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The Rings of Power Season 1

8 episodes · 2022

Episode 1: A Shadow of the Past Sept 1, 2022
Galadriel's hunt for Sauron ends in the frozen north, and the High King sends her company home to sail West. Elsewhere, Elrond is paired with Celebrimbor, Arondir finds a burned village in the Southlands, and a stranger falls from the sky near the Harfoots.
Episode 2: Adrift Sept 1, 2022
Galadriel drifts at sea and meets Halbrand, a man of the Southlands. Elrond takes Celebrimbor's request to the Dwarves, and in the Southlands the orcs begin to show themselves.
Episode 3: Adar Sept 9, 2022
Galadriel and Halbrand are rescued and taken to the island kingdom of Númenor. Arondir is put to work in the orc trenches, and the Harfoots begin their seasonal migration with the Stranger in tow.
Episode 4: The Great Wave Sept 16, 2022
Míriel shows Galadriel a vision of Númenor's destruction. Elrond discovers the Dwarves' secret: mithril. In the Southlands, Adar sends Arondir back with a demand that the villagers surrender.
Episode 5: Partings Sept 23, 2022
Númenor prepares to sail. Elrond's oath to Durin is tested when Gil-galad learns about mithril, the Southlanders split over Adar's offer, and three mysterious figures come looking for the Stranger.
Episode 6: Udûn Sept 30, 2022
The Southlanders make a stand at Tirharad until the Númenóreans arrive. Galadriel captures Adar — but Waldreg uses the hilt to open a dam, and the flood sets off the volcano.
Episode 7: The Eye Oct 7, 2022
Survivors stumble through the ash. Míriel is blinded and Isildur is believed lost. Galadriel takes the wounded Halbrand north for Elven healing, and Adar gives the burned land a new name: Mordor.
Episode 8: Alloyed Oct 14, 2022
In Eregion, Galadriel discovers that Halbrand is Sauron, but the Elves still forge the Three Rings. The Stranger defeats the mystics and sets off east with Nori.
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Key moments of Season 1

Sauron's mark S1E1 A Shadow of the Past
In an abandoned fortress in the far north, Galadriel's company finds Sauron's sign carved in ice, the first proof he may have survived.
The Stranger falls S1E1 A Shadow of the Past
A burning meteor crashes near the Harfoots' camp. Inside the crater lies a giant man with no memory.
The raft S1E2 Adrift
Adrift at sea, Galadriel is pulled aboard a raft of castaways and meets Halbrand, who says he fled the Southlands.
Arondir taken S1E2 Adrift
Following tunnels beneath Hordern, Arondir is ambushed and dragged off to the orc trenches.
The great wave S1E4 The Great Wave
Míriel shows Galadriel a vision in the palantír: a vast wave drowning Númenor. It persuades her to sail for Middle-earth.
Mithril S1E4 The Great Wave
Elrond learns the Dwarves' secret: a new ore, mithril, found deep in the mines of Khazad-dûm.
Battle of Tirharad S1E6 Udûn
The Southlanders hold the village against Adar's orcs until the Númenórean cavalry rides in.
The dam opens S1E6 Udûn
Waldreg turns the sword-hilt in the dam's lock. Floodwater rushes through channels into the mountain.
The eruption S1E6 Udûn
The mountain explodes. Fire and ash bury the Southlands, the birth of Mordor and Mount Doom.
Mordor is named S1E7 The Eye
Adar calls his orcs to the burned land and gives it a new name: Mordor.
The Three are forged S1E8 Alloyed
With mithril and Galadriel's dagger, Celebrimbor forges three Elven rings: Nenya, Vilya and Narya.
Halbrand unmasked S1E8 Alloyed
Galadriel realises Halbrand is Sauron. He offers her a throne at his side; she refuses, and he leaves for Mordor.
The mystics defeated S1E8 Alloyed
Cornered by the three mystics, the Stranger finds his power and destroys them.