Vikings: Unforgiven

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I wonder what Siggy was before she was Haraldson's wife. Who is her family? As a woman, her family would have been her brothers, her father far more than her husband - where are they, I wonder?

Rollo's looking very fine in that outfit.

Horik, stop lying. Ragnar knows that Athelstan would never do such a thing. He know, right? Right?

A worthless individual? Ragnar, hit him! Now!

Awww, Bjorn - I am so looking forward to Athelstan and Bjorn reuniting. There has to be hugs, right?

Dammit, Floki. You're picking on the wrong guy and cheering for the traitor, you blind fool. You follow a trickster god, why are you not seeing this?

Rollo's new cloak looks nice and warm. As I've said elsewhere.

I think Horik doesn't really care about England, except as a source of gold and a chance to die in battle. I think he's deliberately bringing Ragnar and Borg to clash again and again, until they are both so weakened that he can easily conquer them both. I think he has ambitions and that they are in the North, not in England.

Also, I don't like him.

I really, really, really don't like Horik.

On the other hand, I like what Siggy's done with the place.

Creepy Horik watching his son have sex...

Hey, Sigvard's making a reference to post-Ragnarok! That's the first time on the show, isn't it?

What are Lagertha's shieldmaidens up to, I wonder?

Lagertha, no! No no no!

I think Ragnar is back in being sneaky and planning something mode. I like it.

I thought you were supposed to user your enemies' skulls for drinking cups, not your loved ones'?

Awww, the return of Athelstan the illuminator (though how he can even hold a pen after having his hands nailed through - the boy has a habit of making remarkable recoveries.

Wait - no art? Fuck you, Athelstan. I love you, I adore you, but seriously - fuck you.

And of course that's the story you fixate on, Athelstan.

Awww, Ecbert likes Athelstan and wants to be friends and bond over liking pagan stuff.

Wait a minute - what is Aethelwulf up to? Don't go through that door, Athelstan - no good can come of it... oh, it's just more art.

Not many speak Latin? Even at this time, it was the language of the church - surely Athelstan can't be the only one or even that rare a specimen?

Hey, Ecbert - no threatening the monk, savvy? Bad Ecbert.

So - anybody else think Horik is deliberately playing the divide and conquer game?

Careful, Sigvard - you really think you've broken her? Hah. I bet your blood will flow before the end of this episode.

Good girl. And apparently she wasn't the only one tired of Sigvard.

I wonder if we could get a tattoing scene - maybe when Athelstan rejoins them, he can get a nice tattoo to prove he is really one of them?

What was the point of telling the people in the barn to stay silent when you are just going to put it on a fire not a minute later?

Yes, it's fine, Bjorn - the slave girl is not at all understandably worried that the Earl's son is showing way too much interest in her, oh no.

And I was just wondering where Ragnar had gotten off to.