1 00:00:02,671 --> 00:00:04,673 (IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING) 2 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,030 Tell me about Paris. 3 00:01:11,614 --> 00:01:14,033 Again? Please. 4 00:01:16,536 --> 00:01:17,829 I only went there once. 5 00:01:18,580 --> 00:01:19,831 Continue. 6 00:01:20,832 --> 00:01:22,584 I was visiting a monastery 7 00:01:22,667 --> 00:01:24,544 in Frankia, outside of Paris. 8 00:01:25,587 --> 00:01:28,464 And one day, the monks took me to see it. 9 00:01:29,465 --> 00:01:31,342 It was amazing. 10 00:01:31,426 --> 00:01:36,222 It just appears as if it rises out of the water. 11 00:01:37,432 --> 00:01:39,684 I've never in my whole life seen anything like it. 12 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:41,394 It was like a dream. 13 00:01:41,477 --> 00:01:44,856 It has these huge walls, and inside the walls 14 00:01:44,939 --> 00:01:47,775 are these buildings made of marble and stone, 15 00:01:47,859 --> 00:01:50,403 and churches, such churches. 16 00:01:51,196 --> 00:01:54,532 I remember the clamor of their bells, calling the faithful to prayer. 17 00:01:57,952 --> 00:01:59,704 But what I remember more 18 00:02:00,371 --> 00:02:02,248 is the beautiful women. 19 00:02:02,874 --> 00:02:05,376 You never told me that part before. 20 00:02:05,710 --> 00:02:06,961 I almost 21 00:02:08,630 --> 00:02:11,507 questioned my vows of celibacy. 22 00:02:19,515 --> 00:02:21,184 FLOKI: What are they talking about? 23 00:02:21,267 --> 00:02:22,560 Who? 24 00:02:22,644 --> 00:02:25,563 Ragnar and that priest. 25 00:02:27,523 --> 00:02:28,983 Look at them, 26 00:02:29,901 --> 00:02:31,194 huddled together. 27 00:02:32,237 --> 00:02:34,530 It sickens me! 28 00:02:35,657 --> 00:02:37,158 Don't worry about it. 29 00:02:38,910 --> 00:02:41,079 Someone has to worry about it, Rollo, 30 00:02:43,915 --> 00:02:45,375 even if it's only me. 31 00:02:54,425 --> 00:02:55,551 LOTHBROK: You are lucky. 32 00:02:56,302 --> 00:02:57,345 Why? 33 00:02:57,428 --> 00:02:59,472 Because you have never been married. 34 00:03:01,516 --> 00:03:03,559 I would not come back here 35 00:03:04,269 --> 00:03:06,521 if it weren't for my children. 36 00:03:08,064 --> 00:03:10,108 At least you have children. 37 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:19,450 Porunn. 38 00:03:20,618 --> 00:03:22,287 What is it, Bjorn? 39 00:03:23,288 --> 00:03:24,914 Are you thirsty? 40 00:03:25,707 --> 00:03:26,791 No. 41 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:30,086 I am not thirsty, 42 00:03:30,169 --> 00:03:32,088 or hungry, 43 00:03:32,171 --> 00:03:34,048 or really alive. 44 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:47,687 (MAN SHOUTING ORDERS) 45 00:04:06,164 --> 00:04:07,582 Who were you hoping to see? 46 00:04:07,665 --> 00:04:09,042 Torstein. Torstein. 47 00:04:10,084 --> 00:04:11,419 Both of you? 48 00:04:16,007 --> 00:04:17,967 Torstein is in Valhalla. 49 00:04:25,099 --> 00:04:27,185 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 50 00:04:35,193 --> 00:04:37,070 She will be all right. 51 00:04:53,711 --> 00:04:54,962 Take her. 52 00:04:59,509 --> 00:05:00,968 Where are my sons? 53 00:05:01,052 --> 00:05:02,053 ROLLO: Siggy! 54 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:04,222 I have something to tell you. 55 00:05:04,889 --> 00:05:07,016 Siggy! Siggy! 56 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:08,601 I said, where are my sons? 57 00:05:09,018 --> 00:05:10,186 ROLLO: Siggy! 58 00:05:12,355 --> 00:05:13,648 Rollo. Rollo... 59 00:05:13,731 --> 00:05:15,525 Where is Siggy? I can't find her. Rollo! Rollo... 60 00:05:15,608 --> 00:05:17,110 Siggy is dead. 61 00:05:22,532 --> 00:05:23,574 How? 62 00:05:25,993 --> 00:05:28,663 Ubbe and Hvitserk fell through the ice into a frozen lake. 63 00:05:30,081 --> 00:05:33,084 Siggy saved their lives, but she drowned. 64 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:36,462 And we could not find the body. 65 00:05:37,338 --> 00:05:38,673 The gods are mistaken. 66 00:05:38,756 --> 00:05:41,092 No, the gods are never mistaken. 67 00:05:51,644 --> 00:05:53,104 This is my fault. 68 00:05:56,315 --> 00:05:58,568 I did not treat her well. 69 00:05:59,902 --> 00:06:01,446 It's the truth. 70 00:06:03,448 --> 00:06:04,866 You all know it. 71 00:06:06,701 --> 00:06:08,453 (VOICE BREAKING) This is my fault. 72 00:06:23,801 --> 00:06:24,969 LOTHBROK: Rollo! 73 00:06:27,889 --> 00:06:29,056 Rollo! 74 00:06:32,894 --> 00:06:35,438 Why was Siggy taking care of our children? 75 00:06:36,564 --> 00:06:38,149 We were taking it in turns. 76 00:06:38,232 --> 00:06:39,609 That day it just happened to be Siggy. 77 00:06:39,692 --> 00:06:40,860 On another day, it could have been me. 78 00:06:40,943 --> 00:06:42,778 I wasn't asking you, Helga. 79 00:06:43,488 --> 00:06:45,114 I was asking you. 80 00:06:46,908 --> 00:06:48,075 Helga is right. 