US: Vikings - anyone else watching this ?

Kyo said:
The drug is most likely opium. It was what passed as a hit in that era of ancient China. Yes she is going to be shredded by the Religious Zealots in the group.
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I think the drug is Areca nut wrapped in Betel leaf. It's psychoactive and causes red saliva. She must have been growing it though, it's not native anywhere near Denmark.
 
Really enjoyed the mid season finale. Such an epic battle and the story continues apace. But I did find the sudden shift in timeline jarring. I don't mind that they've leapt ahead, seems there will be some good stories and characters forthcoming. But to do it so abruptly mid episode was plain clunky and not good storytelling. I think they should have left the time jump to the beginning of the next half season, it would have felt more natural because it's going to be several months until the next episode.

For me these editing decisions seem to put the emphasis on promoting / marketing the next [half] season ahead of good storytelling. The sad thing is they don't need to do this. Vikings is very popular, everyone I know who watches it can't get enough. We're all hooked anyway, so just tell the stories properly.

Anyway, good to see Ragnar back with that crazy look in his eye.
 
The last few minutes of the show were just weird. Like an afterthought last minute addition. It would work much better if we only saw boats returning back home and fade away, and the whole "several years have passed" malarky was the start of the next season/second half of the season
 
Unless i'm remembering it wrong the weird blind shaman guy/thing said ages ago that Bjorn would end up surpassing Ragnar. I wonder if now we'll get to see that starting in earnest.
 
What was the point of Bjorn's wife and kid?
The wife just went off and left her kid behind and then the kid ended up drowning. None of it seems to have had any effect on Bjorn either. It just skipped ahead and didn't show his reaction to hearing that his only child had drowned. He's such a wasted character.
 
So looking forward to moving from the era of Ragnar into the era of Ivar and the Great Heathen Army :D :D and I like the way the transition is occuring; His brother is now the first Norman, his sons have grown up and are ready to create the great Norse empires (I do hope they eventually do something with the Rus as well ;)) and it's time to move Ragnar towards his end game.

It's been a cracking series and will only get stronger in the Autumn :)
 
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