Here is Dr. Scott Masson’s in-depth analysis of Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘s fifth episode, “Partings.”
In this episode: Nori questions her instincts; Elrond struggles to stay true to his oath; Halbrand weighs his destiny; The Southlanders brace for attack.
If you missed his analysis of the first episode, A Shadow of the Past, you can find that here, the second episode analysis is here, the third episode here, and the fourth episode here.
Dr. Scott Masson is an Associate Professor of English Literature at Tyndale University, Toronto. He did his PhD at the University of Durham, where C.S. Lewis delivered the lectures eventually written under the title The Abolition of Man. He has taught courses on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien for over a decade, some of which have been uploaded to his YouTube channel. He also hosted a series of literature podcasts called Paideia Today.
He’ll be back with more analysis each week as the series goes on.