1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,559 Speaker 1: Worrying. On today's episode, we're gonna be talking about Rings 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: of Power season one and where we talk about everything 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: that happens there later lele it all of it's pretty 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: full of spoilers, So if you haven't watched that yet, 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: do that first. But if you're like I just want 6 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: to jump into season two of Rings of Power and 7 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: I just want to download, guess what this episode is 8 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: for you, then listen to it all. It's gonna get 9 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: you ready for season two. 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 2: Oh. 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: My name is Jason Vitepsion and my name's risday Night 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: And welcome back to Expert Vision of the podcast where 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: we dive deep in your favorite shows, movies, comics, and 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: pop culture. Coming to you from iHeart Podcast, where we'll 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: bring you to action Pad episode every Tuesday and Thursday 16 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: of every week. And folks, it's all about Rings of 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: Power season one. 18 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: Yes, in this episode, we are recapping every episode of 19 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: Rings of Power season one. So if you want to 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 2: listen to that, strap in, get your best Elvish bro, 21 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: you know, get ready to see a saucy sourn and 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: yeah and listen up because that's what we're diving into today. 23 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 2: The Second Age of Middle. 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: Earth, the season one, Rings of Power Speed Recap. First 25 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: of all, I think we should set the context. This 26 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: show is set in the Second Age. Rosie tells about 27 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: the Second Age. 28 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: Okay, So the Second Age is thousands of years before 29 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: what we see in Lord of the Rings, the movies, 30 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: and the books, and it's basically heavily centered on the 31 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: glory of Newmanor or basically like the world of Men, 32 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: the success of men. It also begins after the climactic 33 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: banishment of more Goth, who we will talk more about 34 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: in this who was kind of an evil lord. And 35 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 2: then you know, then we begin to see the rise 36 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 2: of Souron. It's essentially about thirty four hundred years in total, 37 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 2: and the main thing that we're going to be looking 38 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: for here is rise of sourn Ring Raiths Numanor, and 39 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: the first season of Rings of Power covers some of this, 40 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: and then when we're going to be getting into that 41 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 2: new season two, we'll be getting a bit deeper into 42 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: the Second Age. 43 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: So here we go. Speed recap Episode one, Shadows of 44 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: the Past. We open with Gladriel talking about the war 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: against more Goth, his rise, his fall, the devastation he 46 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: wrought he destroyed, the two trees and then he was defeated. 47 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: But after his defeat, his like top Lieutenant Sauron, continued 48 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: to sew dissension darkness at the elves. Now we then 49 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: transition to the young Galadriel. She is determined. She believes 50 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: that Saron is still out there, still doing. 51 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: Stuff, still up to stuff. 52 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: Still up to stuff. So she goes off and leads 53 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: a force of elves against the dark Lord and they 54 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: don't find them, but they find like a sour on symbol. 55 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, spooky symbol and evidence of his kind of continued 56 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: presence in Middle Earth. 57 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: We go to the South Lens where we meet Bronwyn, 58 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: who is a human healer mother of theo and we 59 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: meet Aaron Deer, who is like the elf sheriff of 60 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: the region, and clearly these two have a thing. 61 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: There's some sort of hidden romantic connection. 62 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: Little heat between the two. But you know, the relationship 63 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: between men and elves in the Southland and elsewhere is 64 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: it's rocky. Yeah, pretty rocky. 65 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: Because the men helped Morgoth and allowed more Goth to survive, 66 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: and the Alves blame them and still see them as 67 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 2: potential betrayers of this kind of new non morgof Age, 68 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 2: so he the elves being there is really like, we 69 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 2: don't trust you to not turn to the dark side. 70 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: And then meanwhile, in a village nearby known as Tyrhad, 71 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: there's strange stuff is happening. It's clear that we go 72 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: to Lindon to meet to meet Elrand, the wonderfully quaffed 73 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: el Rond, who has been tasked by High King Gilglad. 