1 00:00:00,023 --> 00:00:01,444 Previously on Vikings... 2 00:00:01,469 --> 00:00:03,858 Your brother stands between us and Paris. 3 00:00:03,883 --> 00:00:05,249 Stay close to Count Odo. 4 00:00:05,317 --> 00:00:08,685 Report to me anything which might signal his treachery. 5 00:00:09,021 --> 00:00:11,154 I will have him killed and I will replace him. 6 00:00:12,057 --> 00:00:14,223 You will be the Emperor? 7 00:00:14,693 --> 00:00:18,353 My family. The dregs of a once-illustrious name. 8 00:00:18,496 --> 00:00:21,430 You will be king of Wessex and Mercia. 9 00:00:21,767 --> 00:00:22,965 Is that you, Harbard? 10 00:00:23,034 --> 00:00:24,432 I often dream of you. 11 00:00:26,637 --> 00:00:28,070 Shields! Shields! 12 00:00:33,277 --> 00:00:34,977 Row! Row away! 13 00:00:35,046 --> 00:00:37,412 This is how you repay my love? 14 00:00:39,349 --> 00:00:40,882 Give me some of that Chinese medicine. 15 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:54,395 More, give me more give me more 16 00:00:55,999 --> 00:00:59,399 If I had a heart I could love you 17 00:01:01,603 --> 00:01:04,838 If I had a voice I would sing 18 00:01:07,242 --> 00:01:10,376 After the night when I wake up 19 00:01:56,753 --> 00:01:58,710 I cannot believe this is happening. 20 00:01:59,339 --> 00:02:02,422 We agreed to raid with the mighty Ragnar Lothbrok. 21 00:02:03,010 --> 00:02:04,500 Now we are running away. 22 00:02:04,595 --> 00:02:06,757 You saw what happened. You were there. 23 00:02:07,264 --> 00:02:09,255 What would you have done differently? 24 00:02:10,976 --> 00:02:12,842 I don't think you understand. 25 00:02:14,146 --> 00:02:15,887 This has nothing to do with us. 26 00:02:16,732 --> 00:02:19,645 We bought into the magic of Ragnar Lothbrok. 27 00:02:20,235 --> 00:02:22,727 We thought no one could stand in his way. 28 00:02:22,821 --> 00:02:26,940 In our world, we cannot accept compromise. 29 00:02:27,576 --> 00:02:29,442 We cannot accept failure. 30 00:02:29,620 --> 00:02:32,738 Someone is always responsible for failure. 31 00:02:38,212 --> 00:02:39,702 If I were you, 32 00:02:40,672 --> 00:02:44,165 I wouldn't talk about Ragnar Lothbrok like that to my face. 33 00:03:01,860 --> 00:03:03,442 Have we been beaten? 34 00:03:06,114 --> 00:03:08,321 No, not us. 35 00:03:09,868 --> 00:03:11,450 Not the gods. 36 00:03:12,621 --> 00:03:13,907 Just Ragnar. 37 00:03:21,255 --> 00:03:22,996 You know this weakens you. 38 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,007 This weakens you in every way. 39 00:03:49,783 --> 00:03:51,148 Count Odo, I am forever in your debt. 40 00:03:51,952 --> 00:03:54,364 Well, the tribute should not all go to me, Your Highness, 41 00:03:54,454 --> 00:03:56,115 but to your warriors and soldiers 42 00:03:56,206 --> 00:03:57,742 who have surpassed themselves in courage, 43 00:03:58,417 --> 00:04:01,580 and proved themselves worthy successors to the armies of Charlemagne. 44 00:04:02,796 --> 00:04:04,753 You are the savior of Paris. 45 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,628 Tell me, what can I give you as a reward? 46 00:04:09,886 --> 00:04:11,797 It distresses me to say so, Your Highness, 47 00:04:11,888 --> 00:04:14,050 but I fear the trust you have placed 48 00:04:14,141 --> 00:04:17,725 in the Northman Rollo, is misplaced. 49 00:04:19,855 --> 00:04:22,813 How so? Has he not guided us well? 50 00:04:22,899 --> 00:04:26,142 Well, it's true he has contributed to the defeat of his brother. 51 00:04:26,236 --> 00:04:28,944 But that was not for the sake of Paris. 52 00:04:29,948 --> 00:04:31,438 It was a quarrel between them. 53 00:04:31,992 --> 00:04:33,448 And now Rollo has the upper hand, 54 00:04:33,535 --> 00:04:37,449 I fear he may revert to his instincts. 55 00:04:38,373 --> 00:04:41,240 Rollo's conversion to Christianity is a joke. 56 00:04:42,711 --> 00:04:44,702 For there is nothing else in the mind of the pagan Rollo 57 00:04:44,796 --> 00:04:48,084 but the destruction of Paris and its emperor. 