Vikings

Lothbrok: Previously on vikings...

You haven't told him, have you?

Our daughter is dead.

Slave trader: They are from paris. For sale. For a very good price.

Don't touch me! I want a divorce!

We have to stop him leaving.

Ah! I understand. You want to speak our language.

Queen kwenthrith. Thank god you are free.

-This is magnus. -The son of ragnar lothbrok.

And heir to the throne of mercia.

Bjorn lothbrok has left kattegat.

Erlendur: It will be a perfect opportunity to assassinate him.

And I know the perfect man for the job.

If anyone stops you, you say you wear the ring of king horik.

Kill bjorn ironside.

-What are you going to do? -You've suffered enough, helga.

I cannot stop thinking about death.

Death intrigues me.

The death of children.

The death of friends.

But my own death continues to elude me.

In my world, it is believed that the day of your death is fated.

Would you like to know the day of your death?

In my world, you must have a life worth living

Before you can even consider death.

In my world, I am constantly torn between killing myself

Or everyone around me.

I am a slave.

So I have the same feelings.

A king and a slave.

It is both our duties to serve others,

Whether we like it or not.

What is your name?

Yidu.

-Amen. -Ecbert: Amen.

Amen.

When my friend and ally comes to call during advent, alas,

We must fast on gruel.

So, queen kwenthrith,

It seems we are also arrived to celebrate your release from captivity.

Yes.

But what does it mean for mercia?

And how do we restore legitimacy to such a fractured and wounded kingdom?

Well, you have to invade.

Northumbria and wessex together must defeat the ruling council.

And you will once more be queen.

Of course.

With you to thank.

And your son magnus

Will be heir to the throne.

The son of ragnar lothbrok.

I once swore an oath, before god and all his angels,

That one day I would kill ragnar lothbrok

In revenge for his unprovoked and merciless attack upon my kingdom.

And would you kill his bastard son, as well?

Kid: Come on!

Warrior: We bring you the yule log!

Warrior: May the gods be praised!

Priest: People! May the yule log burn throughout yol,

And bring its warmth and light to us in these darkest of days.

And to king ragnar and his family,

May they feel the warmth of the fire, like the love of the people!

Viking: More!

Ivar's awake now. He is crying for you.

(crowd continues chattering in distance)

Hey, look out.

-I can't wait to go to paris. -Hvitserk: Put it higher.

-Ivar! Hey! -Hvitserk: Ubbe, up.

Look, this is mistletoe.

Do you know what's special about mistletoe?

It's magical.

-Go on. -Careful.

Hvitserk: Here's one.

Here, take this.

Good boy, put it in there, just like your brothers.

-Put it in there. -I don't want to.

Good boy. No, you can do it, it's all right.

-Do it! Don't stop. -Give him to me.

-What are you doing? -He doesn't want to do it.

Stop treating him like there's something wrong with him!

Let him join in with the other boys and be like the other boys.

But he's not like the other boys!

He's different. You can't make him what you want.

You can't make him like you. He's not you!

If you treat him like a cripple, he will be a cripple.

don't worry about it.

Ivar's my responsibility, not yours.

I love him just as much as you do.

You don't act like it.

Seer: Who disturbs my peace now?

So, you finally came.

I have waited a long time.

What do you mean, waited a long time?

Hundreds of years.

While I lay in the wet ground.

Waiting in the space between life and death.

-Waiting? -You know exactly what I mean.

Don't play games.

I have waited and I understand.

Show me that you understand.

Show me who you are.

Duke rollo,

By the powers vested in me by his holiness the pope,

I have come to serve upon you the papers of annulment,

Formally ending your marriage with the princess gisla.

Since the marriage has not been consummated,

Under christian law it does not exist.

Of course I appreciate, abbot lupus, that this...

Northman understands me not!

What do you know, old man?

I understand. I have learned your language.

Princess gisla,

I beg you not to do this.

I know my destiny is to be with you.

And I swear that, like you,

I am prepared to defend paris to the death.

Leave us.

I have come all the way from rome. Surely...

Surely you will find refreshments elsewhere in the palace.

I do thank you for your pains, such as they are.

Leave us.

So, you have confessed your love and devotion.

Let me ask you something, rollo,

Now we can speak to one another.

And I don't pretend it hasn't touched me that you have learned our language.

Let me ask you what is more important to you...

Our marriage, your appointment by the emperor...

Or your viking soul?

Did I not kill all my own warriors?

Yes, but I think that is a very viking thing to do. No?

It wasn't personal.

I don't know if it meant anything to you.

This means something to me.

This

Is personal.

Do with it what you will.

Aslaug: I saw you looking at my slave, yidu.

I know you can hear me.

Would you like to spend some time with her?

If so, I can arrange it.

And I wouldn't mind.

You are free to go with her.

I won't be jealous.

Lothbrok: If that is what you want.

-(pigs grunting) -(gasping in frustration)

-(groans) -(thuds)

Tell me how you became a slave.

I know you weren't born into it,

Because you are clearly not very good at it.

I was sailing with members of my family.

Pirates came aboard, slaughtered some of us,

And others they kept for sale.

They separated me from my brothers.

And they...

Raped you?

No.

They did not dare to rape me.

Why did they not dare to rape you?

They took me on a long journey,

For days and weeks.

And afterwards they sold me to the franks.

And now, I am here.

I am here, wherever "here" is.

And it's so long since I knew where I was,

Or where I belonged.

I suppose it is stupid for a slave to worry over such things.

A slave does not really exist.

I want to show you something.

What is this place?

Mine.

Although no one else has ever been here,

It is the only place I do not feel alone.

If you want, you can come and go as you please.

And how is that possible?

I am king.

Everything is possible.

And what about my duties as a slave?

They are no longer wanted.

You are an awful slave. I am dismissing your services.