At Bree in the Inn of the Prancing Pony, the group met Strider/aka Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) (the wandering, outcast, exiled heir of Isildur to the throne of Gondor) who helped protect and guide them.Tom: (dour-faced) (to Bill): Looks like you""ll have to look for a new river.Bill: I""ll run on this river if I""m the only passenger on the boat.After a fade-out, Bill receives a vaguely-worded telegram (that arrived four days earlier) from his son, announcing the time of his arrival and how he can""t be mistaken:William Canfield Sr.On their way to the gaming tables, Vanessa told him that Virtucon executives, linked to Evil, were gambling in the casino.When he found nothing, other than a ransacked home office and bottles of beer (to steal) from the refrigerator, Miss Whittington was given an all-clear signal to return.