Not all were thrilled to see Míriel emerge victorious in the trial by abyss. Pharazon, Míriel's husband from a forced marriage and the current king of Numenor, is seen watching his wife with frustration and fear as she is showered in "Queen of the Sea" chants.

This season he’s emerged as every bit as compelling and intriguing an on-screen presence as Morfydd Clark’s Galadriel, thanks both to Charlie Vickers’s restrained yet still somehow howlingly villainous performance — the man really knows how to gloat with his eyes alone — and to the unique way his character is written.