EPISODE
SEASON
TURN: Washingtons Spies - Season 1
A Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence.
26 September 1984, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
17 April 1981, Detroit, Michigan, USA
29 December 1982, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
21 April 1972, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
December 07, 2018
While TURN: Washington's Spies does a great job with capturing the spirit of the time period, I still found myself struggling to fully connect with the characters.
April 04, 2014
Turn isn't bad, but it's also too forgettable to deserve a long look, cool credits or no.
April 04, 2014
[Turn] reveals a more intimate, personal side of the brutal Revolutionary War than we learned in History class.
December 07, 2018
The true strength of Turn, though, isn't in any awkward, abortive romance but in the pictures it paints of real people under pressure, sometimes doing the wrong things for the right reasons and having no way of knowing how it would all turn out.
July 02, 2018
Turn presents a stale depiction of the first band of American spies.
April 04, 2014
Turn does a deft job of making the time period come alive.
December 07, 2018
Though its pilot is on the plodding side, with its promising material and striking setting, I'm rooting for Turn to take a turn for the better.
December 07, 2018
Just good enough to make you wish it were better. The story piques your curiosity, but it takes too long to gain traction. The characters are certainly functional, but they lack compelling quirks. The subject matter is worthy, but it just doesn't crackle.
April 03, 2014
Turn soon begins bogging down, even in the midst of its ongoing unsolved murder mystery and the subsequent capturing of Simcoe after the Colonials get their first big tip from the budding spy ring.
April 03, 2014
It puts a fresh lens on events that shaped America, and in the process it spins a good yarn.
April 04, 2014
An uneven, if promising, period drama set during the American Revolution.
April 04, 2014
It helps that the show is well-acted, and that everything from the fonts to the costumes to the camerawork are gorgeous. You may need a while to puzzle out what's happening on screen, but at least you can enjoy some lovely scenery.