81 00:06:48,159 --> 00:06:51,871 We three women took it in turn to care for all our children. 82 00:06:52,288 --> 00:06:54,040 See, I find that funny 83 00:06:54,123 --> 00:06:55,958 considering that Siggy's children are dead. 84 00:06:59,795 --> 00:07:01,589 I must go see Porunn. 85 00:07:04,884 --> 00:07:06,636 What are you hiding, Helga? 86 00:07:07,178 --> 00:07:08,179 Nothing. 87 00:07:09,514 --> 00:07:10,848 What do you mean? 88 00:07:11,849 --> 00:07:13,518 I can see it in your eyes. 89 00:07:29,784 --> 00:07:32,078 ASLAUG: Porunn? No! Don't come near. 90 00:07:32,703 --> 00:07:34,539 Porunn... No! 91 00:07:35,998 --> 00:07:37,375 What is it? 92 00:07:38,543 --> 00:07:39,585 How can I help? 93 00:07:39,669 --> 00:07:42,213 I don't want any help. 94 00:07:43,005 --> 00:07:44,215 Please. 95 00:07:45,549 --> 00:07:47,760 How can you help me with this? 96 00:07:56,394 --> 00:07:58,729 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 97 00:07:59,939 --> 00:08:00,982 (GRUNTS) 98 00:08:03,401 --> 00:08:04,735 MAN 1: Rollo! 99 00:08:04,819 --> 00:08:06,737 Would you like another to drink? 100 00:08:10,992 --> 00:08:12,243 Why not? 101 00:08:13,077 --> 00:08:14,453 Give him another drink. 102 00:08:14,537 --> 00:08:17,081 He hasn't drowned his sorrows yet! 103 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:18,249 (ALL LAUGHING) 104 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:19,500 What did you say? 105 00:08:19,583 --> 00:08:20,835 Listen to me. 106 00:08:20,918 --> 00:08:24,171 I lost one of my sons fighting for the Christians. 107 00:08:24,255 --> 00:08:26,132 MAN 2: We have all lost someone! 108 00:08:26,215 --> 00:08:29,760 Brothers, cousins, friends. 109 00:08:30,261 --> 00:08:32,471 What is so special about you? 110 00:08:32,555 --> 00:08:34,265 (MEN LAUGHING) 111 00:08:34,348 --> 00:08:36,809 You should know better than to mess with me! 112 00:08:37,685 --> 00:08:40,563 Look at him! Look at yourself! 113 00:08:40,646 --> 00:08:42,773 Now if you were Ragnar, no problem! 114 00:08:42,857 --> 00:08:44,275 BJORN: Uncle, stop! 115 00:08:44,358 --> 00:08:45,359 (MEN CHEERING) 116 00:08:45,443 --> 00:08:47,111 (BOTH GRUNTING) 117 00:08:47,445 --> 00:08:49,613 What're you doing? Stop! Don't be stupid! 118 00:08:49,697 --> 00:08:51,615 They'll kill you. They can try. 119 00:08:52,116 --> 00:08:53,159 Get back! 120 00:08:54,243 --> 00:08:55,369 I can't let you do this. 121 00:08:55,453 --> 00:08:57,288 Get out of my way, Bjorn! 122 00:08:57,371 --> 00:08:59,123 I do not want to kill you. 123 00:08:59,915 --> 00:09:02,293 If it's what the gods wish, then so be it, huh? 124 00:09:03,586 --> 00:09:05,129 (BOTH GRUNTING) 125 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:10,801 (GRUNTS) 126 00:09:14,930 --> 00:09:16,640 ROLLO: I'll fight you all! 127 00:09:21,854 --> 00:09:22,938 (GRUNTING) 128 00:09:23,022 --> 00:09:24,398 (MEN CHEERING) 129 00:09:33,783 --> 00:09:35,117 (ROARING) 130 00:09:43,334 --> 00:09:44,585 Finish him! 131 00:10:03,020 --> 00:10:04,397 MAN: Finish him! 132 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,399 Get up! Get up! 133 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:23,332 Hit me! 134 00:10:27,086 --> 00:10:29,046 Hit me! 135 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:37,721 (GRUNTS) 136 00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:52,736 (THUDS) 137 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:53,988 (MEN CHEERING) 138 00:11:50,127 --> 00:11:53,130 Why did you leave Siggy to look after my sons? 139 00:11:56,717 --> 00:11:58,093 I told you. 140 00:12:02,473 --> 00:12:05,809 Why did the boys walk over a frozen lake? 141 00:12:07,978 --> 00:12:10,439 What do you think made them do it? 142 00:12:11,232 --> 00:12:15,027 They are curious. Just like their father. 143 00:12:25,829 --> 00:12:27,206 Is that all? 144 00:12:28,457 --> 00:12:30,459 What else can I tell you? 145 00:12:50,062 --> 00:12:51,438 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 146 00:13:06,078 --> 00:13:08,205 Don't you want to have sex? 147 00:13:19,091 --> 00:13:20,467 What is it? 148 00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:24,972 You had so much sex in England you don't need it? 149 00:13:29,727 --> 00:13:33,314 LAGERTHA: Perhaps more of our people can go and join the settlement. 150 00:13:33,397 --> 00:13:34,857 Yes. 151 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:38,235 (CHUCKLING) They can go and work for a Christian king, 152 00:13:39,028 --> 00:13:40,696 in a Christian country. 153 00:13:41,947 --> 00:13:43,508 Perhaps they can also become Christians. 154 00:13:43,741 --> 00:13:44,992 Why not? 155 00:13:45,075 --> 00:13:47,911 Whatever they choose to do will be up to them. 156 00:13:47,995 --> 00:13:49,622 Who asked you, priest? 