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*VIKINGS*
Season 05 Episode Special

Episode Title :
"The Saga of Bjorn"

Come, Hali,
and bring sticks for fire.

Mother, tell me again
about the dragon of Fafnir.

Perhaps it is time for a
better story than Fafnir,

a story about the greatest
warrior who ever lived.

Your father; Bjorn Ironside.

It is important for
you to try to remember.

Do you think
you can try, my son?

Well,
the wise say we die twice.

The first time
when the Valkyries

come to take us
to Valhalla.

But they say
we die a second time

when the last person
speaks our name.

But through a story
you can live forever.

Through this story your
father will live forever.

Let us start when your father
was a child just like you.

His father,
Ragnar Lothbrok,

was a great Viking
of his age.

And his wife, Lagertha,
the greatest shield-maiden

who ever held a sword.

But they would have
lived out their lives

as simple farmers

had the Allfather
not had plans for them.

Odin.

Those were
perhaps the happiest times

as your father grew
closer to becoming a man.

What are you two doing?

I'm taking Bjorn
to the thing tomorrow.

Not yet.

He's not old enough.

He's twelve years old.

Take him next year.

Next year is soon
enough.

He'll need a silk ribbon,
Lagertha.

You're a handsome boy.

Funny ears, though.

What will happen
at the thing?

The earl will deal with
some criminal offenses.

And then, we'll discuss
the summer raids.

Bjorn!

So, here you are, brother.

Rollo.

By Frey and all the
Gods how you've grown.

The laurel of.

Are you here
for the thing?

You're a real man now.

Come,
let's get a drink.

That's why
we should sail west.

I've heard such tales,
Rollo.

Great towns, and cities,
and treasures.

Hordes of gold and silver,
and,

and a new God.

I've heard those stories,
too.

We can't sail across
an open ocean.

I believe there's a way.

Bjorn learned of
his father's great dream.

To cross the Salt Sea
to fight in new lands.

And, in his heart,
grew a love of the sea.

Floki,
this is my son, Bjorn.

Hello,
how are you?

Well,
thank you, sir.

Let me see.

You have your father's
eyes, unfortunately.

Why unfortunately?

It means he will be like you,

and therefore he will want
to do better than you,

and you will hate him
for it.

So, what about our boat?

Do you think it could
handle long sea voyages?

That's why I'm building it.

But will it be strong enough?

We won't know
that until we try.

These arm rings bind you
in loyalty to me,

your lord,
your chieftain.

Do you understand
and swear to this?

Yes, lord.

Bjorn was now a man
in name,

but his father still
sailed the salt sea alone.

So when do we sail?

I already told you.

I don't want you to come.

This was going to be the most

exciting voyage of our lives.

To go west.

I have dreamed of it
many times.

And in my dreams
we are always together.

What if we both die, hmm?

Then who would take
care of the children?

Bjorn was young

and had to bide his time whilst
his father raided far and wide

bringing many
strange things home.

Ekki drepa mig!

You speak our language.

How do you speak
our language?

I've traveled.

We are told to travel
to take the word of God.

Please,
don't kill me.

Ragnar brought
not only treasure home,

but also jealousy.

You see,
this was not the first time

his family had to hide away.

Let the man
who thinks he is descended

from the Gods learn that
he is human after all.

Are you coming?

Go!

Quickly, Gyda!

Come on, Bjorn!

- Father, I won't go without you!
- Boy, don't argue!

Father, I don't
want to go without you!

Come on.

There is no dishonor

in running away
from impossible odds.

We live to fight again.

As did Ragnar and his son.

This was the Allfather's plan.

Ragnar Lothbrok challenges you

to meet him
in single combat.

Father, you can do it!

Hail, Earl Ragnar!

Hail, Earl Ragnar!

Then Bjorn grew.

Sit, please.

And grew to know the ways of men

which will one day
bring every woman pain.

They spare none of us.

I should tell you
the truth

about who I really am.

I'm Princess Aslaug.

My mother was shield-maiden Brunhilda.

Everyone knows the renown
of your mother.

But I'm not her.

I am myself.

I hate you.

It's disgusting.

I could not help myself.

Shall I tell that to Lagertha,
your wife?

But fate added her
own tears.

And her own surprises.

You insult and humiliate me.

