S01E03 · SCENE 5/24 · 10:51
The Buys · The Pit
Teaching Chess as Metaphor for Drug Trade
D'Angelo teaches Bodie and Wallace how to play chess using the Barksdale organization as an analogy.
10:51→14:21
in the episode · 3m 30s · S01E03
What happens
10:51–14:21He explains the roles of the king, queen, rooks, and pawns, drawing parallels to Avon, Stringer, the stash, and soldiers.
Key lines
from this scene12:38Remind me of Stringer.
13:38he gets to be queen.
14:09They be out of the game early.
14:12Unless they're some smart-ass pawns.
Scene DNA
weights 0–1Beats
12:00Chess as drug trade metaphor
Scene in the episode
10:51–14:21Clips from this episode
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D'Angelo BarksdaleLarry Gilliard, Jr.27 episodes · drives 18 scenes
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