Episode 19: Shelob and Master Samwise

Tolkien with Friends

This week, we're joined by our good friend Iiris (aka @HobbitHotTakes on TikTok) to discuss “Shelob’s Lair” and the “Choices of Master Samwise." We also finish up the chapters "The Passing of the Grey Company” and “The Siege of Gondor." In this episode, we cover:

• How the Army of the Dead look in the book vs. the movie
• Tolkien's visceral description of Shelob's Lair
• Sam's experience with the Ring
• And we discuss if orcs are inherently evil after all