157 00:13:49,705 --> 00:13:51,165 Floki! What? 158 00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:53,250 He is a Christian. 159 00:13:53,792 --> 00:13:55,461 He's always been a Christian. 160 00:13:56,587 --> 00:13:59,006 I don't know why Ragnar listens to him. 161 00:13:59,089 --> 00:14:00,174 ATHELSTAN: It's true. 162 00:14:00,591 --> 00:14:02,843 I don't know why Ragnar listens to me. 163 00:14:02,926 --> 00:14:04,970 Not when he can listen to you, Floki. 164 00:14:07,598 --> 00:14:08,974 Good night. 165 00:14:09,391 --> 00:14:11,268 May the gods keep you. 166 00:14:17,566 --> 00:14:18,609 Bjorn! 167 00:14:19,943 --> 00:14:21,028 What? 168 00:14:22,321 --> 00:14:25,324 What do you mean "what"? What happened to you? 169 00:14:26,617 --> 00:14:28,661 I got into a fight with my uncle. 170 00:14:28,744 --> 00:14:30,579 You fought with Rollo? 171 00:14:30,663 --> 00:14:32,915 I wanted to stop them killing him. 172 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:35,501 I don't understand. 173 00:14:35,584 --> 00:14:37,252 It doesn't matter. 174 00:14:38,921 --> 00:14:40,401 LAGERTHA: Are you going to see Porunn? 175 00:14:41,340 --> 00:14:42,383 (SIGHS) 176 00:14:42,466 --> 00:14:45,803 No. She does not want to see me. 177 00:14:46,887 --> 00:14:48,889 If she needs me, she will tell me. 178 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:51,850 She is a woman, not a child. 179 00:14:53,936 --> 00:14:55,312 Good night. 180 00:15:06,490 --> 00:15:08,242 What are you hiding? 181 00:15:10,119 --> 00:15:11,995 I'm not a fool, Helga. 182 00:15:13,497 --> 00:15:16,333 Something happened here when we were away. 183 00:15:17,126 --> 00:15:19,795 Something happened that led to the death of Siggy. 184 00:15:23,090 --> 00:15:24,758 Even Ragnar knows that. 185 00:15:26,343 --> 00:15:28,011 But he doesn't know what happened. 186 00:15:29,722 --> 00:15:31,014 And you do, 187 00:15:32,182 --> 00:15:33,183 don't you, Helga? 188 00:15:39,273 --> 00:15:41,066 A wanderer came here. 189 00:15:43,569 --> 00:15:47,197 We had all dreamed of him. Aslaug, Siggy and me. 190 00:15:47,990 --> 00:15:49,950 He said his name was Harbard. 191 00:15:50,033 --> 00:15:51,285 And he possessed some gifts. 192 00:15:51,368 --> 00:15:54,037 He told stories, and he could cure people. 193 00:15:54,538 --> 00:15:57,040 He cured Ivar of his pains. 194 00:15:58,417 --> 00:16:01,086 His name was Harbard? Yes. 195 00:16:01,879 --> 00:16:03,672 That is what he said. 196 00:16:04,715 --> 00:16:08,385 And what else did he do, this Harbard? 197 00:16:12,389 --> 00:16:14,057 He seduced Aslaug. 198 00:16:15,267 --> 00:16:17,019 She slept with him. 199 00:16:18,228 --> 00:16:19,229 It was because of him 200 00:16:19,313 --> 00:16:21,482 that she was not looking after the children. 201 00:16:21,565 --> 00:16:24,485 And this... He said his name was Harbard? 202 00:16:24,568 --> 00:16:25,652 Are you sure he said that? 203 00:16:25,736 --> 00:16:27,905 Yes, he said that. 204 00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:29,740 But what does it matter? 205 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,825 He took Aslaug away from the children. 206 00:16:31,909 --> 00:16:33,535 It was his fault that Siggy died. 207 00:16:33,619 --> 00:16:36,163 No. Not his fault. 208 00:16:36,705 --> 00:16:38,707 Her fault, your fault, everyone's fault. 209 00:16:38,791 --> 00:16:40,417 What do you mean? 210 00:16:40,793 --> 00:16:42,085 You frighten me. 211 00:16:42,169 --> 00:16:44,671 Harbard is not a human being. 212 00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:46,423 Harbard is a god. 213 00:16:47,216 --> 00:16:49,218 He came to visit. 214 00:16:49,301 --> 00:16:52,179 And such a visit must always be celebrated. 215 00:16:52,262 --> 00:16:54,515 Even if it leads to death? 216 00:16:54,598 --> 00:16:57,684 If it leads to death, it also leads to life. 217 00:16:58,727 --> 00:17:01,021 That is the way with the gods. 218 00:17:01,104 --> 00:17:03,774 That is what Ragnar must understand. 219 00:17:04,316 --> 00:17:05,859 But I don't want to tell Ragnar. 220 00:17:05,943 --> 00:17:06,944 It is not my business to tell Ragnar. 221 00:17:07,027 --> 00:17:08,695 No, no, no. 222 00:17:08,779 --> 00:17:10,405 No, you're right. 223 00:17:11,824 --> 00:17:13,492 It is my business. 224 00:17:18,580 --> 00:17:21,250 I must speak to Earl Ingstad! 225 00:17:21,583 --> 00:17:23,794 I must speak to Earl Ingstad! 226 00:17:25,921 --> 00:17:26,922 (GRUNTS) 227 00:17:27,047 --> 00:17:29,216 I must speak to Earl Ingstad! Inside. 228 00:17:31,969 --> 00:17:35,222 Earl Ingstad, we just heard of your return. 229 00:17:35,305 --> 00:17:36,932 There is some news. 230 00:17:37,015 --> 00:17:39,393 Your properties, your lands, your earldom, 231 00:17:39,476 --> 00:17:41,311 all have been usurped. 232 00:17:42,813 --> 00:17:45,232 Say again. It's the truth. 