1 00:00:02,170 --> 00:00:03,922 (IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING) 2 00:00:54,848 --> 00:00:57,058 (BABY CRYING) 3 00:00:58,977 --> 00:00:59,978 (SHUSHING) 4 00:01:00,061 --> 00:01:02,397 Ivar, what is it? 5 00:01:10,905 --> 00:01:12,532 Where is Harbard? 6 00:01:12,741 --> 00:01:13,825 I don't know. 7 00:01:13,908 --> 00:01:15,452 You have to find him. 8 00:01:15,535 --> 00:01:18,121 Ivar is suffering so badly. I can't bear it! 9 00:01:18,663 --> 00:01:20,582 Why can't you look after your own child? 10 00:01:20,665 --> 00:01:22,041 (IVAR CONTINUES CRYING) 11 00:01:23,126 --> 00:01:24,169 I am here. 12 00:01:33,303 --> 00:01:34,679 Ivar. 13 00:01:34,763 --> 00:01:38,057 There is no more pain, Ivar. 14 00:01:38,141 --> 00:01:41,227 No. No more pain. 15 00:01:41,311 --> 00:01:42,937 That's right. (WHIMPERING) 16 00:01:43,021 --> 00:01:44,689 Very sleepy, Ivar. 17 00:01:49,444 --> 00:01:51,821 You're getting very sleepy. 18 00:01:52,572 --> 00:01:54,783 (SOFTLY) There's no more pain. 19 00:01:57,202 --> 00:01:58,578 Go to sleep. 20 00:02:15,386 --> 00:02:16,930 Who are you? 21 00:02:17,430 --> 00:02:18,473 You know who I am. 22 00:02:18,556 --> 00:02:19,933 No, I don't. 23 00:02:21,392 --> 00:02:23,144 You have such power. 24 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:26,981 Are you a god? 25 00:02:27,398 --> 00:02:28,733 I wish. 26 00:02:29,776 --> 00:02:31,945 For who would not wish for such a thing? 27 00:02:55,593 --> 00:02:56,594 (URGES HORSE) 28 00:03:35,133 --> 00:03:36,634 Porunn. 29 00:03:43,474 --> 00:03:44,809 Porunn. 30 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:07,415 (IN NATIVE TONGUE) 31 00:04:56,714 --> 00:04:59,634 So much for Rollo, the warrior. 32 00:05:00,927 --> 00:05:02,512 The hammer to the cross. 33 00:05:02,595 --> 00:05:03,930 Where is your soul? 34 00:05:05,264 --> 00:05:07,058 Where is your belief? 35 00:05:08,685 --> 00:05:10,061 Floki, forget it. 36 00:05:10,561 --> 00:05:11,729 This... 37 00:05:12,438 --> 00:05:13,898 This is the future. 38 00:05:15,566 --> 00:05:17,527 We cannot fight everyone. 39 00:05:17,610 --> 00:05:19,570 There must be cooperation, 40 00:05:19,987 --> 00:05:22,907 alliances just as there are among the gods. 41 00:05:24,617 --> 00:05:25,868 That is the way forward. 42 00:05:26,744 --> 00:05:28,454 Well, well. 43 00:05:28,538 --> 00:05:31,165 It seems that the magic of your Christian baptism 44 00:05:31,249 --> 00:05:32,250 has worked after all. 45 00:05:32,709 --> 00:05:34,836 You said the whole thing was a joke. 46 00:05:34,919 --> 00:05:36,379 Perhaps you took it seriously. 47 00:05:37,422 --> 00:05:39,298 You know very well it was a joke. 48 00:05:39,382 --> 00:05:40,842 No. 49 00:05:40,925 --> 00:05:43,803 I can see that you have all drunk from the poisoned chalice! 50 00:05:43,928 --> 00:05:46,681 And the joke, Rollo, is on you! 51 00:06:01,446 --> 00:06:03,656 I see you are still suffering. 52 00:06:04,449 --> 00:06:05,450 (GROANS) 53 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:07,827 I can make it better. 54 00:06:08,786 --> 00:06:09,871 How? 55 00:06:12,457 --> 00:06:13,624 Lie back. 56 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,177 What are you doing? 57 00:06:24,761 --> 00:06:25,762 (URINATING) 58 00:06:32,518 --> 00:06:33,895 (GROANS) (CHUCKLES) 59 00:06:47,742 --> 00:06:48,743 (SIGHS) 60 00:06:50,119 --> 00:06:52,330 I suppose I should thank you. 61 00:06:54,165 --> 00:06:56,667 I suppose that maybe you should. 62 00:06:56,751 --> 00:06:59,045 I may have just saved your life. 63 00:07:03,299 --> 00:07:05,092 Your brother is weak. 64 00:07:07,178 --> 00:07:08,930 He is just a puppet. 65 00:07:11,140 --> 00:07:13,351 And he will be your downfall. 66 00:07:18,189 --> 00:07:20,316 I know what you think about Ecbert. 67 00:07:20,399 --> 00:07:22,109 Do you believe him? 68 00:07:22,568 --> 00:07:24,028 Should I not? 69 00:07:24,654 --> 00:07:27,281 He has always acted in his own interests. 70 00:07:27,365 --> 00:07:29,909 He wants power over me and over Mercia. 71 00:07:29,992 --> 00:07:31,953 I did not fight for him. 72 00:07:33,329 --> 00:07:35,206 I fought for my people, 73 00:07:37,583 --> 00:07:38,918 and for you. 74 00:07:44,924 --> 00:07:46,217 How is your wound? 75 00:07:46,884 --> 00:07:47,885 (GROANS) 76 00:07:48,678 --> 00:07:50,221 It still hurts. 