[MHGinTN]

Oh come on, you know Freerepublic. What is ‘Turn’? Some of us will not click on a network website.

[Gaffer]

AMC series.....not bad. I downloaded all 10 episodes from DirectV and binge watched. About colonial intrigue and spying in NY, Conn, NY at the time of Howe’s occupation in NY.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Turn is the TV version of the Culper Spy Ring story — George Washington’s web of spies which still have not been completely identified and which helped win the Revolutionary War.

[cripplecreek]

History based Drama. Obviously the drama is added but the history appears to be very solid and its backed up by some very solid acting.

Angus Macfadyen plays my favorite character. Robert Rodgers is an enemy but a truly fascinating historical figure who still affects us today. Our guerrilla warfighting strategies can be traced back to him and Rogers Rules are still used in our military.



They did manage to include a sodomite but it was not in a favorable light.

Lower than a sodomite or a serpent's belly

[cripplecreek]

James Patrick Riley gave it a great review.

Our Take on Turn

I also enjoy a story of the American Revolution that is unashamed to recognize the British as the bad guys. They were, after all, morally compromised, fighting for a cause you can tell they had trouble believing.

We live in a great, though fading republic, and the truth is: we need a lot more of these stories. We shouldn’t be counting them on one hand.

[Mad Dawgg]

It is a decent TV series based on the real life Spy Ring General George Washington and Major Benjamin Tallmadge organized and ran during the Revolutionary War.

Of course there is a good bit of artistic interpretation to flesh out the real life story but it is pretty good. Not as good as John Adams miniseries but AMC puts out a solid product usually.

in fact AMC's shows usually do very well with their only misstep I can think of right now is Rubicon and the series was very good acting and writing but it was billed as an espionage thriller and it was more akin to the slow-paced thrillers made in the 70s like All the President's Men where its all revealing of secrets and intrigue and no car chases and gun fights.

Turn is good. Not as much action but more character interaction and secrets within secrets and how the characters must try to spy for the Rebels and not be detected while living under the rule of the invading British forces.