233 00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:47,901 You have been removed from power. 234 00:17:47,985 --> 00:17:49,385 Forgive me. I am only the messenger. 235 00:17:49,403 --> 00:17:51,863 Who has done this? Who has usurped me? 236 00:17:52,823 --> 00:17:53,907 Kalf. 237 00:17:56,159 --> 00:17:57,244 Kalf. 238 00:17:59,997 --> 00:18:01,873 That's impossible. 239 00:18:01,957 --> 00:18:03,292 And yet it has happened. 240 00:18:03,542 --> 00:18:06,503 Kalf has made himself the new Earl of Hedeby. 241 00:18:08,505 --> 00:18:11,258 LAGERTHA: I supported you in Wessex, now you must support me. 242 00:18:11,341 --> 00:18:13,927 Together we can overthrow this usurper. 243 00:18:14,011 --> 00:18:17,472 Firstly, you came to Wessex of your own volition. 244 00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:20,559 Secondly, if there is a civil war, 245 00:18:21,435 --> 00:18:24,354 many of our own people will die. 246 00:18:25,522 --> 00:18:27,774 Is your earldom really that important to you? 247 00:18:27,858 --> 00:18:29,443 Yes. Why? 248 00:18:29,526 --> 00:18:32,821 Because it is rightfully mine! 249 00:18:34,281 --> 00:18:35,532 (GROANS) 250 00:18:37,743 --> 00:18:43,165 Well, there is never much use in arguing with you, Lagertha. 251 00:18:44,207 --> 00:18:46,043 We shall go and talk to him. 252 00:19:01,642 --> 00:19:03,185 Who is Harbard? 253 00:19:09,399 --> 00:19:10,901 Who is Harbard? 254 00:19:12,653 --> 00:19:14,279 (TAPPING BOWL) 255 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:16,365 Who is Harbard? 256 00:19:23,497 --> 00:19:24,748 You want to know? 257 00:19:26,792 --> 00:19:28,919 I'll tell you about Harbard. 258 00:19:29,670 --> 00:19:32,589 I'll tell you about who he was to your son. 259 00:19:33,924 --> 00:19:35,926 The son you leave behind. 260 00:19:37,469 --> 00:19:40,764 When you went away, Harbard helped him. 261 00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:47,187 He took away Ivar's pain. 262 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:51,650 Look how peaceful he is. 263 00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:54,236 He's sleeping. 264 00:19:54,986 --> 00:19:56,863 He never slept before. 265 00:19:58,949 --> 00:20:01,868 And it was Harbard who stopped his suffering. 266 00:20:14,631 --> 00:20:15,799 Was he good? 267 00:20:17,509 --> 00:20:19,803 This Harbard? 268 00:20:27,310 --> 00:20:29,813 Yes, he was a good man. 269 00:21:05,348 --> 00:21:06,850 (CRYING) 270 00:21:12,689 --> 00:21:14,733 (BELL TOLLING) 271 00:21:23,033 --> 00:21:24,075 (GASPS) 272 00:21:49,226 --> 00:21:50,393 Judith? 273 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:53,063 Yes. 274 00:21:54,523 --> 00:21:57,025 What's the matter with you, Judith, hmm? 275 00:21:58,068 --> 00:21:59,945 You have been like this for many days now. 276 00:22:00,028 --> 00:22:01,530 Are you ill? 277 00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:04,491 Do you want me to call the physician monk? 278 00:22:04,574 --> 00:22:05,617 No. 279 00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:10,997 There is nothing he can do for my condition. 280 00:22:11,081 --> 00:22:12,415 Condition? 281 00:22:13,583 --> 00:22:15,085 What condition? 282 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,508 Answer me! 283 00:22:21,925 --> 00:22:24,177 (GASPS) I am your husband. 284 00:22:29,474 --> 00:22:31,393 I am with child. What? 285 00:22:35,605 --> 00:22:37,983 I am with child. 286 00:22:38,692 --> 00:22:40,110 Well, that's impossible. 287 00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:42,612 We have not slept together as man and wife 288 00:22:42,696 --> 00:22:44,614 since our son was born. 289 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:47,617 You told me... It is true. 290 00:22:54,583 --> 00:22:56,334 Whose child is it? Huh? 291 00:22:56,501 --> 00:22:57,836 (SNIFFLING) 292 00:22:58,837 --> 00:23:00,505 Whose child is it? 293 00:23:00,589 --> 00:23:01,840 (SOBBING) 294 00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:08,013 Oh, my God. 295 00:23:08,930 --> 00:23:10,098 Oh, my God. 296 00:23:12,726 --> 00:23:13,727 (SCREAMS) 297 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:15,186 (VOICE BREAKING) Oh, God! 298 00:23:16,438 --> 00:23:17,814 (EXCLAIMING) 299 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:25,906 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 300 00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:30,160 Son? 301 00:23:32,370 --> 00:23:33,413 What is it? 302 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:35,040 Nothing. 303 00:23:39,669 --> 00:23:41,379 Then come with me. 304 00:23:42,714 --> 00:23:45,926 So, this man has just come to me. 305 00:23:46,009 --> 00:23:47,093 He's a farmer. 306 00:23:47,177 --> 00:23:50,430 He's been helping the Northmen to establish their settlement. 