I do not believe that suicide was considered a sin at that point. No Catholic Church yet (pre split between East and West), and peoples in England would still be straddling the line of pagan and Christian in their day to day lives - public pronouncements aside.

Ah, OK. For some reason I thought that both wereally cut off.

Re: Smith…The basic premise of both the book and the show is to point out how it would not take much for Americans to embrace Nazi ideals and ideology. Think back to the VA day episode from last season. I have taken this as a given in the vein of Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here.

So, hold on a moment, did Judith's ears miraculously grow back? During the family dinner, that sort of jumped out at me. I did love the Alfred - Ecbert scene. As for the Bjorn appearance, if nothing else, it served to remind folks (especially Ivar and Ubbe) that if they can get revenge for their mom, Bjorn will…