I'm almost certain that Clay Matthews actually said to look at his golden hair.

I think it was when Aslaug showed up and before Lagertha left with Bjorn. My impression was that Lagertha gave the 2 wives idea a try and decided it wasn't for her. Like I said though, I read this from other viewers around the globe but haven't looked it up personally, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's true.

I'd miss out on a lot of nuance of the script if you weren't here to post. My major in accounting didn't include a lot of history or literature courses.

I've read, and I can't verify, that US audiences didn't get a threesome scene with Aslaug, Ragnar, and Lagertha in the middle because it was considered too risque for our viewing.

Exactly. He one-upped Ragnar with his final action in the chess game they were playing.

Wouldn't his brother go with him? Unless maybe he's sailing off with Bjorn to try to assassinate him or something. But it seems those two are connected at the hip so I don't know why Halfhair or whatever is going with Bjorn and not his brother, especially if they think they're going back to Kattegat to rule.

I think the actor has done a good job of making him a sympathetic character. He's had his dickish ways but he's been a guy of integrity and has been put in positions to choose to do what is right even though his dad has, basically, sent him on suicide missions and made his life hell in some ways.

Would someone with a genetic disorder live past childhood? Would only the legs be affected, but no other part of the body? I'm not on board with the show's interpretation of boneless at all.

Are you in the US, Stephen? I've read that outside of the US there are differences in scenes.

I think Hirst deserves some criticism for loose ends but I also think he's done a brilliant job at the long game. Hear me out, Floki killed Athelstan and in his loneliness Ragnar replaced Athelstan with Yidu. Yidu was bad news and her "medicine" contributed to Ragnar's loss in Paris (loose end: Why did Aslaug buy…

I wish that instead of making him completely useless from waist down that "boneless" would have been interpreted differently, like maybe an accident that crushed one leg or contracting polio (was that around back then) or something, because him being totally crippled leaves a ton of obvious plot devices. I'm sure…

I can't figure out that scene with Bjorn and Astrid during the sacrifice. As far as I can tell Bjorn believes in the gods, surely he wouldn't disrespect them by skipping out on a sacrifice before he sailed for England. Lagertha and Torvi exchanged a knowing look about Bjorn and Astrid's absence, so I wonder if their…

Poor Little Siggy, no one GAF about that child. At all.

I guess if Hirst is your last name you get a pass with security.

I agree about Sigurd, too, because at his birth didn't Aslaug have some sort of prophesy regarding him and his snake in the eye? Seems like a set up that never came to mean anything.

I agree with everything you said. In previous seasons it seems like we were immersed in the culture, but now it feels like we're watching a show about Vikings.

I wonder if we'll see Rollo have to fight against the Vikings as an ally to a land they've invaded. He's got to have something to do and a tie in to the Vikings some way.

I believe the crude phrase is s*** or get off the pot. They hung around for about, what, 15 years and talked about taking over Kattegat but never did anything. And Ragnar, and then Bjorn, knew they wanted Kattegat but still allowed them to hang around. They sent Egil the Bastard or whatever his name was to take…

The scrolls got me. Looking back to when Ecbert wanted Athelstan to stay behind and translate them, then just thinking of what's been lost to history from the destruction by people who didn't understand the importance of the written words.

I agree with everything you said. I feel like it may be due to editing. It always seems to me like there's material left on the cutting room floor that would tie everything together and I've read that on blu-ray there are a lot of these extra scenes that we don't see. I've also read that in the US due to our silly…