74 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: Gil Glad, who just has a stick up his button. 75 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's got a bad, bad attitude. 76 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: Gilgilad wants el Rond to oversee, you know, the creation 77 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: of new weapons that can defend Middle Earth against evil. YadA, YadA, YadA. 78 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: El Rond isn't interesting in all that he hasn't seen 79 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: his good friend during the fourth Prince during the fourth 80 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: son of the King king during the third and misses him. 81 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: And meanwhile, Ellrond just has other hobbies. He loves architecture, 82 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: all that kind of shit. 83 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, building beautiful stuff. 84 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, he likes beautiful stuff. We go to the Harfoots. 85 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: We meet the Hobbits, a tribe of species tribe. 86 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 2: Yea, they're kind of the predecessors of Hobbits in Tolkien law. 87 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 2: And they have a nomadic lifestyle. 88 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're good at hiding. 89 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 2: Oh, they're good at hiding. Very much like that. So 90 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 2: the crew that Ezra is within Ahsoka, it's very much that, like, oh, 91 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 2: we're under a rock. 92 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: But there. 93 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: They also they're very community minded, but as we will 94 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 2: find later into the show, they will just drop member 95 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 2: of that community if needed. It's a it's a strange 96 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: representation like keep up, you're out, you're out. And obviously 97 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: this is why we get another big kind of central 98 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 2: mystery of season one. 99 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: Right a meteor streaks down from the sky crashes into 100 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: the earth right near the Harfoots and Eleanor Brandy Foot 101 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: Norri is one of our most curious halfoots. She's gonna 102 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: be our main halfoot. Along with her friend Poppy, goes 103 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: over to this crater and there's a strange guy in there. 104 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 2: He's like a scary he's a scary, flaming kind of 105 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 2: imprint too, So it's definitely mysteries abound. 106 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: Episode two, Adrift, Gladiol didn't want to go back to Vleanor. 107 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 2: Oh baby. She was like, I'm not gonna die. I'm 108 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 2: not going to I don't want to go. 109 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: No, no, no, I've got too much to do Sar 110 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: and is still out there. I'm must avenge my brother. 111 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: This is a very angry Gladriel, and she jumps off 112 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: the ship that's taking them there and finds herself just 113 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: like flow, bobbing around in the ocean. She comes to 114 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: a group of human survivors on this like shattered raft 115 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: they're fleeing from. I guess some big sea serpent or something. 116 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: One of the survivors is a guy named halbrand Oh. 117 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: He's looking handsome, a very. 118 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: Handsome guy with a quite a piercing stare, and he 119 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: saves Galadriel from drowning, and the two of them kind 120 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: of gravitate to each other in a platonic way in 121 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: which it feels like they both understand that each has 122 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: like a secret and a mission that they're trying to do. 123 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: Back in the Southlands, tensions between elves and men continues 124 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: to be building. It's bad over there around Deer investigates 125 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: mysterious tunnels that are spreading uh. Evil orcs are traveling 126 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: through these, perhaps only to find that there's much more 127 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: dangerous things out there. Bronwyn returns to her village to 128 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: warn folks about what's going on, but they don't believe her, 129 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: and then the Orcs attack and everybody's like, you're right 130 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: Togetherwin and Arondier discover that the Orcs are back and 131 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: they are more evil and brutal than ever. In Linda, 132 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: el Ronde convinces Killer. 133 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 2: Brimborg Kella Brimble, he's Killa Brim, we love to say. 134 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: The great craftsman of his generation, although not as great 135 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: as his dad, who was like the greatest of all time. 136 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: Hard to live up to. 137 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: It's hard to live up to. And that's a big 138 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: deal for Keller Brimborg Junior, who feels like I must 139 00:08:53,040 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: do more. I must something. Yes, convinces caliber Board to 140 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: visit Cause of Doom because they need the dwarfs help 141 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: in creating these weapons and stuff. We meet Prince during 142 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: the fourth el Ron's old friend. He's upset because el 143 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: Rond hasn't come to visit him in a long time. 144 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: And this is a great. 