The Terminal List Trivia | 30 facts about the series

«The Terminal List» is an American action thriller television series based on Jack Carr’s 2018 novel of the same name.

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1. The Terminal List is an American action thriller.
2. The television series based on Jack Carr’s 2018 novel of the same name.
3. The series tells the story of a Navy SEAL who seeks to avenge the murder of his family.
4. It stars Chris Pratt.
5. He also serves as an executive producer.
6. Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, and Jeanne Tripplehorn star in the movie.
7. The Terminal List was released on Amazon Prime Video on July 1, 2022.
8. It received mixed reviews.
9. Principal photography for The Terminal List began on March 9, 2021.
10. Chris Pratt was paid $1.4 million per episode.
11. Based on the book series written by former Navy SEAL Jack Carr. The series consists of five books so far: The Terminal List, True Believer, Savage Son, The Devil’s Hand and In The Blood.
12. In one of the preparations for Pratt’s role, Jack Carr (the author of the original story) gifted Chris Pratt the novel “Once An Eagle” by Anton Myrer, which is a large historical fiction piece carrying the themes of World War 1 to Vietnam, while also expressing a case study in leadership.
13. Co-stars Chris Pratt and Patrick Schwarzenegger are brothers-in-law. Pratt is married to Schwarzenegger’s oldest sister Katherine.
14. On the side of his gun safe, just above the Yeti sticker, is a sticker for Chris Kyle’s foundation. It is a skeleton of a frog, the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.
15. One of the operators in the brief scene at the beginning of the first episode is wearing a Black Rifle Coffee shirt which was Reece’s favorite coffee in the books.
16. The tomahawk used by Reece is the WK RnD Axe. It is a collaborative design between Master Bladesmith Daniel Winkler and skilled Sayoc Kali martial arts trainer Rafael Kayanan. The handle design provides a standard grip position, as well as a secondary close quarter grip that was developed to emulate the feel of a handgun grip.
17. Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch both previously played Navy SEALs in Zero Dark Thirty and Lone Survivor respectively. Taylor Kitsch also played a former SEAL in Oliver Stone Savages
18. During the opening credits, the image behind the credit for Constance Wu is of the legend of Saint Hubert, the patron saint of hunters in Catholicism. According to the legend, Hubert avoided attending church on Good Friday and instead went hunting. While pursuing a large stag, the animal turned its head to look at Hubert and was revealed to have a crucifix rising from between its antlers. A voice told Hubert that unless he abandoned his hunt and instead turned to God, he would burn in hell. Hubert then changed his ways and sought a holy life.
19. One episode it is stated at Messines General Plumer had a number of mines with 600 lbs of explosives, way off 19 mines and approximately 1,000,000 lbs of explosives in 5 miles of tunnels. It was the largest man made explosion at up to that time in history .
20. Taylor Kitsch (Ben Edwards) and Derek Phillips (SSA Stephen Ramsay) starred together as brothers in the “Friday Night Lights” series.
21. Both Chris Pratt and Stephen Bishop star in Moneyball (2011)
22. In episode 3 the hitman that comes after Reece at the restaurant is played by the author Jack Carr who wrote the book series the show is based upon.
23. In the first raid, all the SEAL Team members were portrayed by actual military veterans, with the exception of Chris Pratt and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
24. In the scene where James uses a phone to play the “Leeroy Jenkins” line (the infamous meme that came from a World of Warcraft video), it turns out the same line was used by actual Seals during the height of its popularity during training, especially when it comes to trying to clear rooms by themselves. Jack Carr the author mentions this on a podcast dedicated to the production of the entire show.
25. In the original book, the renegade admiral’s surname is “Pilsner.”
26. The final raid for S1E8 is a bit different when compared to the novel. In fact, Lorraine Hartley wasn’t the only target left on Jame’s list at that point. So within the finale of the book, James snuck into a hideout where he was confronted with Lorraine Hartley, Steve Horn, and Ben Edwards who held Katie hostage with an explosive device wrapped around her neck.
27. James manages to shoot and kill Steve Horn first, then Lorraine Hartley and Ben before he could activate the explosive device. He then proceeds to rescue Katie, and douses the room with gasoline before burning the last people on his list.
28. The series was the number one show on Amazon Prime’s “Top 10” list within two weeks of its premiere.
29. The Terminal List came in at No. 3 on the Nielsen chart with 1.1 billion minutes viewed across eight episodes.
30. Author Jack Carr responded to the negative critical responses, saying “The 95 percent viewer rating, audience rating, makes it all worth it. We didn’t make it for the critics.”