Prime Video dropped all eight episodes of The Terminal List Season 2 on October 21, and James Reece is back in the wind. The streamer has not said whether there will be a Season 3. That silence, one week after the finale, is the story.
Chris Pratt, showrunner David DiGilio and author Jack Carr are all talking about a third season this week. Amazon is not. Here is where things stand, what the people making the show are saying, and our call on whether Reece gets another mission.
What happened in Season 2
Season 2 adapts Jack Carr’s second novel, True Believer. Reece, now a free man after clearing his name, gets pulled back into the game by the CIA for a mission that takes him around the world, across the Indian Ocean, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Constance Wu returns as Katie Buranek, and Taylor Kitsch is back as Ben Edwards. The season ends with Reece returning home, the door open but not walked through.
Amazon has not ordered Season 3, and it has not canceled the show. Prime Video usually waits several weeks to weigh viewership before deciding. Season 2 landed at the top of Amazon’s charts, so the raw audience is there. The question is whether Amazon thinks it is enough.
What the people making it are saying
Jack Carr, who writes the source novels and executive produces, told ScreenRant he is hopeful and that announcements are coming. “I am not sure what we’re allowed to talk about as far as that goes, but I’m hopeful, and I can say that things are moving forward. There should be some announcements coming soon,” Carr said. He also called Savage Son, the third Reece novel, probably the most popular book in the series.
David DiGilio, the showrunner, said the team is a fan of Savage Son and would adapt it differently if they get the chance. “I think the thing that I can talk about is that we are massive fans of Savage Son. That is a book that everybody should read. When we, knock on wood, get to tackle that book, we’re going to do something completely different with it befitting of that novel,” DiGilio told ScreenRant. He has also described a plan for ten years for the franchise, with the James Reece flagship at its center.
Chris Pratt, star and executive producer, told SiriusXM’s Shade 45 that nothing is official but the team has ideas. “There’s nothing official yet, but man, we have a lot of ideas,” Pratt said. He added that the show would continue if there is an audience for it, and that he would do it even if no one was watching.
Three of the four key voices want Season 3. The fourth, Amazon, has not spoken.
Our call
Lean renew. Odds about 65-35 in favor of a Season 3.
Reasons
- Prime Video is already building the universe. The Dark Wolf prequel starring Taylor Kitsch proves Amazon sees this as a franchise rather than a single season show.
- There is no shortage of source material. Eight Jack Carr novels exist, only two adapted. Savage Son sits ready as Season 3.
- Pratt, DiGilio and Carr are aligned and available. When the star, showrunner and author all want to keep going, renewals usually follow.
- Season 2 opened at number one on Amazon. The audience showed up.
What would change our mind
If Amazon’s internal viewership numbers come back soft, or if Pratt signs onto another lead role that ties him up for two years, Season 3 moves from likely to unlikely. Silence past the end of the year would also be a bad sign.
So here is our question for you do you think James Reece deserves one more mission, or is two seasons enough? Let us know in the comments.