Bilbo shows that he could be a hero in dire situations, where no-one else could help. In the middle of the journey, Gandalf leaves to attend other matters. So, Thorin becomes the “leader”. They go to Mirkwood and became lost easily. Thorin does not have any plans of getting out, and eventually gets captured by the wood elves. The dwarves gets lost in the woods and lose each other while getting captured by the spiders. Bilbo does not get captured, and looks for the dwarves. He says the dwarves from the spiders, and they keep on moving. The company gets captured again, but it is by the same wood elves who captured Thorin.Bilbo quickly puts on his ring and disappears. He follows them to their headquarters. There, Mr. Baggins came up with a plan