145 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 3: Moment, like it's one of our favorite things in is 146 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 3: because like Elron's like, bro, I missed you, I love you, 147 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 3: and how's it going. And Durran it's like I am 148 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 3: now an adult, I have lived a century, I have children. 149 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,719 Speaker 2: I have a wife. Have you been and I was like, oh, 150 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 2: I thought that was just like two days in elf time, 151 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 2: because I'm like two thousand years old. 152 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: Uh. They have a contest to see if el Ron's 153 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: even allowed to enter and hang out in Kose of Doom, 154 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: and it's great, great, great fun. Over with the harfootz 155 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: Nori wants to help the stranger. He's very weird. He 156 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 1: possesses powers somehow connected to the stars. He arranges pedals 157 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: to show like a constellation map up, but he doesn't 158 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: seem to have any memories, and the Haarfoots are definitely 159 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:11,239 Speaker 1: definitely suspicious of him. We go to episode three A, Oh, 160 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: glad Reel and Halbrand arrive at Numanor, this grand city 161 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: of men and this is powerful human kingdom with a deep, 162 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: an old and ancient and deep relationship to the elves, 163 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: which actually the modern Numenorians largely reject. Haul Brand begins 164 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: dropping strange like nuggets about the Southlands. 165 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 2: Oh, maybe he's got connection to the Southland. I feel 166 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 2: like she shouldn't have taken him to Numenor. I feel 167 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: like she should have just gone by herself, even though 168 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 2: he's like a honky guy and he's like got an 169 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 2: enigmatic post I'm like, babe, just leave him on the raft. 170 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 2: You could have just gone yourself. 171 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: Completely agree with you. Back in the south Lands, Arn 172 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: Deer has been captured. He encounters Adar, who is like 173 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: the first Orc. 174 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what we come to learn. And he's kind 175 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 2: of an Adam means father and Elvish, and he's sort 176 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: of the leader of the Orcs, it seems, which is 177 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 2: very unusual because obviously we all know the Orcs to 178 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 2: essentially just follow Sourn, that's what they do. But here 179 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 2: we have this new strange figure. Who is he connected 180 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 2: to Sarn? Is he not? I guess we'll find out. 181 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: It's Yeah, what are his plans? We don't know. What 182 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: are they up to? We don't know. Meanwhile, Bronwyn and 183 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: her trouble making son Theater, whose fault all of this is? 184 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: Are you know, preparing to defend the village against the 185 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: Orc threat? And THEO uh Meanwhile discovers like a shattered 186 00:11:54,120 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: sword with Sren's brand on it, and he and takes 187 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: it like. 188 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,319 Speaker 2: This looks fucking great, I'm keeping this. He's like holding it, 189 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 2: this motherfucker. THEO just give that to your mom or 190 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 2: elf boyfriend. Bad choices Theo. 191 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, over with the Stranger and Nori, the Stranger is 192 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: showing more magical ability, but also no ability to really 193 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: control what he's doing, and Noriri is becoming more concerned, 194 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: although she's standing by him and the rest of the Haarford. 195 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: So like, we don't agree with this, and we will 196 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: return to the Second Age of Middle Earth after a 197 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: word from our responsors, and we're back episode for the 198 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: Great Waves. We meet Queen Regent Muriel of New Manor. 199 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: Her dad is king, but he's really fucking old. 200 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 2: That's some old ass motherfucker. Lie. He ain't doing nothing. 201 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: Queen Wage and Muriel I love her. She's got good vibes. 202 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: She vibes she's been seeing visions of this huge Titanic 203 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: wave that wipes out New Minor, and she's very concerned 204 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: about this. Because of this vision that she's having, she 205 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: knows that, despite the fact that it's extremely unpopular, she 206 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: needs to alige with Gladriel, who who whose Elvish ways 207 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: and Elvish society could maybe help them find a way 208 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: to avoid this destructive fate. Gladriel, meanwhile, is determined to 209 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: rally the men of Newmanor to her cause to fight 210 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: you know, the growing darkness in the south Lands. She 211 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: confronts Muriel and Farizon. 