“The Terminal List” begins with scenes of a military funeral at what appears to be Arlington National Cemetery, over the top of which we hear a bit of the Biblical story of how God instructed Gideon, a military leader, to choose the men who would fight under him.
The man saying these words, James Reece (Chris Pratt), also is a celebrated military leader, a decorated, highly experienced commander of a unit of U.S. Navy SEALS.
The often-compelling but ultimately uneven debut season of the action-thriller series — debuting this week on Prime Video and based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr — soon takes us back in time two weeks, to show us Reese with the men under his command.
