I had timelines and locations all mixed up in my mind, and wrongly assumed it was the Arkenstone (from The Hobbit) that Durin and company were keeping from Elrond. The road The Rings of Power is going down is much more interesting.
I like the actress who plays Galadriel and think she brings a lot to the role, but the writing for the character can be really bad. She's supposed to be this ~10,000-year-old lvl 85 elf, but the show has at times portrayed her like an angsty teen. And it's not every scene she's in, which makes it even more frustrating!
It's admittedly a challenge for me not to compare characters from the movie series' to the show (so far basically Galadriel and Elrond). Those were two exceptional portrayals that have aged like whisky for two decades. The pressure of following Blanchett and Weaving must have been massive for these new actors.
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