Wrap it up 2021, we're only two months in and we may have found the best show of the year already.

Russell T. Davies has time and time again, churned out some incredible television experiences, from the funny and gutsy Queer as Folk at the turn of the century, to last years political-fuck-you in Years and Years to literally regenerating Doctor Who for a modern era.

But It's a Sin may very well go down as Russell's masterpiece.

Bringing into the light, in all it's cruel and heartbreaking detail, the AIDs crisis of the mid-to-late 1980s, It's a Sin chronicles the lives of a group of young gay adult students in London, whose world is slowly engulfed by the new aforementioned disease.

The progression of realisation in how deadly AIDs is is brilliantly shown over the five-episode structure, with episode one leaving our main characters somewhat doubting the severity of AIDs, episodes two, three and four ramping up the clarity the characters have with AIDs, whilst episode five brutally sweeps aside any and all doubt.

The second peak in this show is how it portrays homophobia. Being set in Britain in the late '80s, homophobia was still high. Episodes three and four showcases this homophobia perfectly, from Andria Doherty's "letterbox" scene in the third episode to the peaceful protest fallen on deaf-ears in episode four.

Olly Alexander and Omari Douglas are sure to break out into even bigger projects down the line for their superb performances as Ritchie and Roscoe respectfully, whilst Lydia West takes home the prize of being the standout in this series for her role as Jill Baxter. Her performance in Davies' previous series, Years and Years, put her on the map for sure. It's a Sin just proves that she is without-a-doubt going places, her conversation with Keeley Hawes' character, Valerie, on the promenade in the final episode is enough evidence to support this.

Incredible television, that will challenge near-on every emotion possible, don't sleep on this gem.

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