THE RINGS OF POWER Season 2 Episode 1 REACTION!! Lord Of The Rings | 2x01 Breakdown & Review | LOTR

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editing this for I can see into the future just like the wise elves there are out there and The Rings of Power 2x1 Reaction as always following through at and watch along so you SN up with your own copy of rings of power that's available for our super sexy rejects over at our patreon page we also cover several things over there exclusively with highlights and watch alongs included that being said I understand finances can be a little bit tight but if you want to support us in another way just go follow us on our social media accounts Instagram and Tik Tok especially we are posting exclusive content that is specifically directed just for those mediums anywh who let's do it neat look at that armor oh it's the helmet his helmet yeah the shadow takes another shape and grows again yes morgoth is gone leaving us alone and disgrace oh he's uniting today a new age begins under me your new master and my new haird Sauron what is he posing as Sauron sure looks like it cuz he doesn't look like the hrand guy Ford withth with a new age I bring a new vision a path to unconditional Conquest for I seek a new kind of power not of the flesh but over flesh hot cool like a backpack power of the Unseen World one we shall use to enslave the peoples of Middle Earth like I was actually trying to motivate the Orcs we will Forge a new and perfect order no longer will we be hunted as the demons who broke assassin but rather worship as the saviors who finally healed it Mutiny to rule them all as one and one ring to rule them all in darkness bind them doubt me at your peril want to start saying that to people The Valor will never forgive you elves will never accept you men will never look upon you with anything but horror and disgust the only to be hunted and slaughtered guy looks like a young Simon Peg oh okay he's good maybe it is the real Sauron I guess they just recast him whoa oh he's making a point I don't think they recast him I feel like maybe he can take on a different shape different face that makes sense though he can take on the shapes choose a different handsome white guy I am your only future who among you dare say otherwise you this is cool to see him treating the Orcs like actual beings with thoughts yeah instead of just henchmen disposable henchmen he's carrying on the mantle from that guy from season one amen yeah get that goo gross stuff he puts it down hard enough he can stab his head yes you just stab his head with it yeah you're an impostor oh that's the real Sauron oh he's getting on necrotic oh this is the flashback of when he betrayed him gotcha okay yeah yeah yeah that's why when he said remember me yeah yeah good catch has been two years since the first season oh boy oh we had a real Caesar thing going on yeah beware the Ides of whatever March is in this world who oh damn that's a opening scene yeah man that's Grim now I'm on Sauron side I know I want him to succeed I want his Redemption Arc why would you ever want to work with these Orcs ever again God get your last stabs in it's good they darken the blood that way you can get away with it little censorship trick for y'all it's just dark because he's that evil whoa who dang and darkness fell over the land desolation cool party did he just vanish he's probably gone yeah damnn how do you kill him how do you survive that he is more than just a man why didn't they want to follow Sauron though I don't know maybe they didn't feel like he was talking the real talk wherever he is he's naked now my children you are free free to follow me and and my orders I mean he does seem to have the orc's best interests at heart in a more authentic way but it's not altogether dissimilar from what old sawi was saying what is he again an ukai he's an ur ur so maybe like not quite orai but of that lineage token experts splain us that guy was one of the best characters in season one though so oh it's the black goo he's going to create Xenomorphs so he's like literally resurrected he's just one with the mountain now forms like the liquid Terminator feels reminiscent of Golem oh what's this rat about to become The Departed snatch it grab it grab it with your hand e oh even cooler Venom oh that's sad oh that's sad oh pour R damn why squiding spaghetti what' that rat do the wrong place wrong time centipede too oh this this feels like this does feel like uh smeagles like the way they're overlapping and stuff in the cave watching the transformation wow ew what are you it's just a oh he's that Pokemon he's a tangella you're gross Sauron no wonder no one likes you this is pretty neat I I I will say and you can't tell me otherwise oh he got an actual arm now he just adopts the face of a handsome fella yes he's going to go around taking faces until he finds the hottest one oh breath of life and so suron was picked up on the wheel yeah oh oh no not the horse is Venom horse what is he like have to eat humans I guess he must get that life force why does he look that way I don't know