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The Terror

Drama, Horror, Thriller · 2018 · Rated 7.2/10

Last aired: S3 E6, Starry Night · 2026-06-11

The Terror is an American anthology television series exploring historical speculative fiction based on true events. The series is named after Dan Simmons's 2007 novel, which serves as the basis for the first season and is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to the Arctic in 1845–1848. The second season, subtitled Infamy, bears no relation to the book or first season and is mostly set in an American-run Japanese internment camp during World War II.

Cast

Jared Harris Francis Crozier

Paul Ready Dr. Henry Goodsir

Adam Nagaitis Cornelius Hickey

Tobias Menzies James Fitzjames

Ciarán Hinds Sir John Franklin

Ian Hart Thomas Blanky

Nive Nielsen Lady Silence

Derek Mio Chester Nakayama

Cristina Rodlo Luz Ojeda

Shingo Usami Henry Nakayama

Naoko Mori Asako Nakayama

Miki Ishikawa Amy Yoshida

George Takei Nobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san

Kiki Sukezane Yuko Tanabe

Dan Stevens Peter "Pepper" Coffin

Hampton Fluker Scotch Tape

Judith Light Dorinda "Dorry"

CCH Pounder Miss Chris

Bianca Norwood Lucretia "Loochie"

John Benjamin Hickey Dr. Walter

Aasif Mandvi Dr. Anand

Chinaza Uche Kofi "Coffee" Osei

Michael Aronov Huey

Marin Ireland Dewey

Season 3

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3

E1 November in My Soul 2026-05-07 · 42 min Pepper is defending his girlfriend when he's arrested and committed for an involuntary 72 hour psych hold.

E2 Disturbed 2026-05-14 · 46 min Pepper meets his roommate, Coffee; weird sounds in the ceiling; Pepper is visited by a bloody former inhabitant of New Hyde and attacked by a mysterious entity; Marisol visits and Pepper gets into it with Loochie; Pepper gets ahold of staff keys.

E3 New York in June 2026-05-21 · 48 min The staff take the patients for pizza and it's total chaos.

E4 A Number in the System 2026-05-28 · 46 min When the silver door opens, Coffee finds gunfire and gore.

E5 Vermillion 2026-06-04 · 44 min Director Cleave investigates a death. New Hyde will be closed; Dorry's first trip to New Hyde; Dr. Walter does an unnecessary lobotomy; the devil wants out; Miss Chris opens the silver door; Dorry losses everything, Anand pays the price.

E6 Starry Night 2026-06-11 · 45 min A big storm and no power. Everyone is trapped inside.

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