1 00:00:01,310 --> 00:00:02,940 LOTHBROK: Previously on Vikings... 2 00:00:02,980 --> 00:00:05,060 -Are you a good man? -Yes. 3 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:07,680 Are you corrupt? 4 00:00:07,730 --> 00:00:11,490 HARBARD: Your husband, he no longer loves or desires you. 5 00:00:12,820 --> 00:00:13,860 You left your Earldom. 6 00:00:13,910 --> 00:00:15,870 I have a good man who looks after it for me. 7 00:00:15,910 --> 00:00:18,660 -All men are ambitious. -Not Kalf. 8 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:21,370 At some point, Lagertha will return from the raid. 9 00:00:21,410 --> 00:00:24,170 Do you really think, that I have not prepared for that? 10 00:00:24,210 --> 00:00:26,790 I gave myself to you. Please don 't leave me. 11 00:00:26,830 --> 00:00:28,700 ATHELSTAN: Your husband is back. 12 00:00:28,750 --> 00:00:30,760 I do not want there to be endless conflict 13 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,420 between us and the Christians. 14 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:34,540 The triumph of the Christ-God will mean 15 00:00:34,590 --> 00:00:36,390 the death and destruction of all of ours. 16 00:00:36,430 --> 00:00:38,140 You are once again leaving your children behind. 17 00:00:38,180 --> 00:00:39,970 They will be safe with you. 18 00:00:46,310 --> 00:00:49,190 (IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING) 19 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:53,920 (INHALES SHARPLY) 20 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:55,630 Tell me about Paris. 21 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:58,550 -Again? -Please. 22 00:02:01,220 --> 00:02:02,760 I only went there once. 23 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:04,380 Continue. 24 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,890 I was visiting a monastery in Frankia, 25 00:02:07,940 --> 00:02:10,270 outside of Paris. 26 00:02:10,310 --> 00:02:13,190 And one day, the monks took me to see it. 27 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,200 It was amazing. 28 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,070 It just appears as if it rises out of the water. 29 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,580 I've never in my whole life 30 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:26,080 seen anything like it. It was like a dream. 31 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,500 It has these huge walls, and inside the walls 32 00:02:29,540 --> 00:02:32,460 are these buildings made of marble and stone 33 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:35,840 and churches, such churches. 34 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,380 I remember the clamor of their bells, 35 00:02:37,420 --> 00:02:39,760 calling the faithful to prayer. 36 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,850 (SEAGULLS SQUAWKING) 37 00:02:42,590 --> 00:02:44,800 But what I remember more 38 00:02:44,850 --> 00:02:47,480 is the beautiful women. 39 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,480 You never told me that part before. 40 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:55,610 I almost questioned my vows of celibacy. 41 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,040 FLOKI: What are they talking about? 42 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,620 Who? 43 00:03:07,660 --> 00:03:10,710 Ragnar and that priest. 44 00:03:12,380 --> 00:03:14,420 Look at them, 45 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:15,920 huddled together. 46 00:03:17,050 --> 00:03:19,130 It sickens me! 47 00:03:25,550 --> 00:03:27,050 LOTHBROK: You are lucky. 48 00:03:27,430 --> 00:03:28,470 Why? 49 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,520 Because you have never been married. 50 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,310 I would not come back here 51 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,440 if it weren't for my children. 52 00:03:39,070 --> 00:03:40,530 At least you have children. 53 00:03:49,290 --> 00:03:50,580 Porunn... 54 00:03:51,620 --> 00:03:53,210 What is it, Bjorn? 55 00:03:54,460 --> 00:03:55,710 Are you thirsty? 56 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:57,960 PORUNN: No. 57 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,420 I am not thirsty, 58 00:04:01,170 --> 00:04:02,380 or hungry, 59 00:04:03,130 --> 00:04:04,750 or really alive. 60 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,360 (HORN BLOWING) 61 00:04:16,270 --> 00:04:18,150 (INDISTINCT YELL) 62 00:04:25,990 --> 00:04:28,870 (RAIN PATTERING) 63 00:04:37,250 --> 00:04:38,540 Who were you hoping to see? 64 00:04:38,590 --> 00:04:40,050 BOTH: Torstein. 65 00:04:41,050 --> 00:04:42,300 Both of you? 66 00:04:46,970 --> 00:04:48,550 Torstein is in Valhalla. 67 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,060 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 68 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:08,070 She will be all right. 69 00:05:12,330 --> 00:05:14,370 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 70 00:05:24,670 --> 00:05:26,390 Take her. 71 00:05:30,260 --> 00:05:31,760 Where are my sons? 72 00:05:31,810 --> 00:05:33,020 ROLLO: (SHOUTING) Siggy! 