There can never be a better Bond episode.

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2019)

It's inconceivable there could ever be a better Bond offering. Head and shoulders above the rest. Yes you can differentiate eras and Bond lead actors. But nowhere in this 2hr 24min does my interest weaken. The story and script is riveting. The seriousness and realism is unmatched. Bond is physically superb but also human and vulnerable.
Later, Moneypenny is beautiful, intelligent and likeable, but that can never hold a candle to this relationship. Bond is largely defined by one and only one true romance. Bond emerges from this film with signature icy coldness. He has necessarily lost a dimension. We have lost an way to relate.