212 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 2: And he's like, he's definitely got some machiavellian plans. 213 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: Farison does not agree with the political direction and that 214 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: newmanor is going in and that direction is set by Muriel, 215 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: and that is a problem. Alo Farizon mainly keeps his 216 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: mouth shut, but he just makes faces like, you know, 217 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:18,079 Speaker 1: he disagrees with everything. We go to uh more Halbrand stuff. 218 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: Halbrand continues to drop hints about his true identity. He 219 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: has lots of weird interactions with everyone. 220 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 2: Oh, you look maybe like you're from the Southlands. You 221 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 2: look like you look like you could be one of USS. 222 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 2: And he's kind of like, is he a yeah. 223 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: Maybe I am, Maybe I'm former royalty. Maybe who is he? 224 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: Is he good? Is he bad? Much like the stranger 225 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: we don't know yet from in the Southlands, Bronwin's village 226 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: is under increasing pressure from the Orcs. The villagers flee 227 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: to this tower that they then you know, try to 228 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: set up defenses to hopefully hold out there against the Orcs. 229 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: Aaron Deer is, of course, like organizing a lot of 230 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: this with bron Win's help. The situation becomes super super 231 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: bad as Theo begins playing more and more with the 232 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: sword and unlocking dark powers from it, and very very 233 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: clearly the sword seems to be influencing him in a 234 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: strongly negative way. Again, this is all Theo's fault. 235 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 2: It's all Theo's fault. He's like getting weird, like sour 236 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 2: on tattoos. Bad times, bad bad times. 237 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: In Kozudumelerondo Duran are reforging their friendship. They're working on 238 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: the forge. Duran reveals, although he shouldn't have, he should 239 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: there's been a discovery of a very very rare and 240 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: powerful and magical metal called Mythril, deep deep deep in 241 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: the minds. The thing about the Mythrill though, it's really 242 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: hard to mind. It's dangerous and difficult for the Stone Singers, 243 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: for anybody to get to, and it's tricky. We gotta 244 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: have Episode five partings. Gladriel continues to tell the new Menorians, Hey, Saarron, 245 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: we gotta fight them. Southlands are in trouble. We got 246 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: to go there because this is Saurn's doing. She convinces 247 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: Muriel to send an army on boats over to the Southlands, 248 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: and meanwhile Muriel kid is continuing to have these, you know, 249 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: increasingly desperate visions of the of the destruction of numnor 250 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: how Brand plays koy here. 251 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, He's like, oh, I shouldn't go. I don't want 252 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 2: to go back there. And Galadriel is like, bro, you 253 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: gotta go. She's like, you gotta go, get on that boat, Galadrielle. 254 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: Why don't you come on, babe, come on back, come 255 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: on babe. In cause of Doom, el Rond learns that 256 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: not only is mythrill like this really cool metal with 257 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: lots of interesting uh properties, but it could heal and 258 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: rejuvenate the Tree of Lindon, which is shedding leaves at 259 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: a very disturbing rate. 260 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 2: It's currently yes, And then elves light is fading, but 261 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 2: is this beautiful bright It's filled rerecious metal. So they're like, oh, 262 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 2: maybe this could be the key to preserving our immortality. 263 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: I feel like if the Elves just talked to Queen 264 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 2: Muriel and they were like, it feels like there's going 265 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 2: to be a bad downfall, maybe we can come together. 266 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 2: But no, I. 267 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: Agree with you. That should be a thing that happens. 268 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 1: But as we've seen, the Newmonorians do not trust the elves. 269 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a it's tricky. Meanwhile, this discovery of 270 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: mythrils rejuvenating properties with regards to the Great Tree of 271 00:17:55,560 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: Lindon means that Elrond, who has promised his that he's 272 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,360 Speaker 1: like not he has no other motives. He's not hiding anything. 