73 00:05:33,060 --> 00:05:35,230 I have something to tell you. 74 00:05:35,930 --> 00:05:37,680 Siggy! Siggy! 75 00:05:37,730 --> 00:05:40,190 I said, where are my sons? 76 00:05:40,230 --> 00:05:41,690 ROLLO: Siggy! 77 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,030 -Rollo. Rollo... -Where is, Siggy? 78 00:05:45,070 --> 00:05:46,530 -I can't find her. -Rollo! 79 00:05:46,570 --> 00:05:48,320 Siggy is dead. 80 00:05:53,580 --> 00:05:54,790 How? 81 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,040 Ubbe and Hvitserk fell through the ice into a frozen lake. 82 00:06:01,090 --> 00:06:05,130 Siggy saved their lives, but she drowned. 83 00:06:05,170 --> 00:06:07,180 And we could not find the body. 84 00:06:08,430 --> 00:06:09,760 The gods are mistaken. 85 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,390 No, the gods are never mistaken. 86 00:06:22,690 --> 00:06:24,440 This is my fault. 87 00:06:27,030 --> 00:06:29,320 I... I did not treat her well. 88 00:06:30,740 --> 00:06:32,370 It's the truth. 89 00:06:34,370 --> 00:06:35,790 You all know it. 90 00:06:37,580 --> 00:06:38,960 (VOICE BREAKING) This is my fault. 91 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:55,770 Rollo! 92 00:06:58,770 --> 00:06:59,810 Rollo! 93 00:07:03,730 --> 00:07:05,980 Why was Siggy taking care of our children? 94 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,200 We were taking it in turns. 95 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,700 That day it just happened to be Siggy. 96 00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:11,860 On another day, it could have been me... 97 00:07:11,910 --> 00:07:13,660 I wasn't asking you, Helga. 98 00:07:14,410 --> 00:07:15,700 I was asking you. 99 00:07:17,910 --> 00:07:19,040 Helga is right. 100 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,580 We three women took it in turn to care for all our children. 101 00:07:23,330 --> 00:07:24,990 See, I find that funny 102 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,090 considering that Siggy's children are dead. 103 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,510 I must go see Porunn. 104 00:07:35,890 --> 00:07:37,520 (DOOR OPENS) 105 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:42,980 (DOOR SHUTS) 106 00:07:43,020 --> 00:07:46,070 -ASLAUG: Porunn? -No! Don't come near. 107 00:07:46,110 --> 00:07:48,110 -Porunn... -No! 108 00:07:49,150 --> 00:07:50,400 What is it? 109 00:07:51,820 --> 00:07:52,950 How can I help? 110 00:07:52,990 --> 00:07:55,450 I don't want any help. 111 00:07:56,330 --> 00:07:57,450 Please. 112 00:07:58,910 --> 00:08:01,460 How can you help me with this? 113 00:08:09,460 --> 00:08:11,380 (BOISTEROUS CHATTER) 114 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:14,720 (GRUNTS) 115 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,350 MAN 1: Rollo! 116 00:08:18,390 --> 00:08:20,270 Would you like another to drink? 117 00:08:24,310 --> 00:08:26,310 Why not? 118 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:27,900 MAN 1: Give him another drink. 119 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:30,150 He hasn't drowned his sorrows yet! 120 00:08:30,190 --> 00:08:31,860 (ALL LAUGHING) 121 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:32,990 What did you say? 122 00:08:33,030 --> 00:08:34,200 Listen to me... 123 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,370 I lost one of my sons fighting for the Christians. 124 00:08:37,410 --> 00:08:39,450 MAN 2: We have all lost someone! 125 00:08:39,490 --> 00:08:43,460 Brothers... Cousins... Friends. 126 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:45,960 What is so special about you? 127 00:08:47,540 --> 00:08:50,840 You should better than to mess with me! 128 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,840 Look at him! Look at yourself! 129 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,010 Now if you were Ragnar, no problem! 130 00:08:56,050 --> 00:08:57,550 -(ALL LAUGHING) -BJORN: Uncle, stop! 131 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,560 -(CLAMORING) -(GRUNTING) 132 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,770 -What're you doing? -Stop! Don't be stupid! 133 00:09:02,810 --> 00:09:05,400 -They'll kill you. -They can try. 134 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,560 Get back! 135 00:09:07,610 --> 00:09:08,730 I can't let you do this. 136 00:09:08,770 --> 00:09:10,650 Get out of my way, Bjorn! 137 00:09:10,690 --> 00:09:13,240 I do not want to kill you. 138 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,360 If it's what the gods wish, then so be it! 139 00:09:16,410 --> 00:09:18,990 -(ALL CHEERING) -(GRUNTING) 140 00:09:28,460 --> 00:09:30,040 ROLLO: I'll fight you all! 141 00:09:30,090 --> 00:09:31,460 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 142 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,720 (GRUNTING) 143 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,680 (CHEERING CONTINUES) 144 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:48,350 (GROWLING) 145 00:09:54,070 --> 00:09:55,190 (GROANS) 146 00:09:56,740 --> 00:09:58,280 Finish him! 147 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,240 (GROANS) 148 00:10:16,590 --> 00:10:17,970 MAN ??4: Finish him! 149 00:10:18,010 --> 00:10:19,890 -Get up! -Get up! 150 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:23,800 (PANTING) 151 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:36,650 Hit me! 152 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,190 Hit me! 153 00:11:05,470 --> 00:11:08,350 (ALL CHEERING WILDLY) 154 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,110 Why did you leave Siggy to look after my sons? 155 00:12:05,070 --> 00:12:06,280 I told you. 156 00:12:10,870 --> 00:12:14,170 Why did the boys walk over a frozen lake? 157 00:12:16,330 --> 00:12:19,540 What do you think made them do it? 158 00:12:19,590 --> 00:12:23,430 They are curious. Just like their father. 