The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Amazon Prime, Sept. 2, 2022) TV Show • Page 25

Another banger. My my my.

 

Finally feeling the oppression of their new order

 

Yeah I thought that was very weird lol

 

Ohhhh right - I guess I meant have we seen him since going into hiding

 

Oh, I know. I’m just being that guy.

 

I don't think we have seen him again yet, but I think the show wants us to think we have with a few different characters. I'm probably wrong on that. I also think The Stranger is Gandalf.

Most of the time I find big mysteries and reveals on shows these days to feel very inorganic and just like the show is trying very hard to pull a gotcha and it annoys me, so I don't spend too too much time thinking about that stuff. I'm not saying this show does that too much or faulting these showrunners or anything, because I think creators end up in somewhat of a no win scenario there, it's just something I've noticed about myself and watching stuff in 2022.

 

I would be absolutely shocked if the Stranger isn’t Gandalf at this point.

 

he’s a wizard for sure. i wouldn’t be shocked if it’s rad or a blue boy but balrog/sauron would be shocking/dumb

 

I didn’t think of this before but wasn’t Saruman supposed to be the first defense towards Sauron? When he failed Gandalf took his place in LoTR as the white wizard so I guess it could be Saruman too. Will be interesting to see either way.

 

I hope the Harfoots link up with some of the human/elf/dwarf characters in the finale.

 

Still on team "Halbrand is Sauron". That weird stuff between him and Adar was the clearest indication yet to me. Also now going into the finale he's going to meet the Elves and probably Celebrimbor.

 

Same, I think it’s probable since they’re going off route

 

yep yep

 

gonna wake up and find out halby is saury

 

Wtf

 

oh shit what? that early in the episode huh?

 

Okay. So the stranger is definitely Gandalf

 

HE SAID THE THING

 

Ok the thing in the opening i think is going to end up being a red herring.

 

" call it a gift " lol yeah now that's Sauron

 

Very happy with how this is playing out

 

Ok there it is

 

“Always follow your nose”

 

That made me happy. Zero doubt now

 

Really enjoyed the season way more than i expected.