Brave the rough seas in AMC’s new television series The Terror, which stars Jared Harris, Ciarán Hinds and Tobias Menzies.
Inspired by a true story, The Terror centers on the British Royal Navy’s perilous voyage into unchartered territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction. Frozen, isolated and stuck at the end of the earth, The Terror highlights all that can go wrong when a group of men, desperate to survive, struggle not only with the elements, but with each other.
Jared Harris plays Captain Francis Crozier, who is captain of the HMS Terror and second in command of the expedition. Francis Crozier is a peerless sailor, but also an Irishman who has reached his glass ceiling in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy. He’s had to accept his second-class status without internalising it even as he sees his accomplishments again and again go unrecognised and his expert advice unheeded. When disaster strikes the expedition and he finally has a chance to prove himself, will he be able to face down his many demons and rise to the challenge of saving his men?
The captain of HMS Erebus and commander of the expedition is Sir John Franklin (Ciarán Hinds), who is an experienced leader with a blemished record in the Royal Navy, a man “everyone likes, but no one respects.” He saw men die under his leadership on a previous polar expedition, and, nearing the end of his uneven career, would like to retire in full glory as the man who finally discovered the Northwest Passage. But despite his best efforts, his ambition puts his men in horrible danger and he must try to undo the damage caused by his Victorian hubris.
Then there’s Captain James Fitzjames (Tobias Menzies), who is second in command of Erebus and third in command of the expedition, James Fitzjames is a rising star in the British Royal Navy. He has secured John Franklin’s confidence in spite of his never having sailed in the polar regions before, and develops an enmity toward Crozier. Fitzjames perceives Crozier as a joyless alcoholic bore, but he secretly knows that Crozier sees through his self-aggrandizing bluster. And Crozier is not wrong: When the expedition finds itself in desperate straits, the confident mask Fitzjames presents to the world begins to slip, revealing a man with crippling secrets.
The Terror stars Jared Harris (The Crown), Ciarán Hinds (Red Sparrow), Tobias Menzies (Outlander), Adam Nagaitis (The Commuter), Paul Ready (Utopia), Nive Nielsen and Ian Hart (The Last Kingdom).
The new series premieres March 26th 9/8c on AMC.