77 00:07:50,346 --> 00:07:51,347 (LAUGHS) 78 00:07:55,268 --> 00:07:57,228 Do you need to lie back? 79 00:08:09,866 --> 00:08:11,075 SIGGY: Wait! 80 00:08:13,619 --> 00:08:14,745 Where are you going? 81 00:08:14,829 --> 00:08:15,830 Out. 82 00:08:15,913 --> 00:08:17,248 Where? With whom? 83 00:08:17,331 --> 00:08:18,583 It is not your concern. 84 00:08:18,666 --> 00:08:19,667 Oh, it is my concern, 85 00:08:19,750 --> 00:08:22,128 since you are once again leaving your children behind. 86 00:08:22,795 --> 00:08:24,463 I know they will be safe with you. 87 00:08:24,547 --> 00:08:26,132 Are you going with him? 88 00:08:26,757 --> 00:08:29,135 Just look after my children, it's all I ask. 89 00:08:29,218 --> 00:08:30,678 No. 90 00:08:30,761 --> 00:08:32,513 What are you trying to do? 91 00:08:32,597 --> 00:08:34,265 I am trying to save you. 92 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:37,852 It is not just the children. 93 00:08:37,935 --> 00:08:40,062 You have other responsibilities. 94 00:08:40,146 --> 00:08:41,939 Ragnar has left Kattegat in your care. 95 00:08:42,023 --> 00:08:43,566 There are folk who are waiting to see you. 96 00:08:43,649 --> 00:08:45,943 There are important matters to decide. 97 00:08:46,444 --> 00:08:48,571 Let go of your queen. 98 00:08:48,654 --> 00:08:50,323 Then I will do it. 99 00:08:51,866 --> 00:08:53,910 I will accept the responsibility. 100 00:09:03,294 --> 00:09:06,213 HARBARD: There was another place I went to once. 101 00:09:06,297 --> 00:09:08,591 A place called Oslo Fjord. 102 00:09:09,508 --> 00:09:12,261 I heard a story about a king who was killed 103 00:09:12,345 --> 00:09:15,056 and all his family massacred. 104 00:09:15,139 --> 00:09:17,016 But his wife, Astrid, 105 00:09:17,099 --> 00:09:20,561 she escaped and fled to an island in the middle of a lake. 106 00:09:20,645 --> 00:09:22,438 She gave birth to a son. 107 00:09:23,648 --> 00:09:29,362 She survived with the help of her foster father, Forolf Lousebeard. 108 00:09:31,405 --> 00:09:34,408 "Forolf Lousebeard"? That was his name. 109 00:09:34,492 --> 00:09:35,868 I'm not making it up. 110 00:09:38,037 --> 00:09:39,038 (CHUCKLES) 111 00:09:39,914 --> 00:09:40,998 Anyway... 112 00:09:41,916 --> 00:09:44,210 I was smuggled onto the island, 113 00:09:45,753 --> 00:09:48,047 and I was introduced to Astrid. 114 00:09:48,965 --> 00:09:52,218 She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. 115 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:54,929 And she was a nymphomaniac. 116 00:09:55,012 --> 00:09:57,932 She needed a lot of sex. (CHUCKLES) 117 00:09:58,015 --> 00:10:01,435 She had reservations about sleeping with her foster father. 118 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:04,271 She did not want to be covered with lice. 119 00:10:04,355 --> 00:10:05,356 Exactly. 120 00:10:12,613 --> 00:10:14,907 I was forced to sleep with her. 121 00:10:15,408 --> 00:10:16,617 Forced? 122 00:10:17,451 --> 00:10:21,247 I heard later that nine months after I left the island, 123 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:24,583 she gave birth to a second son called Olaf. 124 00:10:25,459 --> 00:10:30,297 Now this Olaf is Grand Duke of Kiev and all Russia. 125 00:10:30,756 --> 00:10:32,508 And he is your son? 126 00:10:33,342 --> 00:10:34,927 I am sure of it. 127 00:10:37,596 --> 00:10:39,890 I am forever in your debt. 128 00:10:39,974 --> 00:10:42,184 What you have done for my son is... 129 00:10:42,268 --> 00:10:45,479 Is what I would do for any suffering creature. 130 00:10:47,189 --> 00:10:48,441 Like you. 131 00:10:49,525 --> 00:10:51,527 (CHUCKLES) Me? 132 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:53,070 I am not suffering. 133 00:10:53,571 --> 00:10:54,989 Yes. 134 00:10:55,072 --> 00:10:58,993 Your husband is a long way away, 135 00:10:59,076 --> 00:11:02,163 and you fear he no longer loves or desires you. 136 00:11:06,208 --> 00:11:07,752 How do you know? 137 00:11:36,155 --> 00:11:37,948 Remove your clothes. 138 00:11:42,661 --> 00:11:44,205 It is cold. 139 00:11:44,789 --> 00:11:47,041 Then go back to your children. 140 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:51,087 I do not want to be with my children. 