A critical look and analysis of Amazon's Rings of Power and how the weak foundation of Season 1 causes problems for the whole show. Many of Season 2's problems stem from these structural problems.

0:00 Intro
0:50 1) Too Many NonInteractive Plots
1:53 The Wire's Many Point of Views
3:22 Half the Plots are Siloed from each other
5:05 2) Will the Real Sauron Please Stand Up?
6:05 A Sequel/ Prequel Crutch
6:46 Do We Need Hobbits?
7:28 3) The Mechanics of Moving People in Stories
8:04 Do Prequels Inherently Lose all Tension?
8:40 Not If, But How
9:44 Returning to the Rings of Power
11:46 Good Payoff for a Bad Setup?
12:00 Sidebar: Character Assassination of Gilgalad
12:28 How long can you tread water?
13:56 Trying to like the Show
16:14 Some could have been Easily Fixed
16:48 The Worst of Season One

Intro and Outro Music:
In the Woods by Lone Bear
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