159 00:12:34,190 --> 00:12:35,690 LOTHBROK: Is that all? 160 00:12:36,860 --> 00:12:38,570 What else can I tell you? 161 00:12:56,370 --> 00:12:58,830 What is it? 162 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,760 You had so much sex in England you don't need it? 163 00:13:04,930 --> 00:13:06,800 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 164 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,630 Perhaps more of our people can go and join the settlement. 165 00:13:10,430 --> 00:13:12,100 Yes. 166 00:13:12,140 --> 00:13:16,310 (CHUCKLES) They can go and work for a Christian king, 167 00:13:16,350 --> 00:13:19,190 in a Christian country! 168 00:13:19,230 --> 00:13:22,320 Perhaps they can also become Christians! Why not? 169 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,990 Whatever they choose to do will be up to them. 170 00:13:25,030 --> 00:13:26,660 Who asked you, priest? 171 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:28,120 -Floki! -What? 172 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,030 He is a Christian. 173 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,660 He's always been a Christian. 174 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:36,320 I don't know why Ragnar listens to him. 175 00:13:36,370 --> 00:13:37,790 It's true. 176 00:13:37,830 --> 00:13:40,130 I don't know why Ragnar listens to me. 177 00:13:40,170 --> 00:13:42,210 Not when he can listen to you, Floki! 178 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,930 Good night. May the gods keep you. 179 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:55,890 Bjorn! 180 00:13:57,100 --> 00:13:59,520 What? 181 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:02,730 What do you mean "what"? What happened to you? 182 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:05,950 I got into a fight with my uncle. 183 00:14:05,990 --> 00:14:07,780 You fought with Rollo? 184 00:14:07,820 --> 00:14:09,820 I wanted to stop them killing him. 185 00:14:10,820 --> 00:14:12,820 I don't understand. 186 00:14:12,870 --> 00:14:14,040 It doesn't matter. 187 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:17,910 Are you going to see Porunn? 188 00:14:19,620 --> 00:14:23,080 No. She does not want to see me. 189 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:26,970 If she needs me, she will tell me. 190 00:14:27,010 --> 00:14:29,010 She is a woman, not a child. 191 00:14:31,220 --> 00:14:32,390 Good night. 192 00:14:43,770 --> 00:14:45,310 What are you hiding? 193 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,450 I'm not a fool, Helga. 194 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:54,240 Something happened here when we were away. 195 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,780 Something happened that led to the death of Siggy. 196 00:15:05,340 --> 00:15:07,420 A wanderer came here. 197 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,180 We had all dreamed of him. Aslaug, Siggy and me. 198 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:16,100 He said his name was Harbard. 199 00:15:16,140 --> 00:15:17,390 And he possessed some gifts. 200 00:15:17,430 --> 00:15:19,770 He told stories, and he could cure people. 201 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,760 He cured Ivar of his pains. 202 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,280 -His name was Harbard? -Yes. 203 00:15:28,030 --> 00:15:29,740 That is what he said. 204 00:15:30,860 --> 00:15:34,490 And what else did he do? This, Harbard? 205 00:15:38,450 --> 00:15:42,540 He seduced Aslaug. She slept with him. 206 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,710 It was because of him that she was not looking 207 00:15:45,750 --> 00:15:47,670 after the children. 208 00:15:47,710 --> 00:15:50,760 And this... He said his name was Harbard? 209 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,050 -Are you sure he said that? -Yes, he said that. 210 00:15:54,090 --> 00:15:56,300 But what does it matter? 211 00:15:56,350 --> 00:15:57,850 He took Aslaug away from the children. 212 00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,680 It's his fault that Siggy died. 213 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,800 No. Not his fault. 214 00:16:02,850 --> 00:16:04,980 Her fault, your fault, everyone's fault. 215 00:16:05,020 --> 00:16:07,900 What do you mean? You frighten me. 216 00:16:07,940 --> 00:16:09,990 Harbard is not a human being. 217 00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:13,280 Harbard is a god. 218 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,200 He came to visit. 