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Season 1
- In episode 1, one of the guests of Waldreg's inn gets angry at Arondir and starts talking about their lost king who will return to unite them all. In episode 3, Halbrand reveals himself to be the lost king, which makes sense because when he cleans up he has a distinctly Aragornish quality about him.
- In the opening of Episode 1, Galadriel finds the corpse of an orc on which dark magic was used. Come episode 4, Adar, a corrupted elf from Beleriand, is introduced, revealing the Elvish origin of the orcs.
- Disa explains to Elrond what resonating is, and mentions that if one sings to the mountain properly, the mountain will tell them "what might be hidden, where to mine, where to make a tunnel and where to leave the mountain untouched. Several episodes later, The Balrog of Moria, best known as Durin's Bane, is awakened.
- When meeting Queen Miriel, :Halbrand displays some knowledge of royal etiquette such as kneeling despite the fact the Southlands have not had a king since at least the last age.
- Valandil tells Isildur that he hopes one day, Isildur will find something he’ll be willing to sacrifice everything for. The Precious is coming.
- Nearly everything Halbrand does foreshadows the reveal that he is Sauron in disguise. This includes his first line about appearances being deceiving as well as his keen interest in blacksmithing and his insistence that he has done terrible things.
- The very first shot of Halbrand only has one eye and one of his first lines is "Looks can be deceiving".
- While on the raft, he says that Galadriel will have a hard time finding safety, what with Sauron being near her all this time.
- Halbrand eyebrows go up when seeing Galadriel's dagger while saving her from drowning, meaning he probably recognized it.
- In Numenor, he begs Galadriel to let him keep the peace he searched his entire life, hinting at his past as Morgoth's servant, and trying to redeem himself for what he has done under Morgoth's rule.
- Halbrand teases Galadriel about not making new enemies since her greatest enemy is right there talking to her.
- He beats up five guys to a bloody pulp in the streets of Armenelos and shows first signs of Super-Strength.
- In Numenor, he becomes a blacksmith and creates some fine weapons for the Numenorian soldiers.
- Right before Galadriel sees Halbrand in jail, we see a puppet Galadriel bow in a Numenorian play.
- Galadriel tells Halbrand he's in jail because he resents wearing commoner clothes and the armor that should be on his shoulder weighs heavily on his heart.
- Halbrand seemingly teaches Galadriel how to get under her opponents' skin by identifying what they fear if she wants to get what she wants. Nothing wrong with trying to teach someone to think before acting, a thing Galadriel is not very good at, the problem is he's teaching her what he himself is doing to her, and others, as Sauron.
- Galadriel ironically blackmails him into returning to the Southlands because otherwise, the people will assume that he is the one using her to become the king of the Southlands. Halbrand can't help but smirk just a little when she talks about crowning him.
- He warns Galadriel that he did unspeakable things that will cast him out. She doesn't listen. Later, it turns out Sauron meant being Morgoth's servant, killing Finrod, and torturing Orcs — among other terrible things.
- On the ship to the Southlands, he is not shown sleeping, a nod to him being the 'Lidless Eye' who never sleeps.
- When Galadriel chases Adar, Halbrand appears out of nowhere from the opposite direction and captures Adar. There was no way for him to know in what direction Adar and Galadriel might go, unless he is Sauron who has the power to instantly detect the locations of his hidden opponents.
- He asks Adar if he remembers him before trying to kill him. Later, Adar recounts to Galadriel that he killed Sauron.
- During his Love Confession to Galadriel after capturing Adar, he tells her he enjoys her company and would like to bind that feeling to himself forever. When Galadriel confronts him in the season finale, he reveals what he truly meant by that; it was an invitation to become his queen and rule Middle-earth together.
