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The Queen’s Gambit: The Real History Behind Beth’s Green Pills – Den of Geek
Are the green pills in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit for real? Well, yes…and no.
In the series, fellow orphan-turned-older sister figure Jolene (Moses Ingram) slyly advises Beth to wait and take the green ones right before bed, otherwise they turn off right when you need them to turn on. For Beth, that means that they put her in an altered state; once she is introduced to a chessboard, the pills allow her to hallucinate the pieces on her bedroom ceiling, mapping out moves late into the night.
While Beths reactions to the sedatives initially seem quaint, it soon becomes clear…
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