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Creator of the show says no.

Vikings has never had a mid-season finale. It's always per year, so maybe we get some in fall!

Maybe I missed it, but was there an explanation as to where Ragnar was prior to his return ? It appeared that the story did a fast forward following the failed attack on Paris.

I hate the fact that they jumped ahead so far. No fallout from the death of that one kid, I think it was Bjorn's daughter? What did the good hair guy do? Laegetha?

Not a fan of this season. I liked Ragnar when he wasn't all hopped up on opium and making crazy faces the whole time. I had to check to make sure this wasn't the series finale when they skipped forward in time. I kinda hope the reconcile his persona, since he's the Viking of all Vikings when it comes to Viking lore.

I did like the scene with Rollo at the end when he was finally receiving the adulation he'd so desperately lacked in Ragnars shadow.

I'm curious how the second half of the season goes.

Also, can someone answer this for me....Ragnar didn't know about the fall of the English settlement until after it happened, so why were his sons so worked up over it? I understand if he was in on it with Ecbert, or orchestrated it like Rollo...but it seemed a little odd when they got so worked up about it.

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Not a fan of this season. I liked Ragnar when he wasn't all hopped up on opium and making crazy faces the whole time. I had to check to make sure this wasn't the series finale when they skipped forward in time. I kinda hope the reconcile his persona, since he's the Viking of all Vikings when it comes to Viking lore.

I did like the scene with Rollo at the end when he was finally receiving the adulation he'd so desperately lacked in Ragnars shadow.

I'm curious how the second half of the season goes.

Also, can someone answer this for me....Ragnar didn't know about the fall of the English settlement until after it happened, so why were his sons so worked up over it? I understand if he was in on it with Ecbert, or orchestrated it like Rollo...but it seemed a little odd when they got so worked up about it.

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Ragnar hid the fact that the settlement was destroyed by Ecbert because if the vikings knew about it they would demand vengeance and he would be stuck invading Wessex instead of Paris and he was obsessed with Paris and getting back at Rollo. His sons were upset with this because the people made him a god but they found it that he lied for his own goals and objectives shattering their image of him as a god-like figure.

I get why he did it, but it just seemed like they were overly worked up about it.

Anyway to watch the whole season online? History app only has the last half still available.

Not a big fan of the last episode - the multi-year leap just didn't line up with the way this show has been presented. Lots of questions left unanswered, even more generated by the leap.

Left me wondering if (a) there was some sort of production error and the wrong footage was queued up or (b) did the show get cancelled last minute and this is how they wrap it up?

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except they have done it before... like when bjorn went from being the kid, to being Cato... but maybe that was between seasons, just not in the middle of an episode. But it seems like they have often just jumped forward in time, especially when they return from a raid... they skip over a lot of healing time, rebuilding of the boats, the troops, etc.

So who kills Ragnar?

Bjorn? Snake boy?

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There are 10 more episodes for this season in 2016.

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But when are the others being aired was my point, They've always just done them each April, only yearly, never in the Summer or Fall. So this looks like there WILL be some later this year.

I think we're going to get a lot of flashbacks to fill in the gap for the time jump. They left a lot of questions unanswered on purpose.

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So who kills Ragnar?

Bjorn? Snake boy?

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Aella

Good. Makes me happy.

Although I did see this:

Bustle speculates that the historical drama will turn around Fall this year considering that new season of "Vikings" tend to premiere around late February. So far, the show has aired ten episodes before the mid-season break, and it still has 10 episodes to air around the second half of this year. If the show returns around Fall, it still has time for a short hiatus before Season 5 premieres.



Also, did ya'll catch that Rollo said "thank God for our victory" (or the like) not "thank the Gods"

Dude's full on converted now.

Sometimes I miss this Ragnar...

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Not a fan of this season. I liked Ragnar when he wasn't all hopped up on opium and making crazy faces the whole time. I had to check to make sure this wasn't the series finale when they skipped forward in time. I kinda hope the reconcile his persona, since he's the Viking of all Vikings when it comes to Viking lore.

I did like the scene with Rollo at the end when he was finally receiving the adulation he'd so desperately lacked in Ragnars shadow.

