Power - Season 2
Upon release, Power gained positive reviews and it is one of Starz's most highly rated shows and one of cable's most watched shows.[2][3] Prior to the premiere of the fifth season, Starz renewed the show for a sixth and final season, which premiered on August 25, 2019.[4][5]
Power - Season 2
The show also features James' family, which consists of his wife Tasha (Naturi Naughton), twins Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) and Raina (Donshea Hopkins) and baby Yasmine. Power also follows James' criminal partner and best friend Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora), love interest and criminal prosecutor Angela Valdes (Lela Loren), friend-turned-rival Kanan Stark (50 Cent), protege and rival Andre Coleman (Rotimi Akinosho), and Angela's colleague, Cooper Saxe (Shane Johnson). Defense attorney Joe Proctor (Jerry Ferrara), district attorney John Mak (Sung Kang), and politician Rashad Tate (Larenz Tate) also appear in the show's later seasons.
Season 1 of Power received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Metacritic gives the season a score of 57 out of 100, based on 15 reviews, indicating a mixed reaction to the series.[25] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the season a score of 44%, based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's consensus states, "Power suffers from excessive plotting and the use of overly familiar by-the-numbers story elements."[26]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the season a score of 100%, based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.[30] Review aggregator Metacritic gives the season a score of 75 out of 100, based on 4 reviews, indicating a generally favorable reaction to the series.[31]
With the conclusion of the original series, it was announced that Starz had planned four upcoming spin-offs in the same universe as Power. These begin with Power Book II: Ghost, which, following shortly after the events of the original series, focuses on Ghost's son Tariq navigating his new criminal life and intending to shed his father's legacy while dealing with mounting pressure to protect his family, including his mother Tasha. The series co-stars Mary J. Blige and Method Man.[35] The other spin-offs include: Power Book III: Raising Kanan, a prequel into the life of Kanan Stark (50 Cent); Power Book IV: Force, which follows Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) to Los Angeles, California and ending up in the city of Chicago; and Power Book V: Influence, a sequel set in the political world centring on Councilman Tate's (Larenz Tate) ruthless rise to power.[36][37] The development of Power Book V: Influence was cancelled in August 2022 and the series would not be moving forward.[38]
Unfortunately, it appears that Season 2 won't be out for a long while, but you probably still have questions. When will The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 be released? How much bigger can the cast get? What will Sauron be up to next season? We'll try to answer those questions, and many more, including where Season 2 will be filmed, how many episodes it will consist of, and who's directing.
Amazon acquired the rights to make a Lord of the Rings television show on Nov. 13, 2017 for a reported $250 million, though showrunners Patrick McKay and J. D. Payne later clarified to The Hollywood Reporter that it was "tens of millions" less, and the quarter billion-dollar offer was Netflix's failed bid. Prime Video set a multi-season goal for the series and officially ordered a second season in November of 2020.
McKay and Payne have stated that they have a five-season run planned out and even know what the final shot of the series is, though Amazon has not officially ordered a third season, let alone Seasons 4 and 5.
There are very few details on The Rings of Power Season 2, but the showrunners have shared a few ideas. McKay and Payne are touting Season 2 as being "bigger and better" on "every level... by an order of magnitude." All showrunners double as salesmen, so touting a bigger season isn't a surprise, but color us intrigued by the promise of the new season being better by an order of magnitude. It could be a simple sales pitch, but it can also be the pair looking at what they did in Season 1 and realizing that they must up their game. Case in point, The Hollywood Reporter's big pre-Season 1 finale Rings of Power cover story says Season 2 will feature "more iconic locations," "familiar Middle-earth characters," and, most interestingly, "a massive two-episode battle." Yes!
Following the Season 1 finale, Morfydd Clark spoke to TV Guide and told us when Galadriel finally wised up to Halbrand's true identity, and how Galadriel felt totally blindsided by the reveal that he was Sauron. McKay and Payne explained to The Hollywood Reporter that much of Season 2 will focus on Sauron's development as an antihero. "Sauron can now just be Sauron," McKay said. "Like Tony Soprano or Walter White. He's evil, but complexly evil. We felt like if we did that in Season 1, he'd overshadow everything else. So the first season is like Batman Begins, and The Dark Knight is the next movie, with Sauron maneuvering out in the open. We're really excited. Season 2 has a canonical story. There may well be viewers who are like, 'This is the story we were hoping to get in Season 1!' In Season 2, we're giving it to them."
