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‘Rings of Power’ Episodes 1 and 2 Deep Dive

Joanna and Mal journey to Middle-earth to break down the beginning of the series

By Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson
Amazon Prime Video


Joanna and Mal journey to Middle-earth to break down The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episodes 1 and 2. They start by giving their overall impressions of the show (8:09) before discussing each story line in the first two episodes (29:16). Later, they speculate on what is to come and talk about some of their theories about the identity of the Stranger (2:00:16). They finish by having a book-spoiler discussion about some of the events of the episode (2:12:24).

If you would like to email Mal and Joanna about the show, you can reach them at hobbitsanddragons@gmail.com.

Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin
Associate Producer: Carlos Chiriboga
Social: Jomi Adeniran
Addition Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopal

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