Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.
- Arondir
- (as Ismael Cruz Córdova)
- Sadoc Burrows
- (as Sir Lenny Henry)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe painting Galadriel examines in the Númenórean Hall of Lore appears to depict Elrond's brother Elros, the first King of Númenor, with a beard, perhaps as a visual indicator of his choice to live as a Man. In J.R.R. Tolkien's writings, all human males with Elven ancestry, no matter how remote, are beardless. This means that Tolkien even imagined Elendil, Aragorn, Boromir and Faramir as beardless.
- GoofsTwo actors credited in this episode's scroll are incorrectly listed. Robert Strange is miscredited as "Other Orc," but actually played the role of "Lurka." Edward Clendon, who actually played the role of "Other Orc" is miscredited as "Lurka."
- Quotes
Poppy Proudfellow: What sense is it sticking your neck out for him any more than you already have?
Nori Brandyfoot: There's head-sense, Poppy, and there's heart-sense.
Poppy Proudfellow: There's common sense and nonsense. And if you're all out of the first, then you can borrow some of mine.
Nori Brandyfoot: Rather borrow some star charts out of that book instead. And you're gonna help me. Or would you rather I let slip to Malva it was you who put fireweed in her toe cream?
- Crazy credits"This production contains dialogue, characters, and places that were inspired by, though not contained in, the original source material."
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pop Culture Crisis: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 'Adar' Review (2022)
The thing that sticks out and, in my opinion, is lacking is the writing and storytelling. There's a lot of (for lack of a better word) lazy dialogue that's added to explain the deeper lore or character history. For example, Muriel asking Pharazon who the captain (Elendil) is not only doesn't make sense for the greater lore, but I think it's also a device the writers use to quickly tell the audience who the character is. There's a similar moment when Halbrand doesn't seem to know what Numenor is so Galadriel just tells him the quick backstory. Just my opinion but this feels like lazy world-building. Strangely enough, mainly because she's such an important character to both the show and in Tolkien's universe, Galadriel's storyline is the only storyline that I've completely lost interest in. I do like Morfydd Clark and think she's doing as good a job as she can, but I'm just not interested in Galadriel's storyline.
Overall, I did enjoy the episode and think there are some interesting storylines developing, but I think it fell short when it came to writing and world building.
- jjmorrison-154-177235
- Sep 9, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1