Saturday Night Live made host Martin Freeman reprise two roles at once last night, and because Martin Freeman is very talented he did just that, returning to The British Office, which is what it is officially called, in the character of Bilbo Baggins.

This is actually quite a good conceit, because in The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins does indeed return to the domestic boredom of The Shire after his adventure to the Lonely Mountain—just as Frodo and his friends would years later!—and Bilbo's post-quest tristesse dovetails nicely with British Jim's workplace ennui.

That having been said, it doesn't really make sense for Gandalf to make a Lord of the Rings joke in this context. It's not wrong, per se, but it's just kind of a stretch.

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