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Terminal List is about a special ops mission gone bad and the commander and lone survivor's mission to find out why and who was behind it. While Chris Pratt never quite sells me as a top tier DevGru operator he more than delivers as James Reece a navy seal commander determined to avenge the death of his family and team. The action is solid and the writing is smart. Just when you think he won't do that, he does. When you feel they won't kill that character, they do. And when you say it can't be her or him, it is! Episodes one and two start out a bit slow but by episode three I binged the next five shows in one night! You will find yourself silently cheering him on and hoping he finishes what he started, and he does! The leaves you feeling both proud and sad on many levels but more than anything it also leaves you feeling satisfied!

After a very promising debut episode I was very overly optimistic and gave this series 8 stars but having just finished episode 8 I am getting wore out by the constant but subtle LGBTQ and Gender Identity nods in the last three episodes. On top of that a lot of the character meshing I had to see developed by now has failed to materialize as each episode is centered around one particular cast member rather than the crew as a whole. Theses types of character profiles would be understandable and even welcome in a season two or three (a la Deep Space Nine) but eight episodes into season one they have me wondering is the show about the crew or about their journeys because so far it's been almost all of the former and very little of the latter. I'm not pulling the plug yet as I am willing to give the writers some space to set the table for some long term memorable adventures but if next season starts out with more woke virtue signals and soap opera episodes I'm canceling my subscription and moving on. Sadly I am starting to think I may have to accept that the original Star Trek is never coming back again in any form and it's time to surrender the franchise to those who expect and accept this kind of "entertainment".