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Season 1

Limited Series

Limited Series

Season 1

Limited Series

  • Air date:2020-10-23
  • User score:
    8.3
  • Number of episodes:7
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.

List of Episodes

Openings
S1E1
8.3

Air date: 2020-10-23

Runtime: 59 min

Sent to an orphanage at age 9, Beth develops an uncanny knack for chess — and a growing dependence on the green tranquilizers given to the children.

Exchanges
S1E2
8.3

Air date: 2020-10-23

Runtime: 65 min

Suddenly plunged into a confusing new life in suburbia, teenage Beth studies her high school classmates and hatches a plan to enter a chess tournament.

Doubled Pawns
S1E3
8.2

Air date: 2020-10-23

Runtime: 46 min

The trip to Cincinnati launches Beth and her mother into a whirlwind of travel and press coverage. Beth sets her sights on the U.S. Open in Las Vegas.

Middle Game
S1E4
8.2

Air date: 2020-10-23

Runtime: 49 min

Russian class opens the door to a new social scene. In Mexico City, Beth meets the intimidating Borgov, while her mother cozies up to a pen pal.

Fork
S1E5
8.1

Air date: 2020-10-23

Runtime: 48 min

Back home in Kentucky, a shaken Beth reconnects with a former opponent who offers to help sharpen her game ahead of the U.S. Championship.

Adjournment
S1E6
8.2

Air date: 2020-10-23

Runtime: 60 min

After training with Benny in New York, Beth heads to Paris for her rematch with Borgov. But a wild night sends her into a self-destructive spiral.

End Game
S1E7
8.5

Air date: 2020-10-23

Runtime: 68 min

A visit from an old friend forces Beth to reckon with her past and rethink her priorities — just in time for the biggest match of her life.

Top Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy

Beth Harmon

Chloe Pirrie

Chloe Pirrie

Alice Harmon

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