Ok, i take back what i said, Torvi and Ubbe storyline is interesting :smile: (but the boat part was still boring long)
Hate to be that guy but this show isn't quite it used to be ever since Ragnor was killed off.. It's been a slow but steady decline.. The fight scenes now aren't even as EPIC as they used to be.. Back then.. (and it pains me to say) but my weekends were made with Got, TWD and Vikings.. All 3 went down fast..
The whole "Oleg death" scene was a bit boring and badly staged...
I wish Sansa had pushed Joffrey to his death. It’s what he deserved. He gave her false hope only to then take her father’s head off, he still forced her to look. I hate him SO much.
The dragons’ birth is another emblematic event for the series and it was a wonderful scene to end this incredible season.
The most emblematic episode so far. To kill the main character in the first season, in such a brutal and unexpected way, is a boldness that is not seen on TV regularly. I congratulate the writers, director and editor of the episode, especially the last scene. Brillant.
Joffrey Baratheon, spoiled child, I hate you with all my strength.
The fact that the news of Megan Boone leaving the show was leaked two weeks ago lessened the impact of the finale. We all knew she was going to get shot, not Red. Beautiful montage at the end but again, we all saw it coming.
Well then, that was an unexpected rollercoaster.
Iceland storylines are so boring, but it sure does look beautiful... Ubbe doing all this about a christian guy when he was baptized and everything was really stupid.
Hvitserk just happened to be hanging around the one place where Ivar came to ground for a 5 minutes skirmish. A place where other VIkings, that Hvitserk should have been avoiding, were. Basically in the middle of nowhere. Also while retreating, the Rus leave Ivar behind. If he was infiltrating or something why not, but he's just coming back with Hvitserk just after. And of course, Hvitserk just goes along with it, when the only think he has ever done in his life, the thing he's now boasting about like it's his accomplishment, was done while he thought he was killing Ivar. The whole thing is just complete bullshit.
One very interesting thing though. Only Ivar recognizes that Katia looks like Freydis. So do we see her like he does and maybe in reality she does not look that much like her ?
Bjorn releases Hvitserk. Sure it was probably the best thing to do but he really doesn't learn from his mistakes... The speech was very meh.
And Hvitserk, was useless his whole life, did one thing, by mistake, while barely conscious, and now tries to act like it was his destiny and he did it on purpose... Back to being totally useless.
Sadly I'm not sure Ubbe going to Iceland will be very interesting. Iceland is the place where all storylines go to die.
A pretty empty episode.
Such a sad episode. Really had me in tears. Im glad Lagertha got the funeral she deserved and is reunited with Ragnar.
One of the lamest reveals to a long time story build up. 8 seasons of waiting, and the episode ends up with more than half of the story being things we already knew from previous episodes with a small twist. And it was obvious that they would not reveal the identity, it's just a trend among most of the mystery & thriller shows. You have to wait to the season end for, till the very end, I'm sure.
I swear if Reddington ends up being Liz's mother because the show was told to get woke or go broke, I'm done with this show. The whole time I was waiting for the reveal that was all I could think about. It would be 8 years down the drain.
Slow but promising start.
The intro feels weird, as we had never seen before Ivar normally interacting with people and life in general.
Sadly he will not keep on traveling, there will be yet another battle for Kattegat, this part is getting a little boring. Seriously, why Kattegat ?
Apart from that, Prince Oleg seems an interesting addition. He knows how to have fun, balloons and tearing people apart. He also has a very poor opinion of women with expectation of a special relationship with Ivar... would Ivar be into that ?
I hope Bjorn would not engage in yet another battle, I'd like to see something different. Though I like Harald and would like to see him. However, Harald helping in Kattegat is not really an excuse to help him, after all Loaf helped too. Saving Bjorn's life, however...
Not sure if we should expect anything from Lagertha's part.
Another great battle. One thing to be said about Ivar, he's the best strategist there is on this show.
Again a little issue with temporality. How much time passed between the moment Ivar decided to build fortifications and the attack ? The armies were already walking to Kattegat, so that much construction was very fast.
How nice also for Lagertha and co to arrive at the minute the battle is finished...
Still not sure what to make of Freydis, she literally built Ivar. She's the one that turned his inferiority complex into a god complex, that gave him justification for all his madness. So what ? Did she actually believe it ? Or just ignored his insanity until it affected her personally ? Did she really never saw it as a possibility that he might turn against her ? She seemed smarter than that.
And here's Ivar, deserting the battle to kill a woman. How brave. How godly.
No Floki in this final episode. His whole storyline was really useless.
As was Magnus.
It was a great conclusion to the season. Bjorn finally has Kattegat, that was a long time coming.
Another slow episode, I hope setting things up for for a nice finale.
Until now we know Ivar had been crazy, but had never seen the large scale tyranny. Now it's done. Without any surprise, Thora didn't last long.
Hvitserk's trip was not really interesting. At the sauna scene I was thinking that Ivar sent him to be the king's bitch, but not even.
Ubbe's part is probably the most interesting. Not only trying to accomplish his father's dream while avoiding bloodshed, but even finding the best solution which I hope will give us a good fight in the next episode. The scene when he's welcomed as a hero by the whole enemy army is great.
We finally found Lagertha, no real sign of where this will lead.
