Could a Turn: Washington’s Spies season 5 ever happen? Is it needed?
Well, it makes sense that there could be a demand for more of the show. After all, you just need to remember for a moment here that it delivered at least consistent ratings throughout the final season, and there are many people still very much interested and eager to get some more of it moving forward.
Yet, it also feels pretty definitive at the present that the show is at the end of the road, and there’s not really a whole lot of story left to tell. In the closing minutes, Abe’s narration by and large summed up what transpired with himself, Brewster, Ben, Simcoe, and many other characters.
The best way to look at the series is as follows: Turn: Washington’s Spies was a series largely about the Culper Ring, and the purpose of the ring is over now that the Revolutionary War is at an end. There’s no more need to continue this story.
What can be done instead?
What we would consider if we were working behind the scenes with the show is rather simple: We’d look at creating a future series that looks at a different part of this era, whether it be the crafting of the Constitution, the War of 1812, the Louisiana Purchase, or some other big event in American history during its first fifty years. Concentrate more on that, given that this is a period that often doesn’t get much due in the media. We see many stories out there about the Revolutionary War and then many about the Civil War, but not all that many in between. In giving us a new series featuring some of these characters, the legacy of Turn can very much still be alive.
We do think that AMC does now have a tremendous reputation when it comes to crafting smart, intelligent period dramas. Just remember that they also had another brilliant show in Hell on Wheels that focused on a separate but important era of American history, and their Saturday-night timeslot is a great place to focus on this. We suppose in some ways you could consider Halt and Catch Fire in this vein given that it’s not set in the present, but we think of it more about global achievement than something that specifically impacts the United States and the country’s future.
We’ll let you know if there is something more that happens, but we’re not banking on it at present.
What do you think: Should there be a Turn: Washington’s Spies season 5? Share in the comments below! Meanwhile, head over here to get some additional news now on Turn, including a review for the finale. (Photo: AMC.)
Marjie Kershaw
August 17, 2017 @ 3:51 pm
A few years ago, I took my kids to Washington DC. In the Smithsonian Museum of American History there is a place to leave comments and suggestions about what people would like to learn more. Numerous suggestions were for more information about the War of 1812, so I would think there would certainly be a viable viewing audience for this era of American history. The era in between the wars was also fraught with discord concerning the very real problem of Revolutionary War veterans not receiving their pay and the depression along with riots that ensued, the Articles of Confederation, the formation of political parties, and the Constitutional Congress and the struggle for ratification.
I was always impressed by Turn that many of the characters were based on actual people and events, and I would love to see that tradition continue. I would love to see characters refer to Simcoe and his influence on Upper Canada (now known as Ontario). Among other things, the real John Graves Simcoe founded a city there. You may have heard of it: Toronto. So many possibilities!!!
A devoted turn fan.
August 16, 2017 @ 4:34 pm
There are lots of ways to continue from Washinton’s presidency, the war of 1812 which all the spies were still alive.
aloha
August 16, 2017 @ 5:25 am
Turn : Washington Spies was a great needed series & hit! Sorry to see it end? I disagree that there’s no way forward to continue this kind of series? The period of establishing America following the Revolution was just as extraordinary as our fight for Independence? In our struggle to establish a new country there were endless challenges especially for Washington, connected with that story? If you view the George Washington miniseries (Barry Bostwick)” Forging of a Nation”from 1980’s for example, it depicts many high hurdles experienced in that process as the first new President? There were many endless intrigues & unexpected opposition in the Constitutional Convention, Patrick Henry opposing it, as well as how that great document was passed & conceived with Franklin’s help?
How about TURN:Washington Spies, The Forging of a Nation?