The Eye

Biography

"The Eye" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The series is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). Set thousands of years before the novel in Middle-earth's Second Age, the episode explores the aftermath of the volcanic eruption in the previous episode. It was written by Jason Cahill and directed by Charlotte Brändström. The series was ordered in November 2017. J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay were set to develop it in July 2018. Filming for the first season took place in New Zealand, and work on episodes beyond the first two began in January 2021. Brändström was revealed to be directing two episodes of the season that May, including the seventh. Production wrapped for the season in August 2021. Payne and McKay said the episode was about characters facing the consequences of their actions. The look of the episode's post-eruption setting was designed by cinematographer Alex Disenhof based on reference pictures from wildfires, including some he took of the 2020 Oregon wildfires. "The Eye" premiered on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video on October 7, 2022. It was estimated to have high viewership and received generally positive reviews, with praise for the visuals and the focus on characters and consequences, but criticism for the ending scenes which show a Balrog and a "Mordor" title card.

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