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Genre: Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
Released: October 23, 2020

The Queen's Gambit: Season 1: Episode 1

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The Queen's Gambit

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Netflix | Air Date: October 23, 2020

Summary: Beth develops a skill for chess after being sent to an orphanage at the age of 9. However, she develops an attachment to the green tranquilizers administered to the children.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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Season 1 Episodes

9.0
S1:E7. End Game
Air Date: October 23, 2020
8.5
S1:E6. Adjournment
Air Date: October 23, 2020
tbd
S1:E5. Fork
Air Date: October 23, 2020

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tanyaferrell

May 8, 2021

The acting, writing, and cinematography of this show is good I suppose. But none of the main characters in the first episode are likeable. And the only character who's nothing but kind, a black female character, gets treated like nothing more than a drug dealer. The other black character, aThe acting, writing, and cinematography of this show is good I suppose. But none of the main characters in the first episode are likeable. And the only character who's nothing but kind, a black female character, gets treated like nothing more than a drug dealer. The other black character, a black man, is a literal medicine dispenser so not far off from being a drug dealer as well. While watching, I also found myself asking "why are there so many men?" Despite this being a female-led show, it's actually very male-dominated and that wouldn't be bad or even noticeable if any one of the male characters were actually likeable, charming, or notably attractive. But they aren't. They're just kind of average and annoying. All that being said, this episode relies so heavily on the precocious kid trope (for humor maybe, though I personally didn't find any of it funny) that I don't think it did a great job of building a relationship between the characters and the audience.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

79
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
- 9.0
  S1:E7. End Game
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
- 8.5
  S1:E6. Adjournment
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E5. Fork
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
- 7.4
  S1:E4. Middle Game
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
- 8.3
  S1:E3. Doubled Pawns
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
- 8.6
  S1:E2. Exchanges
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
- 7.7
  S1:E1. Openings
  Air Date: October 23, 2020