Episode 11 (and 9) are great examples of how good the series COULD be. [EDIT AS OF 9/15/14: So episode 11 just happened. That being said, they don't make up for a lot of what happened before them. The final 3 episodes that aired after I reviewed were pretty decent compared to the rest of the show. The Queen’s Gambit episode 4 entices a social life for Beth and a heartthrob for her mother in a chapter that sees challenges, missed opportunities and tragedy.[EDIT AS OF 9/23/14: So it finished. You can sense she is going to be self-destructive from here. On the plane, Beth orders a drink and toasts to her mother on the empty seat next to her. Wheatley tells her that he doesn’t want to be involved and gives her some quick advice regarding the house. Wheatley and tells him that she’s dead and she’s not sure where to bury her. The hotel manager tells Beth that her bill will be paid for her. The endingĪfterward, Beth is shocked, and she asks the doctor if she can have any tranquilizers. Afterward, she admits she couldn’t help but feel that she’d already lost she was surprised by how unimaginative his moves were - as she tells her mother this, she realizes she isn’t moving. Beth notices that her mother isn’t in the audience and gets irritated. Like in the previous chapter, Beth’s weakness seems to be herself - she plays the player rather than the game, and it is her undoing. In the elevator, the Russians talk to Borgov about destroying her - Borgov highlights that she’s an orphan and losing isn’t an option for her so she will fight as she has nothing else to live for. When Beth looks at the tournament board, she realizes she’s against Borgov - the nerves kick in. It’s time…Īfterward, she finds her mother playing the piano for an audience. As she walks off, Georgi says, “Until you play Borgov”. He’s confused, and Beth tells him he’s the best she’s played. Beth suggests that if he wins a championship at 16, he will have nothing to do with the rest of his life. Georgi says he wants to be champion at 16. Beth admits to him that she’s never been to a drive-in cinema before. Georgi finally resigns - it was clearly a lesson Beth’s original teacher taught her - respect the game and resign if it is over. The next day, Beth has to continue playing Georgi - she strangely walks away while waiting for his move and then comes back and makes her move, then walks away again. Afterward, Georgi asks Beth about American movies.
After five hours, the Russian boy asks her to seal her move. “Middle Game” sees her mother markedly making a point about her moves.īeth plays against a Russian boy named Georgi in the tournament which lasts a long time. The Queen’s Gambit constantly shows Beth as being unable to relax and relying on replaying chess plays in her head. Wheatley tells Beth about a pen pal she’s always had named Manuel and they are meeting him in Mexico airport before the tournament. Beth tells her one of the tournaments is in Paris. She gets her a gift that is an expensive watch. Wheatley has a lifelong pen palīeth graduates and her mother is proud.
Beth lets her mother know she will not back for another night and that she’s been with a boy. The next morning, the students leave her a spliff - she cleans and tidies up for them while drinking and smoking. Beth likes to partyīeth ends up hooking up with the student from class - he dry humps her, and it’s clearly not the experience she anticipated in her head. The fourth episode sees Beth coming out of her shell more and slightly struggling with her social life while attempting to dominate the world of chess. While at a party, she rings her mother and tells her she is partying with college students and asks her to go to bed. A man asks her if she’d like to hang out - he recognizes her as the co-champion of the US Open. Episode 4 begins with Beth in a Russian language lesson - she’s serious about dominating the world.
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