141 00:12:49,854 --> 00:12:50,855 (GRUNTS) 142 00:12:52,523 --> 00:12:54,775 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 143 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:55,502 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 144 00:13:56,045 --> 00:13:57,838 What will King Ecbert do to me? 145 00:13:57,922 --> 00:14:00,341 He will do nothing to you, 146 00:14:00,424 --> 00:14:03,552 so long as I protect you and Ragnar protects me. 147 00:14:05,930 --> 00:14:07,723 Ecbert must hide his power behind 148 00:14:07,806 --> 00:14:10,017 a legitimate heir to the throne of Mercia. 149 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,019 Then he will not have me killed. 150 00:14:12,853 --> 00:14:13,896 No, 151 00:14:14,563 --> 00:14:16,190 he will not have you killed. 152 00:14:16,273 --> 00:14:20,110 Burgred, you and I will be joint rulers to the throne of Mercia. 153 00:14:20,194 --> 00:14:21,820 Does that not excite you, hmm? 154 00:14:22,488 --> 00:14:24,240 The Mercians may quarrel against us. 155 00:14:24,323 --> 00:14:26,116 No, they will not. 156 00:14:26,951 --> 00:14:30,746 Behind us are the iron fists of both Wessex and the Northmen. 157 00:14:31,288 --> 00:14:32,915 Do you see? 158 00:14:32,998 --> 00:14:35,584 Then we will be prisoners of Ecbert and Ragnar. 159 00:14:37,962 --> 00:14:39,296 I suppose. 160 00:14:40,422 --> 00:14:42,466 But better prisoners than dead, hmm? 161 00:14:43,884 --> 00:14:45,970 Prisoners can always escape. 162 00:15:09,493 --> 00:15:11,036 It is not his fault. 163 00:15:14,623 --> 00:15:16,000 No, you are right. 164 00:15:17,710 --> 00:15:19,211 It's someone else's fault. 165 00:15:19,503 --> 00:15:20,671 Who's that? 166 00:15:21,130 --> 00:15:23,590 Is it not clear to you, Bjorn Ironside? 167 00:15:25,676 --> 00:15:28,512 Who brought the Christ god into our lives? 168 00:15:29,138 --> 00:15:31,265 Floki says we have betrayed our gods 169 00:15:31,348 --> 00:15:34,601 to serve a Christian king and a Christian god. 170 00:15:35,978 --> 00:15:40,649 Unlike Floki, I do not think I can speak for the gods. 171 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,779 All I know is that my desires and ambitions 172 00:15:45,863 --> 00:15:48,574 for our people have never changed. 173 00:15:49,575 --> 00:15:51,160 And now that I am King, 174 00:15:52,202 --> 00:15:54,038 I must try to bring them about. 175 00:15:56,290 --> 00:16:00,419 What limits did Odin put upon his curiosity? 176 00:16:00,502 --> 00:16:01,670 Who can say? 177 00:16:01,754 --> 00:16:02,796 Exactly. 178 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,549 So unless I seek out those limits, 179 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:08,343 I cannot say that I have honored his spirit. 180 00:16:08,969 --> 00:16:10,846 Floki threatens me with Odin, 181 00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:14,850 but I would not be ashamed to meet the god face-to-face. 182 00:16:18,187 --> 00:16:22,316 When Ragnar returns, I am sure he will stay but a short time 183 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:24,401 before sailing back home. 184 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:28,572 He is, after all, a king. 185 00:16:30,157 --> 00:16:31,909 But you could stay. 186 00:16:33,202 --> 00:16:35,079 To what purpose, King Ecbert? 187 00:16:35,162 --> 00:16:36,789 Well, surely, 188 00:16:36,872 --> 00:16:41,919 someone must stay to make sure that the new settlement is successful, 189 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,380 the first harvest safely gathered. 190 00:16:46,090 --> 00:16:47,841 Someone will stay to do that. 191 00:16:47,925 --> 00:16:52,096 But even if I am not a king, I am an earl. 192 00:16:53,430 --> 00:16:55,682 I must return to look after my people. 193 00:16:55,766 --> 00:16:59,686 It is fine and it is good to talk of responsibilities, 194 00:16:59,770 --> 00:17:03,273 but there are other things in life. 195 00:17:04,608 --> 00:17:08,695 What if I asked you personally to stay? 196 00:17:08,779 --> 00:17:10,948 Do you understand my meaning? 197 00:17:14,451 --> 00:17:15,786 I understand. 198 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:20,374 And I've enjoyed your company. 