Beth tells Alma she spent the night with a boy
Beth phones home to say she won't be back; Alma's worry turns into a wry warning about famous last words.
Series · 2020
The Queen's Gambit
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
3h 36m
of essential The Queen's Gambit
133 moments · 7 episodes
Episodes
Every episode with moments, in order. Each one lists its moments on its own page.
Season 1
3h 36m of moments from 6h 35m of episodes · 133 moments
Episode 1
Openings
20 moments · 32 min of 59 min
Episode 2
Exchanges
20 moments · 34 min of 65 min
Episode 3
Doubled Pawns
18 moments · 24 min of 46 min
Episode 4
Middle Game
18 moments · 24 min of 49 min
Episode 5
Fork
16 moments · 26 min of 48 min
Episode 6
Adjournment
19 moments · 30 min of 60 min
Episode 7
End Game
22 moments · 46 min of 68 min
Playlists
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Beth Harmon's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Beth Harmon, in story order. Played by Anya Taylor-Joy.
109 moments · 3h 01mby Favseen
Alma Wheatley's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Alma Wheatley, in story order. Played by Marielle Heller.
31 moments · 40 minby Favseen
Beth Harmon & Alma Wheatley
The Queen's Gambit
An adoptive mother who found a business partner, and a daughter who found a home. 31 scenes together, in story order.
31 moments · 40 minby Favseen
Young Beth's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Young Beth, in story order. Played by Isla Johnston.
22 moments · 35 minby Favseen
Benny Watts's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Benny Watts, in story order. Played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
19 moments · 33 minby Favseen
Beth Harmon & Benny Watts
The Queen's Gambit
The two best players in America, across a board and a bed. 19 scenes together, in story order.
19 moments · 33 minby Favseen
Jolene's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Jolene, in story order. Played by Moses Ingram.
17 moments · 31 minby Favseen
Harry Beltik's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Harry Beltik, in story order. Played by Harry Melling.
13 moments · 26 minby Favseen
Mr. Shaibel's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Mr. Shaibel, in story order. Played by Bill Camp.
11 moments · 15 minby Favseen
Beth Harmon & Jolene
The Queen's Gambit
The friend from the orphanage who comes back when it matters. 10 scenes together, in story order.
10 moments · 19 minby Favseen
Beth Harmon & Vasily Borgov
The Queen's Gambit
The world champion she has to beat. 9 scenes together, in story order.
9 moments · 23 minby Favseen
D.L. Townes's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring D.L. Townes, in story order. Played by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd.
9 moments · 18 minby Favseen
Vasily Borgov's Best Moments
The Queen's Gambit
Every The Queen's Gambit moment featuring Vasily Borgov, in story order. Played by Marcin Dorociński.
9 moments · 23 minby Favseen
Characters
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Stoned Beth becomes 'Beth Nimrod' at a college party
Beth, high at a Russian-class party, trades deadpan lines with a student who has no idea who the US Open co-champion is.
Alice's lesson: the strongest person isn't scared to be alone
Beth's mother's voice opens the episode with her creed about solitude and the danger of letting other people tell you what to want.
Alice refuses to open the trailer door
A flashback: Beth's father finally tracks Alice down to a trailer in the middle of nowhere, and she sends him away for good while little Beth listens.
Orphaned on New Circle Road
Police survey the wreck with barely a scratch on the child; a newspaper clipping tells the staff who nine-year-old Elizabeth Harmon is and what she has lost.
Alice confronts Paul on his doorstep, then calls Beth a rounding error
Cold open: Alice drives to Paul's house begging for help, is turned away, and tells five-year-old Beth she is a problem to solve.
Nightmare of Alice: close your eyes
Exhausted before the Borgov match, Beth relives her mother's row with Paul and the last moments in the car before the crash.
Beth leaves the car and plays with the old men in the park
On the way to the airport Beth stops the car, walks to a Moscow park where the old men recognize Liza Harmon, and sits down to play.
Study montage: I can fight against anyone but time
Beth reads the masters' words on attack and regret while Harry walks her through Smyslov versus Botvinnik and a possibly drugged tea.
Philidor, Diderot and why Harry fixed his teeth
Harry warns about going mad for vanity's sake, then confesses he was waiting for Beth to come back; she answers with Morphy and his shoes.
Harry admits he doesn't love chess the way Beth does
Over breakfast Harry says he's taught her all he knows and is leaving for his apartment; she has helped him see he isn't obsessed enough to win it all.
Final against Beltik: Beth loses her cool
Harry Beltik strolls in late with coffee, the game goes badly, and Beth retreats to the bathroom to swear at the mirror and pull herself together.