This season, and this episode more so took too much liberties with its settings.
The plot is cliche and foreseen instantly, Bjorn exiles a couple of criminals into the countryside, and surprise surprise Lagertha decides to live in the countryside plus buries her sword. Then on this episode suddenly a band of *only* women come asking for Lagertha's help foreshadowing a sort of women only society.
The show continues to depict adultery, cuckoldry as if it was a common practice among Pagans and Christians alike, when we all know the societies of the time had a mind of their own with such barren adultery, marriages often ended in divorce even on suspicion or rumors of ones infidelity. I could go on into the details of historical practice among Christians and Pagans alike, but suffice to say what the show depicts is implausible.
The ending of the episode shows Bjorn making way to attack Olaf's city by swimming to the city. We are just supposed to take for granted that Bjorn's troops have no issue swimming in cold water, in chainmail and gambeson, and that Olaf just happened to know his strategy. The final absurdity was Olaf's use of Greek fire to trap Bjorn's troops in the water, it seems that Olaf has better alchemists than the Eastern Roman empire!
Apart from the plot holes, the show also suffers inconsistency in its environment setting due to a politically correct fetish, African women it seems were personal retainers of some backwater viking countries lords such as Olaf's. The women of the Rus it seems were predominantly Middle Eastern/Indian.
The redeeming factor of this episode exactly, is the return of King Harald, plot is finally progressing.
The plot is cliche and foreseen instantly, Bjorn exiles a couple of criminals into the countryside, and surprise surprise Lagertha decides to live in the countryside plus buries her sword. Then on this episode suddenly a band of *only* women come asking for Lagertha's help foreshadowing a sort of women only society.
The show continues to depict adultery, cuckoldry as if it was a common practice among Pagans and Christians alike, when we all know the societies of the time had a mind of their own with such barren adultery, marriages often ended in divorce even on suspicion or rumors of ones infidelity. I could go on into the details of historical practice among Christians and Pagans alike, but suffice to say what the show depicts is implausible.
The ending of the episode shows Bjorn making way to attack Olaf's city by swimming to the city. We are just supposed to take for granted that Bjorn's troops have no issue swimming in cold water, in chainmail and gambeson, and that Olaf just happened to know his strategy. The final absurdity was Olaf's use of Greek fire to trap Bjorn's troops in the water, it seems that Olaf has better alchemists than the Eastern Roman empire!
Apart from the plot holes, the show also suffers inconsistency in its environment setting due to a politically correct fetish, African women it seems were personal retainers of some backwater viking countries lords such as Olaf's. The women of the Rus it seems were predominantly Middle Eastern/Indian.
The redeeming factor of this episode exactly, is the return of King Harald, plot is finally progressing.