Vikings: What Might Have Been

March 25, 2016 12:12 PM - Season 4, Episode 6

Ragnar and the Vikings weather a storm on their way back to Paris, where Rollo awaits them. Meanwhile in Essex, King Ecbert sends his son and grandson off on a pilgrimage to Rome.
posted by dnash (8 comments total)

When Ragnar's ship got separated I thought maybe he was going to end up blown off course toward Wessex, and that was how that story was going to get roped back in. But I guess not. So I wonder why even have that "blown off course" bit, other than they had a whole episode to fill and not much to fill it with?
posted by dnash at 12:15 PM on March 25, 2016

I'm guessing that at the least, Alfred will meet one of Ragnar's sons, kind of a "fateful meeting of future enemies" type of thing, now that he's been packed off to France. Otherwise, the whole point of that is to simply let the king sleep with his son's wife without interference (even managed to send off her art teacher!).

I suppose we'll get Ragnar v. Rollo again, which is disappointing, if historically accurate. I liked it when the brothers were united.

Question, is Floki pulling another double cross again?

One trope I don't like, addiction storylines. They're rarely done well so I'm not looking forward to Ragnar having a major problem, but I do think whats her name is maneuvering to get to Francia so she can make a run for it.
posted by Atreides at 2:48 PM on March 25, 2016

I couldn't much care less for the freaking White Horse subplot. Like, why?
posted by porpoise at 7:03 PM on March 25, 2016

but I do think whats her name is maneuvering to get to Francia so she can make a run for it.

Her name is Yidu, and I want a spinoff with her ! The adventures of Yidu ! I like her a whole lot more than boring queen Aslaug.
posted by Pendragon at 7:03 AM on March 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

I don't know why there would even be a need for Ragnar to conceal whatever he's taking to give him prophetic visions (somehow I don't believe he's chasing the dragon). Doesn't Floki eat psilocybin like cheez-its?
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:44 AM on March 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

Floki's in the villain boat now!!
posted by Catblack at 12:14 PM on March 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

I thought it highly convenient that all the major players' ships just happened to be the ones to find each other first. Yidu is master plotting in style.
posted by Atreides at 12:27 PM on March 27, 2016

>somehow I don't believe he's chasing the dragon

He's not vapourizing it; he's eating it. Very different pharmacokinetics.
posted by porpoise at 11:19 PM on March 27, 2016