219 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,240 And such a visit must always be celebrated. 220 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,530 Even if it leads to death? 221 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:23,620 If it leads to death, it also leads to life. 222 00:16:24,830 --> 00:16:27,210 That is the way with the gods. 223 00:16:27,250 --> 00:16:30,380 That is what Ragnar must understand. 224 00:16:30,420 --> 00:16:31,840 But I don't want to tell Ragnar. 225 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,050 It is not my business to tell Ragnar. 226 00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:34,840 No, no, no. 227 00:16:34,890 --> 00:16:36,050 No, you're right. 228 00:16:37,970 --> 00:16:39,470 It is my business. 229 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,690 (SHOUTING) I must speak to Earl Ingstad! 230 00:16:47,730 --> 00:16:50,190 I must speak to Earl Ingstad! 231 00:16:50,230 --> 00:16:53,070 (HORSE GRUNTING) 232 00:16:53,110 --> 00:16:55,110 -I must speak to Earl Ingstad! -Inside. 233 00:16:57,820 --> 00:17:00,570 Earl Ingstad, we just heard of your return. 234 00:17:01,450 --> 00:17:03,290 There is some news. 235 00:17:03,330 --> 00:17:05,880 Your properties, your lands, your Earldom... 236 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,420 All have been usurped. 237 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,670 -Say again! -It's the truth! 238 00:17:11,710 --> 00:17:13,800 You have been removed from power. 239 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,180 Forgive me. I am only the messenger. 240 00:17:15,220 --> 00:17:17,680 Who has done this? Who has usurped me? 241 00:17:18,970 --> 00:17:20,060 Kalf. 242 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:22,270 (HUSHED MURMURS) 243 00:17:22,310 --> 00:17:23,480 Kalf. 244 00:17:26,190 --> 00:17:29,770 -That's impossible. -And yet it has happened. 245 00:17:29,810 --> 00:17:32,560 Kalf has made himself the new Earl of Hedeby. 246 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:37,450 LAGERTHA: I supported you in Wessex, now you must support me. 247 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:40,080 Together we can overthrow this usurper. 248 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:44,250 Firstly, you came to Wessex of your own volition. 249 00:17:44,290 --> 00:17:47,540 Secondly, if there is a civil war, 250 00:17:47,580 --> 00:17:50,210 many of our own people will die. 251 00:17:51,630 --> 00:17:53,920 Is your Earldom really that important to you? 252 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:55,500 -Yes. -Why? 253 00:17:55,550 --> 00:17:58,640 Because it is rightfully mine! 254 00:18:00,140 --> 00:18:01,470 Oh. 255 00:18:03,890 --> 00:18:09,270 Well, there is never much use in arguing with you, Lagertha. 256 00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:12,270 We shall go and talk to him. 257 00:18:27,870 --> 00:18:29,290 Who is Harbard? 258 00:18:35,550 --> 00:18:36,840 Who is Harbard? 259 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,890 (TAPPING) 260 00:18:40,930 --> 00:18:42,600 Who is Harbard? 261 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,060 You want to know? 262 00:18:52,940 --> 00:18:55,820 I'll tell you about Harbard. 263 00:18:55,860 --> 00:18:58,740 I'll tell you about who he was to your son. 264 00:19:00,070 --> 00:19:02,070 The son you leave behind. 265 00:19:03,660 --> 00:19:06,750 When you went away, Harbard helped him. 266 00:19:11,420 --> 00:19:13,130 He took away Ivar's pain. 267 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,420 Look how peaceful he is. 268 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,260 He's sleeping. 269 00:19:21,010 --> 00:19:22,390 He never slept before. 270 00:19:25,010 --> 00:19:27,810 And it was Harbard who stopped his suffering. 271 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:42,240 Was he good? 272 00:19:43,610 --> 00:19:45,480 This Harbard? 273 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:56,050 Yes, he was a good man. 274 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:33,710 (CRYING) 275 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,670 (BELL TOLLING) 276 00:20:49,140 --> 00:20:50,350 (YELPS) 277 00:21:15,330 --> 00:21:16,710 Judith? 278 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:19,200 Yes. 279 00:21:20,630 --> 00:21:22,710 What is the matter with you, Judith, huh? 280 00:21:24,170 --> 00:21:26,210 You have been like this for many days now. 281 00:21:26,260 --> 00:21:28,760 Are you ill? 282 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,720 Do you want me to call the physician monk? 283 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,810 No. 284 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,100 There is nothing he can do for my condition. 285 00:21:37,150 --> 00:21:38,560 Condition? 286 00:21:39,730 --> 00:21:41,150 What condition? 287 00:21:46,490 --> 00:21:48,660 Answer me! 288 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:50,080 I am your husband. 289 00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:57,920 -I am with child. -What? 290 00:22:01,670 --> 00:22:04,800 I am with child. 