beth harmon (the queen's gambit) | oh no

I binged this whole miniseries in two days - and by the way, what a great thing miniseries are. 7-10 episodes to tell a whole story, no filler episodes, no unnecessary cliffhangers, we love to see it. I for some reason thought this show would take a way darker turn than it did but really, it did not need to.

What a marvel it is, capturing and keeping the audience's attention by being simply a show about chess. It isn't just that of course, it's a show about loneliness, addiction, obsession, trauma, family and lack there of. All in one single character, Beth Harmon.

Another thing I kept expecting was for them to delve deeper into her past, do lenghthier flashbacks and explanations, but I'm glad they haven't. We really only experience Beth's life, and her past, with her. We get glimpses of memories when she thinks of them, and that's it, but we can piece everything together with what we have already. Her mother was brilliant, but mentally instable. She keeps everyone away for fear of losing them, drowns her sorrows and celebrates her victories with alcohol insead.She is so obssessed with chess and so used to living in her own head, up until she is adopted and for some time after that she doesn't even awknowledge that there's a world beyond hers.

It's just a very interesting show centered around a character study which could have been deeper but also works the way it is, kind of letting the audience fill in the blanks and just follow along this crazy ride with beth herself.

This song seemed pretty accurate for the show and the character but I'm lazy and the editing is packed so I cut it.

enjoy!

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