I have no choice but to
leave you and divorce you.

I don't want you to go.

It's fate.

I've changed my mind.

I'm coming with you.

Look after your mother.

Then your father chose to go

with Lagertha, your grandmother.

Not because she was weak,
but because she was strong.

And when she married
a monster.

He stood by her and
became strong as well.

You don't love anyone, Sigvard.

You don't know how to.

Mother, why would you allow
him to do that to you?

What are you talking about?

Your husband,
Earl Sigvard, I saw him.

It will never happen again.

If it does I'll kill him.

He's asleep, go to bed.

He will not harm me.

But the rightful
death of Earl Sigvard

is Lagertha's story for a different day.

In time she ended her pain by
the strength of her own hand.

Jarl Borg has invaded his lands

while Ragnar has been away.

He killed all who resisted.

Rollo, Princess Aslaug, Siggy,

Princess Aslaug's children,
they've all fled Kattegat.

Ragnar will come back.

He will come back to fight for

his lands
and you must help him.

It has been a long time.

Hello, Ragnar.

I heard of your troubles.

I have brought these
warriors to help you.

And you are?

I'm your s...

Father!

I always knew in my heart
that I would see you again.

But I never guessed it would
be in such circumstances.

Who can guess the plans
and ways of the Gods?

But now they have contrived
to bring us back together

and I, for one,
am glad for it.

When this is over we shall
have many stories to tell.

You and I father, are bound,

both by ties of memory and blood.

It was a happy day
when Bjorn was reunited

with Ragnar and prepared
to fulfill his destiny.

No man before had such a father.

And the Gods rejoiced.

What's at stake for Bjorn
in the second half

of season five
is the loss of essentially what

the whole show was built on,
which was Ragnar's dream.

What can we do?
Where can we go?

Ivar will surely chase us
to the ends of the earth.

You're gonna start seeing
this conflict between the two brothers,

struggling over
the kingdom of Kattegat.

Are we afraid to die?

Not me!

They're the underdogs.

So, Hali, who is it

who weaves our fates?

The Norns?

Exactly so, our fates are woven

by the Norns
in the Hall of the Moon.

But the tapestry of our lives
pick up many other threads.

The strongest thread in your
father's life was Ragnar.

Get up!

You fought well today, Bjorn.

Thank you, uncle.

You have a lot to learn.

It was Ragnar who gave Bjorn

his first taste of battle,

reclaiming the family
rights, your rights.

In the presence of the Gods,

and in their honor,
I offer this sacrifice.

It was Ragnar
who showed Bjorn the price

of betrayal when he carved
the eagle on Jarl Borg's back.

And it was Ragnar who at
last took Bjorn raiding

over the dark waves
and showed him defeat.

They were defeated?

No one can win every battle,

but your father fought l
ike a dragon.

And for that Ragnar gave him
a name.

You fought well today.

We were defeated!

We live to fight another day.

Since no ax, spear or blade
could touch my son today,

he will now be known as
Bjorn Ironside.

Over time he learned that words

can be as powerful as weapons.

King Ecbert desires me to set

before you outline
possible terms of a treaty.

The king will agree to pay
you monies and/or treasures

to prevent any further
degradations of his territories.

More importantly, he is
prepared to offer 5,000 acres

of good land for farming in peace.

I accept the offer.

As do I.

Bjorn was also
learning about love.

For he had seen a beautiful maiden.

Welcome back, Bjorn.

Your father was
still a young man, however,

and young men are ruled by passions.

Ragnar saw this.

What do you see?

Power.

The power of a king.

Power is always dangerous.

It attracts the worst.

And corrupts the best.

I never asked for power.

Power is only given to
those who are prepared

to lower themselves to pick it up.

I want go out into the wilderness.

Away from everything.

To find out if I can survive.

Why are you really going?

Because you
don't think I can survive.

So, Bjorn Ironside decided to go

on his first great adventure.

To live alone in the
wild wood and to fight

the monsters that lurk
in the darkness there.

Lagertha.

I have come for two reasons.

First, to see my mother.

Second, to take Torvi
with me back to Kattegat.

You're talking about my wife.

She is your wife and yet
you treat her like a slave.

I want to go with Bjorn.

When Bjorn returned
he was truly a man.

More than a man
and Ragnar needed him

for his greatest adventure.

