Is ITPM the dramatically-finest hour of television ever produced?
I've been trying to think of any hours (or technically, 42 minutes or whatnot, including commercial breaks and credits) of television from any show, ever that can compare to the masterpiece perfection of ITPM, and I can't think of any.
Every second of ITPM matters. There is not one wasted word, not one wasted moment.
It is uniformly compelling and mesmerizing from start to finish.
It is the culmination of years of build up of multiple, complex plot threads all perfectly woven together.
It has all the hallmarks of the great literature of history.
They chose the best possible structure to deliver the content and used that structure in that one episode only; the only episode that could have done the structure perfect justice.
The acting, of course, is brilliant across the board.
When I think of ITPM, I almost think that it is far too good to merely be a television episode.
To my mind, I must say yes, ITPM is indeed the dramatically-finest hour of television ever produced.
What do you say?
