The Queen's Gambit

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The Queen's Gambit (2020)

TV-MA Drama

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In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.

Scott Frank

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Allan Scott

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Series Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy

Elizabeth 'Beth' Harmon

7 Episodes
Chloe Pirrie

Alice Harmon

7 Episodes
Marcin Dorociński

Vasily Borgov

5 Episodes
Matthew Dennis Lewis

Matt

4 Episodes
Russell Dennis Lewis

Mike

4 Episodes
Dolores Carbonari

Margaret

4 Episodes
Janina Elkin

Borgov's Wife

4 Episodes
Harry Melling

Harry Beltik

4 Episodes
Isla Johnston

Young Beth

4 Episodes
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Limited Series

2020 | 7 Episodes

Season 1 of The Queen's Gambit premiered on October 23, 2020.

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I was loving this (pretty much) right up until the last episode when a woke deus ex machina suddenly appears in a Corvair to save the day. The cinematography is nice and the story of triumph rolls right along sans all the normal impediments one might expect. The adoptive mother goes right along with our heroes desire to be a chess champ. I never expected that to be so easy for her, and it was a little too convenient that the father left town and never returned.

There ARE a few other implausibilities that annoyed me, like the fact that an 8 year old would become addicted to tranquilizers to t... read the rest.

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