Was it this past episode that ended with the title card switching from the Southlands to spooky voice, MoRdOr!?!?! Totally cheesy. Felt like the volcano in the distance spoke for itself.
Man I have so many thoughts but so little time! But yes, the latest episode, #7, ended with this. It also had the Balrog reveal, which to me, was to me was terribly lame. I think these last 5 minutes is really was hurt the episode. I just couldn’t believe it, after what to me had been a show with a lot of grace and subtlety (for the most part). A quick fanedit fix for the Balrog might be to simply have the leaf burn up and then cut to black with a short growl of the Balrog. More of a tease than a full reveal.
Overall, I do think the calamitous 6th episode could have had more consequences, Arondir and/or Bronwyn could have died (would be interesting to see how Theo would respond), Miriel perhaps could have died as well. I just felt like too major of an event for every major character to make it through.
Anyway, overall, I’m still very much enjoying the show, and really hoping the finale sticks the landing so we have a good feeling and anticipation for season 2.