Actually the sagas speak of Ivar being carried by his men into battle on their shields. No one knows the whole truth of Ivar or why he was called "The Boneless" but the show does portray one of the possible theories for the name. Supposedly the real Ivar died of a horrible disease around the age of 35. Back then…

I have disagreed with Dennis' reviews many times over the past couple of seasons but it is still the best weekly review of this show out there. I think Dennis is a true fan of the show. I would rate this episode a B, especially because it was the penultimate episode of this half of the season and it really wasn't…

Jonathan Ryhs Meyers will not be portraying Alfred or Ivar as I had suspected. He will be portraying a new character, Bishop Heahmund. His character was a real person who fought along side Alfred against the Danes. He is a Christian zealot and warrior. Kind of like a Christian Floki.

And, yet, Astrid has betrayed her. And, even worse, with her own son!

So, yeah, that's not the way I thought that episode was going to go.
I actually liked that they finally tried to flesh out Harald Fairhair. Historically the guy is very important and Hirst has not taken the character anywhere. I would have preferred if he had given the character more weight, made him more like…

I keep expecting Ragnar to pop out of the ground, stretch, grab his spear wound, pull off a dead snake or two, give a little side glance/eye roll and stumble off into the woods.

Dennis, thank you for a great review. The pictures at the beginning and the end of your post tell it all. I cannot think of one scene in 4 plus seasons where Travis Fimmel did not perform extraordinarily.
In my opinion, Vikings has never had five consecutive episodes of such high quality. Actually, beginning…

Nope, there's a Season 5 with 20 episodes coming. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (aka Henry VIII from The Tudors) is set to join the cast (I'm guessing as Alfred the Great). If the writing and the casting continues to be good I am guessing 6 seasons.

She also let Bjorn's daughter Siggy die. I will not be missing Aslaug at all. Cool send off though.

Ignorance is bliss.

No, I do not think he will. I think Lagertha will be able to show all of Ragnar's sons how strong she is. I think she will be the force that bands the brothers together to avenge Ragnar. Though the story arc for Lagertha this season has not made her many new fans it would be hard to imagine losing her and Ragnar in…

The last stanza from "One Thousand Burning Arrows"

Still, to me, nothing has beaten Ragnar burying Athelstan. That was something special. But, yes, last night was amazing.

I'm not big into the whole Hollywood awards thing but gee, if you are going to be awarding people for being outstanding at what they do I cannot see why Travis Fimmel is not at the top of the list by now.

Next weeks episode is titled "All His Angels"

Everyone turned out for Earl Haraldsson too.

Hirst has said he wants to end the show when vikings discover North America. I would prefer he end it with the defeat of Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge in 1066. That would be a more fitting end and you can get there from where he is now without a very great deal of difficulty. Rollo is in place which leads to…

Vikings is my favorite show by far. I've always known the episode would come when we would have to finally say goodbye to Ragnar Lodbrok and I fear we are finally at that point. Hirst has done such an incredible job building this character and Travis Fimmel has done such an absolutely stellar job portraying the…

Well, Jonathan Rhys Meyers (aka Henry VIII from The Tudors) will be in Season 5. All my bets are on him playing Alfred the Great.

Magnus was only ever a pawn. First used by Kwenthrith to save herself (the woman slept with everyone. Could have been anyone's kid). Then by Ecbert to lure Ragnar back to England. But Ragnar came back on his own accord. Once Ragnar disavowed Magnus the boy's value dropped to zero. Sorry, you are no longer…