58 00:04:51,887 --> 00:04:52,843 You may be right. 59 00:04:52,929 --> 00:04:54,340 I am right. 60 00:04:55,432 --> 00:04:57,139 And Roland can confirm it. 61 00:05:03,315 --> 00:05:06,023 I believe we can no more trust him than trust a wild boar. 62 00:05:07,110 --> 00:05:10,728 In any case, Your Highness, he has now served his purpose. 63 00:05:12,949 --> 00:05:13,939 Then? 64 00:05:14,034 --> 00:05:16,696 Then you must use your power, and proceed quickly. 65 00:05:16,787 --> 00:05:20,496 Arrest Rollo before he can savor and celebrate his triumph. 66 00:05:20,582 --> 00:05:23,745 Or before he escapes to raise an army against us. 67 00:05:24,961 --> 00:05:26,247 But my daughter... 68 00:05:26,338 --> 00:05:27,578 Will get over it. 69 00:05:28,256 --> 00:05:31,669 She is young, and can entertain the prospect of a more... 70 00:05:33,136 --> 00:05:34,797 Civilized marriage. 71 00:05:45,649 --> 00:05:47,936 I am grateful for your honesty, 72 00:05:48,568 --> 00:05:50,980 as well as your valor, Count Odo. 73 00:05:52,072 --> 00:05:54,564 Let me reflect on this for a while. 74 00:06:00,705 --> 00:06:02,241 Open the gates! 75 00:06:12,384 --> 00:06:14,091 God bless the King! 76 00:06:14,177 --> 00:06:18,216 God bless the King! God bless the King! 77 00:06:18,306 --> 00:06:21,844 Thank you, Your Grace. I feel blessed indeed. 78 00:06:21,935 --> 00:06:25,018 We have won a great victory in Mercia! 79 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:26,970 God be praised! 80 00:06:27,065 --> 00:06:28,726 God be praised! 81 00:06:28,817 --> 00:06:30,774 And there is no more Ruling Council? 82 00:06:30,861 --> 00:06:33,478 Not when the councilors all lie abed in the earth, no. 83 00:06:34,990 --> 00:06:35,980 And Wigstan? 84 00:06:36,074 --> 00:06:37,405 He has renounced all this world 85 00:06:37,492 --> 00:06:39,904 and gone on a final pilgrimage to Rome. 86 00:06:40,537 --> 00:06:42,904 - I let him. - Then I am Queen again! 87 00:06:44,207 --> 00:06:47,825 Judith, have you any news of your husband or of Alfred? 88 00:06:48,003 --> 00:06:49,994 No, Sire. There is no news. 89 00:06:50,088 --> 00:06:53,171 We must hold a special mass to pray for them. 90 00:06:53,258 --> 00:06:54,669 But I know the boy is safe. 91 00:06:55,177 --> 00:07:00,217 Athelstan walks beside him, every step, every mile. 92 00:07:00,515 --> 00:07:02,176 Of that, I am most certain. 93 00:07:05,729 --> 00:07:08,767 And now, forgive me. 94 00:07:08,857 --> 00:07:10,894 I am weary, and must rest. 95 00:08:14,422 --> 00:08:15,457 Bjorn! 96 00:08:17,509 --> 00:08:18,499 What? 97 00:08:23,807 --> 00:08:26,720 Tell everyone we're going to make camp here. 98 00:08:28,979 --> 00:08:30,014 Why would we camp here? 99 00:08:30,814 --> 00:08:31,895 Just do it. 100 00:08:31,982 --> 00:08:33,017 I want to know why. 101 00:08:33,316 --> 00:08:34,977 You don't need to know why. 102 00:08:39,364 --> 00:08:41,526 Sound the horns! We camp here! 103 00:09:08,059 --> 00:09:09,049 Sigurd. 104 00:09:09,394 --> 00:09:10,384 What? 105 00:09:13,732 --> 00:09:14,722 Are you not hungry? 106 00:09:18,653 --> 00:09:19,893 What's wrong with you? 107 00:09:20,614 --> 00:09:23,197 Don't you like to listen to Harbard's stories? 108 00:09:24,034 --> 00:09:27,197 Why don't you tell me what's wrong? 109 00:09:27,662 --> 00:09:29,323 Is it something to do with me? 110 00:09:29,998 --> 00:09:31,739 I wish my father was here. 111 00:09:32,667 --> 00:09:34,453 Everything is strange. 112 00:09:36,796 --> 00:09:39,128 Boy. Sigurd! 113 00:09:40,091 --> 00:09:41,081 Let him go. 114 00:09:41,635 --> 00:09:43,296 You don't understand. 