I take comfort in renaming this show "Skyrim: The Series" rather than "Vikings."  It has way more in common with the setting of that video game than it does with actual Norse culture.

Even if I didn't know anything about history the whole plot involving the Jarl was completely implausible.The Jarl just burns the ONE BLACKSMITH in town and nobody cares?  He takes Ragnar's plunder, kills indiscriminately and they just have to accept it? Why?  Because his men have SWORDS? So does EVERYBODY ELSE. It's…

The Vikings DID NOT kill slaves to guard treasure or accompany their masters to the Afterlife.  They also didn't "swear fealty" (that was a Frankish tradition that made it's way to England much later with William the Conqueror).  They also <gasp!> voted for Jarls.  There are, of course, many more errors.

Exactly. You could do "gay things" and "prefer sex with boys", but the idea of homosexuality as an identity simply didn't exist then.

My new nickname for him is "Bathroom Break Bates."

In the midst of all the drama and sadness surrounding Sybil's death, switching over to increasingly irrelevant and boring Bates imprisonment plotline was extremely daft.

No, but they say "shit" and "pussy" constantly.

No, but they say "shit" and "pussy" constantly.

Gemma married JT because she was pregnant with Jax.

Gemma married JT because she was pregnant with Jax.

Now if it had been "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" starring Daniel Day Lewis? A+, easily!

Now if it had been "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" starring Daniel Day Lewis? A+, easily!

As someone who fell from a full-size, galloping race horse at that age, I must disagree.  Miniature ponies don't really run; they just trot along, and she could probably withstand the fall even if she wasn't wearing a helmet.

As someone who fell from a full-size, galloping race horse at that age, I must disagree.  Miniature ponies don't really run; they just trot along, and she could probably withstand the fall even if she wasn't wearing a helmet.

I can also see Nucky taking Tommy in as some sort of "redemption" for killing Jimmy— much as took Jimmy under his wing to feel better about the fact that he procured Gillian as a young girl for the Commodore to rape.

I can also see Nucky taking Tommy in as some sort of "redemption" for killing Jimmy— much as took Jimmy under his wing to feel better about the fact that he procured Gillian as a young girl for the Commodore to rape.

It's a miniature pony, so if she fell, it would only be about 3 feet from the ground at most.

It's a miniature pony, so if she fell, it would only be about 3 feet from the ground at most.

Also, the hospital would have run a toxicology report on her (or the police a breathalizer) once she was admitted, and she most certainly would be arrested for a DUI.  There's no way Tara and Jax WEREN'T going to find out she smashed.

Also, the hospital would have run a toxicology report on her (or the police a breathalizer) once she was admitted, and she most certainly would be arrested for a DUI.  There's no way Tara and Jax WEREN'T going to find out she smashed.