Binge watched the entirety of all episodes of every season. For some ridiculous reason Michael Hirst chose upon reaching season 4 to split the seasons into 10 episode halves instead of simply having each 10 episodes one numbered season. Which would this season now season 8. This has bugged me since it was rumored the show was going to be canceled during season 4.
But that aside, I've been extremely disappointed with which characters have been kept. Those kept are unlike who they always were and all this change in just six months? Adding insult to injury as the old saying goes....Ivar somehow inexplicably makes it to what became Russia within six months. How do I know it took six months? The opening of episode 1 info says so. Considering Ivar is a 'wanted' man who cannot walk or easily stand. You might think his travels would have been noticed before making it through Europe. Horribly, Bjorn who has always been decisive but overthinks most of the time, right or wrong until now. Now He's acting like a clueless fool who gives honor to a traitor and doesn't seem to have 'kept' his adulthood and life experiences he had for at least a decade in Viking time. Think how much experience he gained from his father Ragnar and father (?) Rollo. Huh? But that was a tossed in, and apparently pointless plot bit thrown in.
Having Flatnose (Adam Copeland) shows up by himself to Kattegat in a small boat seems extremely unlikely since only Floki knew the heading to and from Iceland which was mentioned at the end of season 5 pt. 2. You saw Floki with the Sun Stone and Sun Disc that was given to him before he left to 'wander the sea and let the Gods do what they will'. So many things, situations, and fully formed characters, have nearly all been ignored and are now acting how Hirst decided to make these changes. I think only King Harald is the only established character acting the same as he was where the show left off. And my I ask...when the hell did Swedish Vikings turn into Arabs? One of the most irritating and annoying part of season 6 so far. I can only hope it will get better in a hurry since I'm close to half way through the season.
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