‘Episode 4 of The Terminal List Season 2, ‘Into the Labyrinth’, returns the espionage elements of the series to the fore as James Reece and Freddy Strain start to question who they can actually trust.
With their base attacked, Reece and Freddy start taking matters into their own hands as they try to understand what is really going on. Mo Farooq appears to be behind not just the attack on the compound, but the terrorist incidents surrounding the investigation, but things aren’t all as they seem.
Their suspicions are increasingly turning to the idea there could actually be a mole in the CIA or their team.
I really enjoyed seeing Reece having to come at things from this angle again. Episode 3 reminded us of what he’s capable of with a gun in his hand, while ‘Into the Labyrinth’ requires him to start looking beyond the obvious enemy and see who is really pulling the strings. It returns some of the paranoia that worked so well in the first season, where Reece always had to question what he was being told.
Meanwhile, Katie Buranek continues to work with Raife Hastings to uncover who the politicians are that could be behind the weapons ending up in the hands of terrorists. Raife also makes an important decision to go on the record in his investigation, rather than letting Buranek do all the hard work behind the scenes.
That’s obviously a dangerous place for both of them to be in, and Buranek once again proves she’s not very good at knowing when to cut her losses. Her investigation throws her into an ever more precarious position as she uncovers what really is going on in the background.
One of the things I’m really enjoying about Season 2 is how so effortlessly Dark Wolf has fed into the wider series. Characters such as Raife, Jules Landry and Mo Farooq don’t feel like they’ve appeared simply because audiences will know them, and their involvement in the main series makes it feel ever more integral to the wider Terminal List story.
Gabriel Luna’s Freddy Strain is also becoming a really likeable character. He hasn’t had that much to do yet in terms of action, but his presence is becoming increasingly vital, and I like the dynamic building between him and Reece. There’s a familiarity between them that sells their history without the series having to dwell on it.
Episode 4 might not be as action-packed as the climax to Episode 3, but that’s not really what it’s aiming to be. This is much more an espionage piece that pushes the various investigations forward, and creates that sense of a game being played that nobody fully understands.
Most importantly, it ends with a really neat twist that flips everything that seemed to be the case on its head.
I’m obviously not going into details, but it should provide plenty of fuel for the next few episodes and hopefully return some of the action that makes The Terminal List click.
After ‘Shooter Ready’ got the season underway, ‘Into the Labyrinth’ begins to wrap up the conspiracy around everyone involved. Reece is searching for a mole, Buranek and Raife are getting ever closer to something much bigger, and the lines between friends and foe are becoming ever more blurred.
Now things are really getting interesting.
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