I attended the viewing of the first episode of The Queen’s Gambit last Friday. I had watched the series last semester and really enjoyed it so I thought it would be fun to watch the show again and discuss it with peers. During my second viewing, I definitely caught on to more aspects than my first time maybe due to my foreknowledge of the plot allowing me to focus on things that were not the main ideas. Notably, I found the sound effect and music in the episode very interesting. When Beth was playing chess the echo added in every time a piece hit the board was fascinating as it added a sense of urgency to the scene that was out of the ordinary considering she was only learning the game in the basement of the orphanage. The suspense made the viewer feel as if something would happen to Beth soon, but nothing related to chess affected her for the rest of the episode.