We have a long way to go, and there is time ahead for thought.
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| Scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | |
| The Entmoot Decides | |
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| Details | |
| Scene | 41 (theatrical) 52 (extended) |
| Duration | 01:45 (theatrical) 01:44 (extended) |
| Events | The Entmoot decides not to intervene in wider affairs |
| Characters | Merry, Pippin, Treebeard |
| Previous | The Breach of the Deeping Wall |
| Next | The Retreat of the Hornburg |
The Entmoot Decides is the forty-first scene of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and the fifty-second scene of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (extended edition).
Synopsis
Treebeard tells Merry and Pippin that the Ents will not participate in the wars of Men, saying "this is not our war". Merry is angered by this, saying "But you're part of this world! Aren’t you?!" The Ents look at each other somewhat uncomfortably. Treebeard gently praises Merry's bravery but tells him it is time for him to go home.
Merry and Pippin prepare to return to the Shire. Pippin is somewhat accepting of this, saying that maybe they should go home since, after all, they have the Shire.
The fires of Isengard will spread And the woods of Tuckborough and Buckland will burn. And... and all that was once green and good in this world will be gone. There won't be a Shire, Pippin.
Pippin stands and takes Merry's words in.