There will come a time

when you will be responsible
for our people.

You must lead with your
head, not with your heart.

Can you do that?

Yes, father.

I have something I only
trust you to do for me.

This was the
greatest story of them all.

If he dies he's only asked one thing.

That he receive a
proper Christian burial,

otherwise we will not leave.

Word of the Vikings
spread across the world

and Paris shook at our name.

But still, ambitions grew.

I kick so much ass in
this season, it's crazy.

There's a lot of changing
relationships, a lot of tears,

a lot of killing, a lot of new faces.

Torvi's now in a new
relationship with Ubbe

and they're choosing
a different pathway.

The king has asked us to be
baptized in the Christian faith.

Sometimes I wonder if
you're Ragnar's son at all!

They're Vikings through and through

and this is probably come as
a shock to a lot of the fans.

Any sign of Ivar's scouts?

Not a thing for two days.

Good, still we mustn't
get too comfortable,

maintain regular patrols.

Now, a father like Ragnar can shine

too bright in a son's eyes.

But in his uncle Rollo,
Bjorn found a friend.

Hello, young Bjorn.

Hello, Rollo.

Where are your parents?

They're having sex.

Well, I guess we'll have to wait.

Don't die stupidly.

I'm not going to die!

Yes, you are!

If I choose.

Fight!

Always remember to finish
off your opponent if you can.

No man ever ran away
with his entrails hanging

to his knees or his head cut off.

Even blood is
no guarantee of loyalty.

And Rollo's world was troubled,

but he was strong enough
to conquer his demons.

Almost.

Will you fight alongside me?

The death of your brother and
the start of your own fame.

I will fight with
you against my brother.

Is this what you really want, brother?

I cannot fight you.

Hit me!

I wanted
to step out of your shadow.

You understand that,
don't you?

With the family united
what could not be achieved?

Paris was ours,
the greatest city in the world.

Yet it was Bjorn, who,
in trusting his uncle,

loosed a fox amongst the hens.

Bjorn would live
to regret his decision.

For he unleashed am ambition
as great as his own father's.

Then it is decided.

You will winter here with the rest

of the warriors who
decide to stay with you.

You will be very rich and
you will be very important.

What must I do in the return?

You will defend Paris
against your brother.

Rollo was never a man
to live forever in his brother's shadow.

And in Francia, he could shine.

Not with his brother,
but against him.

Rollo!

You have betrayed your own kind!

Ragnar will revenge us!

I hate my uncle.

I want to kill him.

Good.

We have to retreat!

And this is how
you repay my love?

Row!

Row away, row away!

The defeat of Ragnar Lothbrok
will resound down the ages.

What defeat?

As long as my brother is
still alive he's not defeated.

We are going to lift
the boats up the cliff.

Then we are going to carry
them across the mountains,

past the forts and then simply slide

them back into the river.

This is of your doing, Rollo.

Now brother fought
brother and the Gods wept.

One of us will die today.

And it won't be me, brother.

Even Lagertha was not spared.

Argh!

Bjorn, get her in the boat!

Leave me, leave me!

Enough, let them go!

Defeat is bitter
and only the salt spray

of distant oceans can
wash away the taste.

Bjorn would have lost himself

at sea, had fate not
driven him back home.

Ivar has won a huge battle
and is in command of Kattegat.

All hail your new king!

Driven out Lagertha and Bjorn,

who they, with Bishop Heahmund's

encouragement
sought refuge in England.

Heahmund was unaware of
the significant changes

in England that a young
inexperienced youth

called Alfred is now king.

I agreed to give you
refuge here so long as,

in return, you agree to fight
against your countrymen.

That's where
the new adventures start.

Mind of the bones,
Hali.

Perhaps it is time for me to
tell you how I met your father.

I was long before married to
Jarl Borg,

whom Ragnar carved out
the eagle on.

That is the price of betrayal,
remember that.

Many sad days followed.

Many cruel men.

But it was Bjorn who showed
me the way to win freedom.

Porunn!

No!

Poor Bjorn.

You won't want to
marry me now, will you?

Don't say that.

Don't hide away.

You need to be with a woman.

Let's find you someone.

Isn't that Torvi, the
widow of Jarl Borg?

Erlendur doesn't pay her
any attention.