291 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,470 Well, that's impossible. 292 00:22:06,510 --> 00:22:08,800 We have not slept together as man and wife 293 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,600 since our son was born. 294 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,060 -You told me... -It is true. 295 00:22:15,770 --> 00:22:16,940 (SNIFFLES) 296 00:22:20,770 --> 00:22:22,940 Whose child is it? Huh? 297 00:22:25,030 --> 00:22:27,410 -Whose child is it? -(JUDITH SOBBING) 298 00:22:32,910 --> 00:22:34,290 Oh, my God. 299 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,210 Oh, my God. 300 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:41,420 (SHOUTS) Oh, God! 301 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,800 (GRUNTING) 302 00:22:55,220 --> 00:22:56,730 Son? 303 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,980 -What is it? -Nothing. 304 00:23:05,820 --> 00:23:08,820 Then come with me. 305 00:23:08,860 --> 00:23:13,030 So, this man has just come to me. He is a farmer. 306 00:23:13,070 --> 00:23:16,530 He's been helping the Northmen to establish their settlement. 307 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:19,120 Tell my son what has happened. 308 00:23:24,420 --> 00:23:26,380 There has been some trouble. 309 00:23:26,420 --> 00:23:28,720 Some conflict between the Northmen 310 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,550 and some of the landowners. 311 00:23:30,590 --> 00:23:32,720 Nothing much at first. Boundary disputes. 312 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,180 The usual stuff between us farmers. 313 00:23:35,220 --> 00:23:37,220 But then it got serious. There were threats. 314 00:23:37,270 --> 00:23:39,390 I tried to stay out of it. 315 00:23:39,430 --> 00:23:41,510 "Drink the wine, praise the Lord of all, 316 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,190 "and let the world be the world." That's what I say! 317 00:23:44,230 --> 00:23:47,570 Yes, never mind about that. What happened next? 318 00:23:50,990 --> 00:23:54,740 One of the farms of the Northmen was attacked and burned down. 319 00:23:54,780 --> 00:23:56,700 Some people died. 320 00:23:58,290 --> 00:24:02,120 And what did the attackers say to the Northmen? 321 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,670 They said it was just the beginning. 322 00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,710 That they would come back and kill them all. 323 00:24:12,130 --> 00:24:15,800 Now you know that this settlement, 324 00:24:15,850 --> 00:24:18,350 and my agreement with Ragnar Lothbrok, 325 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,680 mean a great deal to me. 326 00:24:21,770 --> 00:24:25,060 So I want someone, someone I can trust, 327 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:27,760 to go out to the settlement with a large force, 328 00:24:27,820 --> 00:24:30,940 and bring these disputes to an end. 329 00:24:34,860 --> 00:24:38,230 But you have just returned to Wessex 330 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,690 and to your wife and child. 331 00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:42,040 So, I would understand 332 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,580 if you did not want to leave them again so soon. 333 00:24:44,620 --> 00:24:46,240 AETHELWULF: I'll go. 334 00:24:49,710 --> 00:24:51,380 If you're sure? 335 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:53,050 I said I'll go. 336 00:25:07,730 --> 00:25:10,070 -(SHOUTS COMMAND) -(HORSE WHINNYING) 337 00:25:29,540 --> 00:25:32,750 Once again, Ragnar. 338 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:38,680 I know, never as king. Never as King Ragnar. 339 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,890 What does a king require from a simple seer? 340 00:25:42,930 --> 00:25:44,890 There is a city called Paris. 341 00:25:44,930 --> 00:25:49,140 Paris. Yes. I have seen its gates. 342 00:25:51,070 --> 00:25:55,320 And I see that its gates are already here, to my eyes. 343 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,110 What does that mean? 344 00:25:57,150 --> 00:26:00,480 It means exactly as I have said. 345 00:26:00,530 --> 00:26:03,620 I do not lie about what I see, King Ragnar, 346 00:26:03,660 --> 00:26:06,670 only sometimes I withhold things, 347 00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:10,130 for human beings cannot bear too much reality. 348 00:26:10,170 --> 00:26:13,050 Hmm. Then if you can see, 349 00:26:14,210 --> 00:26:17,260 tell me if I will conquer Paris. 350 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:19,840 I can see that not the living, 351 00:26:19,890 --> 00:26:22,260 but the dead, will conquer Paris. 352 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,810 Not the living but the dead? 353 00:26:29,850 --> 00:26:34,320 And I also see that the bear will be crowned 354 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,400 by a princess. 355 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,940 Which does not bode too well for you, King Ragnar. 