This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power wrapped up its second season in epic fashion, with a finale that contained everything from a massive battle sequence to several major character deaths. But, for many, the emotional crux of the hour […]
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This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power wrapped up its second season in epic fashion, with a finale that contained everything from a massive battle sequence to several major character deaths. But, for many, the emotional crux of the hour is the moment when two of its biggest characters finally meet again: Sauron and Galadriel. The pair, who hadn’t shared the screen since the series’ first season finale, faced off in a climactic swordfight that left Galadriel seriously injured and Sauron firmly in possession of the nine rings of power destined to enslave the world of men.
Much of season 2 has been about reckoning with the idea that not only has Sauron returned, he spent a not insignificant amount of time living in disguise as the mysterious human Halbrand, allegedly a lost king of the Southlands who formed a deep emotional bond with Galadriel. Sure, there’s always the possibility that Sauron was playing a very long con with the elf commander—after all, you don’t get a nickname like the Great Deceiver without being exceptionally good at lying.
But they also spent a rather prodigious time fighting alongside one another and standing awfully close when they spoke, generating the sort of chemistry that implies that their bond is deeper and more complicated than hereditary enemies fighting for control of Middle-earth. And no matter what has happened between them since, that connection has never really gone away.
“They have a connection that’s above everyone else in the world,” Charlie Vickers, who plays Sauron, tells Den of Geek when we ask about the very hostile reunion in the season 2 finale. “It’s a connection that is really strong in both a positive, at