maybe he takes on features from people so his new face is like an amalgamation of his old face and other faces hair looks great though yeah cool little curls up just the right amount of facial hair you know I got to start all over the guy can't die it's true after this he gives up and just becomes a giant eye I don't want to be a pile of leeches anymore I don't want to be a tapeworm guy I'll just be an eyeball damn it's like you're at the beginning of time oh he really wants to reclaim dude he's almost crying but why I don't know why they didn't trust him he wasn't delivering on his campaign promises he was up for re-election and they'd had enough that way lies death friend that is my path an Army Of Orcs moves against men we were the fortunate ones perhaps the fortunate ones were the first to die wow I know youve suffered I can see it in your eyes there's another life waiting for you you just have to turn toward it oh that's how we got it Origins thing what is it a symbol of Kings long dead my family served them then why we it as a reminder that fortunes can turn for even the most powerful look out it's a good theme ah this [ __ ] motivated Sauron a sure path May crumble but there's always another often it can lead us someplace better and it will for you they say there's places across the sea a man can escape himself find another path perhaps another life or with us if you like wow or walk on Jog on keep chasing death choice is yours friend so he decides to walk the path of man it's actually kind of an interesting hook get a little debate of sauron's humanity or what dwindles left of it wait a minute is this like what leads into the the fish Dragon thing that sure like it that goes into the gagal story I think yeah we're about to find out how he wound up on that piece of wood in the middle of the ocean looks like vgo Mortenson in the shadows nightmares again what haunts you so I've done Evil all of us have done things that we care not to admit but have you done evil not like I have you seem like actually evil you're alive because you have chosen good but what of tomorrow you have to choose it again H and the next day until it becomes a part of your nature I like this guy I know Mel Brooks is killing it he really seems to care about him grab hold of something oh dang dang help me choose good choose to help a dude he didn't choose good no this is pretty cool feel like we get a lot of POV plane crashes now so to see a boat Massacre is pretty interesting come immune with it tame the Beast yes Jonah and the fish Dragon oh damn did he guide it away is this his doing it was just caught in something this just doing his big fish Dragon thing the wood so he was just like barely Resurrected yes quite fast yeah I thought he was like traveling for a long time or something I thought it was going to at least be like the this whole episode and then maybe end on that or something just the elf I've been looking for tides of Fate are flowing yours may be heading in or out seems like it took a whole different personality yeah man got the Sinister eyes [Music] oh it's a good opening it's good prologue green and patina on that title it's a good prologue TW agree wow great shot yeah and the Colors oh are they playing some game they must be is our elves Bond if you can get my pouch of gold it is yours oh who it's like a locked off shot on the side of the horse it's crazy to me oh it's the Rings duh oh give me them rings tring to get rid of it yeah yeah I I thought they were play some elf k no I mean be a nice tone shifter but if I know gadriel she doesn't have that much fun so we intend no insult gadriel but by order of Herold Elon you are to come with us oh you and what army the luck is it true depends who's asking elron just informed me your companion this haland was not who he claimed yet you chose to withhold this from him and calabrio all your fault who is he he is not what I thought which is the reason I did what I did you are a dodging question he is no man he has been masquerading as one appearing in Fair form to hide his true self which is foul he so oh even Elon was like God damn it how could you well I didn't know he deceived me no Galadriel you were blind blinded by your own pride and what Frailty blinded you not he's going to shout silence at you guys in a second you are my friend Den yeah denan you too we cannot know the depth of it the last Gold Leaf will fall and it will be my task to inform all Lindon our time here is ended if we leave now the peoples of Middle Earth will be left to suffer under the tyranny of a new dark law you really should have told them gadra they may be the last hope for all Middle Earth it is a risk we must chance to take I forget they call it Middle Earth too Sauron has not yet amassed that degree of power these Rings may be how he attains it they must be destroyed Ron's thinking smart that decision is far above your privilege far above your pay yeah that's exactly what I thought the Rings I don't know man it's a good debate make a choker out of them jump sticky fly you fool jump yes ooo let's go the chase is on just collecting