I think the source material is great

show has promise

Watched 2nd ep on demand
I'm a player. Looking like a very good show so far.

Probably won't watch 2nd episode until later tonight but I really liked the first episode

i can't possibly be the only one who thought that the main character was the guy from Sons of Anarchy. They look so similar to me and my roommate brought it up too.

Decent show but just watched the 2nd episode and some of the dialogue is pretty clumsy. Really hated that "fight" scene between husband and wife

Shows actually pretty good. Girl who plays the leaders wife is awful though.

I liked the fight, what was wrong with it?

Really enjoyed the third ep but I think this show struggles with the scope it is trying to achieve in the time it has allotted per episode. I dont get how Game of Thrones packs so much detail into its episodes and Vikings cant even making note of GOT's longer time due to no adverts. It just feels like a lot of the episode could have been condensed significantly to get into the raiding action and general plotting murderousness that the show should be solely focusing on.

GOT has like a 10 million per episode budget, has one of the best fantasy type book series ever to base it's show on, and is run by HBO which has consistently put out the best TV shows ever.

Comparing Vikings from the history channel is just silly

I wasnt comparing them beyond how much more detail dense GOT eps are and that Vikings seems to be really thin in comparison.

What happened in the newest episode? Did they land in England?

If so, I'm caught up. Or is everyone watching ep3 online or something?

Yeah, episode 3 is available on the History Channel website and elsewhere.

Can we please only discuss episodes that have appeared on TV?

cosign

I'm going off whatever my DVR records, not seeking stuff out online. Kind of an annoying way for them to do it this way

If a superior asks you if you want to F his wife, you always say no.

Kinda dumb how they're releasing these episodes. Ep3 hasn't aired yet but it was on directv on demand already? Wtf??

Ep3 is pretty lol tho

I like how they are releasing these episodes. Save me from having to make a tough decision on Sunday nights, and allows me to watch the show during the week when there is nothing else on.

Why did you think that Ep3 was lol? Use spoilers so we don't get yelled at. I thought it was pretty good.

solid show tho so far I like

Worst thing about the show is the big History Channel logo in the bottom right corner of the screen. Other than that, not much to complain about.

What was up with them taking that one kid and killing him after he helped them bury treasure?

1. getting rid of a witness

2. killing him gives the treasure an afterlife guard type to protect it

I enjoyed it and will keep watching. Surprised the father doesn't return and say were is my boy?

For those watching the History Channel's less than historical Vikings, here's a decent article from The Smithsonian giving background on the Viking age: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hist...0324-Weekender

Ivarr the Boneless comes down to us as the most famous and violent of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok (himself a mixture of history and legend). No one knows why he was called Ivarr the Boneless. Modern guesses range from Ivarr the Boner-less to Ivarr with brittle bone syndrome. His nickname Ivarr inn beinlausi could also be translated as Ivarr the Legless which could mean anything from an amputee to having a limp to getting so habitually drunk that he couldn't keep his legs under him. Various sources list the other sons of Ragnar as Halfdan the Black, Ubbe, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, and Bjorn Ironside. The show features Bjorn as Ragnar's son, but I would have preferred to see child Ivarr as a budding psychopath.

Ragnar and his sons were active (to the extent they were real) in the mid- to late ninth century. Lindisfarne did mark the beginning of Viking raids on Anglo-Saxon England in 793, but Ragnar didn't and couldn't have anything to do with it.

I have a number of bones to pick with this series, but my main one is the relationship between the Earl and Ragnar and the other followers. In the Germanic world that relationship was voluntary. A follower who was dissatisfied with the leadership of his chieftain was free to pick up and join someone else's war band or to start his own band if he could convince others to follow him. While it existed the bond of loyalty between leader and follower was intense, or so we are told in the old stories and poems. This bond was established and symbolized by the giving of treasure, usually described as (arm)rings, by the lord to the follower--not by the lord confiscating all the treasure for himself. In the early Germanic world, at least as depicted in the poems and sagas, when the Earl pulled that stunt, Ragnar et al. would have walked.

But, hey, I'm still watching--lots of axe-fighting and an opportunity for endless nitpicking.

Ep04 was the best so far imo. Great show and i feel for those who are to knowledgeable in the subject as the previous poster because he/she cannot enjoy the show as much as i do cause of it. I consider myself above average in viking knowledge as a Scandi(learns a far bit of it in school, just for the awesomeness and not for significance.) but that said im still clueless compared to poster above! eager for ep05!!! Warface on.

I enjoyed it but still wonder a few things.

Last show a boy was taken and that is the end even though they kill him. You think his father would be concerned?
Also who jumped them at the end of episode 4?
Did they really have words like sex and rape back in the time?

Subscribing because I've been watching and liking it.

- Would have sex with wifey
- Anyone know who jumped their party at the end? They showed the Earl's advisor guy with a stack of bodies in a cart afterwards. Did he send the men to kill Ragnar?

Seems fairly obvious the guys attacking at the end were from the Earl and his fatass little servant guy. (?)