TURN Season 2

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The second season of Turn: Washington’s Spies reaches for a climax with the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, which the British and Continental armies fought in New Jersey on June 28, 1778. The Crown forces were marching from Philadelphia, which they had held since the previous fall, back to their stronghold of New York City. The Americans attacked the British rear.

The two armies contained about 25,000 soldiers, slightly more British than Americans. They fought nearly all day to a standstill. The weather was so hot that nearly a hundred men died of heat stroke. The British then continued their march to New York, unhindered by further large attacks. The Continentals claimed victory because they had, after months of training at Valley Forge, performed better in a pitched battle than ever before.

Unfortunately, the scale of the Monmouth battle is simply beyond what Turn can portray. Last season’s fight at Setauket, which was merely a skirmish, was hard enough. But the series budget shrinks this extended battle involving thousands of men into a few thin lines of soldiers firing at each other and every so often flopping over dramatically but bloodlessly. No amount of slow-motion montage and auxiliary CGI can make the result look impressive.

As in history, the Battle of Monmouth leads to the downfall of Gen. Charles Lee (Brian T. Finney) after a confrontation with Gen. George Washington (Ian Kahn). In Turn, Lee has secretly been working for Maj. John Andre (JJ Feild) of British intelligence. In real life, Lee was probably loyal only to his own ego, and he didn’t go as quietly as his fictional counterpart.

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Actors: Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind, Jamie Bell, Kevin McNally, Seth Numrich
Directors: Not Available
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: Not Rated
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
DVD Release Date: March 22, 2016
Run Time: 438 minutes