OT: The Queen's Gambit Discussion (spoilers)

Feel like I haven't binged a show in a while. This one follows an orphan in her journey to becoming a chess prodigy filled with drug and alcohol addiction. I enjoy playing chess, but it's not something I do regularly, and even then I only really know how the pieces move, none of the theory. I never had any interest in watching people play, so I didn't think this show would interest me that much. But I was wrong, it's definitely more of a drama than being entirely about chess, but there's a bunch of references to chess theory and old chess players. apparently they hired a chess grandmaster as a consultant, I believe he was a world champion? Anyways I really enjoyed the show, definitely helped take my mind off our blowout loss this weekend/the state of out football program :(. Also as a sidenote, most of the show took place in Lexington, Kentucky in the 60s but nobody had a southern accent?

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Hey! It goes beyond big brother in the sky
Beyond the threat of martial law, No Horus eye
No one came to cuff you they just handed you the chain
Blind follows the blind and now the one-eyed man is king

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I criticize knowing full well I could never do what these athletes do.

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I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
β€œI served in the United States Navy"

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Hey! It goes beyond big brother in the sky
Beyond the threat of martial law, No Horus eye
No one came to cuff you they just handed you the chain
Blind follows the blind and now the one-eyed man is king

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I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
β€œI served in the United States Navy"