The wave in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' has an even deeper connection to Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's fourth episode opens with a terrifying and deeply important vision. Númenor's Queen-Regent Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) dreams that a great wave crashes over Númenor and destroys everything in its path.

As the episode — aptly titled "The Great Wave" — reveals, this was no...