I probably would have been driven to kill and eat a hobo had we lost this ep. Good it won't come to that.

When intrepid young reporter Tintin buys a model boat, he must... uh... yeah, I can't do this one actually

Fair point. But those songs were usually more of an accompaniment to the scene -- Eowyn sang at Theodred's funeral, Pippin provided ironic counterpoint to a hopeless battle -- rather than being the only reason the scene exists.

Granted, there were only two songs and they followed on each other fairly rapidly. I think that just gave me the feeling that oh Christ, there's gonna be singing all over this bitch. And then there wasn't but that feeling was still there.

Bilbo Baggins leaves his comfortable life in the Shire to face trolls, goblins, giant wolves and orcs on an epic journey to retrieve the Dwarves' gold from a fearsome dragon.