The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 4 Recap by the Elf. This post contains affiliate links, you can find out more on our policies page or in the disclaimer at the bottom of the blog.
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
The Rings of Power season 2 episode 4 recap is here. And while it has it’s own tension and intensity, it wasn’t as big as last weeks episode -thankfully!-. We find Theo, find out that Estrid had Adar’s mark, and that Adar has Galadriel. Poppy and Nori are not safe and the Stranger isn’t sure who he is, but he now knows what he is supposed to do.
Is it Gandalf? How does Galadriel know Adar? Who did Estrid find? Lots of questions left to answer! It’s been a quick season so far and the tension is building.
What happens to the Elves in The Rings of Power Season 2 episode 4 recap.
No one has heard from Celebrimbor, so Elrond and Galadriel get ready to depart to go to him. They find that a bridge has been destroyed and meet evil undead skeletons in the forest they’re forced into. And find that it is where the Elf messengers died. Unfortunately, too much time has already passed and Sauron has already enacted a lot of his plan.
By the time they get close, they find Adar marching into the Elf territory. Galadriel sends Elrond, their company, and the ring back to the high king and starts to ward off the Orcs. She almost makes it out until Adar himself stops her and calls her by name.
What happens to the outpost in The Rings of Power Season 2 episode 4 recap.
Theo goes missing and Isildur and Erondir lead a search party for him. They discover that it wasn’t men who took him at all. But they also discover that Estrid has Adar’s mark. They’re instantly cruel to her and believe she meant to betray them. She reiterates that she could have picked the mark, or death. And she chose to live.
They release her right before they come upon two Ents. The Ents are who have been collecting the wildsmen and who have Theo. They are upset about the Orc army burning their way through the woods around Mordor. Erondir is able to speak with them. They release all of the men they have taken hostage, including someone Estrid knows.
Erondir says he must follow Adar’s trail and asks Theo if he wants to come, Theo says no. But they part as better-than-friends.
What happens on the road with Nori and Poppy in The Rings of Power Season 2 episode 4 recap.
The Stranger goes searching for Poppy and Nori after the tornado and meets Tom Bombadil AND an Ent. And The Stranger/wizard finds out that his task is to stop a fire and to face Sauron.
Nori and Poppy surprisingly meet another halfling, but they are Stoors instead of Harfoots. They learn more of their history, that it was an adventurous halfling that set out from the Stoor’s group who even founded the Harfoots. And that they dreamed of one day being, what we now know as, the hobbits. But the hunters come and threaten to attack the Stoors.
Discussion Questions for The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 4:
-Were you expecting the Ents?
-What did you think about the other halfling village and leader?
-Why did you think of Galadriel and Elrond’s trip?
-What was your favorite and least favorite part of this episode?
Favorite Quotes from The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 4.
“I have walked across rivers, and mountains, and desserts to help my friend find his destiny. One the fate of the world may well depend on. Yours included.” -Nori
“Oh, so he’s a great big, grand Elf.” -Gundable Earthauler
“Protecting that which is most fragile, most dear, is a task entrusted to all Elves. And one that is not yet complete.” -Galadriel
“Do you think they know what peace is?” “It is what comes after the night storms, when the dawn is silent. And the birds awaken.” -Arondir and Snaggleroot
“We have tended this forest since before the mountains rose up and divided it. When the only sound here was light on the moss. Yes, we know peace.” -Winterbloom
“There is evil in those hills. Ancient, and filled with malice.” – Galadriel
“Well, there is what you’re searching for and there is what you find.” – Tom Bombardil
“Been awhile since I’ve been called much of anything, but back in the Withywindle, folk used to call me Bombardil” – Tom Bombardil
“You wield power over trees. Over winds and fire. You wield it, as if it belongs to you” – Tom Bombardil
“A wizard’s staff is like a name. It’s yours to wield already, if you prove yourself worthy of it.”– Tom Bombardil
“Old Tom’s a wanderer, not a warrior” – Tom Bombardil
“We all do foolish things sometimes, especially in moments of hopelessness.” -Arondir
“There are nameless things in the deep places of this world.” -Arondir
“I have always felt it, but with this ring, I can see it” – Galadriel
“I will choose the path I must to give me the best hope of protecting it.” – Elrond
“The spilling sap and burning branch called to us from afar. But we were too late.” –Snaggleroot
“Forgiveness takes an age. Rain washing clear the long memory of soil. New bark, covering old scars.” -Winterbloom
“She did not do it to save us…She did it to save the ring” – Elrond
“A star shines in the hour of our meeting, Lady Galadriel” – Adar
-The Rings of Power Season 2 Quotes
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