AMC’s Turn is back for season two.
Here’s our review of the premiere episode…
In fact, Wright was a successful artist in 1770s London.
She really did sculpt figures of the king and queen, though in wax, not clay.
But Wright did get involved in wartime espionageshe sent reports to Benjamin Franklin in Paris.
Even so, the real Patience Wright had a happier fate than the one onTurn.
Historically Gen. William Howe was notorious for his mistress while some authors speculate Maj. John Andre was gay.
The production design is even more handsome.
The CGI-enhanced scenes of New York and its harbor are particularly striking.
And most of the performances remain entertaining in their arch way.
Later the monarch and his ministers send Maj. Robert Rogers to retrieve it.
In fact, he looks a lot more like the surviving engraving of the real Rogers.
We should expect to see him back in New York soon.
But for months Abe has again been moping around his fathers house.
Mary is still casting jealous glares at Anna.
Life in the Continental Army camp also feels familiar.
Now its the fall of 1777, and the British have captured Philadelphia, too.
Washington is under pressure from the Congress and rival generals.
He in turn is putting pressure on Capt.
Benjamin Tallmadge (Seth Numrich) to get more intelligence from Long Island.
He tells his father that he wants to go into New York City to study law.
Andre doesnt realize his own servant Abigail (Idara Victor) is sending his secrets to Setauket.
And by the end of the second hour, Capt.
So many characters and storylines to keep track of!
In one continuity, at least, Townsend turns out to holda lotof secrets.
Rating:
4 out of 5
