The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 embraced romance in all forms, be it in how sweet Harfoot Poppy Proudfellow (Megan Richards) found love with a Storr newly-named Merimac (Gavi Singh Chera), or in showing how the Dark Lord himself, Sauron (Charlie Vickers), was still slightly sprung on his Season 1 crush, Galadriel (Morfydd Clark). However, the budding flirtation on the Prime Video show that could have the most powerful repercussions for the future of Middle-earth has been playing out in what’s left of the Southlands.
Brave young Númenorean soldier Isildur (Maxim Baldry) met the scrappy Southlander Estrid (Nia Towle) earlier in the season and soon felt attraction for the spirited survivor. While he eventually came to grips with the fact that poor Estrid had briefly promised herself to Mordor to survive certain death, Isildur has not managed to figure out what to do now that his lady love has been reunited with her assumed dead fiancé, Hagen (Gabriel Akuwudike).
So is Estrid meant to be Isildur’s future wife — and the ancestor of Tolkien hero Aragorn — or is she just a pretty face the legendary character meets on his journey? Well, an exclusive clip from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 finale suggests that all hope is not lost for those ‘shipping Isildur and Estrid…
**Spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 8, streaming on Prime Video on Thursday, October 3**
In this exclusive preview clip provided to Decider by Amazon, we see Estrid surprise Isildur in Pelargir. She explains she is returning bandages she borrowed, but she uses the moment to reveal that she and Hagen set the foundation for their new house. When Hagen asked the gods to bless their love for as long as the house stood, something shifted within her.
“I always thought his kindness was what love felt like,” Estrid says. “But when he said it, I felt ill. I felt like…”
“Why are you telling me this?” Isildur whispers, drawing close to her.
Estrid struggles to explain herself until Isildur puts us all out of our misery and kisses her!!!
After the super romantic kiss concludes, Isildur asks Estrid to come with him to Númenor. Little does he know that his own dad was just kicked out of the idyllic island kingdom and evil is on the rise there.
Will Estrid follow her love into yet another danger zone? Will she stick by Hagen? To find out what happens to Isildur, Estrid, and all your Middle-earth faves, tune into the The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 finale exclusively on Prime Video this Thursday, October 3.