Vikings

Did he really say that?

Yes.

King Harald!

I will think of you in York.

I left some good men in charge there.

I will be glad to meet them.

But York will only be a staging post for us.

Good.

I still consider it part of my new kingdom.

I think it is a good thing that I'm leaving.

Yes, I agree. I think it is a good thing.

But don't worry.

With my ships filled with treasure and slaves,

I will come back.

Skol.

Skol.

What's the matter with you, huh, little brother?

I am not your little brother!

And you know exactly what's wrong with me.

Margrethe is dead!

I know.

Of course you know! You ordered the killing!

Why would I do that?

Because she knew

that you could never get a woman pregnant.

But that is not quite true.

Is it, sweet?

No.

Tell them why.

For I am with child.

She is with my child!

And, in any case,

she was a crazy woman.

I liked her.

She was right about you from the very beginning, Ivar.

Be very careful what you say about me, Hvitserk.

Why? Will you kill me next?

Just remember, I am also a son of Ragnar Lothbrok.

The people of Kattegat don't love you, Ivar!

What do you think they would do

if you even touched a hair on my head?

Well, just a thought,

why don't you go back to England with King Harald, hmm?

I belong here with you, Ivar.

You know that.

I chose your side.

And now, for good or ill,

you're stuck with me.

Yah!

Yah!

Bishop Cuthred is dead!

- What? - Cuthred is dead. Murdered!

Murdered? By who?

By Lord Heahmund.

In the cathedral.

- Where is Heahmund now? - Here. In the chapel.

Let me speak with him alone.

- But he... - Alone!

Heahmund!

- How dare you! - Sire.

In all of this world, there can be no justification

for murdering a servant of God in his own house!

And now, still drenched in the martyr's blood,

you come and defile this holy place too!

Surely to God you do not mean to try and defend yourself?

I killed Cuthred because he and the other bishops,

clergy, and several of your leading ealdormen

formed a conspiracy to overthrow you

and then...

To assassinate you.

For your attacks on the power and privilege of the church,

which they think has only just begun.

For your offer of friendship to pagans

and for your weakness.

I felt I had no choice but act,

to save both your crown...

And your life.

Did he tell you who else

was involved in the conspiracy?

What other bishops? Ealdormen?

No. Only that Cuthred was at the heart of it.

And he told me that if I now restored

him to the bishopric of Sherborne,

then he might easily identify the others.

But if you were to reinstate Heahmund,

it would cause the greatest outrage and resentment,

especially in the church.

Even so, Mother, Heahmund has possibly shown

himself to be my greatest supporter.

This is true.

I have to say, Brother, that I am amazed and outraged

that you would even consider giving shelter,

let alone preferment,

to a self-acknowledged murderer!

Instead,

Heahmund shall be punished for his heinous crime!

That is not your decision, Brother.

For I am King, and I alone

can make that determination.

We are not sure what has happened.

No one has told us.

But I see you are imprisoned.

I killed the man who replaced me as bishop.

- Why? - He found out about us.

He would have betrayed me to King Alfred.

And I would never have been restored.

So, now...

Everything depends on the King.

Yes.

Everything.

If he believes that we will protect him

against his enemies, then all shall be well.

I'm not sure what to think about you.

I'm trying to do the right thing.

For us and for Wessex.

And yet now you are imprisoned.

Grandfather...

You have laid upon me such a burden.

I'm not sure your choice was wise after all.

They whisper that I am weak,

I fear they are right.

Grandfather,

give me strength.

King Alfred is in trouble.

There are those here who want to overthrow him.

They think he is weak.

They don't like the fact that he allows us to live here.

But Bishop Heahmund said he'd protect us.

He is imprisoned for murder

and incapable of protecting anyone.

Perhaps we should never have come here.

If we stayed in Norway, Torvi, we would all be dead by now.

It seems we are all at the mercy

of circumstances beyond our control.

We have to pray to the gods

that the King overcomes his enemies.

Pray?

Is that all we can do?

- Pray? - No.

There is something else that we can do.

The King has asked us to be baptized

in the Christian faith.

That way he can appease his enemies.

He will no longer be supporting

and harboring pagans,

but we would be fellow Christians.

He asked you this personally?

Yes.

And did you tell him that there was no way

that you would renounce our gods?

Did you?

Our father is in Valhalla.

He's sitting beside the All-Father.

He is sitting across from Thor.

They are drinking together and they are happy together.

Are you telling me that you don't believe it?

I think what Ubbe meant...

Let Ubbe speak for himself!

What are you saying, Ubbe?

Our father stopped believing it.

Oh...

Did King Alfred tell you that too?

And you actually believed him?

Sometimes I wonder if you're Ragnar's son at all!

Did you see them?

- No. - Perhaps they are not coming.

They will come.

Son.

Father.

So, Floki, what is it you have to say?

We are all here.

I have risen from the dead.

Just as Odin did.

I died...

And then I was reborn,

here on this island,

among the gods.

But I don't care about myself.

I care about all of you.

I want you to live together peacefully.

We have suffered the loss of two of our children,

Bul...

And Thorgrim.

Hmm.

I know what it's like to lose a child.

The days ahead will be hard.

And our real hope

lies with the child that Ketill's daughter.

Thorunn carries in her belly.

For Eyvind's son,

Helgi was also involved!

So, now, I beg of you all one last time

to please bury your axes.

Floki is right!

I have been

harsh on Floki.

It's true I doubted his motives.

But I see I was wrong.

I believe Floki

is a pure spirit.