Harfoot kids, led by one named Nori, are busy raiding berries from an old farm, but they have to split when a wolf turns up. (What's a Harfoot? Read about them here.) The dudes pass and Harfoots start popping up from all kinds of hiding places to reveal a bustling camp. RHOVANION - The magical map of Middle-earth takes us to Rhovanion, where we find Harfoots hiding from a couple of wandering humans. The struggles of #WomenintheWorkplace, am I right? Putting your best Harfoots forward Insubordinate Elf keeps running his mouth. She wants to press forward, but the rest of the elves mutiny despite the fact she just saved them. Galadriel uses a sword as a ramp and does some aerodynamic badassery and takes care of it herself. They find another sigil, but he's still trying to make it home for dinner and just would rather not. "What the devilry is this?" asks Insubordinate Elf as if he's me when my cat pees outside the box. I am not a geologist.) They make their way into an inner chamber and find an orc corpse welded into a wall. Galadriel nopes that idea, and later, in the midst of a raging snowstorm, they wander right into Sauron's stronghold. (Are those elf crampons?) At the top, an elf who I'll refer to as Insubordinate Elf, tells Galadriel, You know what would be supercool? If we just forgot about this whole thing. We catch up with her and a small command of elves climbing their way up the icy face of a mountain up north in Forodwaith, The Northernmost Waste. The elves are kind of over the whole thing. Is that a pack of penguins? No! It's elves with a vendetta! The hunt for Sauron is unsuccessful. Sauron rudely carves a sigil into his skin, and Galadriel takes up not only his dagger but his mission to wipe out evil from Middle-earth. It's never that easy, though, is it? Sauron is standing by to fill the power vacuum. On the battlefield, she picks up a helmet and puts it on a pile so large, I question its structural integrity.ĭespite the losses, they defeat Morgoth. Dragons! Hand-to-hand combat! Elves fighting orcs in the rain! Galadriel tells us the war left Middle-earth in ruins and lasted centuries. We see a legion of boats traveling across the Sundering Sea to Middle-earth. The elves can't abide this nonsense, so an army, including Galadriel's brother, leaves Valinor. But really, Morgoth is that kid in preschool who knocks over everyone else's block tower. For the purposes of this show, it doesn't seem like we're going to need to know a ton about Morgoth, but I'll quickly explain him like this: He's one of the Valar (a set of angelic-ish beings - think of him like Lucifer/ the fallen angel in the Bible). If you've read The Silmarillion, this is a major party foul. He also stole three stones containing their light, called the Silmarils. Galadriel explains that the first dark lord, Morgoth, pulled some real shit and destroyed their two trees, Telperion and Laurelin, which were light sources in Valinor. As he walks off, we see a gorgeous wide shot of Valinor. He tells her he's not going to be around forever - FORESHADOWING - and she's like, excuse me? That's kind of the whole deal with elves. They have a conversation about rocks and boats and how to know which light to follow. Post-boat attack, her older brother consoles her. Because you know who's evil in the beginning? Children. The other elf kids taunt her and throw rocks at it until it sinks. It unfolds into an origami swan situation. She makes a little boat and sets it sailing in a creek. One of them is Galadriel herself, who's already clearly too good for the riffraff she's hanging out with. Galadriel says in voice-over, "Nothing is evil in the beginning." A gaggle of child elves plays in a field. What, you thought this show wasn't going to have a prologue? We open in a field in Valinor. If you want to read a spoiler-free review: Fly, you fools! If not, let's dig in to a full recap of episode 1. The premiere serves up everything from the sweeping, cinematic shots perfected in the movies to bold new elven hairstyles. Episode 1 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is here, giving LOTR fans a chance to travel back to a Middle-earth that's all at once familiar, and totally new.
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