199 00:17:20,833 --> 00:17:22,459 And the sex. 200 00:17:29,299 --> 00:17:31,051 (LAUGHS) 201 00:17:31,135 --> 00:17:32,594 Even so, 202 00:17:32,970 --> 00:17:36,932 although you have made me happy and fulfilled, 203 00:17:38,183 --> 00:17:40,352 I have come to understand that 204 00:17:40,435 --> 00:17:43,272 the only person you truly care for 205 00:17:44,523 --> 00:17:45,524 is yourself. 206 00:17:51,613 --> 00:17:53,365 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 207 00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:55,909 (MOANS) 208 00:18:21,143 --> 00:18:22,144 There. 209 00:18:24,021 --> 00:18:25,022 It's done. 210 00:18:27,024 --> 00:18:28,025 I am glad. 211 00:18:41,205 --> 00:18:42,206 I love you. 212 00:18:55,636 --> 00:18:57,221 Do you love me? 213 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:03,435 Yes, I love you. 214 00:19:08,565 --> 00:19:11,401 (SPEARS THUDDING) (APPLAUSE) 215 00:19:15,906 --> 00:19:17,157 Father. (LAUGHS) 216 00:19:17,241 --> 00:19:19,326 My son. 217 00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:24,081 No father could be prouder. 218 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:29,753 Welcome, and congratulations, Aethelwulf. 219 00:19:30,212 --> 00:19:33,715 You truly deserve our thanks, and our praise. 220 00:19:34,424 --> 00:19:39,221 Your wife has missed you beyond endurance. 221 00:19:39,471 --> 00:19:41,598 I have often come across her in the chapel, 222 00:19:41,974 --> 00:19:47,020 weeping and privately praying to God for your safe and sure return. 223 00:19:48,438 --> 00:19:49,690 (APPLAUSE) Judith. 224 00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,533 Princess. 225 00:19:59,616 --> 00:20:00,617 Ah. Come. 226 00:20:02,202 --> 00:20:03,203 Sire. 227 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:08,417 Sire, this is my young brother, Burgred. 228 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:11,837 He says that the campaign against us was no fault of his. 229 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,256 Well, I am glad to hear it. 230 00:20:15,507 --> 00:20:17,676 Welcome, Burgred, to Wessex. 231 00:20:19,803 --> 00:20:25,517 Sire, my sister has told me you are a most generous and forgiving monarch. 232 00:20:26,518 --> 00:20:28,770 I throw myself completely at your mercy. 233 00:20:28,854 --> 00:20:29,855 No, no, no. 234 00:20:30,647 --> 00:20:34,109 I meant what I said. You are most welcome. 235 00:20:35,319 --> 00:20:40,532 Please join us to feast and celebrate the happy future of Mercia. 236 00:20:40,615 --> 00:20:43,535 You see, I told you. Come, come. 237 00:20:52,836 --> 00:20:54,838 Ragnar Lothbrok. 238 00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:01,136 Forgive me if I do not kiss your hand. 239 00:21:01,219 --> 00:21:03,263 I would not expect it from you. 240 00:21:03,347 --> 00:21:08,143 As I've told you before, we are equals, you and I. 241 00:21:08,226 --> 00:21:11,271 How is the settlement? 242 00:21:11,813 --> 00:21:14,983 Well, if you want to know the answer to that question, 243 00:21:15,067 --> 00:21:17,861 you had better ask Earl Ingstad. 244 00:21:22,824 --> 00:21:23,950 You're wounded. 245 00:21:24,034 --> 00:21:26,203 Ah, yes. But... 246 00:21:27,454 --> 00:21:31,541 But Princess Kwenthrith gave me some of her medicine. 247 00:21:32,793 --> 00:21:33,794 (SIGHS) 248 00:21:36,088 --> 00:21:37,839 How is the settlement? 249 00:21:39,716 --> 00:21:43,387 It's working. We have planted the first crop. 250 00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:46,223 King Ecbert gave us a new plow, and 251 00:21:46,306 --> 00:21:48,392 always assured us of his protection. 252 00:21:51,436 --> 00:21:52,771 And you believed him? 253 00:21:54,272 --> 00:21:55,273 Yes. 254 00:21:56,942 --> 00:21:59,611 So it seems you two got on well, then. 255 00:22:01,196 --> 00:22:02,197 Yes. 256 00:22:03,031 --> 00:22:05,283 For the sake of all of us. 257 00:22:06,576 --> 00:22:08,203 Ah. 258 00:22:08,912 --> 00:22:12,958 So you sacrificed yourself for the common good. 259 00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:14,042 Hmm. 260 00:22:15,585 --> 00:22:18,296 As did you, Ragnar. 261 00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:23,385 I'm hungry. 262 00:22:26,096 --> 00:22:28,014 (FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 263 00:22:28,807 --> 00:22:30,642 Hello, brother. 