115 00:09:43,553 --> 00:09:45,385 I want to tell him that I love him. 116 00:09:46,514 --> 00:09:48,050 He has the wrong idea. 117 00:09:49,893 --> 00:09:52,055 I love all of you. 118 00:10:04,991 --> 00:10:06,481 What are we doing here? 119 00:10:06,576 --> 00:10:09,489 Yes. We also want to know. 120 00:10:10,246 --> 00:10:11,987 What is the point of making camp here? 121 00:10:12,082 --> 00:10:14,289 When we ought to be continuing downriver. 122 00:10:14,417 --> 00:10:16,875 When we came up, we saw a few sizeable settlements. 123 00:10:16,961 --> 00:10:18,417 They were ripe for attacking. 124 00:10:18,505 --> 00:10:20,337 At least we wouldn't go home empty-handed. 125 00:10:20,423 --> 00:10:21,538 But they are not Paris. 126 00:10:21,716 --> 00:10:22,877 We left Paris behind. 127 00:10:23,259 --> 00:10:24,624 Maybe you have, but I haven't. 128 00:10:24,719 --> 00:10:26,426 - What do you mean? - What I say. 129 00:10:26,513 --> 00:10:28,845 Nobody here understands what you're saying, King Ragnar. 130 00:10:28,932 --> 00:10:33,392 Well, then maybe they ought to listen, instead of talking. 131 00:10:37,691 --> 00:10:40,934 We are going to lift the boats up the cliff. 132 00:10:41,986 --> 00:10:46,526 Then, we are to carry them across the mountains, 133 00:10:47,158 --> 00:10:48,740 past the forts, 134 00:10:48,827 --> 00:10:52,786 and then simply slide them back into the river. Upstream. 135 00:10:57,293 --> 00:10:59,955 Carry them? Up there? 136 00:11:01,256 --> 00:11:02,246 Yes. 137 00:11:03,299 --> 00:11:04,539 Up there. 138 00:11:05,552 --> 00:11:07,543 You can do that, can't you, Floki? 139 00:11:12,225 --> 00:11:13,715 Or am I wrong? 140 00:11:15,770 --> 00:11:16,805 No. 141 00:11:17,981 --> 00:11:19,892 I can do it, Ragnar. 142 00:11:19,983 --> 00:11:21,519 I can do it for you. 143 00:11:25,864 --> 00:11:28,401 Everything I do, Ragnar, is for you. 144 00:11:33,496 --> 00:11:34,657 Let's empty the boats. 145 00:12:04,152 --> 00:12:05,267 My Lord, 146 00:12:06,446 --> 00:12:09,029 I trust you are well rested after such great exertions. 147 00:12:09,407 --> 00:12:11,819 Forgive me, I had to come and see you. 148 00:12:11,910 --> 00:12:14,618 We have important matters to discuss between us. 149 00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:16,536 Indeed. 150 00:12:18,124 --> 00:12:20,536 You know, of course, that I am with child. 151 00:12:21,711 --> 00:12:24,419 And who, pray, is the father? 152 00:12:24,839 --> 00:12:26,705 Your son, Aethelwulf. 153 00:12:28,718 --> 00:12:29,674 My son? 154 00:12:29,761 --> 00:12:30,796 Yes. 155 00:12:31,513 --> 00:12:34,130 After he rescued me, we formed an attachment. 156 00:12:34,766 --> 00:12:36,552 A sincere attachment. 157 00:12:38,478 --> 00:12:40,765 How strange life is. 158 00:12:43,858 --> 00:12:45,064 Have you told Judith? 159 00:12:45,151 --> 00:12:46,562 I have told no one but you. 160 00:12:47,987 --> 00:12:52,356 I also need to return to Mercia, as her true queen, 161 00:12:52,450 --> 00:12:54,066 by your good graces. 162 00:12:55,411 --> 00:12:58,403 You are no longer Queen of Mercia. 163 00:13:03,670 --> 00:13:06,503 But if, if the council are all dead, and Wigstan is gone, then... 164 00:13:06,589 --> 00:13:08,296 You are no longer the Queen, 165 00:13:09,092 --> 00:13:11,083 because I am the King. 166 00:13:14,097 --> 00:13:16,008 You are the King of Mercia? 167 00:13:16,099 --> 00:13:19,967 And of Wessex, together. Yes. 168 00:13:21,437 --> 00:13:22,427 Waerferth. 169 00:13:28,111 --> 00:13:30,853 Before they were unfortunately put to death, 170 00:13:30,947 --> 00:13:33,985 the members of the Ruling Council, along with your family, 171 00:13:34,117 --> 00:13:36,950 were obliged to put their seals to these documents, 172 00:13:37,245 --> 00:13:39,532 whereby Lord Wigstan, in the presence of 173 00:13:39,622 --> 00:13:42,580 the laity and the clergy of Mercia, 174 00:13:42,667 --> 00:13:46,126 accepted both your abdication from the throne 175 00:13:46,796 --> 00:13:48,753 and my assumption of it. 176 00:13:49,215 --> 00:13:50,296 What? 177 00:13:50,633 --> 00:13:55,503 As you see, the devices are legal, the documents, binding. 