307 00:23:50,513 --> 00:23:53,266 Tell my son what has happened. 308 00:23:58,355 --> 00:24:00,273 There has been some trouble. 309 00:24:00,357 --> 00:24:03,985 Some conflict between the Northmen and some of the landowners. 310 00:24:04,361 --> 00:24:05,820 Nothing much at first. 311 00:24:05,904 --> 00:24:08,949 Boundary disputes. The usual stuff between us farmers. 312 00:24:09,032 --> 00:24:13,286 But then it got serious. There were threats. I tried to stay out of it. 313 00:24:13,370 --> 00:24:15,497 "Drink the wine, praise the Lord of all, 314 00:24:15,580 --> 00:24:17,620 "and let the world be the world." That's what I say! 315 00:24:18,083 --> 00:24:19,876 ECBERT: Yes, never mind about all that. 316 00:24:20,335 --> 00:24:22,045 What happened next? 317 00:24:24,839 --> 00:24:28,051 One of the farms of the Northmen was attacked and burned down. 318 00:24:28,718 --> 00:24:30,387 Some people died. 319 00:24:32,222 --> 00:24:36,226 And what did the attackers say to the Northmen? 320 00:24:38,728 --> 00:24:41,231 They said it was just the beginning. 321 00:24:41,564 --> 00:24:44,442 That they would come back and kill them all. 322 00:24:45,986 --> 00:24:49,030 Now you know that this settlement, 323 00:24:49,739 --> 00:24:52,158 and my agreement with Ragnar Lothbrok, 324 00:24:52,242 --> 00:24:54,577 mean a great deal to me. 325 00:24:55,578 --> 00:24:58,248 So I want someone, someone I can trust, 326 00:24:58,999 --> 00:25:01,835 to go out to the settlement with a large force, 327 00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:04,421 and bring these disputes to an end. 328 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,262 But you have just returned to Wessex 329 00:25:12,345 --> 00:25:13,596 and to your wife and child. 330 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,265 So, I would understand 331 00:25:15,348 --> 00:25:18,351 if you did not want to leave them again so soon. 332 00:25:18,435 --> 00:25:19,519 I'll go. 333 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:24,566 If you're sure? 334 00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:26,776 I said I'll go. 335 00:25:41,416 --> 00:25:42,417 (URGES HORSE) 336 00:26:03,646 --> 00:26:05,774 Once again, Ragnar. 337 00:26:06,691 --> 00:26:10,153 I know, never as king. 338 00:26:10,236 --> 00:26:12,489 Never as King Ragnar. 339 00:26:12,572 --> 00:26:15,909 What does a king require from a simple seer? 340 00:26:16,826 --> 00:26:18,661 (WHISPERS) There is a city called Paris. 341 00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:23,083 (CHUCKLES) Paris. Yes. I have seen its gates. 342 00:26:24,959 --> 00:26:28,671 And I see that its gates are already here, to my eyes. 343 00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:31,174 What does that mean? 344 00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:33,593 It means exactly as I have said. 345 00:26:34,469 --> 00:26:37,472 I do not lie about what I see, King Ragnar, 346 00:26:37,555 --> 00:26:40,683 only sometimes I withhold things, 347 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:44,104 for human beings cannot bear too much reality. 348 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:48,024 Then if you can see, 349 00:26:48,108 --> 00:26:50,693 tell me if I will conquer Paris. 350 00:26:51,194 --> 00:26:53,696 I can see that not the living, 351 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:56,366 but the dead, will conquer Paris. 352 00:27:01,412 --> 00:27:03,665 Not the living but the dead? 353 00:27:03,748 --> 00:27:05,416 And I also see 354 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:09,629 that the bear will be crowned by a princess. 355 00:27:10,213 --> 00:27:14,050 Which does not bode too well for you, King Ragnar. 356 00:27:14,134 --> 00:27:15,718 (LAUGHING) 357 00:27:19,514 --> 00:27:21,099 (LAUGHTER AND TALKING) 358 00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:24,144 Ooh. Oh! 359 00:27:24,227 --> 00:27:25,520 (LAUGHING) 360 00:27:25,603 --> 00:27:27,355 Stop. I don't want to fight you. 361 00:27:36,573 --> 00:27:38,032 MAN: Quiet. Quiet. (BANGING ON TABLE) 362 00:27:44,747 --> 00:27:46,624 I have made up my mind. 363 00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:50,837 And this year, we shall attack Paris. 364 00:27:51,629 --> 00:27:52,922 ROLLO: Paris? 365 00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:56,176 What is Paris? 366 00:27:56,259 --> 00:27:58,011 That is a good question, brother. 367 00:27:58,094 --> 00:28:01,055 Paris is a city in the country of Frankia. 368 00:28:01,806 --> 00:28:02,932 Next! 369 00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:06,728 Why haven't you told us all about this before? 