In its second season, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power isn't just moving full steam ahead into the conflict between the Elves and Sauron (Charlie Vickers) that is at the heart of the Second Age. It is also finding unexpected, sometimes ingenious ways to fit in elements from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books that aren’t featured in Peter Jackson's beloved adaptations of the author's work. The Prime Video series has, for instance, found space in its second season for the mysterious, eccentric Tom Bombadil (Rory Kinnear) — a powerful being that Jackson and his collaborators famously chose to exclude from their Fellowship of the Ring adaptation.