264 00:22:33,103 --> 00:22:34,104 I don't like you. 265 00:22:38,150 --> 00:22:39,192 Oh! 266 00:22:39,651 --> 00:22:42,195 Oh, my son! Alive and well. 267 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:46,575 Where's Porunn? 268 00:22:47,451 --> 00:22:48,660 Is she not with you? 269 00:22:49,953 --> 00:22:51,663 They are taking care of her. 270 00:22:52,706 --> 00:22:55,125 Is she hurt? Yes. 271 00:22:57,085 --> 00:22:59,254 She should never have been in battle. 272 00:23:00,172 --> 00:23:02,048 She wanted to be like you. 273 00:23:08,096 --> 00:23:09,890 You should be happy. 274 00:23:09,973 --> 00:23:13,977 Your husband and the father of your child has returned home alive. 275 00:23:14,478 --> 00:23:17,647 And yet I never saw a woman look so miserable. 276 00:23:18,106 --> 00:23:20,400 I am very happy Aethelwulf has returned. 277 00:23:20,484 --> 00:23:21,568 Why would I not be? 278 00:23:21,651 --> 00:23:23,236 Then, Daughter, show it. 279 00:23:24,821 --> 00:23:27,991 The success of our alliance with Wessex rests upon you. 280 00:23:28,658 --> 00:23:31,369 Not on your shoulders, but on your womb. 281 00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:35,582 Thankfully, you have already delivered a son. 282 00:23:35,665 --> 00:23:37,709 Hopefully more will follow. 283 00:23:38,001 --> 00:23:41,087 Then our dynasty will be secured. 284 00:23:41,630 --> 00:23:44,716 Respect me, your father. Respect your husband. 285 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:47,260 And do what is required of you. 286 00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:51,389 If I never made that clear to you before, 287 00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:53,725 I make it clear to you now. 288 00:24:09,741 --> 00:24:10,992 Porunn. 289 00:24:16,998 --> 00:24:18,166 Hello, Bjorn. 290 00:24:21,211 --> 00:24:23,338 Are you enjoying yourself? 291 00:24:24,214 --> 00:24:26,132 There must be a feast. 292 00:24:31,054 --> 00:24:32,973 Why don't you talk to me? 293 00:24:38,228 --> 00:24:39,604 Poor Bjorn. 294 00:24:40,438 --> 00:24:43,400 You won't want to marry me now, will you? 295 00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:46,236 Don't say that. 296 00:25:15,181 --> 00:25:16,683 Forgive me, Earl Kalf. 297 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:20,228 There is something we must earnestly consider. 298 00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:31,239 And what must I so earnestly consider? 299 00:25:32,991 --> 00:25:35,493 At some point, if she still lives, 300 00:25:35,577 --> 00:25:37,662 Lagertha will return from the raid. 301 00:25:37,746 --> 00:25:40,540 And she will bring with her most of our young warriors, 302 00:25:40,624 --> 00:25:41,875 hardened by battle, 303 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:44,544 perhaps enriched by spoils. 304 00:25:45,295 --> 00:25:47,797 And, I assume, loyal to her. 305 00:25:49,633 --> 00:25:52,969 Do you really suppose that I have not considered that? 306 00:25:53,428 --> 00:25:55,347 Do you really think, poor Einar, 307 00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:57,015 that I have not prepared for that? 308 00:25:58,391 --> 00:26:00,810 I have invited someone here to join us. 309 00:26:01,478 --> 00:26:04,731 A very significant person indeed. 310 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:09,235 And he will arrive here very soon. 311 00:26:12,364 --> 00:26:14,658 Very soon. 312 00:26:21,498 --> 00:26:22,499 (WHISPERING) 313 00:26:23,291 --> 00:26:24,876 What are you two whispering about? 314 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:28,213 Where is our mother? 315 00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:33,677 Your mother goes to Harbard 316 00:26:33,968 --> 00:26:35,679 because of your brother Ivar. 317 00:26:36,054 --> 00:26:38,682 Ivar needs your mother more than you do, 318 00:26:39,307 --> 00:26:41,518 and Harbard helps her to look after him. 319 00:26:42,519 --> 00:26:44,104 Someday, Ubbe, you will understand 320 00:26:44,187 --> 00:26:47,232 what a mother has to sacrifice for her children. 321 00:26:47,315 --> 00:26:48,942 (IVAR CRYING) 322 00:26:59,452 --> 00:27:00,745 (WHISPERING) Let's go. 323 00:27:03,957 --> 00:27:05,166 Where are you going? 324 00:27:07,377 --> 00:27:08,628 (SHUSHING) 325 00:27:08,712 --> 00:27:10,046 They'll be all right. 