178 00:13:55,805 --> 00:13:59,014 Both in the eyes of men and of God. 179 00:14:02,061 --> 00:14:04,348 No! You are a monster! 180 00:14:05,106 --> 00:14:06,813 I always knew. 181 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:10,393 But, until this moment, I never realized how truly monstrous you are! 182 00:14:10,486 --> 00:14:14,352 My own sins seem so trivial, so unimpressive! 183 00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:20,323 How do you sleep at night, Lord Ecbert? How do you sleep? 184 00:14:41,893 --> 00:14:46,137 Heave! Pull! 185 00:14:48,358 --> 00:14:49,689 Heave! 186 00:14:49,817 --> 00:14:51,182 Hand me two of those. 187 00:14:54,113 --> 00:14:55,353 Keep them coming. 188 00:14:57,033 --> 00:14:58,194 Take hold of this. 189 00:15:01,621 --> 00:15:05,956 Pull! Pull! Pull! 190 00:15:07,210 --> 00:15:09,042 It's Al ready on the cliff. 191 00:15:09,879 --> 00:15:10,869 Pull! 192 00:15:18,930 --> 00:15:20,637 What do you want me to do? 193 00:15:21,599 --> 00:15:23,385 Take the rope. Tie it off. 194 00:15:29,732 --> 00:15:32,599 I have it. You take that one. 195 00:15:34,195 --> 00:15:36,812 You had better say that. 196 00:15:38,074 --> 00:15:39,860 Grab the other side. Grab it! 197 00:15:39,951 --> 00:15:43,194 You're insane, Ragnar Lothbrok. 198 00:15:43,579 --> 00:15:47,197 You're insane. Because this is beautiful. 199 00:15:47,917 --> 00:15:48,907 It's beautiful. 200 00:15:49,794 --> 00:15:52,582 After everything we heard and thought, 201 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,171 we still underestimated you. 202 00:15:55,258 --> 00:15:58,592 We feel stupid. I feel stupid right enough. 203 00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:03,096 But we're honored to be here with you doing the impossible. 204 00:16:16,612 --> 00:16:17,943 Your Grace, 205 00:16:18,573 --> 00:16:22,316 I wish to commend you for everything you've done for me, and for Paris. 206 00:16:22,618 --> 00:16:24,200 And for me. 207 00:16:25,455 --> 00:16:28,038 I gave you my word. And I kept it. 208 00:16:29,292 --> 00:16:32,956 Then I drink to you, and salute you, and thank God for you. 209 00:16:33,171 --> 00:16:34,286 Amen! 210 00:16:34,797 --> 00:16:38,085 The defeat of Ragnar Lothbrok will resound down the ages. 211 00:16:38,176 --> 00:16:39,211 What defeat? 212 00:16:41,846 --> 00:16:44,554 As long as my brother is still alive, he is not defeated. 213 00:16:44,974 --> 00:16:46,305 He has retreated. 214 00:16:46,642 --> 00:16:49,304 His chance to attack again has diminished. 215 00:16:50,271 --> 00:16:53,809 And in the meantime, we can continue to build our defenses against him. 216 00:16:53,900 --> 00:16:58,064 You talk as if you no longer need me to protect you. 217 00:17:00,156 --> 00:17:02,818 I do not wish to give you that impression. 218 00:17:05,787 --> 00:17:08,996 You should also know that I am carrying Rollo's child. 219 00:17:14,587 --> 00:17:16,999 How strange life is. 220 00:17:23,888 --> 00:17:26,380 So let me drink to the first child... 221 00:17:28,184 --> 00:17:30,972 of our Frankish-Viking alliance. 222 00:17:31,771 --> 00:17:33,557 Long may it continue. 223 00:17:34,941 --> 00:17:35,976 Salut. 224 00:17:39,695 --> 00:17:40,981 Good afternoon. 225 00:18:08,891 --> 00:18:10,928 I have not seen you for a long time. 226 00:18:12,353 --> 00:18:14,060 I suppose you are bored with me. 227 00:18:16,482 --> 00:18:18,223 You are very amusing, Therese, 228 00:18:19,193 --> 00:18:21,981 but I was busy fighting the Northmen. Did nobody tell you? 229 00:18:22,071 --> 00:18:23,402 Of course they told me. 230 00:18:24,657 --> 00:18:25,897 You are a great hero. 231 00:18:27,201 --> 00:18:29,033 But still, since you returned to the city, 232 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:30,906 you've made no effort to see me. 233 00:18:32,373 --> 00:18:33,955 And, in the meant me, 234 00:18:34,083 --> 00:18:35,949 I have had an interesting idea. 235 00:18:41,716 --> 00:18:42,922 What idea? 236 00:18:44,260 --> 00:18:45,750 I thought, for once, 237 00:18:46,929 --> 00:18:49,387 you might like me to whip you. 238 00:18:50,433 --> 00:18:52,094 Of course, you can choose the whip. 239 00:18:52,435 --> 00:18:54,597 And you will always be able to tell me when to stop. 240 00:18:56,147 --> 00:18:58,639 But I would prefer to decide that for myself. 