370 00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:10,857 Because I'm telling you now. 371 00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:11,983 (CROWD LAUGHING) 372 00:28:12,066 --> 00:28:16,446 I understand that this, this will not be easy. 373 00:28:16,696 --> 00:28:20,700 By all accounts, Paris is a huge, 374 00:28:22,118 --> 00:28:25,788 walled, well-protected city. 375 00:28:27,415 --> 00:28:29,751 This is something that our people 376 00:28:30,043 --> 00:28:33,713 have never attempted or dreamt of before. 377 00:28:33,796 --> 00:28:36,549 But I have begun to think 378 00:28:39,302 --> 00:28:40,929 and dream of it. 379 00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:50,063 Athelstan. 380 00:28:50,813 --> 00:28:52,607 Come. Come. 381 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:56,194 Athelstan has been to Paris. 382 00:28:57,195 --> 00:29:00,156 And the wanderer who first told me about England, 383 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,867 he too told me about this city. 384 00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:05,411 We must find him! 385 00:29:05,495 --> 00:29:07,372 (CROWD CHEERING) Yes! 386 00:29:08,164 --> 00:29:09,916 For it is good 387 00:29:09,999 --> 00:29:13,419 to travel with hope and with courage. 388 00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:18,299 But it is still better 389 00:29:18,841 --> 00:29:20,843 to travel with knowledge! 390 00:29:20,969 --> 00:29:23,471 (SCREAMS) (CROWD CHEERING) 391 00:29:33,564 --> 00:29:35,483 MAN: We will take this place! 392 00:29:35,984 --> 00:29:38,528 (CROWD CHEERING AND CLAMORING) 393 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:45,285 What about your promise? 394 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:46,786 What promise? 395 00:29:46,869 --> 00:29:49,539 To visit my earldom. To go to Hedeby. 396 00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:51,582 To speak to the usurper. 397 00:29:51,958 --> 00:29:53,209 (CHUCKLES) 398 00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:56,296 Kalf! 399 00:29:59,299 --> 00:30:01,384 You know why we've come. 400 00:30:02,385 --> 00:30:05,388 You have usurped my rights and my lands, 401 00:30:05,763 --> 00:30:09,017 to whom you were sworn in fealty and trust. 402 00:30:09,726 --> 00:30:13,146 I expect you to hand both land and title back. 403 00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:17,233 (CHUCKLES) 404 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:19,819 Hello, Kalf. 405 00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:22,488 Perhaps we might, uh, 406 00:30:22,572 --> 00:30:25,408 discuss these matters privately. 407 00:30:29,078 --> 00:30:31,080 As you wish, King Ragnar. 408 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:49,640 Please, sit. 409 00:30:53,978 --> 00:30:59,025 I would prefer to avoid the unnecessary loss of lives 410 00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:01,319 fighting a civil war with you. 411 00:31:06,532 --> 00:31:08,701 Do you mind if I call you earl, Kalf? 412 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:11,204 Uh-uh. 413 00:31:11,287 --> 00:31:13,039 Come the spring, 414 00:31:13,122 --> 00:31:15,958 I will be invading a country called Frankia. 415 00:31:18,961 --> 00:31:21,923 And I would like to invite you, 416 00:31:22,006 --> 00:31:24,133 your men and your ships, 417 00:31:24,217 --> 00:31:25,718 to join me on this expedition. 418 00:31:27,637 --> 00:31:29,222 And if I refuse? 419 00:31:29,806 --> 00:31:31,057 You will lose everything. 420 00:31:31,140 --> 00:31:32,225 Even my earldom? 421 00:31:32,308 --> 00:31:34,060 You mean my earldom. 422 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:35,311 Mmm. 423 00:31:36,646 --> 00:31:39,148 That is between you and my ex-wife. 424 00:31:39,732 --> 00:31:41,692 And good luck with that. 425 00:31:47,323 --> 00:31:48,991 Won't you sit down, Lagertha? 426 00:31:49,659 --> 00:31:51,702 I know you must hate me. 427 00:31:52,620 --> 00:31:55,331 Just let me say that I was born here in Hedeby. 428 00:31:55,415 --> 00:31:58,459 I belong here and I have a fierce pride in being its earl. 429 00:32:00,670 --> 00:32:03,047 I have a better claim than you do 430 00:32:03,798 --> 00:32:07,051 even though I share the world's admiration for you. 431 00:32:07,969 --> 00:32:11,639 I'm not sure I believe so much in titles. 432 00:32:11,722 --> 00:32:13,391 A title is only an opportunity 433 00:32:13,474 --> 00:32:15,852 to do good things for the folk here. 434 00:32:16,811 --> 00:32:18,479 I want to do that. 435 00:32:19,063 --> 00:32:21,232 You betrayed me. 436 00:32:21,315 --> 00:32:24,610 And the fact is, you planned to betray me. 437 00:32:24,694 --> 00:32:27,488 And you must have planned it for a long time. 438 00:32:29,031 --> 00:32:31,492 I did, yes. 439 00:32:32,869 --> 00:32:35,788 Despite the fact that I desired you. 440 00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:40,126 You desired me? Yes. 441 00:32:40,209 --> 00:32:43,296 All the time that I was planning on overthrowing you, 442 00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:44,589 I desired you. 443 00:32:45,548 --> 00:32:47,550 I never stopped desiring you. 444 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,347 What am I supposed to do with that knowledge? 