070 – If You Love Somebody, Cut Them Free

The second of three episodes on Chapter 8 of The Hobbit. As Mirkwood continues with no apparent end, our heroes get desperate and stray from the path when they see Elves feasting in a clearing nearby. They try three times to crash the party, but each time chaos ensues, and soon Bilbo finds himself alone in the dark with several Spiders of Unusual Size. We witness Bilbo’s most Tookish moment yet, learn about several games of the aiming and throwing sort, and rack up a number of reasons to apologize to Mr. Gordon Sumner.

Links to most of the works of art discussed at the end of the episode below.

By Roger Garland:

• The Gate of Morn (referred to in the podcast as Tale of the Sun and Moon)
• Gandalf

By Jenny Dolfen:

• Eärendil the Mariner

By John Howe:

• Fingolfin’s Challenge
• Éowyn and the Nazgûl
• The Death of Glaurung
• Bilbo’s Front Hall

By Elena Kukanova:

• Maglor

By Alan Lee:

• Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin
• Túrin Turambar
• The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

By Ted Nasmith:

• The End of the Age
• Tuor Reaches the Hidden City of Gondolin
• Eärendil the Mariner
• The Hill of Slain