241 00:19:09,368 --> 00:19:10,449 You are right. 242 00:19:11,579 --> 00:19:12,740 The idea appeals. 243 00:19:20,296 --> 00:19:21,377 Sigurd, stop! 244 00:19:21,464 --> 00:19:22,670 Where are you taking me? 245 00:19:22,757 --> 00:19:24,122 You have to come. 246 00:20:18,479 --> 00:20:19,685 Are you ready? 247 00:20:20,940 --> 00:20:22,021 Yes. 248 00:20:24,735 --> 00:20:25,941 Strike. 249 00:20:29,532 --> 00:20:30,693 Harder. 250 00:20:31,867 --> 00:20:33,449 - Are you sure? - Yes, yes. 251 00:20:33,536 --> 00:20:35,447 Much harder! I barely felt that. 252 00:20:39,875 --> 00:20:41,957 No, no, no. Harder! 253 00:20:42,795 --> 00:20:44,285 If you insist. 254 00:20:56,892 --> 00:20:59,224 - Roland? - Poor Odo. 255 00:21:01,063 --> 00:21:03,395 - Who would have thought? - How could you? 256 00:21:04,942 --> 00:21:06,933 You are like a son to me. 257 00:21:07,737 --> 00:21:09,523 Really? 258 00:21:20,791 --> 00:21:24,785 No, no, Roland. No, I beg you. Please listen. 259 00:22:19,725 --> 00:22:20,931 Judith. 260 00:22:22,353 --> 00:22:23,969 No, do not smile. 261 00:22:24,647 --> 00:22:27,355 You'll not want to smile after I've made my confession. 262 00:22:28,150 --> 00:22:30,016 What are you talking about? 263 00:22:31,278 --> 00:22:34,316 You know that the child I carry is by your husband. 264 00:22:35,282 --> 00:22:39,321 Yes, I know my husband lay with you. 265 00:22:40,329 --> 00:22:42,320 And I forgive you. 266 00:22:43,749 --> 00:22:48,619 Both he and you, for Christian charity, and for love. 267 00:22:50,756 --> 00:22:52,212 Sweet Judith. 268 00:22:54,176 --> 00:22:56,167 Judith, I need your help. 269 00:22:56,929 --> 00:22:58,169 I am betrayed. 270 00:22:58,264 --> 00:22:59,550 Betrayed? 271 00:23:00,307 --> 00:23:02,344 - By whom? - By the King. 272 00:23:03,269 --> 00:23:06,557 He has made himself King of Mercia, at my expense. 273 00:23:06,647 --> 00:23:08,263 And now I am nothing. 274 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,442 Ecbert did this to you? Dear God. 275 00:23:15,114 --> 00:23:17,321 - What will you do? - I cannot stay here. 276 00:23:17,408 --> 00:23:19,570 I will take Magnus and I will go away. 277 00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:20,775 - Where? - Somewhere. 278 00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:22,235 Anywhere that Ecbert is not King. 279 00:23:22,329 --> 00:23:25,447 But, Judith, I need your help to escape. 280 00:23:29,378 --> 00:23:30,789 Will you help me? 281 00:23:35,384 --> 00:23:37,045 Thank you, my friend. 282 00:24:23,265 --> 00:24:25,176 No. No. 283 00:24:25,267 --> 00:24:27,008 No, no, no. 284 00:24:27,102 --> 00:24:29,685 Stop it. Stop. Stop now. 285 00:24:29,772 --> 00:24:32,685 Stop, stop, stop. 286 00:24:34,568 --> 00:24:36,525 Why are you so angry, little one? 287 00:24:36,612 --> 00:24:39,445 You don't know? You don't know why? 288 00:24:40,616 --> 00:24:42,778 What have I done to you? 289 00:24:43,953 --> 00:24:45,694 I haven't done anything to you. 290 00:24:46,497 --> 00:24:47,487 I love you. 291 00:24:47,915 --> 00:24:50,782 How can you love me when you sleep with every woman in Kattegat? 292 00:24:50,918 --> 00:24:53,831 I don't sleep with every woman. 293 00:24:53,921 --> 00:24:55,628 Only those who need me. 294 00:24:58,008 --> 00:24:59,123 Enough now. 295 00:24:59,218 --> 00:25:01,585 Enough. Enough. 