The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Great Wave
TV Flash files “The Great Wave” as hour 4 of 24 in the TV Flash guide — The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–) on Prime Video, season 1, episode 4, aired 2022-09-16, 71 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 24 in the The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power guide, hour 4 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2022-09-16 (71 min). The listed hour before it is “Adar” (S01E03). Next is “Partings” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Queen Regent Míriel's faith is tested; Isildur finds himself at a crossroads; Elrond uncovers a secret; Arondir is given an ultimatum; Theo disobeys Bronwyn.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Great Wave sit in the The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 24 — hour 4 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S01E04 air?
The Great Wave aired 2022-09-16 and is listed at 71 minutes.
Do I need Jackson's films or the legendarium first?
Second Age Tolkien, not a recap of the trilogy. Canon wars are extra text; the series still plays as elves, humans, and harfoots against rising evil if you accept new forging.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Second Age Tolkien at a budget that doubled as the marketing. Watch the discourse as much as the Harfoots: canon wars, review-bombing, and a still-growing audience that actually likes the forging. Prime's biggest fantasy bet is industrial craft — landscapes, languages, and the argument over who gets to play in Middle-earth now.
The first cut is landscape as argument. J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, 2022 onward on Prime Video, puts Second Age Tolkien on screen at a budget that doubled as the marketing — elves, humans, and harfoots confronting rising evil while Morfydd Clark's Galadriel, Charlie Vickers's Halbrand/Sauron, and Markella Kavenagh's Nori carry industrial craft: landscapes, languages, the forging. Streaming's biggest fantasy bet. Spectacle plus argument is the product. The tabloids…
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- Morfydd Clark as Galadriel
Morfydd Clark’s Galadriel walked The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power at a budget that doubled as the marketing — 2020s Second Age Tolkien, canon wars, review-bombing, a still-growing audience that actually likes the forging. TV…
- Charlie Vickers as Halbrand / Sauron
Charlie Vickers plays Halbrand / Sauron on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — Second Age Tolkien at a budget that doubled as marketing, canon wars, review-bombing, a still-growing audience that actually likes the forging. Prime's…
- Markella Kavenagh as Nori
Markella Kavenagh walked the grass as Nori on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power — Second Age Tolkien at a budget that doubled as marketing, Harfoots in the discourse, canon wars and review-bombing around a still-growing audience…