In The Rings of Power Season 2, viewers are drawn into the intense conflict between Adar and Sauron, raising the question: why does Adar hate Sauron? While their animosity is clear, the deeper reasons for Adar’s hatred remain largely unexplored.

It's in this period after Adar's assassination of Sauron that the character really comes into his own, both as the leader of the Orcs, but also as a figure who has expanded Tolkien's lore and world for the better.

Where Is He?’ 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

The Rings of Power season 2, episode 6, "Where Is He?" The writers are forcing conflicts that feel out of character and obviously unnecessary in the deeply frustrating sixth episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s second season.

The Siege of Eregion begins in Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 6, as Adar and Galadriel negotiate and Númenor tries to kill its queen.

One line from The Rings of Power season 2, episode 5 has foreshadowed Aragorn and his part in the battle against Sauron. The Prime Video show is set in the Second Age, long before Aragorn makes his appearance in the Third Age.

And though all of the plots are solid, The Rings of Power is doing too much. The show has to carefully spread out time, sometimes leaving a central character out of an episode entirely and ruining the momentum.