This past spring, when we entered the first lockdown, I departed from the usual movie review to recommend something longer and more binge-ableâsomething that could eat up more of those quarantine hours. It was Michael Jordanâs âThe Last Dance.â Now, as we enter our second lockdown (or is it the third? Or fourth?), I again turn to a TV series as a cure to the doldrums that ail us all. This time it is âThe Queenâs Gambit.â
I needed this show. Just as I needed âThe Last Danceâ to ease my peak corona-anxiety, so too I needed the fast-paced, edgy âThe Queenâs Gambitâ to lift my bored, bored spirits.