Episode
The Terror: A Mercy
Overview
With the end of their provisions in sight, officers contemplate a tough, risky strategy while struggling to raise the men's worsening spirits.
Details
- Series
- The Terror
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2018-04-23
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
A Mercy is Episode 6 in Season 1 of The Terror. It aired on 2018-04-23. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 5: First Shot a Winner, Lads
A strange illness begins to show itself while another more familiar one jeopardizes the expedition's most valuable resource: its captain's judgment.
Episode 7: Horrible from Supper
As the men make new attempts to find rescue, a series of shocking events underscores how vulnerable and exposed their situation has become.
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Episode 10: We Are Gone
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