Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
All the multiple-threads that seemed to clutter up last week's chapter managed to gel a lot better this week - particularly Bjorn's time in the wilderness (PLUS BEAR FIGHT! - which you can read more about here) and the separate visions of Athelstan that both Ragnar and Ecbert had on, what I'm assuming to be, the same night. And if not on the same exact night, then at least there was an implied synchronicity to them.
I really enjoy how much the spirit of Athelstan lingers on the series. So much of this episode, save for Rollo's awkward time in Paris and Kalf's plot to send a Berserker after Bjorn (so Bjorn's not even out of the woods yet as far as hulking danger is concerned), was about him. And the effect he had on everyone. Ragnar's torture of Floki all stems from Athelstan's murder, Judith, naturally, still pines for him, and Ecbert - who we know can be cruel and cunning - deeply misses his enlightened friend. In a way very similar to Ragnar's bond with the man.
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All the multiple-threads that seemed to clutter up last week's chapter managed to gel a lot better this week - particularly Bjorn's time in the wilderness (PLUS BEAR FIGHT! - which you can read more about here) and the separate visions of Athelstan that both Ragnar and Ecbert had on, what I'm assuming to be, the same night. And if not on the same exact night, then at least there was an implied synchronicity to them.
I really enjoy how much the spirit of Athelstan lingers on the series. So much of this episode, save for Rollo's awkward time in Paris and Kalf's plot to send a Berserker after Bjorn (so Bjorn's not even out of the woods yet as far as hulking danger is concerned), was about him. And the effect he had on everyone. Ragnar's torture of Floki all stems from Athelstan's murder, Judith, naturally, still pines for him, and Ecbert - who we know can be cruel and cunning - deeply misses his enlightened friend. In a way very similar to Ragnar's bond with the man.
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