They cast Iseult perfectly. She looks just as I pictured her, down to the eerie calm. Also can't wait for the swamp ep, and seeing Aethelflaed as well as the burnt cakes bit. It's anachronistic, but such a great humanizing moment for Alfred.

We shall see. Not giving any spoilage here.

1. I'm fairly sure that Uhtred thought about pillaging first.
2. Odda does not have the brains to come up with a plot that elaborate. Remember, this is the guy who stiffed Mildreth on her morgengifu (presumably because of his hatred of Uhtred) even though the only person who was hurt was Mildreth.

Well, it wasn't said explicitly on the show, but in the books. I can't really say anything more w/out spoiling, but just know Thyra's not forgotten.

He does know she's still alive, but he doesn't have enough men to rescue her yet.

You're right. Leofric is getting some heat here, but if Uhtred had come up with an alias, it wouldn't be an issue. Leofric was willing to raid Cornwallum, but I can't blame him for being unable to lie to his king.

Oh yeah, I know. I was pointing out how ridiculous conservative Xtians are for acting like they're being oppressed by PC liberals.

If Islam is inherently violent and extremist, why is it that you don't see fundamentalism gaining any traction until around the 1950s? For example, in the 50s Iran had a democratically elected, forward-thinking, pro-Western leader. At least it did until the CIA overthrew him and reinstated the oppressive and…

Doesn't it only count as pube if it's on a human? Otherwise it's just fur. At least that's what my cat thinks when he lays spread-legged so everyone can see his empty balls.

I replied to another about how it depends where one lives. I'm in the suburbs of Pittsburgh so I see a lot of FOX news viewers with some more liberal clusters here and there. Heck, my college campus was medium liberal yet still hosted a local Limbaugh-wannabe in the 90s. I guess there is cray shit happening in other…

You know it's a sham, I know it's a sham, but not everyone else does. You might live somewhere where more people get it, but here in Pennsyltucky while we have enclaves of reasonable liberal folk there are many who 110% believe whatever FOX news tells them. I've worked with the public most of my life and if I had a…

I understand that nobody wants to get shot in the face a la Serpico, but if a good cop isn't going to do anything about the bad ones, they can't get upset if people automatically assume that they are in league with the bad cops, because they kinda are. I get the fear and intimidation and I'd probably be afraid too,…

OK, one of you has to turn around to sodomize each other properly. This beast-with-no-backs thing only works if you got one of 'em new-fangled double dildos.

Was the hair head or pube? Cuz if you want to romance a lady right, you need to send pube hair to show you're serious.

The raging stupidity of the PC is oppressing us argument is best shown with the stupid Starbucks cups controversy shit. There is no PC police out there. If anything there's more pressure to avoid being called PC at least in my experience. The minute someone accuses you of being PC it's a way of saying shut up. That…

The problem with that stance is that the bad cops are being protected by the good cops who refuse to speak up. By not doing anything about the bad apples and just going along with the status quo, they're enabling them. The Catholic Church used the same kind of argument about pedophile priests. Yes, we knew that not…

Those credits have made me an expert in hitting the mute button like a ninja.

After thinking about the ep, I do have one positive thing to say: the show was accurate in showing why Gaveston was killed. It wasn't the fact that he was the king's lover, though many of the nobles probably found it disgusting, but tolerable; it was because he aspired above his station and had too much power over the…

Very true. In the book the same thing is pretty much said to explain Alfred's decision. Uhtred is still very rash and impulsive and it's his biggest weakness. Eventually he'll realize it.

Ah yes, the "The Middle Ages were 100% awful so it's just history" argument. While there was a lot of death and violence in the medieval period, the idea that it was all the time and that the people were jaded to it is a myth. I don't have the energy right now to go point-by-point with your illogical argument, but…