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The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

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10 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026

Taylor Kitsch returns as Ben Edwards in The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, a 2025 prequel series tracing the character's origins.

10 Interesting Facts About The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

Interesting Facts (7)

  1. #001

    The emblem stamped on Raife's wallet belongs to the Rhodesian Selous Scouts, an elite counter-insurgency unit that operated during the Bush War of the 1970s.

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  2. #002

    "Simple Man" serves as the opening credits song for the series. It was also playing when James Reece and Ben Edwards first appear together in episode 1 of The Terminal List (2022).

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  3. #003

    Ben's right forearm tattoo reads "I woke to black flak," a line from Randall Jarrell's poem The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.

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  4. #004

    Taylor Kitsch has worked on and off for roughly 12 years with the same Navy SEAL trainer, Ray Mendoza, on Lone Survivor, True Detective and Dark Wolf.

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  5. #005

    Kitsch credits fan numbers and feedback for the decision to make a Ben Edwards origin series; Chris Pratt, Jack Carr and David DiGilio called him about it about 4 months after season one ended.

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  6. #006

    Kitsch built his portrayal around a line of dialogue about having no one holding you back, using it to justify Ben's rule-free path.

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  7. #007
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Many of the show's characters play major roles in "True Believer," the second novel in Jack Carr's series. Dark Wolf is technically a prequel, made because of how popular the portrayal of Ben Edwards became (he differs greatly from his book counterpart), yet it also sets up what will unfold in season 2 of The Terminal List (2022).

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Behind the Scenes (2)

  1. #008

    For Dark Wolf, Kitsch trained in urban combat environments including tunnels, markets and train stations, so the series could show how special operators fight in cities, not just in deserts and mountains.

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  2. #009

    Kitsch estimates he does about 70 percent of his own stunts on Dark Wolf, handling the gun work himself and leaving big falls to stuntmen J.J. Dashnaw and Quinn McPherson.

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

  1. #010
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Episode 2 closes with Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls," a nod to Ernest Hemingway, one of Jack Carr's favorite authors, who wrote a novel of the same name.

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