The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 review – needs to remember it’s a drama

And so, season one was a lot of foreshadowing and nod-wink referencing, introducing younger versions of known characters, other characters we strongly suspected are younger versions of Rings stalwarts although they currently have different names, and places and peoples that similarly are ready to evolve into the familiar. Beneath all this was the question, who is Sauron? The villain of the story sneakily took other forms, so we spent the first series saying: “It’s him! Or is it him?” Then we found out who it was, but not everyone on-screen did, so now it’s: where’s Sauron and who is he hoodwinking?