The storyline about Beth Harmon's rise to chess champion was quite interesting. She was very intense on her focus of the game and her desire to get better and better. The actress did a great job of showing that. The other half of the storyline was devoted to her adoption of the hedonistic lifestyle. We finally started to fast forward past all the incredibly boring scenes of drugs, drinking, and sex. The first few episodes were really focused on the chess and then as the series went on, we saw more of her foibles and far less chess. Someone said this series was generally acceptable for children, but I would never let my children watch this after the third episode or so.