Turn: Washington's Spies - The Complete Second Season

Exciting show! One of my ultimate favorites! Shipping was fast and the disk is in perfect condition.

Great movie

I got hooked on Season 1 of TURN last Spring via Netflix and my timing was perfect as I finished the final episode of season 1, Season 2 was just starting on AMC. If you thought Season 1 was great (which I did), Season 2 is even more thrilling, more complex, more interesting, and incredible character development. This isn't a military drama, a period piece, or a spy thriller per se. It's a bit of all three and not easily classified. There is a lot of suspense built into S2, which left my heart pounding and on the edge of my seat week after week. The great thing about this series, and one season 2 really builds on, is that both sides of the revolution are presented pretty fairly. The hat does tip towards the "rebels" of course but the redcoats are presented in sympathetic ways, shown to be human in strengths and flaws, and not the typical corny caricature of a British officer in America. It makes the suspense even more wrenching because you develop strong affinity for both sides of the war thanks to the character development the TURN writers have presented.As for the DVD, I was very pleased with the extras. If you follow TURN's website, you'll see there's interviews every week with cast and crew insights. All those interviews are presented episode by episode on the DVD, plus 2 great featurettes of The Treacherous Trio (Andre/Shippen/Arnold) and Washington & Billy Lee. There's a decent amount of deleted/extended scenes. I'm only disappointed this didn't come in BluRay format.

Season 2 is even better than the first. The complexities and richness of the story and characters keeps the viewer riveted to the screen. I am astounded at how the series has developed, with characters developing and extraordinary twists and turns in the plot. Although Abe is the main character the rest of the cast are uniformly superb, and Turn is as much their story as his. Some of the scenes are marvelous, such as the primitive submarine or Simcoe's introduction to the Rangers. It is often uncomfortable as viewers find their sympathies shifting and often contradictory. The theme of sons and fathers (not just by blood) is foregrounded in this series and provides one of the many compelling deeper elements of the story. Like a Dickens novel, characters who never meet are yet inextricably entwined with each other.It is helpful to know something of the history of the period and its aftermath, so that the rejoicing over France joining the war is nuanced by our knowledge that aiding the Americans hastens the financial crisis in France and thus the French Revolution. Similarly, our appreciation of John Andre is tempered by our awareness of what is to come. Turn is a brilliant series, intensified by our knowledge of what was at stake. There are some television series which become classics and I do not doubt that Turn is one of these.

It's a shame I had to buy a European region B DVD with the primary language dubbed in German to be able to own the remainder of this great series. It takes a region-free DVD player and a few menu selections to select the alternate audio track (English) to watch here in the US, but it works. I really enjoyed rewatching !!

Discovered this fabulous program during the pandemic and have been blown away by the incredible attention to story, fact and detail - highly recommend the entire season and a giant request for a resurrection. I've come away from this program with gratitude - and love - for those who fought and gave and sacrificed for America.

I loved the series and even started looking into the actual historic events. It is more historical than I realized and had me on the edge of my seat. I bought this as a gift for my brother-in-law, who will get hooked with me. It arrived safely and quickly, despite the storms on delivery day. It was well protected by the packaging.Once I actually give the dvds to my brother-in-law, I will find out if the problems mentioned in lower ratings reviews are also a problem with the one I bought. I sincerely hope not since it will be too late to return. That said, out of order episodes on play all is not a big issue but I will warn my brother-in-law. I would never notice as I don't use play all.

We was watching the second disc and realized that episode 6 and 7 are in the wrong order. They are labeled correctly, but the episodes are not corresponding to the episode title. A minor issue,but when we watched it we couldn't figure out why it was backtracking. So if any of you are watching the series play episodes 6 and 7 in reverse order.

Enjoying season 1. Looking fwd to starting season 2

Great series. Very exciting!

This is such a high quality, excellent series. One of the best shows I have ever seen. Every thing about it was top notch. I have bought all four seasons of "Turn: Washington's Spies" and they are all of the same excellent quality. Even though the fourth season is only available in German, it does have an English option which plays perfectly with German subtitles. Although, you do need an all regions DVD, Blue-Ray Disc player to be able to play the fourth season and the other three seasons, for that matter, in other regions of the world. Being in Australia, I found this to be necessary. Very happy with this purchase. The purchasing experience was easy and straight forward and the package arrived on time and in excellent condition.

Tout comme la saison 1, celle-ci commence très fort et les Français sont arrivés en Amérique. Un régal. Toujours d'aussi beaux décors.

Extremely good serie, We recommend highly.