(00:04) Welcome to Mythmakers and the Two Towers wrap-up begins
(01:00) Aragorn’s “odd negligence” and a sense of fate driving events
(02:49) Boromir’s deathbed scene and the shift into a heroic register
(03:53) Aragorn’s stage-like lament and Legolas’ clear-headed plan
(05:05) Entering Rohan: potted history, songs over books, and Anglo-Saxon echoes
(07:22) The Riders arrive: horses, “manes,” and cinematic choreography
(08:47) Back to the hobbits: Pippin moves from “luggage” to leadership
(10:16) Orc factions, wartime alliances, and the craft problem of “common speech”
(13:00) Gandalf returns: riddles, limits on power, and “the turn of the tide”