If the whole Iceland thing led to Floki having a little trip in Hel, that would be awesome, but I doubt it.
And finally, Ivar behaves exactly like his father did with him., so does he know he is full of shit ? Or will this make him totally go over the edge ?
Hvitsertk could have killed Ivar right now. It was an accident, he trespassed at night, creeping to his bed and he killed him before realizing who it was. Instead he does his bidding and leaves his girlfriend behind. What are the chances he can survive. If he's smart (which we haven't really seen until now), he will make alliances for him and not for Ivar.
Revisiting my opinion of Kjettil, not the nicest guy anymore, though it's clear he's been driven crazy. Honestly this should have happened 12 episodes ago, but it's more happening that the whole Floki storyline so far.
I really hoped Alfred would emprison Judith, she's clearly getting a taste for power, and if she can kill a son, why not another.
In the end, except for Iceland, nothing much happened.
A very cool vision of Hell. I liked Haemund, except he is so damn annoying always speaking in his Batman voice...
Judith getting a little too used to being the power behind the crown.
And a good battle with a good plan. Something weird though. Harald's army moved this way because they reacted to Magnus' intel. So this would make sense if Magnus was part of the plan. He's clearly not. So how did it work out so well ? Also where did Magnus learn to fight ?
One thing is not clear in the battle, where are the arrows coming from ? They seem to hit straight, that would mean they had to come from inside the melee, avoiding every people in between, ans also that an archer could stand in there and do his thing without being cut down. Also, never seen any archer during the battle.
And of course, they send the king without guard in the middle of the melee, sure.
Beginning of the episode: Ivar is getting worse
Middle: Wow, really worse
Ending: WTF he's totally insane now
I appreciate Alfred's enthusiasm, but Wessex could not survive without them ? They're five. We're talking about fighting armies and it's not like they are coming with theirs. They might be great warriors, but that's clearly not enough.
Ivar's child might turn out to be a moron. If the real father couldn't realize the danger he was in, he was probably picked because he was the village idiot.
Well, that's a stupid way to die.
"In all humility, I will accept", but the humility is instantly gone when he's told to give up.
Not sure what happened there, Judith seems to convince the guy to nominate Alfred because Aethelred doesn't want to refuse the throne. However Aethelred is still nominated, and refuse (and doesn't seem to like it).
The Lagertha/Heahmund thing seems forced and fast. I guess given the travels happening in the backround a lot of time has actually passed, however it feels like an almost instant U-turn for him.
Floki storyline is still boring.
Really not clear why Rollo would take this side.
I got goosebumps when i heard "On the Nature of Daylight" playing...
Music Choice 10/10
"I don't do respectability politics" - I think that sums the character up.
Everyone has to respect her while she respects nothing and no one.
She is one of the most unlikeable non-villain characters I've ever seen. And there are numerous villains I like better than her.
Well, I think I'll kick this show to the curb soon, it started out great in Season One, but all I see so far in Season 2 is a cheap SJW Mouthpiece. Not as offensive as others, but they still keep bashing in on everything which isn't either a minority or female (Who opposed to belief are actually a majority - women, not feminists...).
Additionally there is Emilys boyfriend whom I just hate - sorry, whenever I see him I can just think "how does someone go from Luke to THAT..."
Oh and the cases have been just boring...
Bjorn is in the Sahara now ? How many weeks have passed ? And it's only Sinric and Halfdan with him now. So first he abandoned most of his ships before Sicily, and now all the rest too. Where are they ? What are they doing ? Also clearly now, no much hope to bring raiding bounty back, or even to come back later in the middle of the desert to attack with vikings. So, what ? Just sightseeing ?
Second York battle. Was ok. Not as good as the first one, but the bishop was good.
Ivar is walking in his father's steps with a priest of his own.
I don't really get the Kassia thing. OK she probably wants revenge against the guy that kidnapped her. But what would her relation with the emir be beforehand, ain't she a christian religious singer ? And what would she have against the passing vikings ?
CRAP!! I didn't see that coming and they did it to me again!!
How can you not feel empathy after hearing her testimony about what she went through?! Worse of all, she keeps being gaslighted! (I'm not surprised the Waterfords have supporters when there are Trump supporters in the real world)
With characters like these it’s hard to know who you’re rooting for. I guess a show that can do that while keeping you hooked and feeling a whole bunch of dread, resentment and frustration must be doing a lot right.
When June saw Rita again, mannnn someone started cutting onions in here. Those traumatic bonds that all of them share with each other, I hope the show goes into that more.
Extremely painful episode to watch. impossible odds, led by two mad characters - a mindless ill prepared attack against a walled city. Yet all the main characters miraculously survive while seemingly thousands are dying. Technically brilliant but the story is getting more painful as Ragnar and Floki compete with each other in mental illness.
I was literally hanging off the edge of my couch and straining to listen to whatever is the secret that they have been holding back. Can't believe they still haven't dropped it.
If you watched TBBT this was an episode that foreshadows family affairs that we already know happened. We know that a young Sheldon of 13 years discovered his father had relations with another woman and that he died when Sheldon was 14. Perhaps the time has come to know how young Sheldon will lead his life knowing this and it seems that the end of this season is hinting at problems that will begin to unfold next season. We know what the plot is coming from but I don't know if we want it to happen. I hope the series continues until Sheldon finishes college!
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