You'd like her.

Don't do this.

You don't understand.

I am doing this because
I want you to be happy.

My father says
happiness doesn't matter.

But you're not your father,
Bjorn Ironside.

Or have you not realized that yet?

Are you thirsty?

Yes.

Your husband,
he will come to Paris.

And so shall I.

I refuse to be left behind.

You have courage.

I'm Viking.

Bjorn?

I'm sorry
I have disturbed you.

Don't be sorry.

I love my wife, Torvi.

I should've spoken before.

Why?

You know why.

It doesn't matter.

I am not with child
neither am I a child.

I took advantage.

So did I.

But Lagertha was always

the first woman in his life.

To help Bjorn was to
help the great Lagertha,

and help her I did.

I'm taking Kattegat back.

Aslaug isn't fit to be queen.

What about Ragnar's sons?

Well one of which.

They are still his sons.

Bjorn, Hvitserk and Ivar
are all grown.

But Ubbe and Sigurd remain.

Are you going to kill them too?

You must return to Kattegat

before your absence is noticed.

But when you return there's
something else I need you to do.

Enough!

These are my people.

How strange, Lagertha,

that you should play the usurper.

I have dreamed of
taking back my home.

I have dreamed it for a long time.

But if I have to fight
for it, then I will.

Don't worry, I could
never fight you, Lagertha.

I'm not my mother
nor yet my father.

I would never win.

I understand.

In doing so, we
set brother on brother,

and unleashed a terrible blood feud.

If you kill her my brothers,
you have to kill me too.

As the new era began,
the old world was ending.

Bjorn's brother could never
leave their mother unavenged,

and Ragnar himself, what of him?

How could he bare to see his sons,

to see Bjorn become
greater than himself?

Season 5B.

She's under a tough situation
where she lost Kattegat.

Ivar becomes king and
their safety is in danger.

You see her change not only
emotionally but physically.

She goes into shock.

You see her in a completely new light.

Her hair's different. It's cut short.

Lagertha's been betrayed by
so many different people.

The only person she can
really trust is herself.

So it came to pass
that Ragnar returned

to challenge his sons
and in his wrath,

it stirred up a hornets
nest amongst his children.

Bjorn had dreams far beyond
the confines of Kattegat,

far beyond the worlds
his father had seen.

He would travel the watery
waves to the lands of legend.

You have to travel down here,

along the coast of Francia.

It will be
hard not to be detected.

I am sure.

Floki's new boats can outsail anything

the Francs put out to sea.

I cannot be at sea forever.

Rollo has the new kingdom
on the coast.

I don't see any other way.

Because there isn't one.

I could talk to Rollo.

Talk to him?

After what he did?

I have to be practical.

It is the best way.

It is our way.

I will send messengers to him and

if he kills them I will
know where he stands.

And he will know where you are.

He would found out anyway.

I wish you were coming with me.

No you don't.

You said yourself, this
is your destiny, not mine.

Your mistakes are yours,

and so are your successes.

There is one thing I
need your help with.

What?

I need ships.

I will give you ships.

That was easy.

But alas, for Ragnar

the sea has no favorites
and respects no man.

So the billows rolled over the boats

and threw them to their fate.

Those soldiers will
have discovered the wreckage

by now and be looking for us.

It's taken you a long time
to return, Ragnar Lothbrok,

but at last you are here,

and I'm still alive to witness this day.

My death goes without apology.

I shall not enter
Odin's hall with fear.

There I shall wait for
my sons to join me.

And when they do, I will bask
in their tales of triumph.

And I welcome the Valkyries
to summon me home.

Deliver me oh Lord
from my enemies.

Dark bitterness
grew within the brothers.

No!

Not one of them could leave

their father unavenged and it
fell to Bjorn to lead them.

I am the leader of this great army.

Me!

And you will obey me!

And if you do so my brothers,

revenge for our father will be ours.

Farewell, Torvi,

uh,
mother of my children.

I pray to the Gods that
I will see you and them again.

And if not...

There are no ifs, Bjorn Ironside.

We shall all see you again.

So the Christian's prophecy came true.

Behold, a people shall
come from the north.

They shall hold
the bow and the lance.

They are cruel and will not show mercy.

Their voice shall roar
like the sea.

God help us.