326 00:27:12,507 --> 00:27:14,384 Where are Ubbe and Hvitserk? 327 00:27:15,719 --> 00:27:16,720 They went out. 328 00:27:19,389 --> 00:27:21,516 I don't know why I feel frightened. 329 00:27:23,226 --> 00:27:24,769 I have to find them. 330 00:27:32,068 --> 00:27:34,779 Hey, Ivar. (SHUSHING) 331 00:27:49,085 --> 00:27:50,086 (GROANS) 332 00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:14,611 (GASPS) 333 00:28:19,032 --> 00:28:20,366 Ubbe! 334 00:28:20,450 --> 00:28:21,868 Hvitserk! 335 00:28:23,953 --> 00:28:24,954 Stop! 336 00:28:30,001 --> 00:28:31,002 Stop! 337 00:28:33,338 --> 00:28:34,422 Ubbe, stop. 338 00:28:47,393 --> 00:28:49,020 (GASPS) (ICE CRACKING) 339 00:28:53,149 --> 00:28:54,150 Ubbe. 340 00:28:55,443 --> 00:28:56,486 Hvitserk, stop! 341 00:28:56,569 --> 00:28:57,987 (ICE CRACKS) 342 00:28:58,071 --> 00:28:59,405 (SCREAMING) (GASPS) 343 00:29:06,830 --> 00:29:08,414 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 344 00:29:14,504 --> 00:29:16,005 (BREATH TREMBLING) 345 00:29:17,215 --> 00:29:18,216 (INHALES) 346 00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:10,453 (COUGHING) 347 00:31:14,999 --> 00:31:16,125 (EXHALES) 348 00:31:50,284 --> 00:31:51,786 ROLLO: Floki? 349 00:31:55,206 --> 00:31:57,375 What are you doing out here? 350 00:31:59,168 --> 00:32:01,295 I came to talk to the gods. 351 00:32:03,673 --> 00:32:05,299 They are angry, Rollo. 352 00:32:09,679 --> 00:32:13,307 And I'm so afraid that we must one day choose between them 353 00:32:14,434 --> 00:32:15,852 and your brother. 354 00:32:18,062 --> 00:32:20,148 For me, it will never come to that. 355 00:32:23,526 --> 00:32:24,527 (BLOWS RASPBERRY) 356 00:32:31,492 --> 00:32:32,994 (FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 357 00:32:38,249 --> 00:32:39,292 Athelstan. 358 00:32:40,293 --> 00:32:42,378 My friend. 359 00:32:46,049 --> 00:32:49,177 The battle for Mercia is won. 360 00:32:49,552 --> 00:32:54,807 But not yet the settlement. Stay. Stay, both of you. 361 00:32:54,891 --> 00:32:56,976 Oversee your future. 362 00:32:57,351 --> 00:32:58,978 What could be more important? 363 00:32:59,062 --> 00:33:01,230 I have told you my decision. 364 00:33:03,941 --> 00:33:06,069 Perhaps Athelstan will stay. 365 00:33:07,361 --> 00:33:08,362 Will you? 366 00:33:10,198 --> 00:33:11,491 I'm not sure. 367 00:33:12,116 --> 00:33:13,993 I've not discussed it with Ragnar. 368 00:33:14,077 --> 00:33:16,579 Mmm. Or with Judith. 369 00:33:18,748 --> 00:33:21,876 My daughter-in-law has grown fond of you. 370 00:33:22,585 --> 00:33:24,712 I know it. She has told me. 371 00:33:25,338 --> 00:33:28,716 She sometimes uses you as a confessor. 372 00:33:30,176 --> 00:33:33,137 If you go, she will miss you. 373 00:33:34,639 --> 00:33:36,265 As indeed will I. 374 00:33:53,991 --> 00:33:55,701 They are trying to make you stay? 375 00:33:58,454 --> 00:33:59,455 Yes. 376 00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:04,844 There is something between you and that girl? 377 00:34:08,339 --> 00:34:09,340 Yes. 378 00:34:11,134 --> 00:34:12,969 You don't understand. 379 00:34:14,387 --> 00:34:16,305 Nobody understands. 380 00:34:23,437 --> 00:34:25,982 We're all free to do as we please. 381 00:34:27,275 --> 00:34:29,569 Are we still talking about women? 382 00:34:29,652 --> 00:34:30,945 Mmm. 383 00:34:52,842 --> 00:34:54,802 Why do you stare at me? 384 00:34:56,971 --> 00:34:58,973 Because you interest me. 385 00:35:00,558 --> 00:35:01,726 And... 386 00:35:03,686 --> 00:35:05,438 And you attract me. 387 00:35:25,791 --> 00:35:28,210 They say you will go home with Ragnar. 388 00:35:33,507 --> 00:35:34,967 Your husband is back. 389 00:35:35,051 --> 00:35:36,886 I gave myself to you. 390 00:35:38,930 --> 00:35:40,348 Please don't leave me. 391 00:36:03,496 --> 00:36:04,997 Hello, Rollo. 392 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,333 Lagertha. 393 00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:09,585 You conquered Mercia. 394 00:36:10,753 --> 00:36:11,753 So it seems. 395 00:36:11,796 --> 00:36:13,631 No, more than seems. 396 00:36:14,423 --> 00:36:16,467 I heard of your exploits. 397 00:36:17,802 --> 00:36:19,845 I also heard about Porunn. 398 00:36:21,180 --> 00:36:22,306 Mmm. 399 00:36:22,515 --> 00:36:23,933 Poor Bjorn. 