445 00:32:53,681 --> 00:32:55,016 (CHUCKLES) 446 00:32:59,562 --> 00:33:01,439 What do you want to do? 447 00:33:11,032 --> 00:33:13,659 ROLLO: Ragnar was always chosen over me. 448 00:33:14,285 --> 00:33:17,038 By my father. And my mother. 449 00:33:18,623 --> 00:33:20,249 Then by Lagertha. 450 00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:24,128 Why would I not want to betray him? 451 00:33:24,212 --> 00:33:26,130 Why would I not want to scream at him, 452 00:33:26,214 --> 00:33:28,883 "You see, I am alive too!" 453 00:33:31,677 --> 00:33:35,973 Being alive is nothing. It doesn't matter what I do. 454 00:33:36,390 --> 00:33:38,517 Ragnar is my father, he is my mother, 455 00:33:38,601 --> 00:33:40,228 he is Lagertha. He is Siggy. 456 00:33:40,311 --> 00:33:41,354 (INHALES SHARPLY) 457 00:33:41,437 --> 00:33:45,566 He is everything I cannot do, 458 00:33:45,650 --> 00:33:47,568 everything I cannot be. 459 00:33:49,111 --> 00:33:50,780 I love him. 460 00:33:51,572 --> 00:33:53,199 He is my brother. 461 00:33:54,116 --> 00:33:55,952 He has taken me back. 462 00:33:56,619 --> 00:33:58,579 But I am so angry! 463 00:33:59,997 --> 00:34:03,709 (VOICE BREAKING) Why am I still so angry? 464 00:34:03,793 --> 00:34:05,628 You tell me, wise one. 465 00:34:07,129 --> 00:34:08,881 Or I will tell you. 466 00:34:09,632 --> 00:34:12,718 It is because I am useless, feckless, 467 00:34:12,802 --> 00:34:15,680 hollowed out by failed ambitions, 468 00:34:16,597 --> 00:34:18,182 by failed loves. 469 00:34:21,519 --> 00:34:22,770 (INHALES DEEPLY) 470 00:34:22,853 --> 00:34:25,648 Nothing good can ever come of my life now. 471 00:34:27,358 --> 00:34:29,527 (LAUGHING) 472 00:34:31,904 --> 00:34:34,323 What is there to laugh about? 473 00:34:35,616 --> 00:34:39,954 Rollo, if you truly knew what the gods have in store for you, 474 00:34:40,037 --> 00:34:43,082 you would go down now and dance naked on the beach. 475 00:34:43,165 --> 00:34:44,417 (LAUGHS) 476 00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:46,252 I don't understand. 477 00:34:46,335 --> 00:34:48,379 I tell you, as I told Ragnar, 478 00:34:48,462 --> 00:34:50,256 a bear will marry a princess. 479 00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:53,092 And I can tell you that you will be present at the ceremony. 480 00:34:53,843 --> 00:34:56,304 Now go and leave me. 481 00:35:07,523 --> 00:35:08,858 MAN: Good. Good. 482 00:35:10,318 --> 00:35:11,360 Good. 483 00:35:19,744 --> 00:35:21,245 AETHELWULF: Kill the pagans. 484 00:35:21,329 --> 00:35:22,371 ALL: My Lord. 485 00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:25,291 (URGING HORSE) 486 00:35:27,877 --> 00:35:28,878 (DOG BARKING) 487 00:35:30,546 --> 00:35:31,922 (SHRIEKING) 488 00:35:34,216 --> 00:35:36,969 (PEOPLE CLAMORING AND SHOUTING) 489 00:36:08,876 --> 00:36:09,877 (GRUNTS) 490 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,173 (GRUNTING) 491 00:36:41,117 --> 00:36:42,284 (PANTING) 492 00:36:42,535 --> 00:36:43,953 (GRUNTING) 493 00:36:52,461 --> 00:36:54,088 (WOMAN WEEPING) 494 00:37:05,933 --> 00:37:06,976 (GROANING) 495 00:37:17,570 --> 00:37:18,571 (GRUNTS) 496 00:37:41,594 --> 00:37:42,595 (GRUNTS) 497 00:37:50,352 --> 00:37:52,605 AETHELWULF: Come! Come! 498 00:37:52,688 --> 00:37:53,939 (LAUGHING) 499 00:37:55,441 --> 00:37:58,444 Friends, it was all for this. 500 00:37:59,737 --> 00:38:02,740 It was all for our Lord! 501 00:38:10,372 --> 00:38:11,415 "Our Father, 502 00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:14,502 "Who art in heaven, 503 00:38:15,169 --> 00:38:17,296 "Hallowed by thy name..." 504 00:38:22,051 --> 00:38:23,928 Where are you going? I have no idea. 505 00:38:24,011 --> 00:38:28,265 But your father won't fight for my honor or my property. 506 00:38:28,349 --> 00:38:29,892 I cannot stay here. 507 00:38:31,227 --> 00:38:33,103 It seems we have been here before. 508 00:38:33,187 --> 00:38:34,939 Don't try to stop me. 509 00:38:35,856 --> 00:38:38,484 You can leave if you like. You are a free woman. 510 00:38:39,985 --> 00:38:42,029 But Ragnar has many other sons. 511 00:38:43,572 --> 00:38:45,449 What are you trying to say, Bjorn? 512 00:38:45,533 --> 00:38:47,243 I'm saying, if you leave 513 00:38:48,244 --> 00:38:49,912 and you show you do not care, what is to stop him 514 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:51,997 from favoring his other sons? 515 00:38:52,581 --> 00:38:54,083 Her sons above me? 516 00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:55,960 Ragnar loves you. 517 00:38:56,377 --> 00:38:57,878 And I love him too. 518 00:38:59,672 --> 00:39:00,923 But I know him. 519 00:39:02,341 --> 00:39:05,219 So I am asking you to stay. Not for your sake, but for mine. 520 00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:08,222 But don't pretend to me that you don't want to go to Paris. 