pixieil

Vikings,even creepy ones like the Bastard, are tough nuts to crack. You won't get info from them with a"pretty please with cream and sugar on top", and Lagertha doesn't know if time is a critical factor in finding out who paid this guy to attack Kattegat. WE know who, so we know she has time to use less vicious methods, but Lagertha doesn't know that. It seems logical that due to the possible need for haste the most effective method (which maybe DIDN'T hold out the promise of Valhalla) needed to be used. I didn't get the impression that Lagertha enjoyed using that method, but it WAS effective. Its not as brutal as blood-eagling( and Ragnar and sons seemed to actually enjoy that) and Lagertha didn't feel the need to kill him after she got the info. And yes I DO also understand that she knows Harold & Co will do it for her.

You are SO right! That must be why I felt like I had seen her before.

Great review! I was worried about Lagertha. She's my favorite character, and since I know Harald Finehair was ultimately king, I was afraid there was a possibility she was going to get killed. I loved E19. I admit to a sneaking fondness for Aethelwulf ever since he showed up in the tower to rescue Queen Kwenthrth and she asked what took him so long. Lol. Ivar truly gives me the creeps. I also don't get why Helga took Flokis refusal to have more kids as the final word. It's not like he could really stop her. I doubt if they were abstaining from sex. Her adoption of the girl just seemed so out of character and contrived. I am also crossing my fingers for Torvi's recovery.

I just don't understand why Ivar thinks Ragnar chose him. Ragnar asked everybody else first and they all said no. He took Ivar because that was all that was available. I also don't understand why somebody who was there (like the brothers who refused to go with Ragnar ) don't point out that Ragnar didn't choose Ivar. Ragnar got stuck with Ivar.