I'm curious how the second half of the season goes.

Also, can someone answer this for me....Ragnar didn't know about the fall of the English settlement until after it happened, so why were his sons so worked up over it? I understand if he was in on it with Ecbert, or orchestrated it like Rollo...but it seemed a little odd when they got so worked up about it.

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Ragnar hid the fact that the settlement was destroyed by Ecbert because if the vikings knew about it they would demand vengeance and he would be stuck invading Wessex instead of Paris and he was obsessed with Paris and getting back at Rollo. His sons were upset with this because the people made him a god but they found it that he lied for his own goals and objectives shattering their image of him as a god-like figure.

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Didn't he find out about the settlement before the first Paris invasion? Before Rollo turned?


Also... in real life, were Rollo and Ragnar brothers? Or is that just made up for this show?

I think it's just for the show

I just realized William the Conqueror is a descendant of Rollo. This show could branch off in so many directions.

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Not a fan of this season. I liked Ragnar when he wasn't all hopped up on opium and making crazy faces the whole time. I had to check to make sure this wasn't the series finale when they skipped forward in time. I kinda hope the reconcile his persona, since he's the Viking of all Vikings when it comes to Viking lore.

I did like the scene with Rollo at the end when he was finally receiving the adulation he'd so desperately lacked in Ragnars shadow.

I'm curious how the second half of the season goes.

Also, can someone answer this for me....Ragnar didn't know about the fall of the English settlement until after it happened, so why were his sons so worked up over it? I understand if he was in on it with Ecbert, or orchestrated it like Rollo...but it seemed a little odd when they got so worked up about it.

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Ragnar hid the fact that the settlement was destroyed by Ecbert because if the vikings knew about it they would demand vengeance and he would be stuck invading Wessex instead of Paris and he was obsessed with Paris and getting back at Rollo. His sons were upset with this because the people made him a god but they found it that he lied for his own goals and objectives shattering their image of him as a god-like figure.

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Didn't he find out about the settlement before the first Paris invasion? Before Rollo turned?


Also... in real life, were Rollo and Ragnar brothers? Or is that just made up for this show?

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The semi legendary Ragnar was killed in 867. Rollo became Count of Rouen in 911.

To put it mildly the show has very elastic timelines given that they have Ragnar and Rollo attacking Lindisfarne in 793, interacting with King Elbert who died in the 830s,King Aella who did not rise to power till the 830s, and attack Paris in the 840s under Charles II the Bald (who was not Emperor then) .

Odo Count of Paris was involved in the siege of Paris of the 870s and later became king and the monarch at the time was Charles the Fat

Rollo dealt with Charles III the simple grandson of Charles II and may have married his daughter.

Judith was actually the daughter of Charles the Bald and married Aethelwulf as his second wife. She was the step mother of Aethelred I and Alfred. The show has written out Aethelwulf's three older sons Aethelstan (King of Kent who predeceased his father), Aethelbald (King of Wessex who married Judith when Aethelwulf died... Which may have inspired the Egbert storyline) and Aethelberht who was also king when Aethelbald died.

That sounds sorta like a "no".

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Hide your women and children! Vikings return November 30th!

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awwww f_ck yeah

I'm ready

This season snuck up on me. I'm ready! But my wife and I are off to the D.R. on Saturday for a week to celebrate our 40th anniversary so I will have to see it after we get back.

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This season snuck up on me. I'm ready! But my wife and I are off to the D.R. on Saturday for a week to celebrate our 40th anniversary so I will have to see it after we get back.

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Thanks for the update HumbleBrAg, er,
...I mean HumbleAg.

i am ready for next 4 season part, in 2 days

Who watched? Thought it was a good start

Not bad. I like the direction it is going.

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Not bad. I like the direction it is going.

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Really good first episode. I thought Ivan was going to kill either the girl or one brother. Now I think she ends up being fairly important after that speech she gave him. Lagartha has changed... Ragnar's days are numbered I think. They set up quite a few storylines.

Is that Astrid chick a brand new character, or someone's kid ask grown up? Bjorn acted like he knew her...I can't remember anything. Wasn't Lagertha pregnant when they were in Paris?