Well, he is the savior of Christian Paris — a full blooded-pagan Viking 'Caesar.' The ironies are delicious. I love the shot of Gisla at his side, his blood on her face as well.

Agreed. Best episode of Vikings ever.

That could have been a crown of thorns.

Odda the Younger and Alfred's wife behave exactly as I expected them to behave. My level of disgust and revulsion for them, though intense, pales in comparison at this point to my pure rage at Alfred, King of Wessex. This weak and piously hypocritical little tyrant knows full well that Uhtred killed the "pagan" Ubba,…

You're right about the specter of Arlo Givens. But I would go even farther. Arlo's specter hangs over every interaction Raylan has with any person he encounters. That's been Raylan's biggest problem this season. The show forgot the powerful gravitas Arlo bequeaths his son. Until his talk with Kendall, I thought Raylan…