every experience mankind has to offer it's his way of sneaking in man welcome to Mordor work its land well and you'll be fed well work it badly and you'll feed the soil hey swear allegiance to Adam Lord father of the OD God look that sword too oh wow you really can't hesitate the king of the Southlands turned himself in Lord father says he wants to negotiate Let My People Go Let My People Go or yours will die my people defeated the men of these lands we defeated the elves who came to their aid we even defeated their allies the men from Beyond the Sea Beyond the Sea since galadriel's defeat she sought out a new ally an ancient sorcerer to instruct the elves in forging a new weapon elon's got the right impression one you first told her about a power over flesh do you remember those words power over flesh set my people free and I will tell you where he can be found so you can destroy him interesting you will tell me everything you think you know of this sorcerer now and I will spill the words from your throat if I die all it's I know dies with me you can't kill me there's got to be some sorcery you can do to raise mind in time you will beg me to bars he can feel this pain right yeah yeah I think so Zaron could never return could he no saon is dead we killed the [ __ ] out you all saw it right we killed him 3 weeks ago oh I think it would be a cool reveal if he was San that would be cool that would be an actual surprise and mislead be a good mislead otherwise Gandalf is just going through all the hobbits every generation yeah that's why he's always coming back to OB it's part of his core memory the Stars a staff whoa is this like one of those video game things that like gives you the pass oh no oh it's it's your staff whoa whoa oh my God we're going to get his Origins too let's go season 2 Origins got that look in your eye she's older you had that dream again last night if you tell me what it is you keep seeing maybe I could help you puzzle it out maybe it's a clue I'm getting a clue it's the heat that's all God only a few days into being a whole guy and you're already deceiving wow that's a mask cool I love the depth of the darkness in those eyes no it can't be how many people do you think watch us and go this feels like mad ma not enough there's nothing to eat out here find a cactus crack it open whoa what the hell what just happened the shot looks so weird what can you turn the tree into food is there water in it oh no oh no well come on might bear some fruit at least you could use try yeah have you forgotten what happened when last I tried such a thing you just need to learn to limit your power output cool yeah that's pretty awesome that's a great Sim yeah touches so centrally it's really feeling that tree up hey give me some food baby grow me a peach oh no buddy you did it we leave for days what whoa you made all these roaches and beetles and stuff lost control in the dream there's a kind of Branch Under the Stars when I reach out to grasp it something's are best not shared aloud it's like half your dialogue so well you did sort of shared aloud so it's not rightly fair to be our cryptic about it now but perhaps Wizards are not always Fair hey and they arrive when they mean to I can feel the legs the throat that's the best part they're dancing oh my we used to sing little boogy songs they'd have music to dance to when they she misses her people it is quite all right for a half foot to miss home strange how that which is Left Behind can be the heaviest burden to carry oh good one I miss my home as well which is what where you don't even remember yours but he knows he misses it it's the feeling sometimes I perceive a glimmer of it a longing a feeling I can't remember but I know it's real you'll get that season 8 it appears we're being followed dirt now water dirt yeah people are always hunting him a Warg what is the extent of his powers of the Wizard's powers or sauron's Powers saur unclear he's an evil Whisperer seems like that war remembered him come on your majesty not even Kings can go without food pain must be something you enjoy you have no idea is that all bone was there any meat on that at all after the Lord father releases me I'm going to kill you do deep remember you're here oh yes he does he's watching right now he can sense like he doesn't have power to get out of these chains thought he had like a bunch of power not yet though we're in the past where in the past before he gets all Juiced up right but this is after gadriel but we just saw him with the guy and he met the thing I don't know I'm a little confused this is after gadriel this after EMP season one yeah I guess you're right you remember me old boy Whoa tug of war what what I rehabilitate Wars I train people that is beautiful lynon didn't he do like a bunch of like cool [ __ ] to galadriel's brain and get out of there and [ __ ] yeah yeah I mean I thought he left in a more charged up kind of [Music] way how beautiful oh my goodness build buing the ships Elvin shop class Perfection exists only in V thank you master Gan you think he takes advantage of his appearances