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The Terror Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2018 - 2018
In 1846, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, commanded by Captain Sir John Franklin (Ciaran Hinds), embarks on an expedition to find the Northwest Passage across the Arctic Sea. Despite the threat of their ships getting stuck in ice for the winter and the misgivings of his second-in-command, Captain Francis Crozier (Jared Harris), Captain Franklin pushes through with the expedition. The inevitable occurs and the ships are trapped in ice for months. A growing restlessness and an impending food shortage puts thoughts of mutiny in the minds of the crew. The situation becomes worse when the crew accidentally kill an Inuit shaman and unleash the wrath of an unseen terror. "The Terror" cast includes Tobias Menzies as Commander James Fitzjames, Adam Nagaitis as Cornelius Hickey, Paul Ready as Dr. Harry Goodsir, Ian Hart as Thomas Blanky, and Nive Nielsen as Lady Silence.
Episode 1
Go for Broke
Mon, Mar 26, 2018 60 mins
An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition 200 miles from finding the Northwest Passage, forcing its captains to make a dire choice. Series premiere.
Episode 2
Gore
Mon, Mar 26, 2018 60 mins
After a long winter trapped in the ice, scouting parties are sent out in search of open water. One of the teams makes a frightening discovery.
Episode 3
The Ladder
Mon, Apr 2, 2018 60 mins
With something now stalking the ships, the captains debate their options, testing their loyalty to one another against their duty to their crews.
Episode 4
Punished, as a Boy
Mon, Apr 9, 2018 60 mins
A cunning attack on the ships proves the men are not battling an ordinary bear and that the region's Inuit culture may hold a key to their survival.
Episode 5
First Shot a Winner, Lads
Mon, Apr 16, 2018 60 mins
A strange illness begins to show itself while another more familiar one jeopardizes the expedition's most valuable resource—its captain's judgment.
Episode 6
A Mercy
Mon, Apr 23, 2018 60 mins
With the end of their provisions in sight, officers contemplate an 800-mile walkout while planning a party to raise the men's worsening spirits.
Episode 7
Horrible From Supper
Mon, Apr 30, 2018 60 mins
As the men begin their long march south for rescue, a series of shocking events underscores how vulnerable and exposed their situation has become.
Episode 8
Terror Camp Clear
Mon, May 7, 2018 60 mins
The death of an officer under mysterious circumstances creates paranoia among the men. Crozier discovers some of the crew may be considering mutiny.
Episode 9
The C, the C, the Open C
Mon, May 14, 2018 60 mins
Hope comes in strange forms, and the question of what the men are willing to do to survive begins to be settled in both noble and horrifying ways.
Episode 10
We Are Gone
Mon, May 21, 2018 60 mins
The Season 1 finale: The expedition's epic journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into.
