Turn: Washington's Spies

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Season 1
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 6, 2014
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 131 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 105 out of 131
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 131
  3. Negative: 8 out of 131
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  1. AMCcritic
    May 21, 2014
    5
    While the concept and story line is quite compelling, I simply cannot get past the incredibly poor quality of the Turn actors' enunciation of their lines. Between the background music, British accents, whispering, and frequent mumbling, I am unable to comprehend about 40% of the spoken dialog. This is incredibly frustrating. Yes, I rewind often to hear the missed dialog again and againWhile the concept and story line is quite compelling, I simply cannot get past the incredibly poor quality of the Turn actors' enunciation of their lines. Between the background music, British accents, whispering, and frequent mumbling, I am unable to comprehend about 40% of the spoken dialog. This is incredibly frustrating. Yes, I rewind often to hear the missed dialog again and again but this does little to help. And I do have excellent hearing with my hearing aids. So why can't the audio director or audio engineer (or better yet, the actors) get their act together on this matter! If the actors' lines don't matter, then why are they written in the first place? Of course, they should matter and be intelligible!… Expand
  2. NikolayG
    Apr 26, 2015
    6
    The show never gripped me; tonight I gave it another try, and was taken out of the story when I heard a father on the show say to his son, "You seem stressed." Hahahaha. I laughed. I never got back into the story. If you don't know why that is hilarious it's because you were born in the 1980s, AFTER "stress' came to be used in this way. It is a new usage, that has not existed for even halfThe show never gripped me; tonight I gave it another try, and was taken out of the story when I heard a father on the show say to his son, "You seem stressed." Hahahaha. I laughed. I never got back into the story. If you don't know why that is hilarious it's because you were born in the 1980s, AFTER "stress' came to be used in this way. It is a new usage, that has not existed for even half my lifetime, and yet in this show it is used in the 1770s. You might as well have a character says, "It's all good" or "Chill!" or "Keep on Truckin'!" Ridiculous. Make at least a minimal effort writers, please. Read books from the times. Give yourselves a rudimentary understanding of language usage of the time.… Expand
  3. Tibster
    Jun 19, 2014
    5
    Good idea, but poorly executed imo. After 4 episodes i got bored, to much talk and no "action". Wont be going back to this show. Could have been so much more.
  4. Manifesto
    Apr 13, 2015
    4
    It feels like a low-budget History Channel reproduction without grit. I find it hilarious all these soldiers and woodmen are out in the wild for weeks, clean faces and bright clean uniforms. It breaks immersion, everything is too clean and sterile, especially the cities. There was a market scene that looked like it was in a warehouse, some of the locations look like modern locations withIt feels like a low-budget History Channel reproduction without grit. I find it hilarious all these soldiers and woodmen are out in the wild for weeks, clean faces and bright clean uniforms. It breaks immersion, everything is too clean and sterile, especially the cities. There was a market scene that looked like it was in a warehouse, some of the locations look like modern locations with historical props. Combined with wooden acting from some of the support characters, the show feels like a children's play than an actual war.… Expand
  5. Scootch
    May 19, 2016
    6
    Good story line and good writing. Fairly historically correct. Suspenseful and makes me want to watch the following week. My only issue is that the "British" accents are far too often "Irish" accents. Pretty bad, at that. The poor accents really detract from the story line.
  6. night4
    Jan 27, 2018
    5
    Very mediocre and very, very uneven.

    Some of the actors and scenes make me feel like I'm actually there. Others make me feel like the actor is in 2015 reading a script, looking for a paycheck. Some of the dialogue feels authentic. Other times it uses words and phrases that are obviously inappropriate for the time. The CGI is bad. The writing is really bad, and is horribly    Very mediocre and very, very uneven.

    Some of the actors and scenes make me feel like I'm actually there. Others make me feel like the actor is in 2015 reading a script, looking for a paycheck.

    Some of the dialogue feels authentic. Other times it uses words and phrases that are obviously inappropriate for the time.

    The CGI is bad. The writing is really bad, and is horribly disrespectful to historical fact. But some of the characters are somewhat likable.    … Expand

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. The Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kristi Turnquist
    Jun 24, 2014
    60
    It's quite a story, but the pilot for Turn takes a long time to get going, and isn't all that compelling.
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  2. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Apr 7, 2014
    83
    Turn is a heart-racer at times. That’s the sign of a thriller done well.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Apr 7, 2014
    50
    Turn should be a lot more exciting than it is. It may eventually get there--but a lot of AMC’s series not named Mad Men, Breaking Bad or The Walking Dead never got there. And that’s an ongoing problem.
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