# My Last LOTR question:  Sam torn in two?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 15, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-last-lotr-question-sam-torn-in-two/234430 "2004-03-15T14:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-last-lotr-question-sam-torn-in-two/234430/41 "2004-03-18T22:29:53Z")

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> [@TWDuke](#):
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> I think we could have mentally filled that in between seeing Sam get up to talk to Rosie in the tavern and watching them go into the hobbit hole together at the end with the little hobbitings.

Trivia time: The toddler Sam scoops up was Sean Astin’s daughter and the infant Rosie was holding was Sarah McLeod’s daughter.

DD

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**Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-last-lotr-question-sam-torn-in-two/234430/42 "2004-03-18T22:33:35Z")

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> [@TWDuke](#):
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> I think we could have mentally filled that in between seeing Sam get up to talk to Rosie in the tavern and watching them go into the hobbit hole together at the end with the little hobbitings.

Trivia time: The toddler Sam scoops up is Sean Astin’s daughter and the infant Rosie was holding is Sarah McLeod’s daughter.

DD

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