October Review
On my spare time over the summer, I came upon a show that caught my eye. Endgame, a Canadian drama that focuses on a chess grandmaster Arkady Balagan. As soon as I saw the poster for it, I was excited because I was fascinated with chess at the time. I loved watching it and analyze it move by move. The series is about a former world chess champion who has witnessed the murder of his fiancée and develops a debilitating case of agoraphobia. Fear of places that cause panic, hopelessness or embarrassment. Because of this Balagan is forced to stay in the hotel and not leave. He is also running out of money and need to find a way to stay at the hotel no matter what. Balagan becomes a detective using his analytical skills. He has his 'pawns', friends as well. A chess fanatic Sam, hotel bartender, Danni, housekeeper Alcina, and his fiancée's sister, Pippa. The hotel security manager, Hugo, tries to stop Balagan every chance he gets.
The usual plot is that some sort of conflict occurs that needs a brilliant brain to analyze the situation which is Balagan, the ultimate detective. He employs his main strengths which are remembering things and creating a scene with the things and information that he has already analyzed. He must then lead forward onto another topic. Sam does his spying outside the Huxley hotel and collects information to report back to Balagan. It's really cool to get an insight into a chess player's head and how they think. All the memorizing and analyzing he does is unbelievable, thus incredible. This actually portrays a life of an intelligent man who is ill with a fear of leaving the Huxley because his fiancé was assassinated by someone. The moral for me I think that, When life throws you under the big bus and crushes you, be resilient but also find answers and build on everything as you go along; do what your good and then charge for it while still earning a profession and a title.
Review of Endgame
