader and more international
In the returning group, alongside Pratt, the standouts are Tom Hopper (Raife Hastings), Constance Wu (Katie Buranek), Dar Salim (Mohammed Farooq) and Luke Hemsworth (Jules Landry). They share the screen with a wider international lineup than the first season featured, fitting the new geopolitical ambitions:
- Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) as James Reece;
- Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians) as Katie Buranek;
- Tom Hopper (Space Cadet) as Raife Hastings;
- Luke Hemsworth (Beast) as Jules Landry;
- Dar Salim (A War) as Mohammed Farooq;
- Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us) as Freddy Strain;
- Costa Ronin (Homeland) and Olga Kurylenko (Paradox Effect) in central roles of the international thread;
- Yul Vazquez (The Lost Bus), Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy), Martin Sensmeier, Shiraz Tzarfati (Emilia Pérez) and Jeremy Bobb (The Knick) round out the lineup.
Watch the official trailer
Prime Video released the official teaser on August 20, when it dated the premiere, and the full trailer in October. Watch it below:
A "love letter" to the Special Operations community
The season is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, MRC and Civic Center Media, with Antoine Fuqua among the executive producers and David DiGilio back as showrunner. As in the debut, the production leans on military realism driven by veterans: Jared Shaw, a former Navy SEAL, and Max Adams, a former Army Ranger, oversee the authenticity of the action alongside ex-servicemembers working as writers, actors, on-set technical advisors and directors — including Ray Mendoza, behind the film Warfare (2025), co-written with Alex Garland.
"This season is a love letter to the Special Operations community. I'm incredibly proud of the journey we went on and what we were able to put on screen. It was a monumental effort by a lot of people over the course of many years [...] At its heart, this season is dedicated to the men and women who do this work — the people who operate in the shadows, make extraordinary sacrifices, and rarely ask for recognition."
— Chris Pratt, in an official Prime Video statement
How the rollout works and what else is in the universe
Unlike the weekly structures used by other platforms, Prime Video dropped all eight episodes at once — a full binge format from day one. Before jumping into the new mission, viewers can catch up on the first season and the prequel The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, also on the catalog, which follows Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) before the events of the main series. The franchise has so far accumulated more than 100 million viewers worldwide.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Series | The Terminal List |
| Season | 2 — adapts True Believer, by Jack Carr |
| Premiere | October 21, 2026 |
| Episodes | 8, dropped at once |
| Lead | Chris Pratt (James Reece) |
| Platform | Prime Video (240+ countries) |
| Production | Amazon MGM Studios, MRC and Civic Center Media |
First reactions from the press
Before the premiere, Collider praised the heightened action and the deeper character work of the return. In its review, the outlet describes a season with "even more explosive action and greater character depth", which, in the view of the specialist press, opens a promising new chapter for the show. Free from the pressure of proving an immediate audience model, Amazon seems to have bet on maturation: the performance of the August prequel Dark Wolf, starring Taylor Kitsch, gave the production confidence to keep expanding the franchise on screen.
The Terminal List is available on Prime Video as of today. The second season marks a more mature reading of the military action genre — one with room to keep growing. Want to follow more Prime Video news? Check out the latest on Blade Runner 2099 and the details of the new Carrie series on Prime Video; and, about the lead, read our review of Mercy, a test of patience with Chris Pratt. The reporting in this article is based on Amazon's official statement, available at aboutamazon.com.
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