Speaking of animals, it was pure poetry in
motion to watch Travis Fimmel astride his horse in episode 7. Beautiful! I
can’t remember another contemporary actor who can ride as well; although I’ve
heard Sam Elliot is a great horseman too. Interesting how Ragnar is able to
show his true feelings for Lagertha through his…

Do you think the last scene of ep. 5 was setting the groundwork for sister wives?

The whole son dynamic is interesting. I gather that historical Vikings probably wanted lots of children, partly because of the high mortality rate and short life spans. But more mouths to feed meant more food to put on the table, which could have been difficult since Scandinavia didn’t have the most fertile growing…

I agree with you that Ragnar has become disappointing. I don’t entirely blame him for impregnating Aslaug because it sounds like for the
times that sex outside of marriage was not uncommon or considered wrong. However, from the beginning of the series, it was clear Lagertha did not want Ragnar to have sex outside of…