One podcast season to rule them all.

This week, Jeff and Josue close out Season 4 — our Year of Trilogies — by skipping straight to the end of one of our favorite trilogies ever: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).

It’s our season finale, our milestone 75th episode, and the end of WDYT?! in its current format… so naturally, we picked the movie famous for having about eight endings.

We talk Middle-earth scale, Gandalf’s skin routine, Denethor’s tomato crimes, Sam and Frodo’s friendship, and whether Return of the King still feels as epic as it did the first time.

Plus: we open with One Quiz to Rule Them All — a Tolkien trivia game full of ancient beings, confusing family trees, and Middle-earth senior discounts.

Special thanks to Middle Earth Art Store for letting us use a few questions from one of their Tolkien trivia quizzes! Play their full quiz at Instagram.com/middleearthartstore.

🎙 This Week on WDYT?!:

00:00 Welcome to the Season 4 Finale

07:26 One Quiz to Rule Them All 🧙‍♂️

31:32 Return of the King Memories & Movie Context

41:54 Jumping Into Part 3 with Quotable Quotes

56:44 Aragorn, The Paths of the Dead & The Siege of Gondor

1:07:22 Sam, Frodo, Mount Doom & the Many Endings

1:15:42 Final Verdict: Does Return of the King Still Hold Up?

1:22:10 What’s Next for WDYT?!

1:26:20 Sailing to the Undying Lands

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Does Return of the King still deserve the crown?

And what’s your favorite ending… before the next ending starts?

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