The Queen's Gambit

Exactly. I am reminded of my first impressions of Ravi Malek in Mr. Robot; how his odd and imperfectly fascianting appearance so beautifully delivered an added, crucial element to the story.

Indeed. While I may quibble with its conventionalism, I, too, inwardly cheered just as hard as when Jimmy Chitwood drained the final shot.

I told my wife, when Beth saw that plaza full of chess players for the first time, "This series is going to end right back here," though I wasn't sure with Beth as queen or just another pawn sacrificed to the chess gods. Either could have been played well.

 

Yep. (To the tune of, “She’s got...) Ravi Malek’s eyes. Like a combination of Ravi Malek and Tilda Swinton.
And sometimes, quite often actually, I root for the Hoosiers and happy endings. (Good name for a song.)

 

I thought the last episode was terrific, resolved the show perfectly....minor spoiler alert.....I thought it was pretty cool how she almost seemed more comfortable and even liked being in Russia than America...mainly because of the wild popularity of chess in the USSR back in that time. I will reiterate...I loved the show.

 

If she was smart (and it's fairly obvious that she was), she would have, though she did ultimately develop a supportive community of her own in the States. Nice that they left it open.

 

I dunno... Something about that red hair...

 

I'd be careful about bringing a red-haired wig home and suggesting...

 

Good show, solid 8.5... Would have been a 9.5 if Bobby Fischer was the love interest...

 

she also played a blonde in the "peaky blinders" another great netflx series

 

EEEEEWWWW!!!!

 

I finished it last night. Excellent!