I don't think he can.

This is where our father was killed?

Now it fell to Bjorn

to carve the eagle on Aelle's back.

How the little
piggies will grunt,

when they hear how
the old boar suffered.

But vengeance cannot
fill the belly for long,

and Bjorn longed to
return to the open sea.

In Season 5B King Alfred and Ubbe,

they form a bond together.

They both want
the bigger goal.

They both see that
there's something

to be achieved by having
a mutual understanding.

Alfred's a little bit
soft around the edges

so he needs to toughen up.

If you're afraid, then
you're already dead.

You see Viking on Viking fights.

Ubbe has to fight
and battle the people

that he used to love and adore.

A lot of blood, a lot of fire

and from there
everything changes.

Before Bjorn could sail however,

your father demanded
a blood sacrifice.

In triumph the sons of Ragnar
had turned against each other.

But it was Ivar, Ivar the pitiless,

Ivar!

Who staked him claim first.

No.

I swear to the Gods in everything

that is sacred that I
never meant to kill him.

Anger
overcame me.

You cannot leave him in
charge of the great army.

That is your fate, Ubbe.

You're his big brother.

You take charge.

I told you this is none of my concern.

I plan to return to the
Mediterranean with Halfdan.

Then finally, Bjorn got his wish.

Far he traveled.

He found there every
danger he knew from home,

and new ones more terrible still.

He saw a world his father
never would

and extended our fame to
the ends of the earth.

Home.

Honestly I don't know anymore.

Torvi, I don't love her anymore.

She doesn't deserve it.

Welcome home my son.

Why are the Sami here?

King Harald and your brother Ivar

are planning to attack us.

Well, it seems I have
returned just in time.

We need even more help.

We can't underestimate
the forces Harald

and Ivar will bring to bear.

That is why I invited
the Sami, to join us.

I can see she interests you.

Don't worry.

I'm not jealous.

Not anymore.

And when you didn't
come back from England

I knew the love
we had was over.

When he returned,
he was changed,

for voyaging changes us all.

But your father promised
to always protect us,

and your father
is the bravest Viking to ever live.

Were you sad, mother?

I'm Viking.

I smile through my tears.

But listen there's more.

Your father had to protect
the great Lagertha

against the wrath of Ivar.

Ivar will be like
the wolf Fenrir,

and flames
will dance in his eyes.

And he will try
to tear the sky apart.

You wouldn't want to
miss that now, would you?

No, it's true.

I wouldn't want to miss that.

For the sake of our father,

a civil war can only bring tragedy.

Is this really
what you all want?

You have
so much to lose, Ivar.

If you want war,

then let's have war.

Ivar can never be trusted.

Attack!

Not as an man, not
as a son, not as a brother.

Never forget that.

So, we fought with all our might.

Your father fought
with all his heart.

- Retreat!
- Retreat!

- Retreat!
- Fall back!

Lagertha murdered our mother
and usurped the kingdom.

All that is in the past now,
Ivar.

I must avenge
my mother's murder.

And I think you would do
the same if it was you.

For the sake of our fathers legacy

and everything he believed in,

I'm asking you, Ivar,
do not put our peoples lives at risk.

If you still thought you could win,

you would not be here, Bjorn.

The fact is you're afraid.

I am not afraid.

Another truce, another pacts,

but it was just another field of lies.

We have to fight.

If Ivar wins,
Ragnar's dreams are lost.

As day follows night,

so war follows war and this time
the Gods were against us.

Kill them!

Loose!

Retreat!

I must leave Kattegat.

Ivar will be here shortly
enjoying his triumph.

Sleep, my son.

The Gods may be angry but
they are never angry for long.

Just like the tides,
our fortunes will turn,

but the tapestry of your
father's life is still long.

Much in untold.

There are wonders to come,
victories to come.

Sleep,

for your story
has only just begun.

Ivar and Hvitserk's relationship

is full of love
and full of hate.

I'm not your little brother.

Mostly hate.

Be very careful about what
you say about me, Hvitserk.

- Why?
- Will you kill me next?

Now he's king of Kattegat.

No pressure.

It's a massive challenge
to be king.

How do you want
to rule your people?

Is it with fear?
Is it with love?

For Ivar, one of them is
probably easier than the other.

You're gonna see
new sides of him.