AMC's Turn Still Offers Great Subject Matter, Hasn't Improved Pace — cinemablend.com

Those who like their spy dramas filled with James Bond or Jason Bourne types will find themselves disappointed with the show’s hero, Abe Woodhull (Jamie Bell), a bumbling young farmer who has made poor decisions at almost every turn. He is roped into working on the Tory side by his prominent father, attending dinners with important officials and running errands for the Brits who occupy his New Jersey town. He’s also tasked with gathering information for the American resistance, delivering that information through his former fiancée, Anna’s (Heather Lind), laundry line. Unfortunately, the spying is more often the stuff of casual questions and answers than of life and death situations. By episode 3, the closest Abe has come to real spying is asking some German soldiers where he will be able to deliver cabbage for sauerkraut in the coming cold months, thus determining the locale of the army. It’s a savvy question, but it doesn’t make for exciting television.

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