definitely does look at this guy that Vibe it's like classic Jesus if Jesus live past 30 I guess we're just following this guy now you needn't hide any longer you don't know how many rooms I enter saying that I just say that in every room I say it in case yeah so it seems like I'm in control of a situation that I might not want to be in please forgive the unexpected nature of my visit but I have nowhere else to turn you are the oldest and wisest of our kind and the elves are facing our greatest test in an age and we haven't studied I perceive you carry something in your charge something louder than the sea circular what have you brought here oh boy the SE is always right how will the show end you know just at the start of the Lord of the Rings saon loes on expand the search set a watch at every Crossing he must not Escape sir yes sir Escape is not his plan he's building Elon would seek out someone he can trust whose voice would command respect even from you someone who could turn the tides his way the tides I'm picking out what you're putting downon you may examine them I have seen calor's work before he's remarkable he's all right I remember he used to speak speak of One Day crafting objects of such power they could change the heart of any who beheld them if as you say these rings have so quickly turned elf against elf it would appear he has succeeded these three rings were made without sauron's touch the enemy is cunning the Rings May well be a ploy on his part a device in some larger plan the end of which we cannot yet see sharp he is beginning to sound more like Hugo weaving not like his actual voice but the attitude the Rings must be destroyed do so and the age of the elves will end we would be abandoning all metal Earth to its fate so you might as well take the chance to do otherwise means falling prey to the designs of the enemy yes it's conundrum these Rings into its depths they so it's about them just I wonder how long this is going to go on for this season El G I have come to coax you willingly if I fail the hiking will see you removed by force damn you only Escape for a few hours I should have trusted you as I asked you to trust me but unless we both trust in the Rings now all will be lost we chose this path together no you chose it for me what so frightens you you cannot consider the possibility of their corruption CU they have no choice because in my heart I know the three rings are free of his influence but are you M the light of valinor shone upon your very face Galadriel and you turned your back on it was it truly to fight the darkness or was the darkness calling to you she just wanted to go for a swim all this may be by his design I did what I felt was right and time alone will reveal whether that was fully or wisdom what time do you think you have half 8 you did what you must Galadriel so did I so did I so have I where all the Rings oh no swim towards him gadriel yes we know you're a damn fine swimmer absolutely Dam he's not getting away that fast yeah we can catch him got some flaming arrows out there bring that rock back to light oh man they got the least fun set it's okay it's nice and toasty tusken Raiders it's an Ewok oh female voice it's a lady oh that means that means she's good are always be sensitive hey a only bis never been happier in my life then right now no you too your Magic's given me a choice but your dad said I didn't have to do female froto and Sam I was Sting through s's old book harford's must have Journey this way a long time ago you are here there's a warning not to forget the words to the song or you'll just go around in circles song give you one guess sing to me sing to me land far away the Walkin song Walkin song what song The Walking Song the travel on foot song we go this way on foot whoa what is that metal what is that element kyber crystals satanum past Eyes Of Pale fire black sand for my bad oh so they just had to keep singing I trade all I've known for the unknown ahead oh oh those are those are little people they put into or they just put a giant they Cast a Giant man to make the perspective read properly welcome to the lands of R what are you waiting for this is only the beginning the beginning of the middle and the end of the [Music] beginning damn I wish it had been poppy in the skeleton mask whoa oh two [Music] Riders oh dropping him in the trench I this is just going to keep happening every time it puts it out damn just put them on put all of them [Music] on uhoh you woke the beacon I was in your place once in the eldest of the Elder days a long time ago I was led up to a dark and nameless Peak Chained and left is this what led to him betraying I saw it his servant's face s's face and it was beautiful oh the me Wi on that dark and nameless Peak he's putting it together isn't he yeah I drag it all your people have been set free now tell me what you know of Sauron surprise Sauron has returned in a new form I have something you don't the trust of the elves release me and I'll go to them and seek him out so you can Marshal Your Allegiance to destroy him man deceiver you vow allegiance to Adar Lord