356 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:42,200 (CHUCKLES) 357 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,670 (ALL TALKING EXCITEDLY) 358 00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:49,830 Ooh! 359 00:26:49,870 --> 00:26:51,500 (LAUGHING) 360 00:26:51,540 --> 00:26:54,000 Stop! I don't want to fight you. 361 00:27:02,550 --> 00:27:04,260 Quiet! Quiet. 362 00:27:05,310 --> 00:27:07,230 (TALKING STOPS) 363 00:27:10,850 --> 00:27:13,520 I have made up my mind. 364 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,850 And this year, we shall attack Paris. 365 00:27:17,610 --> 00:27:19,110 ROLLO: Paris? 366 00:27:20,030 --> 00:27:22,410 What is Paris? 367 00:27:22,450 --> 00:27:24,240 That is a good question, brother. 368 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,000 Paris is a city in the country of Frankia. 369 00:27:27,950 --> 00:27:29,910 Next! 370 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,460 Why haven't you told us all about this before? 371 00:27:35,290 --> 00:27:37,080 Because I'm telling you now. 372 00:27:37,130 --> 00:27:38,260 (SCATTERED LAUGHTER) 373 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:42,850 I understand that this, this will not be easy. 374 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,170 By all accounts, Paris is a huge, 375 00:27:48,140 --> 00:27:51,690 walled, well-protected city. 376 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,820 This is something that our people 377 00:27:55,860 --> 00:27:59,820 have never attempted or dreamt of before. 378 00:27:59,860 --> 00:28:02,780 But I have begun to think 379 00:28:05,410 --> 00:28:06,910 and dream of it. 380 00:28:14,630 --> 00:28:16,130 Athelstan. 381 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,910 Come! Come! 382 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,300 Athelstan has been to Paris. 383 00:28:23,340 --> 00:28:26,180 And the wanderer who first told me about England, 384 00:28:26,220 --> 00:28:28,970 he too told me about this city. 385 00:28:30,180 --> 00:28:31,440 We must find him. 386 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,230 -(ALL SHOUTING IN AGREEMENT) -Yes! 387 00:28:34,270 --> 00:28:38,150 For it is good to travel with hope 388 00:28:38,190 --> 00:28:39,650 and with courage. 389 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,450 But it is still better to travel with knowledge! 390 00:28:46,490 --> 00:28:48,870 (ALL CHEERING) 391 00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:56,630 (CHEERING CONTINUES) 392 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,720 MAN: We will take this place! 393 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,770 What about your promise? 394 00:29:11,810 --> 00:29:13,020 What promise? 395 00:29:13,060 --> 00:29:15,650 To visit my Earldom. To go to Hedeby. 396 00:29:15,690 --> 00:29:17,520 To speak to the usurper. 397 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:22,680 Kalf! 398 00:29:25,450 --> 00:29:27,070 You know why we've come. 399 00:29:28,410 --> 00:29:31,870 You have usurped my rights and my lands, 400 00:29:31,910 --> 00:29:35,790 to whom you were sworn in fealty and trust. 401 00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:39,210 I expect you to hand both land and title back. 402 00:29:42,590 --> 00:29:44,510 (CHUCKLES) 403 00:29:44,550 --> 00:29:46,840 Hello, Kalf. 404 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:51,170 Perhaps we might discuss these matters privately. 405 00:29:55,180 --> 00:29:57,140 As you wish, King Ragnar. 406 00:30:13,620 --> 00:30:15,910 Please, sit. 407 00:30:20,130 --> 00:30:25,130 I would prefer to avoid the unnecessary loss of lives 408 00:30:25,170 --> 00:30:27,130 fighting a civil war with you. 409 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,600 Do you mind if I call you Earl, Kalf? 410 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,390 Uh-huh. 411 00:30:37,430 --> 00:30:39,140 Come the spring, 412 00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:42,020 I will be invading a country called Frankia. 413 00:30:45,070 --> 00:30:48,150 And I would like to invite you, 414 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,780 your men and your ships, to join me on this expedition. 415 00:30:53,740 --> 00:30:56,000 And if I refuse? 416 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,420 -You will lose everything. -Even my Earldom? 417 00:30:58,460 --> 00:31:00,210 You mean my Earldom. 418 00:31:02,590 --> 00:31:05,010 LOTHBROK: That is between you and my ex-wife. 419 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,930 And good luck with that. 420 00:31:13,470 --> 00:31:15,770 Won't you sit down, Lagertha? 421 00:31:15,810 --> 00:31:18,690 I know you must hate me. 422 00:31:18,730 --> 00:31:21,520 Just let me say that I was born here in Hedeby. 423 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,900 I belong here and have a fierce pride in being its earl. 424 00:31:26,730 --> 00:31:29,850 I have a better claim than you do 425 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:32,440 even though I share the world's admiration for you. 426 00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:37,900 I'm not sure I believe so much in titles. 