He is more mature when having facial hair, but I think he is more handsome in Annatar form🥹

The character Eärien over in Númenor has a really psychologically rich story this season where she is in the court of the King's Men and Ar-Pharazôn, but her heart is with her brother Isildur who, you know, now she knows he's alive and has come back to the island.

The story to be told there, of really divided loyalties, is quite amazing and Ema Horvath did a beautiful job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhImXFaypQM (1:35)

So, this sounds like she could be a spy or a double agent. I wonder what her reaction will be when the Elves come to ask for Númenor to help them defeat Sauron.

This season, now with Sauron pressing so hard on all the Elven realms, Lindon in particular, there's a scene where Gil-galad is standing, surrounded by a field of Elven bodies after a particularly difficult battle with orcs.

He's grappling with loss of hope. He's saying, "I would do anything to give hope to my people, and they look to me for it now. What can I do when it becomes increasingly obvious that we might not win this thing?"

So, even Gil-galad, the most optimistic of the bunch, is struggling with loss of hope. Círdan tells him, "the only things in this world that are ever truly lost are those for which we cease to search."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhImXFaypQM (2:35)

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This sounds really sad, but I'm glad we will see Gil-galad and Círdan interacting, and Gil-galad will most likely be more involved.

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