Season One Episode Five Thoughts
The episode starts out with the return of the nasty, filthy harfoots. I find the harfoots to be so annoying with their foolish behavior, bad accents and FILTH. It occurred to me that Meteor Man has gone FULL RETARD.
Adar flips out when the man pledges his loyalty to Sauron so that might mean that Adar is not Sauron?????
Why wouldn't Isildur report the guy who tried to burn down the boat? Wouldn't Isildur have been a hero for reporting him? Isildur would have had to explain why he was on the boat.
The enigmatic Eminem did appear to look at the crater left behind by Meteor Man but she? didn't have any dialogue. The Eminem lookalike is another mystery box that we can debate BUT this mystery will add nothing to the show. Suspenseful cliffhangers work in old-school episodic television BUT it will not work with a streaming service. People no longer have to turn the television on at a set time so a cliffhanger is a waste of time. The writers should just reveal the identity of Eminem immdediately instead of jerking viewers around.
Galadriel showed off her ninja skills with the swords again. It's not realistic but this is no different than any other action show.
Durin is such a petty dwarf. He was originally griping about the wedding and he now makes up a story about the table that he covets.
I wonder about the accuracy of the show's origins of mithril lore. The show states than an elf and balrog were battling over a tree that was struck by lightning and this caused mithril to develop underground. It would be horrible if the writers made up a story about the origins of
mithril.