And ill comment on it after a rewatch.
This is speculation on the next part of the adaptation:
Next season we should get Ar-Pharazôn taking advantage of the weakened position of Míriel to force a marriage of convience.
Im not sure if they will go the direction of his military capture of and corruption by Sauron. If they do, itll probably be season 3 before we get the fall of Númenor.
As it is they could skip that since he already seems corrupted, and covetous of eternal life.
Either way itll enentually lead to his intense persecution of the faithful, his attempted assault on Valinor, and the fall of
I know they keep pointing us in the direction of the stranger being Gandalf
however I dont think so. I think Alatar.
This is one of the many conflicting notes I have seen.
At some point in the Second Age, around the forging of the Rings of Power, Alatar and Pallando were chosen to become the first of the Istari, and were sent to the east of Middle-earth to stir up rebellion against Sauron and assist the few tribes of Men who had refused to worship Morgoth in the First Age.
Of course ive also seen Alatar, Curumo, and Olórin listed as the first three with Aiwendil and Pallando being brought along after the fact... or Olórin being unseen or in the guise of an elf while only much later appearing as Gandalf, while Alatar, Curumo, and Pallando traveled east, with only Curumo returning.