Before last nights episode I would have disagreed with you.But last night it was so over the top with Bjorn having an affair with his mother's girl and showing up right at the moment the boys were about to attack Lagertha. It was so daytime soap operish, cue the dramatic reveal music and all.

Yes, they really are being secretive about his role. I think it was a panel interview on Youtube but Hirst said that Meyer's would be playing an important historical figure but not a viking.

Hirst, said that Johnny would not be a Viking. And I would be pissed if the changed Ivar it would be a crime to change the actor now. They are going to have to age him up that's why he is clean shaven in these episodes. A little beard and some hair and he is good to go.

This is actually the best explanation for Lagertha's sudden revenge plot. But still I am not buying it. Aslaug had ruled with Bjorn all those years while Ragnar was gone. And she had to know that Aslaug's sons would retaliate which is why she locked them up temporarily. It just make Lagertha seem like she is bad at…

Yes, it is like the phantom limb sensation. I keep waiting for Ragnar to pop up somewhere. And that was him in the shadows and I smiled so wide at the simple little way he turned his head towards Lagertha. But yes, I agree that this episode was choppy and lacked any direction.

It is a possibility. My young daughter woke up from a nightmare she told me she saw her sister with blood on her face. A few weeks later, a dog bit my daughter in the face and she had blood all over her face. This is not the only instance my oldest daughter has made me curious about her insight. I had a recurring…