not sure if accurate because i know nothong beyond basic LOTR story but saw something that said if they were faithful to the source material nothing of interest would have happened until the middle of the 5th season
No, they really skipped over a ton of the first age. With the second age, I think it'll come down to pacing. There are a number of notable events that quite literally reshape the world from the end of the first age to the beginning of the 3rd.
