(00:00) Beginning Book Four and Returning to Frodo and Sam (04:30) A Landscape of Confusion and Pathetic Fallacy (11:40) The Cliff Descent and the Elven Rope (16:30) Storm, Nazgûl, and Threads Connecting the Wider Story (22:45) The Arrival of Gollum (29:50) Pity Versus Precious and the Moral Turning Point (36:30) Frodo’s Authority and Gollum’s Oath (38:20) A Frustrating Chapter That Changes Everything