ff i could find a script online, i would quote the whole thing--funny, introspective, poignant, harrowing, well-written, and such a major turning point.


>I have often argued that this is the most pivotal scene in
>any of three seasons.
>
>-D'Angelo see Wallace and Bodie playing checkers w/ chess
>peices (i.e. playing the game the wrong way- remember they
>were fucking up the money and dope in the pit and part of
>D'Angelo's penance was to straighen out the mess).
>
>-Bodie bucks initially, but quickly tunes in and picks up the
>concept really quickly (especially about the pawns turning
>into more powerful peices) I think it's also ironic that it
>was Wallace that got bodie to listen to D'Angelo's message.
>
>Look at all that occured in the aftermath of that lesson:
>
>Wallace(pawn)-dead ("Pawns get capped quick" -D'Angelo)
>D'Angelo (bishop)- captured then sacraficed by the queen
>String(Queen)- Dead;had all the moves, but made one too many
>risky moves
>Avon (King)- Currently boxed in, but still on the board.
>Bodie(Pawn)- quickly ascending up the ranks
>
>If you think about it, the same chess analogy applies to the
>law too, except that rather than them being killed they're
>sent to the boat... or pawn shop unit.

well, that's a great explanation, but like i said, and maybe's it's cause i had just watched Fresh again before that, the chess metaphor wasn't so startling fresh. it was executed well, but there were D'Angelo moments that got to me more than that one. still great though. any other show would hope to have just one moment like that, let alone 24 others.