The Amazon Prime Video series The Rings of Power is set thousands of years prior to the events of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The series intends to cover the major events of the Second Age of Middle-earth, as it follows an ensemble cast of characters who must confront the rising threat of the Dark Lord Sauron and his followers.

Five seasons are planned, and we’re nearly through season one, with the finale releasing on October 14, 2022.

What are your thoughts on the series so far? How do you feel about the characters, both the new ones created for the series and the original ones from the books? Any theories about the fates of the new characters? And are any of them secretly Sauron???

Let’s discuss!