Vikings

Lagertha!

Earl Ingstad!

How strange, Lagertha,

that you should play the usurper.

One woman against another.

It doesn't quite fit with your reputation.

I was never the usurper.

Always the usurped.

You took my husband, my world,

and my happiness.

The fact that you're a woman

is neither here nor there.

I didn't take your husband. He chose to be with me.

He didn't choose.

You're a witch.

You bewitched him.

If that's what you want to believe, it's up to you.

I don't disagree women can have power over men.

But it's not always magical, is it, Lagertha?

In any case,

Ragnar is dead.

You don't know that.

I dreamed it.

I warned him about his journey.

In my dream, his boats were sunk in a storm.

Ragnar died.

So did my son, Ivar.

But you don't know that.

No.

I don't know that for sure.

It was just a dream.

And I have dreamed of taking back my home.

I have dreamed it for a long time.

But if I have to fight for it,

then I will.

Don't worry. I could never fight you, Lagertha.

I am not my mother, nor yet my father.

I would never win.

But still I have fulfilled my destiny.

The gods foretold Ragnar would have many sons.

And I have given him those sons.

I am as much a part of his saga, Lagertha, as you are.

But now I renounce everything.

All I ask

is safe passage.

All I ask is that you let me leave here in peace,

to go wherever the gods decide.

And you shall have back your hearth and home...

With my blessing.

And my sons,

when they hear how it was done, will be grateful for the manner of it...

And not seek revenge.

I understand.

Thank you.

Why did you do that?

Lagertha told me to.

Why?

I don't know.

And where is Lagertha, huh?

I said, where is Lagertha?

You had best go home, Ubbe.

And you, Sigurd.

Go back to Kattegat.

What has happened at Kattegat?

Who are you?

My son and I have come to see a good friend,

King Ecbert.

We are old friends.

We have traveled a long way

and my poor son is hungry

and he is thirsty.

I have no doubt that your King

would like to know of our arrival.

The King is not here.

I am still sure that he'd like to know

that his good friend has been treated kindly.

Let them in!

Prince Aethelwulf, we may have captured...

For the love of God! Do you not know who this is?

It's Ragnar Lothbrok!

The King of the Northmen!

Seize him!

Who is that?

A cripple.

I don't like you.

Where are your warriors, hmm?

There are no warriors.

But you came with a raiding party.

We found bodies on the beach.

There must be more of you. Where are they?

There is no one else.

Just my son, Ivar, and me.

Ah, the cripple is your son.

Yes.

Well, I don't believe there is only you.

I killed everyone else.

You must have found their bodies, too.

Where is my son?

Don't worry about him.

Don't you worry about your sons?

What do you know about my sons?

You're an animal and you belong in a cage.

And if it were up to me...

Where is your father?

The King!

My lord.

Father, I have news!

Where is he? What have you done with him?

Leave.

Leave.

What took you so long?

What is it?

Why don't you eat?

I have not seen my son Ivar...

For days.

I don't even know if he's alive.

I will not eat until my son does.

Your son

is also my guest.

Believe me, I will make sure that no harm comes to him.

- Make sure he's well kept. - Mmm.

Sire.

What did he say?

He said thank you.

Hmm.

It was wrong of my son

to slaughter all your farmers and their families.

But as you probably guessed,

it was done under my orders.

It's always better to get the worst things over straight away,

don't you agree?

Mea culpa.

Mea maxima culpa.

It was my decision.

Of course, it was part of a larger

and bolder strategy.

But...

Well, none of that's of your concern.

On your previous visit...

You left behind another son.

Fetch Magnus.

Unfortunately, his mother, Queen Kwenthrith,

is no longer with us.

But I've looked after the boy as if he were my own.

Come forward, boy.

Come, come.

This is your son, Magnus.

Go on, Magnus. Speak to your father.

I have waited a very long time for this moment.

My mother told me so much about you.

She told me I was like you,

and that one day I'd be famous like you.

And now I see you,

everything she told me was true.

Everything about my life makes sense now.

Someone once explained to me

what a miracle is.

So now I understand, Magnus.

Your birth was a miracle.

A miracle?

Yes.

Because I never had sex

with your mother.

All she ever did was piss on me.

Perhaps you should leave us, Magnus.

Talk to him later, eh?

You know, I had my doubts about that boy all along.

Why have you taken so long to return?

It was part of a larger...

And bolder strategy.

We should drink.

Where's our mother?

She's dead, Ubbe.

I killed her.

Why?

She took Kattegat away from me.

I wanted it back.

Why didn't you also have us killed?

This was nothing to do with you.

You are Ragnar's sons.

It was not your fault

that your father was bewitched.

It was a mistake not to kill us.

That's a chance I was prepared to take.

Ubbe...

I don't like to see you in a cage.

What would you do if I let you out?

I would kill you.

Oh.

Or not.

It is your decision, not mine.

Mmm? You have the power, not me.

Hmm.

And you like power, don't you?

Well, I only like it

because it allows me to do good things.

Really?

I think I've used my power rather well.

For example, I've used it to unite all the small,

squabbling kingdoms of England into a single entity,