The episode starts on a more optimistic mode, with Beth travelling with Benny to New York, where they really spent most of the time honing up her chess skills, though Beth is at first a bit shocked that Benny's apartment is rather a shabby basement. She beats him in speed chess a couple of times, though. Benny also keeps her away from alcohol. Things seem to be promising but a day before her rematch against Borgov, she breaks her fast from alcohol and is hangover the next day so that she comes late to the game and cannot concentrate so she is beaten by Borgov again. At home, she has new problems as her adoptive father wants to get the house back, fortunately Beth has enough money to buy it from him. She starts redecorating the house, but soon falls into a terrible drinking binge, it is really sad to see her in this state, destroying her life and her talent. She rejects help from Harry, who genuinely cares about her and checks on her a couple of times. The ending of the episode is hopeful, as Jolene found her and maybe she would help her out of the addiction? though taking into account that it was Jolene that gave her "advice" about the pills at the orphanage, things can possibly get worse? I guess Beth would become a drunk and waste her chess skills completely.
Review by ladysherlockianBlockedParentSpoilers2021-11-28T16:54:05Z
The episode starts on a more optimistic mode, with Beth travelling with Benny to New York, where they really spent most of the time honing up her chess skills, though Beth is at first a bit shocked that Benny's apartment is rather a shabby basement. She beats him in speed chess a couple of times, though. Benny also keeps her away from alcohol. Things seem to be promising but a day before her rematch against Borgov, she breaks her fast from alcohol and is hangover the next day so that she comes late to the game and cannot concentrate so she is beaten by Borgov again. At home, she has new problems as her adoptive father wants to get the house back, fortunately Beth has enough money to buy it from him. She starts redecorating the house, but soon falls into a terrible drinking binge, it is really sad to see her in this state, destroying her life and her talent. She rejects help from Harry, who genuinely cares about her and checks on her a couple of times. The ending of the episode is hopeful, as Jolene found her and maybe she would help her out of the addiction? though taking into account that it was Jolene that gave her "advice" about the pills at the orphanage, things can possibly get worse? I guess Beth would become a drunk and waste her chess skills completely.