296 00:25:02,721 --> 00:25:06,806 I do not love these other women as I love you? 297 00:25:07,476 --> 00:25:11,390 I have sex with them to free them of their devils and their fears. 298 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,767 I take their troubles upon myself, 299 00:25:13,857 --> 00:25:16,519 as I took Ivar's pains upon myself. 300 00:25:17,987 --> 00:25:20,820 Everything I do is holy. 301 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,992 That's why you called me back. 302 00:25:27,955 --> 00:25:32,665 I heard you calling to me across empty oceans and vast deserts. 303 00:25:33,085 --> 00:25:34,917 That is why I returned. 304 00:25:40,593 --> 00:25:42,834 I try to live like the gods. 305 00:25:44,138 --> 00:25:46,800 I reject everything of this world... 306 00:25:48,183 --> 00:25:51,926 Honor and glory, love of oneself, even shame. 307 00:25:52,021 --> 00:25:54,888 I only care about the will of the gods. 308 00:25:56,984 --> 00:25:59,351 Only then can everything worldly pass away, 309 00:25:59,987 --> 00:26:02,274 can the voices of the gods be heard. 310 00:26:04,533 --> 00:26:07,901 And then their spirit dwells in me, 311 00:26:07,995 --> 00:26:11,363 and I feel the ability to heal and prophecy. 312 00:26:13,959 --> 00:26:16,872 And take on the sins of the world... 313 00:26:20,299 --> 00:26:21,505 Upon myself. 314 00:26:36,065 --> 00:26:38,978 I have broken my life for your sake! 315 00:26:40,736 --> 00:26:42,977 I do not know if you are a god, 316 00:26:44,948 --> 00:26:50,409 but all I longed for was your presence and your caresses. 317 00:26:51,914 --> 00:26:56,499 I will always be with you, little one. Always. 318 00:26:58,754 --> 00:27:01,496 But do not try to possess me? 319 00:27:04,259 --> 00:27:06,751 Because possession is the opposite of love. 320 00:27:18,107 --> 00:27:20,439 Give this to Ivar. 321 00:27:24,905 --> 00:27:25,986 Where are you going? 322 00:27:56,103 --> 00:27:58,561 Do you still think the moon is a god? 323 00:28:00,107 --> 00:28:03,771 You know, of course, about Kwenthrith and my son? 324 00:28:04,278 --> 00:28:09,819 I also know that you have taken the crown of Mercia from her head. 325 00:28:10,451 --> 00:28:13,694 I had no choice. None. 326 00:28:14,663 --> 00:28:17,906 No one in Mercia was ever going to accept her as Queen again. 327 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,286 Even had I wanted to reinstate... 328 00:28:19,376 --> 00:28:22,334 But you didn't want to, did you? 329 00:28:23,464 --> 00:28:26,297 You'd worked it out before with Waerferth. 330 00:28:27,551 --> 00:28:30,088 Everything had been arranged. 331 00:28:32,389 --> 00:28:34,505 - Isn't that true? - It's true. 332 00:28:41,482 --> 00:28:43,564 And I ask your forgiveness. 333 00:28:46,528 --> 00:28:48,144 - My forgiveness? - Yes. 334 00:28:48,238 --> 00:28:50,149 Because I cannot ask for God's. 335 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,527 I know I'm already beyond that. 336 00:28:55,287 --> 00:28:59,121 But if only you will understand. 337 00:29:02,127 --> 00:29:03,993 Why me? 338 00:29:15,641 --> 00:29:17,006 I love you. 339 00:29:20,312 --> 00:29:25,057 I know you may treat this statement as compromised... 340 00:29:26,193 --> 00:29:30,357 Disingenuous, perhaps even as a lie. And why shouldn't you? 341 00:29:33,450 --> 00:29:34,906 But the funny thing is... 342 00:29:36,954 --> 00:29:38,410 It's true. 343 00:29:40,749 --> 00:29:43,912 I have lied about many, many things, 344 00:29:44,002 --> 00:29:45,868 both to others and to myself. 345 00:29:45,963 --> 00:29:48,455 But I find to my surprise 346 00:29:50,092 --> 00:29:52,083 that I cannot lie to you, 347 00:29:53,512 --> 00:29:55,503 nor escape your judgment. 348 00:29:58,851 --> 00:30:01,468 Please, Judith... 