Turn: Washington's Spies is a TV series, that aired from April 6, 2014 to August 12, 2017 on AMC. It is based on the novel, Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring.
Turn: Washington's Spies was originally referred to as Turn during season one; "Washington's Spies" was later added to the title starting with season two.
Overview[]
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Turn: Origins | March 26, 2014 | |||
The roots of the friendship of Abe Woodhull, Anna Strong, Caleb Brewster and Ben Tallmadge form during their childhood. A British occupation of their hometown of Setauket turns a farmer, a tavern owner, a whaleboatman, and a rebel soldier into Washington’s most valuable assets. | |||||
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Season 1 | April 6, 2014 – June 8, 2014 | |||
Abe Woodhull, a farmer living in British-occupied Long Island 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. | |||||
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"Rivals" | April 10, 2015 – April 15, 2015 | |||
George Washington and Robert Rogers weren’t always enemies. In fact, they were once warriors who fought on the same side, until a series of events pitted the man of reason and the man of blood against one another. | |||||
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Season 2 | April 13, 2015 – June 8, 2015 | |||
The Patriot cause has suffered the crushing loss of their capital city of Philadelphia to the British. Washington’s army faces desertion and death, and the embattled general faces conspirators from within his own ranks, as well as personal demons he keeps hidden from the men he leads. Washington's closest ally in these dark times is also his most celebrated battle commander, Benedict Arnold -- a friend whose growing discontent will threaten the fate of the Revolution. Outnumbered and outgunned on the battlefield, Washington is counting on his ring of young spies and his greatest hope, Abe Woodhull, a lone civilian deep behind enemy lines, who finds he has little left to lose and is willing to risk everything he has left... including his soul. | |||||
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Season 3 | April 25, 2016 – June 27, 2016 | |||
Behind enemy lines on Long Island, Abe Woodhull is a spy for the Patriots, reporting directly to George Washington. Embedded within the Continental Army, Benedict Arnold is seduced to become an informant for the British. As the consequences of their espionage ripple through the battlefield, the spy game becomes a heart-stopping race to see which mole will be unmasked first. In 1778, there is only one fate that awaits a captured spy –- the hangman’s noose. The price for treason is blood, and not all of the heroes will survive. | |||||
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Season 4 | June 17, 2017 – August 12, 2017 | |||
Notorious traitor Benedict Arnold takes his revenge on George Washington by rounding up suspected rebel spies to impress his new British commanders. Meanwhile, Abe Woodhull and the other members of the Culper Ring escape Arnold’s clutches and unintended consequences compel Abe to seek revenge.
For his side to prevail, Abe must forsake his bloodlust and turn his attention toward the one thing that truly matters: winning the war. |
Characters[]
By most recent rank and alphabetical.
Character | Year | |||||
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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||
Comic | Season | Comic | Season | |||
Turn: Origins | Season 1 | "Rivals" | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | |
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Patriots | ||||||
President George Washington |
Mentioned | Ian Kahn | Appears | Ian Kahn | ||
Bryan Adrian (young) |
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General Horatio Gates |
David Bryan Jackson | |||||
General Charles Scott |
Michael Gaston | Mentioned | Mentioned | |||
Colonel Alexander Hamilton |
Sean Haggerty | |||||
Colonel John Jameson |
Jay Paulson | |||||
Major Benjamin Tallmadge |
Appears | Seth Numrich | Appears | Seth Numrich | ||
Captain Nathan Hale |
Corpse | Mentioned | Jeff Cole (flashback) |
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Captain Samuel Tallmadge |
Mentioned | Mentioned | ||||
Lieutenant Caleb Brewster |
Appears | Daniel Henshall | Daniel Henshall | |||
Lieutenant Randall |
Dillon Casey | |||||
Sergeant John Champe |
Chris Webster | |||||
Cyrus | Steve Lenz | |||||
Selah Strong | Appears | Robert Beitzel | Mentioned | Robert Beitzel | ||
Terrence | Ryan Ladue | Mentioned | ||||
Paul Revere | Mentioned | |||||
Abigail | Appears | Idara Victor | Idara Victor | |||
John Adams | Mentioned | |||||
Benjamin Franklin | Portrait | |||||
Thomas Jefferson | Mentioned | Mentioned | ||||
Nathaniel Sackett | Stephen Root | Mentioned | Stephen Root | Mentioned | ||
Anna Strong | Appears | Heather Lind | Heather Lind | |||
Robert Townsend | Nick Westrate | |||||
Martha Washington | Mentioned | Lilli Birdsell | ||||
Abraham Woodhull | Appears | Jamie Bell | Jamie Bell | Jamie Bell | ||
Dale G. Gattis (old) | ||||||
Patience Wright | Kate MacCluggage | |||||
Gideon Standish | Tim Parati | |||||
Rachel Standish | Terry Menefee Gau | |||||
Nathaniel Tallmadge | Boris McGiver | Mentioned | ||||
Judge Richard Woodhull | Appears | Kevin McNally | Kevin McNally | |||
Loyalists | ||||||
King George III |
Mentioned | Paul Rhys | Mentioned | Paul Rhys | ||
Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe |
Appears | Samuel Roukin | Samuel Roukin | |||
General Henry Clinton |
Mentioned | Appears | Ralph Brown | |||
General Charles Cornwallis |
Jessejames Locorriere | Mentioned | Jessejames Locorriere | |||
General Benedict Arnold |
Mentioned | Owain Yeoman | ||||
Colonel William Bradford |
Mitch Eakins | |||||
Colonel Jonathan Cooke |
Jonny Coyne | Jonny Coyne | ||||
Major John André |
JJ Feild | Appears | JJ Feild | Mentioned | ||
Major Edmund Hewlett |
Burn Gorman | Burn Gorman | ||||
Captain Charles Joyce |
Appears | L. Derek Leonidoff | Mentioned | |||
Captain Wakefield |
Ashley Smith | Ashley Smith | ||||
Captain Thomas Woodhull |
Appears | Mentioned | Mentioned | |||
Lieutenant Gamble |
Adam J. Harrington | |||||
Ensign Baker |
Thomas Keegan | Mentioned | ||||
Ensign Clayton |
Adam Brock | Mentioned | ||||
Akinbode | Aldis Hodge | Aldis Hodge | Mentioned | Aldis Hodge | ||
Sarah Livingston | Elizabeth Blackmore | Mentioned | ||||
Peggy Shippen | Ksenia Solo | |||||
Neutral | ||||||
Thomas "Sprout" Woodhull | Appears | Cabell Chase | Cabell Chase | |||
Ellis Chase | Ellis Chase | |||||
Other | ||||||
Robert Rogers | Angus Macfadyen | Appears | Angus Macfadyen | |||
Mary Woodhull | Appears | Meegan Warner | Meegan Warner | |||
Deceased prior to Revolutionary War | ||||||
General Edward Braddock |
Appears | |||||
Major Lawrence Washington |
Jesse Ruda (flashback) |
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Rebecca Woodhull | Mentioned |
Behind the Scenes[]
Music[]
- Main article: Songs featured on Turn: Washington's Spies
In addition to the musical score composed by Marco Beltrami for every episode, several songs have been featured on Turn: Washington's Spies including "Hush", for the opening titles and "Turpin Hero", for the first episode.
Links and references[]
External links[]
- Turn: Washington's Spies - official site
- Turn: Washington's Spies at Wikipedia
- Turn: Washington's Spies at the Internet Movie Database
Turn franchise |
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Turn: Washington's Spies (April 6, 2014 – August 12, 2017) Turn: Origins • "Rivals" Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 |