Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Vikings followed up its effectively emotional midseason premiere with a slightly jumbled episode in "The Vision," which was all about the preparations and ceremonies proceeding Ragnar and Bjorn's separate expeditions. The "vision" part of the chapter, along with a big visual effects-driven storm-at-sea set piece, came right at the end however, giving what could have been an impressive element a tacked-on/rushed feel.
At this point, we're all used to time jumps on Vikings. I don't mean the massive kind, like what just happened at the end of the midseason finale, but the smaller ones in the midst of episodes that take us ahead weeks, or even months. They never feel right, usually working to take the viewer, jar the viewer, of the story a bit.
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Vikings followed up its effectively emotional midseason premiere with a slightly jumbled episode in "The Vision," which was all about the preparations and ceremonies proceeding Ragnar and Bjorn's separate expeditions. The "vision" part of the chapter, along with a big visual effects-driven storm-at-sea set piece, came right at the end however, giving what could have been an impressive element a tacked-on/rushed feel.
At this point, we're all used to time jumps on Vikings. I don't mean the massive kind, like what just happened at the end of the midseason finale, but the smaller ones in the midst of episodes that take us ahead weeks, or even months. They never feel right, usually working to take the viewer, jar the viewer, of the story a bit.
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