349 00:30:04,439 --> 00:30:06,055 Don't forsake me. 350 00:30:12,573 --> 00:30:15,907 Pull! Up! 351 00:30:19,329 --> 00:30:20,319 Slow! 352 00:30:20,914 --> 00:30:21,699 Help me! 353 00:30:25,752 --> 00:30:27,083 That's it! 354 00:30:30,507 --> 00:30:31,713 Here! 355 00:30:39,516 --> 00:30:40,927 That's good! 356 00:30:50,152 --> 00:30:51,233 Erlendur! No! 357 00:31:11,006 --> 00:31:12,337 Pull! 358 00:31:12,633 --> 00:31:13,964 Pull! 359 00:31:16,011 --> 00:31:17,297 Pull! 360 00:31:25,354 --> 00:31:28,312 Count Odo has been executed, by my order, 361 00:31:28,398 --> 00:31:31,231 for disloyalty and high treason. 362 00:31:32,736 --> 00:31:36,900 He deceived me, even though I trusted and rewarded him. 363 00:31:39,910 --> 00:31:43,323 And for such deception and treachery, 364 00:31:43,705 --> 00:31:46,367 there can only ever be one punishment. 365 00:31:52,381 --> 00:31:56,375 Your Grace will now be entrusted completely with the defense of our realm. 366 00:31:59,304 --> 00:32:01,716 This is the Iron Hand of Frankia. 367 00:32:03,392 --> 00:32:04,723 I give it to Your Grace 368 00:32:05,894 --> 00:32:07,885 as a symbol of my favor. 369 00:32:12,818 --> 00:32:14,479 Thank you, Father. 370 00:32:15,237 --> 00:32:16,944 You have made the right choice. 371 00:32:40,971 --> 00:32:41,961 Wait. 372 00:32:45,267 --> 00:32:46,598 Come here. 373 00:32:59,281 --> 00:33:01,613 Why did you look at me that way? 374 00:33:03,243 --> 00:33:04,825 In that fashion? 375 00:33:06,163 --> 00:33:08,074 Why should you pity me? 376 00:33:09,624 --> 00:33:12,241 I think you carry a terrible burden. 377 00:33:14,629 --> 00:33:16,370 And you carry it alone. 378 00:33:21,470 --> 00:33:22,926 Are you ready? 379 00:33:23,555 --> 00:33:24,966 Do you believe? 380 00:33:27,142 --> 00:33:32,387 Why does the most famous shield maiden in the world ask us if we believe? 381 00:33:32,481 --> 00:33:36,270 Of course we believe. I never had any doubts. Never. 382 00:33:36,777 --> 00:33:39,644 We will travel to Hell and back with you and Ragnar. 383 00:34:02,511 --> 00:34:03,592 I have to go. 384 00:34:03,678 --> 00:34:06,215 I know. I'm going to come with you. 385 00:34:06,556 --> 00:34:07,921 No, you are not. 386 00:34:08,016 --> 00:34:10,257 I am coming. Don't deny me. 387 00:34:11,353 --> 00:34:13,185 I've made that mistake before. 388 00:34:13,772 --> 00:34:17,231 I'm not her. And I'm going to save your life. 389 00:34:27,869 --> 00:34:28,700 Helga. 390 00:34:32,374 --> 00:34:33,364 Helga. 391 00:34:38,588 --> 00:34:39,874 I have to leave. 392 00:34:40,799 --> 00:34:41,789 Leave? 393 00:34:41,883 --> 00:34:43,669 We must cross the mountains. 394 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,671 But you will be safe here. 395 00:34:45,762 --> 00:34:48,550 You stay here. Get well. 396 00:34:50,684 --> 00:34:51,674 I don't mind. 397 00:34:53,645 --> 00:34:55,056 But don't die, Floki. 398 00:35:34,394 --> 00:35:35,759 I'm leaving. 399 00:35:36,146 --> 00:35:38,729 I need you to give me what you have left. 400 00:35:39,816 --> 00:35:41,352 There is nothing left. 401 00:35:43,486 --> 00:35:44,772 You're lying again. 402 00:35:48,116 --> 00:35:49,447 Let me tell you... 403 00:35:49,784 --> 00:35:54,324 The only reason that I wanted you to come was because of the medicine. 404 00:35:56,625 --> 00:35:59,458 I am here because you said I was a free woman. 405 00:35:59,544 --> 00:36:01,706 I never said that you were free. 406 00:36:02,631 --> 00:36:04,713 I said that you could come 407 00:36:05,508 --> 00:36:08,717 and go as you please. 408 00:36:12,098 --> 00:36:13,304 You're a liar. 409 00:36:13,934 --> 00:36:17,177 You've lied to me and you've lied to your people. 410 00:36:18,271 --> 00:36:20,103 But you made the mistake of telling me your secret 411 00:36:20,190 --> 00:36:23,273 about the slaughter of the families in Wessex. 412 00:37:19,457 --> 00:37:20,447 It's here. 413 00:37:46,568 --> 00:37:49,526 It's all right. It's all right. 