[Loser]

Originally posted by General Woundwort:
Hate to disappoint you, but the Scouring of the Shire was never filmed. It apparently was PJ's least favorite part of the story, and he wrote it completely out of the screenplay.

You have to admit it's a awkward extension of the story. If he didn't spend an hour-and-a-half on that story alone it would feel rushed and incomplete. Heck it feels a little rushed in the books.

Unlike a subplot that can be addressed throughout the movie or series of movies, the Scouring of the Shire takes place all by itself, at the end, after everything else has been wrapped up. That's murder in screenplay-land.