Shadow and Flame

Galadriel a unique actress of your very own, set amongst idyllic private gardens. This is the key to success doggedly, or rather craftly, the series go a game of shadows endless determination by everyone involved to a high class acting play perfomances the series thing straight. Originality for computer graphics and motion camera tricks, and the script, by Galadriel, she is my favourite with everyone who embrace the delighted acting played will linger long after you leave. In the most painterly the lavish visual palette of for the rural settings, for the battle scenes. Admirations to all cast & crew from Lachezar.!?

Loved season one, but season 2 was a step up on all fronts. It's been an engaging engaging story from start to finish and the final wrapped up several arcs while leaving the door open for season 3.

This show opened me to Tolkiens world and I started reading some of his works first with the Silmarillion and now The Fall of Numenor. Having finished the former I don't understand the hate towards this series, mostly seems like a lot of people whining it's not the movies from the early 2000s.

Sauron and Celibrimbor are incredible and engaging with supporting characters like Adar and Elrond supporting as well.

Overall it's been an amazing experience and I can't recommend this show enough and impatiently waiting for season 3.

I watched House of the Dragon season 2 and this season sequentially, and this was better than House of the Dragon season 2 in many aspects.

This season explores more in depth stories of all the characters in a great way. Even when the episodes were slow I find them not to be disengaging.

And some revealing characters from the old movies was a nice touch. Returning of some beloved Lord of the Rings characters was really nice to watch. I am now all open for coming seasons of this because the story is making more sense now. The introduction of the rings and their influence on the minds of it wearer, great.

This is the best episode so far, in my opinion. The first sequence was probably the best scene of both seasons. The action scenes were very well done.

This is much closer to what I was hoping for with this series, and hopefully it keeps going that way in the next seasons.

I feel like pieces are falling into place now, and it's much easier to see where this is going, and understand how this would lead to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

I wasn't a big fan of Halbrand but his transformation into Sauron has been very cool to see, and how he actually deceives people.

Well done, now we wait 2 years! XD.

And just like that, it was all over again. This is a show that I have been consistently entertained by throughout both of its seasons, and personally, I think that there are a lot more stories to tell here, so hopefully Amazon is going to give it more life in the coming days. With that said, this is clearly a show that has a lot of opposition, and while I don't understand it, this season is probably not going to change those people's opinions. However, this finale certainly put a nice bow on a season that has been entertaining and full of some spectacular visuals.

This show has really pushed the boundaries on what can be done on a television scale, and with the big pockets of Amazon behind it, they have pulled off some truly incredible sequences. The previous episode had huge battle sequences almost constantly, and there is some carryover here. It opens with an impressive visual feat that just looks jaw-dropping as it did back in the days, and the battles continue to roar in explosive fashion, rooted in a very nice battle between Galadriel and Sauron. The episode features some reveals that have been brewing for a long time, and while it may have come just a smitch later than would have been preferred, all of it came with a lot of satisfaction and some great character moments to boost. With that said, some of these characters feel like they have played their part and would probably not be that important for future seasons, although they'll probably be brought back. There are also some satisfying closure to the storylines set in Khazad-dûm and Pelargir, with the Númenor storyline still leaving a few things to be desired. And the episode features one of the season's biggest weaknesses, which has unfortunately been the character of Galadriel. Not that she's not still a great inclusion, and Morfydd Clark is still doing brilliant work, but the writing for her has been wildly inconsistent throughout with many of her decisions coming off as confusing and nonsensical. However, it's a small part to take away from an altogether solid episode and season.

"Shadow and Flame" offers significant closure to major storylines and progresses the plot forward in interesting fashion, guided by some truly spectacular action sequences. There are still some issues to be dealt with in terms of the writing, but the episode (and the season overall) was a solid payoff and setup for a lot of things.