400 00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:25,559 Yes. 401 00:36:26,686 --> 00:36:27,979 Poor Bjorn. 402 00:36:30,231 --> 00:36:31,315 You don't care? 403 00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:35,861 Of course I care. 404 00:36:37,697 --> 00:36:39,949 Anything to do with you, I care about. 405 00:36:46,580 --> 00:36:52,670 I have a feeling that all the way through his life you have looked after Bjorn. 406 00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:56,215 You have looked after him 407 00:36:56,674 --> 00:36:59,635 almost as if he was your own son. 408 00:37:02,638 --> 00:37:04,306 Speak on. 409 00:37:07,643 --> 00:37:09,603 I have nothing more to say. 410 00:37:11,772 --> 00:37:13,733 And probably that is better. 411 00:37:24,994 --> 00:37:26,746 (CROWD CHATTERING) 412 00:37:30,833 --> 00:37:37,840 So, once again, Athelstan, you have to make a choice. 413 00:37:39,341 --> 00:37:44,221 Will you go back with Ragnar Lothbrok or will you stay with us? 414 00:37:44,305 --> 00:37:45,806 I have made up my mind. 415 00:37:47,975 --> 00:37:49,810 I will go back with Ragnar. 416 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:54,273 All my future lies with Ragnar. 417 00:37:57,276 --> 00:38:00,988 I think that is the wrong decision. 418 00:38:03,532 --> 00:38:05,868 And I doubt its wisdom. 419 00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:10,289 For in your heart, your true heart, you are one of us, 420 00:38:10,372 --> 00:38:12,583 and you always will be. 421 00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:18,047 So, you left your earldom. 422 00:38:21,550 --> 00:38:23,677 Are you not afraid? 423 00:38:25,679 --> 00:38:29,225 No, I have a good man who looks after it for me. 424 00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:32,561 Why should I be afraid? 425 00:38:36,232 --> 00:38:37,983 All men are ambitious. 426 00:38:40,069 --> 00:38:41,403 Not Kalf. 427 00:38:57,628 --> 00:38:59,630 EINAR: (WHISPERING) Earl Kalf. 428 00:39:02,258 --> 00:39:03,551 Mmm. Earl Kalf. 429 00:39:05,761 --> 00:39:07,096 What is it? 430 00:39:07,596 --> 00:39:09,598 Your guests have arrived. 431 00:39:10,516 --> 00:39:11,517 (SIGHS) 432 00:39:20,234 --> 00:39:21,235 (SIGHS) 433 00:39:40,337 --> 00:39:42,464 Erlendur, son of Horik. 434 00:39:43,757 --> 00:39:46,510 How gladly we welcome you to our hall. 435 00:39:47,303 --> 00:39:50,598 How impatiently I have awaited your coming. 436 00:39:50,806 --> 00:39:53,392 I'm most grateful for your invitation, Earl Kalf. 437 00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:57,730 I believe with all my heart that you and I are natural allies. 438 00:39:57,813 --> 00:40:01,066 Yes! Against the Lothbroks and all their kith and kin. 439 00:40:01,150 --> 00:40:03,652 And we have another natural ally. 440 00:40:04,695 --> 00:40:08,782 You may recall that Ragnar blood eagled his enemy, Jarl Borg. 441 00:40:08,866 --> 00:40:11,410 But he forgot to kill Jarl Borg's wife, 442 00:40:11,744 --> 00:40:14,163 who subsequently gave birth to a son, 443 00:40:14,246 --> 00:40:15,998 and who is now my wife. 444 00:40:17,208 --> 00:40:18,667 Come, Torvi. 445 00:40:25,174 --> 00:40:27,384 Good day to you, Earl Kalf. 446 00:40:27,676 --> 00:40:29,220 Good day to you, Torvi. 447 00:40:29,887 --> 00:40:31,513 And to your son, 448 00:40:32,514 --> 00:40:35,643 the legitimate heir of the great Jarl Borg. 449 00:40:39,188 --> 00:40:41,232 (GRUNTING) 450 00:40:41,315 --> 00:40:42,650 (LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING) 451 00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:52,534 LOTHBROK: What will you do with Mercia? 452 00:40:53,118 --> 00:40:57,706 I will crown Kwenthrith and her brother Burgred as joint rulers. 453 00:40:58,457 --> 00:40:59,541 That makes sense. 454 00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:03,045 You see how they feel for one another. Why choose between them? 455 00:41:04,088 --> 00:41:06,048 They will not rule in any case. 456 00:41:08,676 --> 00:41:11,178 Then who will, Ragnar Lothbrok? 457 00:41:11,262 --> 00:41:12,263 You will. 458 00:41:13,430 --> 00:41:15,724 For you have given them the crown. 459 00:41:17,184 --> 00:41:22,398 Well, the important thing for me is that there will be stability in the region. 