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Warrior’s Fate
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
King Ecbert visits the developing Viking settlement as the first harvest is sown and rebuffs criticism from his leading nobles. In Mercia, the Wessex/Viking forces charge at the battle at the Hill of the Ash. In Kattegat, Harbard arrives in to the Great Hall and his mysterious aura fascinates Aslaug and Helga but Siggy remains suspicious. There are strange and tragic happenings in Kattegat, and Siggy suspects Harbard is the cause.
Our Take
The battle in Mercia delivers the goods, gritty and chaotic in that way Vikings does well, though it ends sooner than you’d want. The Kattegat scenes with Harbard are creepy and effective, and Siggy’s distrust gives the episode its spine. A solid middle chapter that moves pieces around without feeling like filler.