273 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: This is just about like us and our friendship and 274 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,719 Speaker 1: the forge and that whole thing now has to weigh 275 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: the fact that he's got his greater duty to the 276 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: Elvish kind and his loyalty to his friend. Does he 277 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: reveal that Mithril can do this to the elves, thus 278 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: betraying his friend? What does he do? It's a big problem. 279 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: In the south Lands, the battle drums continue to beat. 280 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: Theo continues to play with himself and play with his sword. 281 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 2: He would have been better off just playing with himself. 282 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 2: That's what is brilliant. 283 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: They need to do it is And meanwhile, the Harfoots 284 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: continue to make their trek with across the land with 285 00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:00,040 Speaker 1: the Stranger to make their migration. We see, as we 286 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: spoke about earlier, this part of Harfoot culture that involves 287 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: like keeping up, Like if you. 288 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 2: Don't keep up, if you twist your ankle. 289 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: Twist your ankle, get some plantar phieschitis. We're gonna leave 290 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: you behind, and you're just gonna get devoured by whatever 291 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: the fuck is out here. 292 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 2: Bad times. I'm not fan of that. 293 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,360 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, at a certain point, the Stranger uses magic to 294 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: protect the Harfoots and lose his control of it kind 295 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: of again, and then he like becomes like a like 296 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: a weakened little baby. And Norari continues to believe that 297 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: he's a good guy. But is he good? Is he bad? 298 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 1: We just don't know. Episode six, ooh, dude, the attack 299 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: on the Southlanders. Now it's coming. Now it's coming. It's 300 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: been building up for a long time. Erindeer and the 301 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: villagers have fortified this watchtower. However, the Orcs under the 302 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: leadership of Adar are just ruthless and relentless, and they're 303 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 1: brutal and they're getting in there and they're killing everybody. 304 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: Aaron Deer fights valiantly and almost gets killed. And just 305 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: as it feels like the Orcs are gonna win, the 306 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: south Landers are gonna get wiped out. Guess what here come? 307 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: The new Menorian there come off their ship. The cavalry 308 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: is here, led by Galadriel hal Brand, he's got to 309 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: be a good guy, right, He's gotta be great. And 310 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: Queen Regent Muriel they arrive, they're here, they turn the 311 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: they turn the tide. Halbrand and Gladriel run after Adar, 312 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: who we find out he's not sore On, but he 313 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: is this first Orc called an Uruk, remember that, and 314 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: is basically a corrupted elf. 315 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: Yes, like the Orcs are corrupted elves or at least 316 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 2: the oracle the urk Haya, so very scary stuff at 317 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 2: DAWs had enough. But also he he recognizes. 318 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: Hal Brand, that's right, he's like, yeah, something about you, 319 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: What's what's what's up with you? Interesting little vibes there, big, 320 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: big battle. It's one of these victories for the Neumonorians 321 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: in the Southlanders, where like, if you have a couple 322 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: more victories like this, there'll be nothing left. Yeah, he's 323 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: freaking bad. It's not a great victory. And then as 324 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: this is happening, Mount doom erupts massive, massive, massive eruption, 325 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 1: desolating the Southlands, which previously was kind of nice, pretty 326 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: chill tree side, yeah, countryside, lot of clouds, but still 327 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: nice green grass and trees and stuff. After this, it's 328 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: full on mortor yeah, and guess what was key to 329 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: that explosion? 330 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 2: Uh, THEO stupid sword that he could. 331 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: Have just been here he goes again and guess what now? 332 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: Muriel is blind. She's been blinded by the explosion, and 333 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: she's gonna have to just use her sense of hearing, 334 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: much like us have to use our ears to hear 335 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: a word from our sponsors. Can be right back and 336 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: message and we're back. Episode seven, the Penultimate The Eye. 337 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: The Southands are fucked up, folks. Mount Doom is erupted. 338 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: Everything's a mess. Muriel is blind, glad Reel Holbrand, everybody 339 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: or like digging themselves out of the fucking ash. Glad 340 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: Reel feels terrible about everything that's happened and the events 341 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 1: that she's put in place that have led to the 342 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,360 Speaker 1: deaths of many, many, many people and this huge disaster, 343 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: but she still wants to continue. How Brand is really 344 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 1: fucked up. He's wounded and he needs to be healed. 