085 - Bilbo "Two Chests" Baggins
Bilbo wakes up after the Battle of Five Armies in Chapter 18 of The Hobbit, dazed, confused, and very much invisible. Returning to camp, he has a bittersweet reunion with Thorin Oakenshield and realiz...
3 Kesä 20181h 36min
084 - The Violence Inherent in the System
As Chapter 17 of The Hobbit begins, the Lonely Mountain is under siege. Thorin — hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in Middle-earth — refuse...
27 Touko 20181h 47min
083 - Oh Yes, Ees Very Nice-uh
In Chapter 16 of The Hobbit, little Bilbo takes matters (and the Arkenstone) into his own hands and makes a deal with Bard and the Elvenking, who presumably don’t already have one, in an attempt to en...
20 Touko 20181h 27min
082 - What is the Airspeed Velocity of a Decrepit Old Raven?
In Chapter 15, birds again show that their value in The Hobbit far outweighs their inability to carry a coconut. Bilbo and the Dwarves learn of Smaug’s death from the wise old raven Roäc, but they als...
13 Touko 20181h 33min
081 - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
We cut away to Lake-town for Chapter 14 of The Hobbit, as the people of Esgaroth slowly realize that the lights coming from the Lonely Mountain are not the triumphant King Thorin flooding the river wi...
6 Touko 20181h 40min
080 - And There Was Much Rejoicing
Trapped in the side-door tunnel at the beginning of Chapter 13 of The Hobbit, “Not at Home,” Bilbo leads the party in the only direction they can go: down. At the bottom they find no sign of Smaug, an...
29 Huhti 20181h 39min
079 - Smaug Gets Quite Irate
In the second half of Chapter 12 of The Hobbit, Bilbo returns to Smaug’s lair to find the dragon waiting for him. Luckily he has on his ring, but the dragon senses his presence, and soon he is locked ...
22 Huhti 20181h 36min
078 - Every Worm is Sacred
As we begin Chapter 12 of The Hobbit, Bilbo the burglar is finally ready to enter Smaug’s lair alone, if only to get away from yet another self-important speech by Thorin. Braving the sleeping dragon,...
15 Huhti 20181h 47min
