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"I am the High Priestess of Death."

A new TV favourite of mine; it's extremely rare for me to rate a show in its entirety this high but Too Old to Die Young is frankly, a masterpiece for the history books.
This is gripping stuff. I was up at 6am last night because I couldn't stop watching, it feels very much like a 13-hour film in that you can't really stop it midway...
...and performances are uncanny from everyone: Augusto Aguilera, Jena Malone, Miles Teller, Babs Olusanmokun, John Hawkes and especially Cristina Rodlo, who is outrageously iconic here.

Like I said, extremely high ratings are rare for me when it comes to TV but the reason this isn't a 10 is nothing more than me not understanding all the symbolism and metaphors on first viewing, meaning this could certainly receive a perfect rating when I rewatch it. [Edit: I upped it to a 10, seemed stupid not to] The filmmaking, which consists of gorgeous hypnotising cinematography, a dream-like score, out-of-this-world blocking and 100% effort for every single frame of this thirteen hours, is utterly perfect and groundbreaking at the same time.

It's Nicolas up his own arse for sure, but I love it! I don't think I've seen anything quite like it.
I doubt any TV or film will top it this year. I'm 99% sure this will remain my favourite thing to come out of 2019, and will certainly remain one of my favourite shows ever made.

I miss it already.