345 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: And Galadriel is like, I must heal my friend. How 346 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,360 Speaker 1: can we get him help? I know, I'll take him 347 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: to the elf who can? Who can? Back? In cause 348 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: of Doom, Ellern and Duran are you know are having 349 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: it out because Elrond now has kind of revealed that 350 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: the mythrill would be important to the Elves for this 351 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: other thing, and Duran's like, how could you fucking do 352 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: this to Mets? Yeah, I thought we were friends during 353 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: three during King during the third refuses to can do 354 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: you mining for the mythrill because of the dangers the 355 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: fact that it could kind of undermine the entire costume? 356 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: Three and four fight over this, uh, and ultimately Elrond 357 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: is going to give the myth thrill to the Elves 358 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: because he asked you. The Hertos meanwhile continue their journey 359 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: and the Stranger's powers are developing even more, becoming more uncontrollable, 360 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: and the Heartfoots are like, we gotta leave this guy behind. 361 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: We go to episode eight, the finale, Alloyed. Okay, glad 362 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: Real Halbrand arrive at Iregon, the home city of Calibrimore. 363 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: He is he's working on a brand new project. He's 364 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: come up with a brand new. 365 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: Thing on his own. Definitely no weird influence him. 366 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: Power rings. 367 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 2: Oh that sounds good, that's. 368 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: A good idea. How Brand is like, whoa, I'm feeling 369 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: much better. Okay, hey have you thought about it? And 370 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: they're they're doing stuff with the myth thrill and they 371 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: can't get it to work. And then a certain part, 372 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: Halberan's like, you know, I got a crazy idea. What 373 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: about an alloy? What if you combine it with another metal? 374 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: That's the way to do in calibrimber is. 375 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 2: Like, oh whoa, that's calibri was like, I'm so glad 376 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 2: you're coming up right now. 377 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: Gladriel is suspicious. Hold on a second, You've got all this, 378 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: all this like metallurgy. Yeah. 379 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 2: She's like, oh, so, weren't you injured You're really sick? 380 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, like what now you're just like fine. In the 381 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: presence of Calibrimble on the forge, they're out in the 382 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: woods and talking about it, and then halbrand all of 383 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: a sudden goes, you know, who the fuck I am. 384 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 2: He's like he's like, oh he prints up the southlide 385 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 2: and she's like in a way and in a way, 386 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 2: and then he gives that like a cool vision where 387 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 2: like they're like married next to each other. Yes, you 388 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 2: could all this could be your babe, I feel your anger, Like, 389 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 2: let's just roll together. It will be chill. Galadriel says no. 390 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, she says no. So now Gladiel knows that uh 391 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: Soren is out there and. 392 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 2: She bought him back. She's like, yeah, I bought him 393 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 2: to my home. I boy him to beat my parents. 394 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 1: Glad Reel, with all the strength she has, rejects this 395 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: vision of marriage to Sauron, who then escapes. In Kosa 396 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: Doom during the fourth continues to mind the myth Thrill, 397 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,919 Speaker 1: despite the fact that his fathers don't want him to. 398 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: They have a big argument that's about like, you know, 399 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: the future of Kosa Doom and whether Duran will be 400 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: a worthy king and all that kind of stuff. El 401 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: ron presence there becomes a point of very sharp tension. 402 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 1: The harfoots meanwhile, or like what do we do about 403 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: this stranger. There's these white witches that are like sending 404 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: things on fire, and like what's going on. All of 405 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: this comes to a climax when the stranger uses powers 406 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,719 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden there's like some of 407 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: his memories come back and he can talk. Then there's 408 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: this flash of power and we come to realize that 409 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: he is an istar, which is a type basically a wizard, 410 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: but he doesn't have memories. 