father of the uks yes bend the knee the KN oh he just goes along with all this doing what he got to do to get out he's instrumenting a war right now I with your head at my feet kiss my boot it's like if we knew if like we were just watching Palpatine as a protagonist yeah I have to serve a lot of more do which is me which is me I'm the order I'm going to kill you is that right your majesty death scene what are you going to find I think the war's going to kill him probably it's good call whoa oh yeah he Unleashed it real smile that's good he's not even concerned I like the way music factors into these stories the folk [Music] songs winter is coming is this them accepting their their demise I guess that he's going to show up with the three rings we must return to our home or diminish forever into Endless Night and so it has come to pass our days in Middle Earth are ended no I've refused to stand for no I've seen six movies I know he going to show with the Rings I made more I got some for the dwarves men elron is L wrong no Perfection does not exist only in valyo hiking it is here dang Jesus kmor has brought it to Middle Earth a [ __ ] oh elon's the only smart one yeah let him corrupt you dog all those fancy sounds they're making oh pick it up I do put it on your middle [Laughter] finger let's go oh she is putting it on her on the middle yes yes that's just a big F you right before she beats sauron's ass she's gonna do that I mean it makes sense he's got rings on all the other fingers yes his has to be a middle he's got big fing fingers he's got big fingers that man he's got big big old Dwarven fingers fingers of a troll the warmth has returned we all action everyone look up oh the leaves are returning a new age of prosperity can begin I feel like if Gandalf or saon or Gandalf ripoff guy was here he'd be able to just do all this yeah but he'd blow the tree up yeah but then like mice would come out yeah it's true oh real smile oh Ron's like was wrong that is beautiful though that is pretty to look at was it worth [Music] it who are the Benny jzer right over there he just walked in front of her and stood there yep look at you really quick and I'm out of a take your place beside them look at my ring look at my ring look at my ring oh you're just cool look at our Rings guys you want to [Music] trade yeah these are the exact rings that I saw when they were made this perfectly balanced this is exactly how we made them look at the symmetry of the shot yes yes Forge lady we need more Rings a thousand rings I forget how many rings were given to who like nine to men and then seven for the dwarves but a messenger has just arrived word from Lindon this messenger is from the Southlands he says he wants to negotiate he says he has some Southland Tales to tell you oh my God he just showed up himself he just here damn unless this is a misleading cut no it's not a misleading cut I can't tell if those are elves those don't look like elves wasn't everyone told about him we Grant him entry what up oh he didn't get the message yet yeah he must not have damn gadel you done messed up you should have been like in case Hal bran returns don't trust him he's sa he's sa brand Oh Charlotte branstrom well done all right well ladies and Gentlemen Rings of Power Review We just watched rings of power season 2 episode 1 and John yes Gregory so that way I don't influence your opinion oh no I don't know what how am I going to think if you don't tell I don't know honestly how you're going to do it but let's find out man who's simultaneously known to be more articulate than me have a wider vocabulary than me also apparently gets all his opinions influenced by me according I got the words you got the content baby just tell me where to put those words and I'll choose the right ones I thought this was good I I uh was trepidacious walking into this because uh contrary to popular belief I too was kind of mixed on the first season it looked beautiful own I was also well I always had a good time watching like it's one of those things where like I'm always happy to be watching a Lord of the Rings thing but I don't think it's in any way deniable that the first season fell short of being as rich and as compelling and as um Broad in tone not broad like silly but like a woman from the 30s abroad uh it just yeah the first season seemed like it went for like we're doing big stoic and everything's important and everyone's angsty and a badass and uh you know there's some improvement to make on that I was hoping that things would scratch a little deeper below the surface and maybe even give us certain things that aren't necessarily s dialogue heavy that are more in the mood and more in the visual storytelling and this uh as a starting point for season 2 I thought was at least solid and it gave me a good amount of just you know cautious optimism that whatever is to follow will build on and maybe you know improve upon you know the general approach of season 1 was this like an amazing episode and I loved it not necessarily but uh you know I'm here for it and this was at least like a solid time and uh