What If Bilbo Baggins Worked At Dunder Mifflin? Middle Earth Met ‘The Office’ On SNL

Saturday Night Live

At the end of the Return of the King, Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf depart Middle Earth with the elves, having exhausted their sense of adventure. It’s assumed the Elven world they go to is wonderful and Bilbo and Gandalf live happily ever after.

But what if it wasn’t? What if it was Scranton, PA. And they assumed jobs at the paper company Dunder Mifflin?

Martin Freeman–who plays Bilbo in the upcoming The Hobbit finale–hosted Saturday Night Live last night and that exact scenario was explored. Crazy, right?

It’s a brilliant, inspired sketch, with call backs to The Office interspersed with references to LOTR. Gollum makes a perfect Dwight.