411 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:16,199 Speaker 2: Who could he be? 412 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: Could he be? And the episode ends with kelabrimbor Iny. 413 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: He's making the Rings of Power the alloy thing work. 414 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: Cal Brand had a great idea and it works. We're 415 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: looking at these three beautiful Elvin. 416 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 2: Ring have to say, the design of these rings very stylish, 417 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 2: very like, very beautiful. Like I'm looking at that, I'm 418 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 2: thinking like, Keli Brimble, you really did design those rings, 419 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 2: like you didn't just do three similar rings. You were like, 420 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 2: I'm doing three different ones for everyone's personality. 421 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: And Keller Brimble, he does he feel a shadow over himself, 422 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,360 Speaker 1: the shadow he thinks of his fire other kele brimboor 423 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: the Elder, who is the greatest. No, it's not the 424 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 1: shadow of kelib brimboor the Elder. It's the shadow of 425 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: sorrow sorry, who has touched these rings at certain points, 426 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: meaning they are tainted with his energy. 427 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 2: And his power. 428 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: His power and his corruption will follow them. And we 429 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 1: head on to season two. Let's talk about it. What'd 430 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: you How did you feel about season one? 431 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,360 Speaker 2: I really loved season one of Rings of Power. I 432 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 2: from the beginning, I just thought that the Galadriel arc 433 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,199 Speaker 2: was really cool. The show just smells of money, like 434 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 2: it's you can see where the money went. I really 435 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 2: love this stuff between Laron and Duran. Now, I will 436 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 2: say I I love to know things. I am like that. 437 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 2: I love like knowledge based stuff. So I know a 438 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 2: lot about Lord of the Rings. But I and I 439 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 2: really enjoy those movies. But the movies are not necessarily 440 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 2: to me as hall ground as they were for other people. 441 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 2: So I think I was able to go into this 442 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 2: in a more open minded state. Like I really loved 443 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 2: the new iteration of the Harfoots until like the weird 444 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 2: like they'll just leave you behind with a broken ankle. 445 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 2: There's like the smacks of abolism. I'm not into it, 446 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 2: but like I loved it. I thought that they had 447 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 2: fun with the central mysteries without making them. Yeah, this 448 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 2: kind of puzzle box, like you're never gonna get a 449 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 2: satisfying answer. It was all quite clear to all of 450 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 2: us that Holbrand was probably sourn but it was fun 451 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 2: to have that little bit of knowledge over Galadriel. It 452 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 2: was like watching a horror movie. You're kind of yelling 453 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 2: at her, going don't do it, girl, like please, like, 454 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 2: don't take him back there. But he you know. Charlie Vickers, 455 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 2: who plays Holbrand, did such a good job of being 456 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 2: the enigmatic lost soul that Galadriel felt like she needed. 457 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 2: So for me, I really thought it was a great 458 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 2: season of TV. 459 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: It is. 460 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 2: It is kind of a slow burn one, but I 461 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 2: did enjoy it, and I personally felt like, if you're 462 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 2: going to invest mill of dollars into a TV show, like, 463 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 2: why not do it in a crazy fantasy world like 464 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 2: this that you truly bring to life. How did you 465 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 2: feel about it? 466 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: I liked it quite a bit, same as you. If 467 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 1: I have any critiques, it's small stuff, like I think 468 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: pacing wise, yes, I would agree, particularly the bee in 469 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: this in C plot, so uh, you know, the overall 470 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: kind of mystery around how brand develops pretty slowly, and 471 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: that turns out to be kind of the main thrust 472 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: of the season with you know, strangely, the threat to 473 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,239 Speaker 1: the South lends ending up feeling like more of a 474 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: B plot, and so I think that the way that 475 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: emerged made the pacing feel a little just a little 476 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: slower times. And I think that the sea plot being 477 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: you know, nor poppy and. 478 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 2: Probably two even though I enjoyed them. Also, I will 479 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 2: say