460 00:41:24,858 --> 00:41:29,238 The important thing for you is that Wessex will have power in Mercia. 461 00:41:32,366 --> 00:41:36,078 Actually, the really important thing for me 462 00:41:36,578 --> 00:41:39,164 is that your settlement is a success. 463 00:41:39,248 --> 00:41:41,208 You've helped me in my conquest for Mercia, 464 00:41:41,292 --> 00:41:44,003 and I've helped you to establish a settlement 465 00:41:44,086 --> 00:41:46,630 in the very heart of my kingdom. 466 00:41:46,714 --> 00:41:50,759 If you remember, it was one of the first things we ever talked about. 467 00:41:51,302 --> 00:41:53,053 I remember it very well. 468 00:41:54,930 --> 00:41:56,140 You and I, 469 00:41:57,933 --> 00:41:59,768 we understand each other. 470 00:42:01,103 --> 00:42:05,858 That is why we are allies, and will remain so. 471 00:42:15,534 --> 00:42:17,995 Do you think you're a good man? 472 00:42:21,415 --> 00:42:22,416 Yes. 473 00:42:23,584 --> 00:42:24,835 I think so. 474 00:42:28,255 --> 00:42:30,132 Are you a good man? 475 00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:34,511 Yes. 476 00:42:37,264 --> 00:42:38,474 I think so. 477 00:42:43,645 --> 00:42:45,189 Are you corrupt? 478 00:42:48,567 --> 00:42:49,860 Oh, yes. 479 00:42:52,446 --> 00:42:53,906 Are you? Mmm-hmm. 480 00:43:00,329 --> 00:43:03,248 My dear brother, my dear Burgred, 481 00:43:04,375 --> 00:43:07,753 before all these people, before King Ecbert of Wessex, 482 00:43:08,295 --> 00:43:11,507 King Ragnar and King Aelle of Northumbria, 483 00:43:12,716 --> 00:43:16,220 let me say that I have made peace with my past. 484 00:43:17,304 --> 00:43:19,139 I have come to terms with my family, 485 00:43:19,556 --> 00:43:21,683 with all the violence visited upon me. 486 00:43:23,519 --> 00:43:26,271 And now at last I am free from my anger, 487 00:43:27,231 --> 00:43:28,899 saved from my nightmares. 488 00:43:32,069 --> 00:43:34,029 And, finally, I know who I am. 489 00:43:36,323 --> 00:43:38,033 And so, my dear, 490 00:43:39,076 --> 00:43:40,869 let us celebrate our alliance, 491 00:43:42,871 --> 00:43:45,916 and drink to victory over my abusers. 492 00:43:47,376 --> 00:43:51,380 My dear sister, you have saved me. 493 00:43:52,714 --> 00:43:54,174 I love you. 494 00:43:56,468 --> 00:43:57,469 (LAUGHS) 495 00:43:57,886 --> 00:43:59,555 How I've always loved you. 496 00:44:03,058 --> 00:44:04,059 Yes. 497 00:44:06,728 --> 00:44:08,355 Salutations, my love. 498 00:44:13,902 --> 00:44:15,446 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 499 00:44:33,755 --> 00:44:34,756 Burgred! 500 00:44:35,174 --> 00:44:37,009 (GAGGING) 501 00:45:01,867 --> 00:45:03,035 (INDISTINCT) 502 00:45:16,590 --> 00:45:17,841 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 503 00:45:29,645 --> 00:45:32,189 My lords, ladies and gentlemen, 504 00:45:32,814 --> 00:45:38,654 please rise and raise your cups to the sole and only ruler of Mercia. 505 00:45:47,955 --> 00:45:49,665 To the Queen of Mercia. 506 00:45:51,375 --> 00:45:52,709 To the Queen. 507 00:45:54,044 --> 00:45:55,337 To the Queen. 508 00:46:20,028 --> 00:46:21,405 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 509 00:46:35,377 --> 00:46:36,878 Why so quiet? 510 00:46:38,130 --> 00:46:39,715 Nothing to talk about? 511 00:46:41,258 --> 00:46:42,801 Not with you, perhaps. 512 00:46:42,884 --> 00:46:44,469 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 513 00:46:44,553 --> 00:46:46,388 So you are tired of me already? 514 00:46:48,348 --> 00:46:51,810 Not to worry. It is time for me to be on my way. 515 00:46:54,396 --> 00:46:56,607 I am never anywhere too long. 516 00:46:58,734 --> 00:47:00,110 I'm too restless. 517 00:47:06,742 --> 00:47:08,327 The boy is well. 518 00:47:11,413 --> 00:47:14,916 In future, I doubt he will suffer such pains as before. 519 00:47:16,668 --> 00:47:18,920 I've taken some of his pains upon myself. 520 00:47:22,716 --> 00:47:25,344 And your friend Siggy, she's also very happy. 521 00:47:25,927 --> 00:47:29,556 She's with her husband, sons, daughter in Valhalla. 522 00:47:31,475 --> 00:47:34,436 If you don't believe me, you could ask the Seer. 523 00:47:37,773 --> 00:47:39,232 Farewell then. 524 00:47:42,069 --> 00:47:43,487 Who are you? 525 00:47:49,951 --> 00:47:51,912 Just a wanderer.