Is Ragnar capable of feigning illness to compete with Ivar for his mother's attention? Children with disabilities tax any family.

"beaten to death by the side of a lonely road": We've seen that ending before in "Brokeback Mountain" (short story 1997 / film 2005) and other works that treat the subject of homophobia. Interesting how Ridley builds on this legacy by piling on controversy and coincidence to say a great deal more. This entire…

Throughout, the Internet serves as the Iago of these tragic circumstances, the instigator behind the scenes, at the service of anyone—troublemaker or vigilante—holding up photos of Taylor to begin with and later displaying supposedly private emails and medical records, spreading rumors and ruining reputations behind…

Best episode this season.

I know I'm feeding a troll, but you have such a cute little face! So only one kind of response is appropriate on this comment thread? We might as well be as xenophobic on here as the snobs who run Leyland school, right? OK. I'll be happy to remove my post—all of them. Anything to make you happy. The rest of you…

Do you have anything to add in answer to my question to Seabreeze above? OK to skip if too busy.

See also my question to Seabreeze above. Don't mean to be intrusive.

I picked up on "Vikings" by following along starting with Season 3, in which Ragnar has himself baptized as he wants to join Athelstan in the afterlife. So everyone rolled their eyes and let him do it. Ragnar buries Athelstan himself and takes his cross to wear. Ragnar attacks Paris in part to fulfill Athelstan’s…

What is the target demographic for this show, would you say?