The Rings of Power Season 3 Co-Showrunner Confirms Harfoots Will Return

Contrary to earlier reports, the Harfoots are still a part of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Season 3 albeit not to the degree they were featured in the Prime Video show’s first two seasons.

“[We] have not written out the Harfoots [from Season 3]”, co-showrunner Patrick McKay recently informed me at the show’s press junket.

“I would say for myself and J.D. [Payne], my co-show runner, every season is its own opportunity and its own challenge. With Season 3, we really wanted to level up our game as dramatists. We really wanted to focus the show. We wanted to be more psychological, more emotional, wanted to do a darker season,” McKay explained.

“It's the season where Sauron forges the One Ring, and we wanted that to unify every single storyline. We didn't want it to have sprawl the way we enjoyed having in the past. No, no. …