He turned up for his finals immaculately attired, but with heroin secreted about his person and the empty tube of a Bic biro through which to snort it (no pen with which to scribble, though).
But the eyes are what first hook and then hold you through this immaculately staged 100-minute journey through the final months of one woman's life.
This 1978 labour of love, one of the most immaculately filmed rock concerts, preserves for posterity the final appearance of the Band, the great group led by Robbie Robertson that had been on the road (often with Bob Dylan) for 16 years.
The Thin White Duke was Bowie's final persona, a character who embodied the allure of evil, immaculately dressed in waistcoat and Oxford bags, crooning rather than rocking out, determinedly European.
Played by Britain's own Eve Best, the immaculately dressed, drily droll, unashamedly wealthy Dr Eleanor O'Hara was last seen relocating to London with her baby son – but don't rule out a farewell bow from fan favourite O'Hara in the seventh and final season, which airs n US network Showtime in April.
During his 30-year announcing career, the thrice-married, immaculately coiffured Vietnam veteran has introduced baseball's World Series, ice hockey's Stanley Cup finals, NBA Championships and NFL play-off games, as well as hundreds of fights around the globe.
The final episode was also that rare thing: a much-anticipated resolution that actually delivered, with Sgt Catherine Cawood, played immaculately by Sarah Lancashire, eventually putting her nemesis Tommy Lee Royce behind bars after a showdown involving her grandson.
It is immaculately nameless.
He was transformed, dressed immaculately.
It was immaculately played.