you know barring some minor confusion for me on yeah like where are we with how brand again in time and everyone knowing about him um but other than that um what do you mean it's pretty obvious I guess it is I don't well because we had that first only gadriel knew and then gadriel told a few of the elves here but they don't have telephone so for anyone to get a message they have to send like they got to travel in there yeah but apparently but apparently Hal bran can get to the guy who makes the Rings faster than the elves can get their message he's got evil power he could do anything with the power chained up at Mordor for a while travels all the way back on horse and is can apparently get to him faster than the messenger it's right next door to Mordor he's right there uh yeah I mean how brand you know he's it's interesting to follow him this way in a Solo capacity like you know the whole mislead of the first season didn't really pan out and everyone's like this guy's probably he he can't be sour on because it just be too obvious but at least here I think uh watching him travel alone and meeting Adar again and little things like that there's just like a slightly more interesting at least as of now uh portrayal of like the deceits and knowledge that people do or don't have which is kind of fun um yeah you know there there yeah potential for us to be in on what someone's machinations are even if the other characters aren't fully aware and that's kind of cool um and yeah the debate on the Rings I think is obviously a solid thing to do as you know because he was so instrumental in forging them in the first season like obviously it seems like something must be up with those and then to have gadriel be so gung-ho on like no no we should use these this is good is also like just a nice I feel like the first season with gadriel she was just always in control and always a badass and always right and always serious up until the end with like oh you screwed up on hbr though um so here it's at least like a good question mark I'm like I don't know if she's making the right choice or not and I can see her POV I can see elon's po I mean we know she's making the wrong choice yeah I guess so we know what this leads to that's true um yeah I thought it was good I thought it was better than I could have hoped for it's smart to not cut around to every single character because we didn't cut around to cool elf we haven't seen him at all yet yeah we had didn't go around to the dwarves nope so to keep it focused on these three story lines was really smart to keep it focused I did really like the saour on backstory of what led to the Fallout and even though I feel like that I don't know what the passage of time is from him being a bunch of leeches or whatever the hell that was into forming a good-look man uh what's his name Heim doll himman trying not to act like this show made me tired again there's something about this show that I feel like is I feel like I should be watching this on a couch and like just kind of sit in back and watch it they like part of me yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah let me just smoke a bowl and watch the show I feel like I might enjoy it more yeah gu I'm G Al's pipe tobacco but I did I did enjoy it um I I could see at least what I liked about it most was I can see that they've taken notes and they you can see them starting to apply them you know I you can't immediately like reverse everything around because you have carryover and it is a continuation at the end of the day of a season that whether you like it or not you got to admit it's a mixed pack could have been better yeah right it doesn't reach the heights of The Lord of the Rings movies that we are trying to reach and surpass the heights of well I'm just like receptive wise it was obviously a mixed bag with people yeah uh even for the crowd that was not just like what women and black elf like the people just came writing of the heights of writing and the heights of Storytelling yeah yeah it was just that aspect and so you still got some of that carry over but I can see the market Improvement there seems to be a better pulse to it there's a better Rhythm um a more clear defined mood and I I did like all I would Echo the same things that that you said there's nothing really I didn't quite like about it it's I am the influencer of opinions now I forced you to like the show based on my mildly positive feedback I just don't want to I just don't want to get hatred yes of course from the really strong fan base of we can do now is we can start the review and basically we'll blindfold and put like those soundproof headphones on for the first part we each say our piece and then you know we switch so that we have no idea what the start off opinions are yeah I mean it it was it was good it no no seriously it was it wasn't bad I liked it more than a lot of the episodes of season one sure and it feels like we are building up to something pretty cool I think actually getting like [ __ ] misleads out of the way is refreshing sure because having just F I was I was watching the