We know, of course, that Frodo falters, and it’s Gollum’s ultimate lust for the Ring of Power that is his and the ring’s undoing. After that happens in The Lord of the Rings, Barad-dûr ...
The Lord of the Rings doesn’t hinge on a major plot hole. We’ve just got to unpack the situation a little bit. Gollum had the ring for years and years while he was living under the Misty ...