414 00:37:50,864 --> 00:37:53,356 Now, make sure that you disguise the boats from the Franks. 415 00:37:57,245 --> 00:37:59,612 And take care of Helga. 416 00:38:02,751 --> 00:38:04,537 Hide yourselves well. 417 00:38:07,297 --> 00:38:08,287 Go on. 418 00:38:09,591 --> 00:38:10,581 Go on. 419 00:39:20,412 --> 00:39:22,824 - Halt, My Lady! Come with us! - No! Let go! 420 00:39:23,123 --> 00:39:24,113 - Magnus! - Clear a path! 421 00:39:24,207 --> 00:39:25,163 Magnus! Wait! 422 00:39:26,084 --> 00:39:27,995 - Let go of me! - Make way! Make way! 423 00:39:28,128 --> 00:39:29,414 Magnus! Let go of me! 424 00:39:30,171 --> 00:39:31,286 Magnus! 425 00:39:32,465 --> 00:39:35,423 You must understand that I cannot allow you to leave. 426 00:39:35,677 --> 00:39:37,509 Especially, not with Magnus. 427 00:39:38,263 --> 00:39:39,879 What difference does it make to you? 428 00:39:40,473 --> 00:39:42,339 It makes every difference. 429 00:39:42,976 --> 00:39:45,468 Magnus is the son of Ragnar Lothbrok. 430 00:39:45,562 --> 00:39:49,271 When Ragnar Lothbrok returns to this island, as well he might, 431 00:39:49,357 --> 00:39:53,851 I want to show him the son that I have cared for and protected. 432 00:39:54,195 --> 00:39:58,359 You also carry my son's child. 433 00:39:58,533 --> 00:40:01,821 Am I not entitled to show an interest in his future? 434 00:40:03,079 --> 00:40:04,865 And besides, 435 00:40:05,039 --> 00:40:07,576 where on earth did you intend to go? 436 00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:11,744 I intended to go as far away from you as possible. 437 00:40:12,797 --> 00:40:17,041 That is not acceptable. You will stay here and be confined. 438 00:40:17,177 --> 00:40:20,761 I will place guards around the villa. Do not expect to escape. 439 00:40:26,561 --> 00:40:28,222 - Heave! - Heave! 440 00:40:28,313 --> 00:40:29,428 Heave! 441 00:40:29,772 --> 00:40:31,012 Heave! 442 00:40:31,107 --> 00:40:32,097 Pull! 443 00:40:32,192 --> 00:40:35,776 Heave! Heave! 444 00:40:36,863 --> 00:40:38,399 - Heave! - Pull! 445 00:40:38,907 --> 00:40:40,523 - Pull there! - Heave! 446 00:40:40,617 --> 00:40:41,982 - Pull there! - Pull! 447 00:40:52,086 --> 00:40:53,247 - Pull! - Pull! 448 00:41:02,931 --> 00:41:06,344 Heave! Heave! 449 00:41:06,434 --> 00:41:07,765 Heave! 450 00:41:08,686 --> 00:41:09,847 Slow! 451 00:41:10,313 --> 00:41:11,394 Release! 452 00:41:12,106 --> 00:41:13,767 - Heave! - Heave! 453 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:20,229 Pull! 454 00:41:23,701 --> 00:41:24,691 More rope! 455 00:41:25,787 --> 00:41:26,777 Pull! 456 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,751 Good night, sweet Magnus. 457 00:41:47,559 --> 00:41:49,175 My sweet child. 458 00:42:18,172 --> 00:42:19,503 Wait. 459 00:42:22,635 --> 00:42:25,172 You have been forbidden from entering. 460 00:42:26,472 --> 00:42:27,803 I must see the King. 461 00:42:27,890 --> 00:42:28,925 It is impossible. 462 00:43:06,929 --> 00:43:09,512 Things could have been so much better. 463 00:43:10,558 --> 00:43:13,346 Things could always be better. 464 00:43:18,024 --> 00:43:23,394 How does it feel to be so close to death, Mighty King Ecbert? 465 00:43:24,947 --> 00:43:27,188 You know that I will kill you. 466 00:43:27,992 --> 00:43:32,737 One stab, and my unborn child is the future ruler of Wessex. 467 00:43:32,830 --> 00:43:34,946 Of course you could kill me. 468 00:43:35,583 --> 00:43:39,827 But if you kill me, my guards will kill you, 469 00:43:39,921 --> 00:43:41,878 with no questions asked. 470 00:43:54,894 --> 00:43:57,932 Do you know what would have been better for me? 471 00:43:58,106 --> 00:43:59,813 Can you even imagine? 472 00:44:05,655 --> 00:44:07,942 To have been born a man. 473 00:44:36,310 --> 00:44:38,768 Poor Judith. 474 00:44:38,855 --> 00:44:40,971 You have killed twice over. 475 00:44:56,914 --> 00:44:58,575 Look what you have made me become.