427 00:31:37,950 --> 00:31:40,490 A title is only an opportunity to do good things 428 00:31:40,540 --> 00:31:42,000 for the folk here. 429 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,340 I want to do that. 430 00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:47,380 You betrayed me. 431 00:31:47,420 --> 00:31:50,760 And the fact is, you planned to betray me. 432 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,220 And you must have planned it for a long time. 433 00:31:55,220 --> 00:31:57,430 I did, yes... 434 00:31:58,930 --> 00:32:01,810 Despite the fact that I desired you. 435 00:32:02,980 --> 00:32:04,860 You desired me? 436 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:05,980 Yes. 437 00:32:06,020 --> 00:32:09,360 All the time that I was planning on overthrowing you, 438 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,530 I desired you. 439 00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:13,410 I never stopped desiring you. 440 00:32:16,830 --> 00:32:19,160 What am I supposed to do with that knowledge? 441 00:32:19,870 --> 00:32:21,330 (CHUCKLES) 442 00:32:25,540 --> 00:32:27,340 What do you want to do? 443 00:32:32,930 --> 00:32:35,890 ROLLO: Ragnar was always chosen over me. 444 00:32:35,930 --> 00:32:39,220 By my father. And my mother. 445 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,060 Then by Lagertha. 446 00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:46,110 Why would I not want to betray him? 447 00:32:46,150 --> 00:32:47,940 Why would I not want to scream at him, 448 00:32:47,980 --> 00:32:50,740 "You see, I am alive too!" 449 00:32:53,530 --> 00:32:56,530 Being alive is nothing. 450 00:32:56,570 --> 00:32:58,200 It doesn't matter what I do. 451 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,370 Ragnar is my father, he is my mother, 452 00:33:00,410 --> 00:33:03,250 he is Lagertha. He is Siggy. He... 453 00:33:03,290 --> 00:33:07,590 He is everything I cannot do, 454 00:33:07,630 --> 00:33:09,550 everything I cannot be. 455 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,590 I love him. 456 00:33:13,510 --> 00:33:15,890 He is my brother. 457 00:33:15,930 --> 00:33:17,760 He has taken me back. 458 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,850 But I am so angry! 459 00:33:21,890 --> 00:33:25,600 Why am I still so angry? 460 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,970 You tell me, wise one! 461 00:33:28,020 --> 00:33:31,360 -Hmm. -Or I will tell you! 462 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,780 It is because I am useless, feckless, 463 00:33:34,820 --> 00:33:37,660 hollowed-out by failed ambitions, 464 00:33:38,570 --> 00:33:40,150 by failed loves. 465 00:33:44,830 --> 00:33:47,330 Nothing good can ever come of my life now. 466 00:33:47,370 --> 00:33:50,240 (SEER LAUGHING) 467 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,050 What is there to laugh about? 468 00:33:57,510 --> 00:33:59,970 Oh Rollo, if you truly knew 469 00:34:00,010 --> 00:34:01,680 what the gods have in store for you, 470 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,770 you would go down now and dance naked on the beach. 471 00:34:04,810 --> 00:34:06,350 (LAUGHING) 472 00:34:06,390 --> 00:34:07,980 I don't understand. 473 00:34:08,020 --> 00:34:10,270 I tell you, as I told Ragnar, 474 00:34:10,310 --> 00:34:12,070 the bear will marry a princess. 475 00:34:12,110 --> 00:34:15,740 And I can tell you, that you will be present at the ceremony. 476 00:34:15,780 --> 00:34:17,610 Now go and leave me. 477 00:34:19,820 --> 00:34:22,700 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 478 00:34:24,580 --> 00:34:26,160 (BLEATING) 479 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:43,390 Kill the Pagans. 480 00:34:43,430 --> 00:34:44,890 ALL: My Lord. 481 00:34:46,230 --> 00:34:47,640 -Hyah! -Hyah! 482 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,480 (SCREAMING) 483 00:34:56,240 --> 00:34:59,110 (HYSTERICAL SCREAMING) 484 00:35:14,130 --> 00:35:15,960 (SCREAMING) 485 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:21,960 Go! 486 00:35:26,890 --> 00:35:29,770 (SCREAMING CONTINUES) 487 00:35:34,860 --> 00:35:35,980 (GRUNTS) 488 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:39,280 (GROANS) 489 00:35:47,830 --> 00:35:49,410 (GRUNTING) 490 00:36:15,690 --> 00:36:18,030 (SCREAMING) 491 00:36:27,950 --> 00:36:29,200 (GROANS) 492 00:36:31,370 --> 00:36:34,250 (INDISTINCT YELLING) 493 00:36:39,550 --> 00:36:41,010 (GRUNTING) 494 00:37:01,110 --> 00:37:02,240 (PANTING) 495 00:37:03,650 --> 00:37:04,780 (GROANS) 496 00:37:12,450 --> 00:37:14,610 AETHELWULF: (LAUGHS) Come! 497 00:37:17,420 --> 00:37:20,260 Friends, it was all for this! 498 00:37:21,670 --> 00:37:25,050 It was all for our Lord! 499 00:37:25,090 --> 00:37:27,260 (FIRE CRACKLING) 500 00:37:32,350 --> 00:37:34,730 "Our Father, 501 00:37:34,770 --> 00:37:36,940 "Who art in heaven, 502 00:37:36,980 --> 00:37:38,440 "Hallowed by thy name..." 503 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:43,780 -Where are you going? -I have no idea. 504 00:37:43,820 --> 00:37:48,070 But your father won't fight for my honor or my property. 505 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,580 I cannot stay here. 506 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:52,950 It seems we have been here before. 