By the end of this week's episode of The Rings of Power, Adar's Orc army is fully besieging Eregion, beginning a battle that will play out in the next episode.
This episode's segments, like those involving the Durin family, do hit familiar beats, dredging up those old arguments for another round. But there is some forward progress.
In a startling turnaround, the Numenor sequences in this episode are responsible for one of the most thrilling moments of the season, although we have to get a few speeches out of the way first.
The buildup to the big plunge takes a while, but the payoff is sublime, in a terrifying sequence involving the sea worm that Miriel confronts.
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