I do definitely think pacing is an interest thing 480 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 2: with this show, because when I was watching the show, 481 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 2: I was just like, ooh, slow burn, I'm enjoying it. 482 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 2: But when we were recapping it, I was like, I 483 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 2: realize nothing happened. And I was also like, wait, some 484 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 2: stuff happens really fast, Like halfway through the season. That 485 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 2: was when Mordel was created, Like I felt like that 486 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 2: was the end of the season. So there were definitely 487 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 2: some interesting choices there that didn't always land. But generally, 488 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 2: one of the things I found most interesting is really 489 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 2: enjoyed the show when we covered it last time, but 490 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 2: when I was actually watching the new episodes, I was 491 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 2: surprised by how instantly I was hooked back, and that 492 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,239 Speaker 2: to me was proof of the fact that I care 493 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 2: about these characters. 494 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: I did not to jump ahead. We were going to 495 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: be covering the first three episodes of season two of 496 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: Rings of Power upcoming in this week, but not to 497 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 1: jump ahead too much, but to underline your point, I agree. 498 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: I think one of the things that I also appreciate 499 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: the slow burn in the moment, but looking back, it's like, Okay, 500 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: what could we have done to make this feel a 501 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: little bit more pacy. I think one of the things 502 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: that I've liked from season two that they're leading into 503 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: is that slow motion car crash element. Oh yeah, where 504 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: you know, certainly once once we had figured out who 505 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: how Brand is, then it becomes oh no, how can 506 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: we avoid this? You know that this is coming and 507 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: that our heroes are going to get chewed up by 508 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: this destiny that is coming, and you just want them 509 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: to be able to avoid it. And I think in 510 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: season two, what I've seen thus far is it's all 511 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: about that dark fate that is coming, and it leans 512 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: heavily on the charm and cleverness of Souron, and that 513 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: part of it is really really compelling. Like that. I 514 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: love that, Like over the first three episodes that we've 515 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: seen so far, in season two, Souron is really just 516 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: like breaking people's says, oh yeah, pulling every string. So yeah, 517 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,479 Speaker 1: small notes about season one, I think pacing wise, but 518 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 1: other than that, I really liked it, and it really 519 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: you have to say, I find myself having to stop sometimes. 520 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: It'd be like you're watching Lord of the Rings on 521 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: TV and it looks as good as the movies, Like 522 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: this is incredible. It's just amazing, and casting wise, everybody 523 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: looks great. You just feel like they're completely embodying their 524 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: characters and for me a clear highlight. L Rondon Durance 525 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: just an incredible fasship. 526 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 2: I love them so much. I really want I know, 527 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 2: like obviously things are going bad for them at the 528 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 2: end of season one we didn't mention, but we get 529 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 2: a glimpse of the bow Rock being awakened, you know, 530 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 2: under chasm chasm doom, So like things aren't gonna go great. 531 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 2: But I hope that we get to keep that like 532 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 2: chuppy little like boise own friendship, because I really do 533 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 2: think that the show just sings to a level of 534 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 2: like a House of the Dragon or something like the 535 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 2: relationship between those two. It elevates it to like some 536 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 2: of the best TV. But yeah, it just crackles so good. 537 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: On Thursday's episode, we've got screenwriter and Batman expert Mark 538 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,399 Speaker 1: bernardin on the show to talk about the second half 539 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: of Batman Cape Crusader on Amazon Prime Video. Then on Friday, 540 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 1: we're diving into the first episode of season two of 541 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: Rings of Power and speaking with executive producing director Charlotte Branstrom. 542 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 2: Oh she was great. Call wait you guys to have them. 543 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: That's it for this episode. Thanks for listening. X ray 544 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,040 Speaker 1: Vision is hosted by Jason Gisubsion and Rosie Knight and 545 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 1: is a production of iHeart Podcasts. 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