"Why, oh why, did they write in that baby? It's so awkward to watch them all explain around her nonexistence."

"The roaches were surely meant to be Roma"

Seawater has a much higher salt content (about 3.5%) than blood (about the equivalent of 0.9% saline, although some of that is other electrolytes besides salt).

A girl's name? Arya Einstein.

"Damn it, Ragnar! I'm a shipbuilder, not a pharmacist!" -Floki

Maybe they were carried by swallows?

Really? Although many Finns and other North Europeans (like Björk) do have vaguely Asian looks, to me as a Finn it's pretty distinct from how this actress looks.

This week on "Everybody loves Athelstan"…

"The bear never engaged him"

The Four Lands urgently need a public awareness campaign about the dangers of leaving enemies at your back. Like, if you momentarily stun an archer who's trying to kill your friend, maybe at least take her bow before escaping?

That's correct, staff techniques are traditionally part of aikido:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

What's Maori for "Aww Hell Naw"?

Or lucky with your genes. Some people are less susceptible to blackouts than others, even controlling for the level and frequency of intoxication.

"You can't just sit here in the dark listening to classical music!"

Yep, I figure they're after Lebensraum, or whatever the undead equivalent of that is?

Alert the cock merchants!

OTOH, there's no "right" or "wrong" way to react after a sexual assault…

"European imperialism and colonialism in the 18th century and onwards.
You want to hear about rapes and deaths and murder and wars on massive,
brutal scales? That's where you find the analogous events."

Denmark has long inlets called fjords, but nothing like the mountains surrounding Kattegat in the show. They're being creative with geography as well as history.

"ludicrously high stakes"