‘The Rings of Power’ is slogging its way to an ending we already know
“The Rings of Power” Season 1 was rife with familiar tropes in “The Lord of the Rings”: an unlikely friendship between elves and dwarves, a Sam and Frodo-like bond between Poppy and Nori, the eager friendship between Isildur and his fellow Númenorean soldiers and the power of community among the Harfoots.