Multiple characters are faced with omens of doom and confront their relationships with their fathers in the latest episode.
This episode, “The Great Wave,” had my favorite structure of all the episodes so far.
I loved the way each storyline was resonating and echoing the others.
Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elendil (Lloyd Owen) in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.'.amazon studios
So let’s get into it!
Yes, one day it’s going to be consumed by great waves!
Ahh, it feels so good to say that in writing.
Pharazôn (Trystan Gravelle) and Kemen (Leon Wadham) in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.'.amazon studios
If you know anything aboutJ.R.R.
Tolkien’s work, then that flooding is the single most famous thing about Numenor!
But who knows how many people watching the show are familiar with Tolkien’s writings?
But soon the two women realize they have more in common than not.
I really like the depiction of the Palantir here.
Despite this connection, Miriel still insists on kicking Galadriel out.
Not all ill omens look so bad at first, though.
We know it as mithril, though the dwarves haven’t coined that term yet.
Durin has no way of knowing that…
…except that mithril is already causing trouble in the present!
While Durin is talking to Elrond, the mine shaft collapses and several other dwarves get trapped.
Elrond’s father, by contrast, has become a star.
Earendil is the secret hero of Tolkien’s mythology in some ways the inspiration for everything else.
Elrond is like us, in that way.
He owes his father everything, but can never talk to him.
Speaking of great enemies, we get many hints of Sauron in this episode’s Southlands scenes.
But then something really interesting happens.
Sauron hasn’t appeared in the flesh yet, but Sauron could be anywhere.
