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Jul 2022
1h 39m

258 – We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day

The Prancing Pony Podcast
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Letting logic guide him rather than emotion, Sam has made up his mind to leave Frodo’s body where it is and take the Ring to Mount Doom all by himself… except that he hasn’t, and soon the arrival of Orcs in the passage spurs him to go back and protect his fallen master from the defilements of Sauron’s servants or die valiantly in the attempt. We see the Ring ... Show More
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