Brilliant! So many great characters are introduced to the audience that QB is just begging for a season 2. Setting, scenery, clothes, history, locations--all envelop you and take you back to a much different era in the world. Like all "sports movies," a few of the playing scenes nearly bog the series down, but the body language of the characters while playing is so fascinating that the juxtaposition is well worth it. Can't help but to think the chess players of yesteryear depicted in QB would be the Steve Jobses, Bill Gateses, Jeff Zuckerbergs, Fakers, et al, of today. And, Jolene tells it like it is!