[JohnnyB]

The visual of the wave was great. I imagine that was an expensive little scene, but very powerful.

Overall, a fun episode. I'm liking the dwarves and Elrond a lot. Numenor has become intriguing with the addition of a palantir and the wave - the situation with the king and the palantir is reminiscent of Theodan. The elf soldier who got captured originally seemed flat and dry as a cardboard box to me, but his storyline is at least developing in an interesting way and his character promises to bring some fun battle scenes.

I'm still not loving the Galadriel character. The character has developed a bit and the actress seems a bit less flat, but she still seems to always be trying too hard or something. I definitely don't feel like the actress embodies Galadriel naturally. Same with the kid who has the dark sword and the elf soldier who saved him. There are some very natural feeling characters, particularly among the lead humans and the dwarves, but too many actors and actresses who seem to be obviously acting rather than inhabiting their characters.

Hoping as the show progresses that we get more sweeping scenes of NZ landscape too. Loved how the natural landscape contributed to the sense of grandeur and wonder in lotr but haven't seen much of that yet in this series.