first 20 minutes I was going man what if this was like first 20 minutes of the first season just like we know like we're going to follow Sauron like wow what an interesting hook that would have been sure like your Hannibal show or something like that where you're just following the the pro one of your main characters your protagonist is Sauron and to do this show for a season two where they are saying because I thought it was just going to be like all right Sauron I'm doing badass [ __ ] now for the rest of this show I'm gonna be doing like saon stuff but he still seems kind of like he's got like turmoil going on he flat out cries when he's imprisoned you know and it there it seems like he's actually hurt so just to illustrate a Humanity now that the guys is gone that we know with Sauron it actually makes him way more interesting yeah and I like that that was that was definitely my favorite part about it and just the interactions overall felt more natural and less like pretentious stoicism so yeah I think this was I I feel like they they definitely took some notes and we're like we got to apply some of this [ __ ] yeah it it seemed like it's not be behaving as though it thinks it's as deep and as like you know uh arresting as it wants to be and it seems like it's just actually kind of telling the story and yeah like I think that's part of maybe what threw me a little bit with the how brand stuff in terms of time just because yeah like I was similarly expecting like well he's Sauron now so he's going to have the armor and he's going to be the dark lord and but yeah somehow I feel like his character has almost gotten more interesting at least as of this episode to watch him yeah have these interactions and have these pangs of you can tell there are times where they like yeah he's enjoying twisting the knife or being evil or being you know the person with the true knowledge in the upper hand but there are other times where you can feel the grappling of humanity in him and I think that actually makes very a more interesting it makes for a more interesting story to follow about the formation the rise of Sauron when it's not just how' it happen when it's more like why did it happen What experiences led to this I still feel like some beats get a little bit sped over totally I would have made the prologue this whole episode I thought that's what we were watching that's why when I got to the part with the ship I was like oh I guess like he was this guy for like a day for like a day yeah he just got back and immediately found what he was looking for and I thought we were going to do this whole thing with him bonding with this older guy and then he just like betrayed him like it was nothing which was didn't try to save him like it was like one scene like seconds ago he seemed like he was really connected to this dude and then a second later he's like screw this taking yeah totally and and I mean it's funny you also mentioned it being nice not to have every plot line present in this episode which I think is a good thing especially when you look at other shows that this is trying to exist in the lane of like you know the Game of Thrones House of the Dragon stuff and even those have problems with geography and time and I think leaving out certain plot lines and people make the map feel bigger it's good to miss characters and that in the prologue was one thing that made me worry because I was like oh damn this is so cool in one breath but now it feels like it's happening really fast and we're skipping right to this and luckily the rest of the episode didn't fall into that trap so much I think which is good because yeah it does sort of feel like oh damn there's almost no additional Journey between him reforming and him meeting gadriel which I don't know just seems like it would have been an opportunity to do some interesting stuff and to have him completely alone before getting him back in with characters who we know but who don't recognize him um so yeah yeah there are things that could be improved upon but yeah in terms of carrying over the beautiful production values that's all still there and uh yeah at least thus far you know the I liked hanging out with Nori and The Wizard guy in the desert and even their relationship even though that's you know not you know the most expansive part of this episode even just like I felt the atmosphere of being there uh I like the contrast of the Landscapes and everything and and you have I think a nice I like that getting poppy back but still having the looming uh trackers whoever these like Nas ghoul wraith type guys are who are following them that's a fun little you know mystery we don't know if that's them we don't know if that's them but they certainly have that kind of vibe and you know we got Hobbits and wizard being stalked by characters it's all Remnant it's poetry at Rhymes well I think they're release three they released three that's right three hours all right let's go let keep going W what do you guys think leave your thoughts down below influence our opinions with your opinions we'll see you guys soon [Music]