One Does Not Simply Close the Book - Ep. 44

Way too much time, technical difficulties, and life events later, we finally bring your our thoughts on the Return of the King movie, with answers to live chat questions and general thoughts of what's next for us.

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Folks, we finally made it to the final chapter of The Lord of the Rings (minus appendices). In this episode, we discuss endings, both happy and sad, and reflect on the journey that brought us to this point. This episode covers Chapter 9 of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. Stay tuned for our movie watch announcement!

Special guests Molly and Becca from Pod and Prejudice join us to discuss the Scouring of the Shire, a long-awaited chapter and notable absence in the movies. This episode covers Chapter 8 of Book 6 of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King.

In this episode, we finally confirm that Treebeard is in fact, the oldest living thing on Middle Earth! We also discuss Arwen's gift, and talk about Galadriel and Celeborn's marital issues. This episode covers Chapters 6 and 7 of Book 6 of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King.

In this episode, we disagree on narrative choices and discuss how Tolkien does not know how to write a single female character. This episode covers chapter 5 of book 6 of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King.

In this episode, we discuss Tolkien's return to writing too many characters, Gandalf enforcing really strange party attire, and the fact that Mount Doom is really more like Hill Doom. This episode covers chapters 3 and 4 of Book 6 of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King.

In this episode, we discuss the strategy behind Mordor's location, debate geography some more, and discuss whether Frodo is a glass half full or empty kind of guy. This episode covers Chapter 2 of Book 6 of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King.

WE'RE BACK! In this episode, we discuss Tolkien's timeline choices, Sam's clear bid for main character, and do a LOT of live Googling. This episode covers Chapter 1 of Book 6 (the last one!!) of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King.

In this episode, we discuss Gandalf finally doing something smart, confirm that Imrahil is canonically hot, and wonder what other body parts of Sauron have lives of their own. This episode covers chapters 9 and 10 of Book 5 of The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. Note: We will be taking a brief break between books, the show will be back on October 31st!