507 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,670 Don't try to stop me. 508 00:37:55,710 --> 00:37:58,290 You can leave if you like. You are a free woman. 509 00:37:58,330 --> 00:38:00,240 But don't pretend to me that you don't want to go to Paris. 510 00:38:00,290 --> 00:38:01,660 I know you want to go to Paris. 511 00:38:01,710 --> 00:38:03,800 I've dreamed of the three of us going together. 512 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,550 Do you understand? 513 00:38:07,590 --> 00:38:09,220 Do you understand you're not leaving? 514 00:38:11,140 --> 00:38:13,060 You're a man now, Bjorn. 515 00:38:14,020 --> 00:38:15,440 Act like one! 516 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,490 There are things you do not know about this Harbard. 517 00:38:38,210 --> 00:38:40,670 About Harbard, and your wife! 518 00:38:43,090 --> 00:38:44,800 Helga told me everything. 519 00:38:46,470 --> 00:38:50,090 She told me Harbard would take Aslaug away 520 00:38:50,140 --> 00:38:54,100 from her children, away from your sons. 521 00:38:56,020 --> 00:38:58,400 They would go off together. 522 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,060 Then they would sneak into the fish huts and... 523 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,560 Many times. 524 00:39:08,950 --> 00:39:11,160 Helga said she smelled like fish! 525 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:14,580 That's how it was. 526 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,460 That's what happened when you were away. 527 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:20,920 Wait! There's more, Ragnar. 528 00:39:21,540 --> 00:39:23,500 There's much more. 529 00:39:23,540 --> 00:39:27,080 Do you not know who Harbard is? 530 00:39:27,130 --> 00:39:29,550 Harbard is another name for Odin. 531 00:39:29,590 --> 00:39:31,550 It was Odin who slept with your wife. 532 00:39:31,590 --> 00:39:33,760 The god, Odin, who came to Kattegat. 533 00:39:45,770 --> 00:39:49,480 I am ashamed 534 00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:53,070 that my word as king 535 00:39:53,990 --> 00:39:57,160 meant nothing to some of you! 536 00:39:58,580 --> 00:40:00,710 That you organized this... 537 00:40:02,420 --> 00:40:06,050 This catastrophe among yourselves! 538 00:40:06,090 --> 00:40:09,720 That you took it upon yourselves 539 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,510 to violate a treaty 540 00:40:12,550 --> 00:40:15,810 that I had signed in good faith! 541 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:24,900 God knows what the Northmen will make of these terrible events. 542 00:40:26,270 --> 00:40:30,320 My name and my word as King of Wessex 543 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,360 will mean nothing to them! 544 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,200 But it cannot be, it cannot be! 545 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:41,240 It cannot be! 546 00:40:41,290 --> 00:40:44,960 I cannot allow and I cannot tolerate treason. 547 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,790 Guards! 548 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,920 Arrest this man! This man! 549 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,300 -My Lord! -And this! And him! 550 00:40:51,340 --> 00:40:53,260 -All for treason! -My Lord! 551 00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:55,930 And my Lord Radolf. 552 00:40:55,970 --> 00:40:58,350 -Arrest him also. -Wait, Sire... 553 00:40:58,390 --> 00:41:03,730 For I showed him nothing, nothing but love, 554 00:41:03,770 --> 00:41:07,520 and this, this treachery is my reward? 555 00:41:10,030 --> 00:41:13,610 -Out of my sight! -(GRUNTS) 556 00:41:13,650 --> 00:41:18,150 And Aethelwulf, you think you will escape so lightly? 557 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,120 All of you! Leave! 558 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,910 I need to speak alone with my son! 559 00:41:35,090 --> 00:41:37,640 (DEEP BREATHES) 560 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:42,980 (EXHALE SHARPLY) 561 00:41:53,820 --> 00:41:56,360 (LAUGHS) 562 00:41:58,370 --> 00:42:00,330 Thank you. 563 00:42:00,370 --> 00:42:02,950 Thank you, my son. 564 00:42:05,460 --> 00:42:08,130 You did the business so well. 565 00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:12,420 How could we ever have allowed these Northmen 566 00:42:12,460 --> 00:42:16,380 to establish themselves here? It's... It's unthinkable! 567 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,470 And I played my part well, did I not? 568 00:42:22,510 --> 00:42:24,840 Yes, Father. Very well. 569 00:42:25,770 --> 00:42:27,440 And by this ruse, 570 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,980 we have now caught out all those nobles 571 00:42:30,020 --> 00:42:32,780 who question my rule and we have reason 572 00:42:32,820 --> 00:42:35,530 now to rid ourselves of them, permanently. 573 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,030 -Mmm. -It worked out well. 574 00:42:41,530 --> 00:42:42,740 No... 575 00:42:44,290 --> 00:42:47,960 It worked out beautifully, my son. 576 00:42:49,580 --> 00:42:52,380 Even Charlemagne would have approved. 577 00:42:53,670 --> 00:42:55,050 Don't you think so?