that looks horrible.

Wasnt' the whole point of Ecbert renouncing his crown that any deals he later made as king were invalid? The deed to this land is worthless.

I love everything about this show and for sort of taken aback by the lukewarm review here. everything is just superior including the actors, direction, production values and yes, the writing. While emily found it tedious, I was transfixed. My greatest concern is that the rest of the season will not live up to the…

No need to defend emoting on cue, I already said I respect it. That does nothing towards providing an actor with any political insight.

I absolutely respect actors and their ability to emote on cue. Unfortunately most of them know nothing about politics and they certainly know nothing about normal, working families. They live in a bubble surrounded by sychophants who laugh at all their jokes and tell them they are brilliant. That is not how you…

Oh great, I'm so glad I have real actors to inform me about politics. This is where we are today, dancing monkeys are our superiors.

I count this season as one of the biggest wastes of time of the year. I really enjoyed the first 2 episodes but it fell off dramatically after that. I see a lot of book reader enjoyed it a lot and it makes me think that This works as a supplement to the source material. If you haven't read them, it's incredibly…

I've always had a problem with Katie and her choices and this episode only confirmed my feelings. She runs a bar and has randomly has drinks with a customer in the morning? Where do they teach that in bar school?

I think the problem isn't that Ragnar is gone but that they've forgotten how to stage battles in a surprising and thrilling way. Both of these battles seemed pretty rote with no surprises to really speak of. In the past the show always managed to throw a truly unexpected curve. Not anymore.
Was anybody surprised…

I have never understood the hate for Aethelwulf over the seasons and I hate to see them take him out like this. I don't know but if my dad did the things he had done to him, I'd probably act out as well. But what is frustrating here is that they have him behaving as if he doesn't have any sense of battle. It's a…

Agreed. tighter editing would do wonders.

I haven't read the books but was curious enough to give this show a watch. At first I loved the quirky nature of it and really enjoyed the first 2 episodes. But by the 3rd I was beginning to tire with the same old jokes being repeated with diminishing returns. Yes, I expect clueless adults in children's stories but…

Love this show and the twist. But god I wish they'd get rid of Jason, or have him get hit on the head and change his personality (don't want actors losing jobs). I just find him absolutely annoying and not funny in any way. How can they make such a huge misstep in the middle of so much greatness?

So at the end of the day, this was just another episode of a long running slasher film in which the villain goes on a murderous rampage because they got their feelings hurt as a child.

I understand that they play loose with the facts but they do seem to try to be authentic to some degree. I've read of shieldmaidens but my understanding was that they were more of an exception rather than the rule. Lagertha is surrounded by female warriors who not only dominate but do all the heavy lifting when it…

I totally love this show but one part that bothers me is the whole shield maiden thing. I understand that they existed but is there any evidence that they were so dominant in the culture? Is this authentic or simply hollywood fantasy?

I really wish they had ended the series with the last season. These 2 eps have been terrible.
"The single best twist in this episode was Mrs. Hudson getting out of that car. Maybe it’s my favorite Sherlock twist ever. Maybe it’s the best twist in history."
Make that the worst. They completely tossed away a character…

I enjoyed this episode a lot and don't buy into the whole gripe about Ragnar's death. They are setting up an epic period that came after this moment and I welcome that.

What a huge disappointment. At first I was annoyed at how much they'd amped up the wacky hijinks and then at the end I just wanted all the undeserved gravitas to be over. Not since the final lord of the Rings movie have I seen something seemingly unable to just finish already.

yeah, that seemed hokey. It would have been much more believable to just have a bunch of local, poisonous ones. I get that they wanted the big ones for effect but it took me out of the moment.