The most ambitious fantasy series of the streaming era finally finds its rhythm — and its shadow. “Ambitious enough to make you gasp, scatterbrained enough to make you argue at dinner parties — but always, oddly, mesmerizing.” When Amazon first announced The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , the internet collectively clutched its mithril. How could anyone — even with billions in backing — dare revisit Middle-earth after Peter Jackson’s monumental films? Two seasons late