In the finale, Halbrand, after helping Galadriel defeat Adar, tempts her with an offer to become his queen and rule over Middle-earth. The offer mirrors the moment in The Fellowship of the Ring when Frodo offers the one ring and the unmatched power that comes with it to Galadriel. (It also echoes the Star Wars scene in which Kylo Ren turns on his evil Sith master and asks Rey to bring order to the galaxy alongside him. In both cases, the man rejects the notions of good and evil and only envision a world of power and order.)
I know I gush about this show each week, but I really can't help myself. It's just that good. While the first season was good, not necessarily great, Power Season 2 has taken things to a whole other level. A Saturday night show you catch if you happen to be home has completely transformed itself into must-see television.
So now we have James St. Patrick only. A man who own some nightclubs, lives out of a swanky hotel and is finally openly with his high school sweetheart. I always assumed Angela would forgive him (and protect him), but I saw that coming next season. Anyone who says the love between these two isn't real, I'd love to know your reasoning.
Maybe there's something I don't see, which is very possible because this show does any amazing job at giving you just enough ambiguity to make you question everything. But I feel confident in saying that Ghost and Angela are the real deal, and next season we'll get to see what a real life between them is like. Can it ever be a life without lies?
The Rings of Power season 2 doesn't have a launch date yet. Speaking about a potential release window, Amazon Studios co-head Jennifer Salke told Esquire (opens in new tab) everyone wants to get season 2 "out into the world as soon as we can". However, Vernon Sanders, Salke's fellow co-head, also told Collider (opens in new tab) it was "more unlikely than likely" that it'll arrive in 2023.
The Rings of Power season 2 has dropped a big name star, though. Joseph Mawle, who played Adar, has been replaced by Sam Hazeldine (Peaky Blinders). Elsewhere, 17 other actors have officially joined the cast. Six were announced in the Mawle departure press release, eight more were forged in the fires of Mount Doom (metaphorically speaking), before James Bond, Star Wars, and Harry Potter stars were added to the show's ranks. You can see all 17 actors listed below:
Elsewhere, Charles Edwards, who plays Celebrimbor, wants to see a deep-cut dwarf character make their live-action debut in The Rings of Power season 2. TheOneRing.net (opens in new tab) also claims Tom Bombadil will feature in some capacity.
Little is known about The Rings of Power season 2's plot. However, based on cast and crew quotes, plus what happens in the season 1 finale and in Tolkien's works, we can speculate on certain elements.
For starters, he's arrived in Mordor to make it his base of operations. Given Adar and his followers already inhabit this realm, it'll be fascinating to see if they become allies or not. The duo briefly clashed in episode 6, so seeing them reunite in The Rings of Power season 2 would make for compelling viewing. Vickers told TechRadar that he'd be excited to explore the pair's frosty relationship further, adding: "I really love that dynamic. These characters have a long history, so I'd be keen to explore that further and even build on it."
"I think the crux of their relationship is there's no peace in being alone," Vickers added. "Sauron eventually believes his peace will only come as a king and Galadriel is the one who's drawn that back out of him in season 1. You can view him as being repentant or manipulating her in that sense. He knows she's incredibly useful and can get him to meet the right people and be in the right circles to make these connections. Now that he's deceived her, and now that she's not told the elves about him, it would be fascinating to see how they would react to each other if they met again."
Not telling the elves about Sauron will cause problems for Galadriel. Elrond already knows she's lied to him, with the elven scholar discovering the Southlands' royal lineage scroll, which Galadriel used to work out who Halbrand was, in the season 1 finale.
Revealing what she's most looking forward to in season 2, Clark said: "Spending more time with the elves, whatever state those relationships are in, and just coming back to Galadriel's elvish-ness. We know she's going to become reclusive and secretive, and starting to turn into the Lady of Lothlórien. I'm excited to see what makes her decide to back away from what we've seen her throw herself into."
Regarding their creation, Tolkien's source material reveals the rings for the dwarves and men (seven and nine respectively) were created alongside the elven ones. This doesn't happen in the show, which played pretty loose with some Tolkien lore in season 1. 041b061a72