Patrick and Andrew discuss the sense of despair that Tolkien leaves us with at the end of Book V and how it seems to undo the hope that had come from victory and healing. Merry struggles with being left behind while Pippin goes to face his death. Aragorn treats the terror of raw recruits with mercy, while the Mouth of Sauron appears as an empty bully.

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