521 00:39:08,305 --> 00:39:09,515 I know you want to go to Paris. 522 00:39:09,598 --> 00:39:12,685 I've dreamed of the three of us going together. 523 00:39:13,269 --> 00:39:14,687 Do you understand? 524 00:39:15,562 --> 00:39:18,107 Do you understand? You're not leaving. 525 00:39:19,108 --> 00:39:21,110 You're a man now, Bjorn. 526 00:39:21,944 --> 00:39:23,320 Act like one. 527 00:39:42,131 --> 00:39:45,426 There are things you do not know about this Harbard. 528 00:39:46,135 --> 00:39:48,679 About this Harbard, and your wife. 529 00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:53,058 Helga told me everything. 530 00:39:54,518 --> 00:39:58,105 She told me Harbard would take Aslaug away 531 00:39:58,188 --> 00:40:00,649 from her children, 532 00:40:00,733 --> 00:40:02,651 away from your sons. 533 00:40:04,028 --> 00:40:06,363 They would go off together. 534 00:40:06,447 --> 00:40:09,491 And they would sneak into the fish huts and... 535 00:40:13,370 --> 00:40:14,747 Many times. 536 00:40:16,999 --> 00:40:19,376 Helga said she smelled like fish. 537 00:40:21,003 --> 00:40:22,671 That's how it was. 538 00:40:24,089 --> 00:40:26,425 That's what happened when you were away. 539 00:40:26,508 --> 00:40:29,386 Wait! There's more, Ragnar. 540 00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:30,971 There's much more. 541 00:40:31,513 --> 00:40:34,892 Do you not know who Harbard is? 542 00:40:34,975 --> 00:40:37,353 Harbard is another name for Odin. 543 00:40:37,436 --> 00:40:39,688 It was Odin who slept with your wife. 544 00:40:39,772 --> 00:40:42,107 The god, Odin, who came to Kattegat. 545 00:40:53,786 --> 00:40:57,498 I am ashamed 546 00:40:58,707 --> 00:41:01,460 that my word as king 547 00:41:01,543 --> 00:41:05,089 meant nothing to some of you! 548 00:41:06,673 --> 00:41:08,717 That you organized this... 549 00:41:10,386 --> 00:41:13,972 This catastrophe among yourselves. 550 00:41:14,056 --> 00:41:17,726 That you took it upon yourselves 551 00:41:17,810 --> 00:41:20,396 to violate a treaty 552 00:41:20,479 --> 00:41:23,774 that I had signed in good faith! 553 00:41:28,445 --> 00:41:30,280 God knows what the Northmen will make 554 00:41:30,364 --> 00:41:32,616 of these terrible events. 555 00:41:34,243 --> 00:41:37,955 My name and my word as King of Wessex 556 00:41:38,038 --> 00:41:41,208 will mean nothing to them! 557 00:41:45,212 --> 00:41:49,174 But it cannot be, it cannot be. It cannot be. 558 00:41:49,258 --> 00:41:52,845 I cannot allow and I cannot tolerate treason. 559 00:41:52,928 --> 00:41:54,054 Guards! 560 00:41:54,763 --> 00:41:59,059 Arrest this man! This man! And this! And him! 561 00:41:59,143 --> 00:42:01,145 All for treason! 562 00:42:01,228 --> 00:42:05,691 And my Lord Radolf. Arrest him also. 563 00:42:05,774 --> 00:42:06,817 Wait, Sire... 564 00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,695 For I showed him nothing, 565 00:42:09,778 --> 00:42:11,822 nothing but love, 566 00:42:11,905 --> 00:42:15,659 and this... This treachery is my reward? 567 00:42:17,953 --> 00:42:20,414 Out of my sight! 568 00:42:21,707 --> 00:42:25,461 And Aethelwulf, you think you will escape so lightly? 569 00:42:29,089 --> 00:42:32,050 All of you! Leave! 570 00:42:32,134 --> 00:42:34,761 I need to speak alone with my son! 571 00:42:42,853 --> 00:42:43,854 (SIGHS) 572 00:42:47,941 --> 00:42:49,568 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 573 00:43:01,997 --> 00:43:03,373 (CHUCKLING) 574 00:43:06,293 --> 00:43:07,628 Thank you. 575 00:43:08,295 --> 00:43:10,464 Thank you, my son. 576 00:43:13,383 --> 00:43:16,261 You did the business so well. 577 00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:20,516 How could we ever have allowed these Northmen 578 00:43:20,599 --> 00:43:22,351 to establish themselves here? 579 00:43:22,434 --> 00:43:24,811 It's unthinkable. 580 00:43:27,814 --> 00:43:30,400 And I played my part well, did I not? 581 00:43:30,484 --> 00:43:32,569 Yes, Father. Very well. 582 00:43:33,695 --> 00:43:35,280 By this ruse, 583 00:43:35,364 --> 00:43:39,576 we have now caught out all of those nobles who question my rule 584 00:43:39,660 --> 00:43:43,539 and we have reason now to rid ourselves of them permanently. 585 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,459 Mmm. It worked out well. 586 00:43:49,503 --> 00:43:50,587 No. 587 00:43:52,256 --> 00:43:55,759 It worked out beautifully, my son. 588 00:43:57,553 --> 00:44:00,722 Even Charlemagne would have approved. 589 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,392 Don't you think so?