New Show: TURN

[lostdragonfound]

About the Show:
Based on Alexander Rose’s book Washington’s Spies, AMC’s TURN tells the untold story of America’s first spy ring. A historical thriller set during the Revolutionary War, TURN centers on Abe Woodhull (Jamie Bell), a farmer living in British-occupied Long Island who bands together with his childhood friends to form the Culper Ring -- an unlikely team of secret agents who not only went on to help George Washington turn the tide of the war but also gave birth to modern spycraft.*

It Airs Sundays on AMC
Season One is 10 Episodes
Episode 1x01 aired Sunday April 6th
A new episode airs this Sunday!

Turn Related Links:
*Turn on AMC
*'Turn', AMC's New Series About America's First Spy Ring, Is a Visually Arresting Historical Epic (SPOILERS)
*AMC's latest drama tries to set up a grand story of America's first spy ring but forgets to be exciting in the process (SPOILERS)
*AMC's Revolutionary War Spy Drama 'Turn' Unfurls with 2.1 Million Viewers Watching
*AMC'S 'Turn' TV Series Motivates Virginia to Debut New Revolutionary War Trail
*Jamie Bell on Playing Spy Games in AMC's Turn (SPOILERS)
*Turn 1x01 AV Club Review (SPOILERS)



Has anyone checked this show out yet? Anyone plan to?
If you’ve seen the pilot, do you plan to keep on watching?
Would you recommend it to others?
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*Show synopsis shamelessly cut and pasted from the AMC website

Comments

[lostdragonfound]

I hadn't even heard of this until last week when someone asked for us to put it on the list.

After I wrote up this post (but before I actually posted it) I watched the pilot.

I enjoyed it. I found it a little slow in parts (the pilot is around an hour or so, though episodes following are supposed to be in the general 40 min. range.)but it was pretty good. I was slightly confused for a bit.

My history is rusty and this isn't my favorite period. We'll ignore the fact that I've lived in New England all of my life and should really know this history better...Though this takes place in New York.

It had battle field level gore (for that time period). They mostly just started to introduce the spy stuff in the pilot.

I liked the main character. I will probably at least check out the next episode and unless it takes a severe downslide or something I will most likely stick it out the season. We'll see.

Anyone else see it yet?

[juliet316]

Missed the first episode. I don't know if I'll watch or not as I'm kind of burned out on trying new shows ATM between Walking Dead's finale (is it October yet?), Agents of SHIELD (and still not sure if it'll get a second season) picking up it's pace and waiting torturously for Doctor Who to finally come back. But I've always been interested in this time period, so perhaps I'll give this a shot.

[alorarose]

I downloaded the first ep of this to try, I liked that the main character was a farmer from Long Island (where I love). Waiting til after Tax Day to sit down and watch though, haha.

[eevilalice]

I watched and liked it, though I agree with one of the links above that it wasn't as exciting as I'd anticipated. I'm most interested in the characters (Abraham, Anna, Caleb) and felt confused by some of what was going on but made allowances owing to pilot-related must-get-the-concept-established!-ness. I haven't seen enough to recommend it, but I'll definitely watch it again and I wasn't antsy watching it.