Episode 11: Sméagol, Uruk-hai and the Riders of Rohan

This week, we’re covering the first 36 minutes and 23 seconds of the extended edition of Two Towers. This roughly – and I mean ROUGHLY – corresponds to the chapters the Riders of Rohan, the Uruk-hai and the Taming of Smeagol. In this episode, we discuss:Parallels between Frodo and AragornHow the introduction of Gollum changes the dynamic between Frodo and Sam in the moviesWhy Gimli is actually "rude" to Eomer when they first meetBrave moments cut from Merry and Pippin's storyline