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Uhtred and Brida arrive in Wessex, where Uhtred ingratiates himself with Alfred by helping him win a battle with the Danes. By doing so Uhtred hopes to eventually reclaim his birthright and lands, but Brida sees it as betrayal and isn't having it. She becomes a thorn in just about everyone's side. Despite warnings that this will only be seen as weakness and not respected, Alfred wants to negotiate a peace treaty with the Danes and sends Odda the Younger to deliver the message. Alfred IS feeling weak and suffers from lack of protein in his diet, but that's neither here nor there.

Is the dead rodent a red herring?

Jane said she'd recognize his voice, so I guess it just didn't occur to her to, you know, call him first on some pretext? It could have saved her a trip and a potentially ugly incident.

Uhtred's uncle took over the Bebbanburg gig, depriving Uhtred of his birthright. He and Brida make a pit-stop on their roadtrip to drop off some dude's head, sending a message and getting rid of 40 pounds of pungent dead weight. They proceed to East Anglia where they check into some seedy motel. Uhtred has his family jewel fashioned into a sword decoration by a local metalworker. *I may not be entirely accurate, but this is just how I remember it.

The new sheriffs in town are Ubba and Guthrum. These guys are having too much fun, like Hitler and Himmler meet Beavis and Butthead. King Edmund is the next one to bite the dust.

You're right, it isn't Skarsgard. I think Jane was trying to picture the guy on the computer screen into her scenario, though. Personally I'd prefer Rust Cohle as a suspect rather than the obvious one. Screenshot of Not Perry.

Grrr. Maybe I should cut to the chase until the bugs are worked out. I found a map from 878 that shows where things stood politically around the time series 1 ended. I added a few points of interest, like the swamp where Alfred holed up and Egbert's Stone, site of the epic battle where the Danes get their asses kicked and Wessex is saved.

Uhtred and Brida go on the run, vowing revenge. Meanwhile, King Aethelred in Wessex battles the Danes and loses, but not before ensuring his brother Alfred will take the crown instead of his own son. Good move. * I can't upload any more pics apparently, so I'll continue this later...

Uhtred becomes like a family member, even taking the name Ragnarsson. Along with Brida, another slave girl, he grows up happily in Leeds. One night when he and Brida are out in the woods having sex, the homestead is attacked, set on fire, and everyone is killed (or so they believe). However, Ragnar's daughter, whose name escapes me, has been taken by One-Eyed Sven.

In 866 the Danes row into Northumbria and waste no time stirring shit up. Uhtred is just a kid, but he tries fighting them. That didn't work out so well for his father, but Ragnar decides to take Uhtred as a slave. This is usually a bad idea because of grudges and blood feuds, but Uhtred considers the alternative and assimilates really well. He endears himself by defending Ragnar's daughter from Sven, a pervy neighbor boy. Since Sven only stripped her half naked, Ragnar decides to take only one of his eyes. Seems fair, but One-Eyed Sven and his dad hold a grudge.

I think Reese and Nicole became good friends during production. So much so that Nicole bought a home in Nashville near Reese's. Or maybe Reese bought a house near Nicole's? At any rate, they both have homes in Nashville now.

The teacher told Jane that because Ziggy "looked" at the upset Amabella she believed he was still bullying her. It was ridiculous and a huge leap, but I'm glad Jane went to the child therapist.

Madeline & Celeste: One minute we're talking, and the next he sticks his tongue down my throat. This is assault, he assaulted you! Mmm, well, I might have kissed him back. What?? It was like a reflex, someone kisses you, you kiss them back. I may have grabbed his ass, I don't know. It all happened so fast! And the next thing I know, he has his hand in my shirt. Or was it my hand in his shirt? It was a reflex! So you're saying it was mutual. No, he jumped me! It's not funny, Celeste, I'm a married woman and he forced himself on me. Okay, 'forced' may be the wrong word.

I don't know, Pasadena is pretty posh in general. I don't think of Monterey as being on that level, but it has the ocean going for it. I will now go down the Zillow rabbit-hole and look for comps. ;)

I know, it's crazy. Jane's one bedroom bungalow on that lovely tree-lined street would probably rent for $2,500 per mo. at least.

Since everything happens for a reason in fiction, I wonder about the scene with Jane and Ziggy at the beach where he gets hurt. *trivia: that's actually Lover's Point, a good place to scuba dive but in neighboring Pacific Grove.

The beach and curvature of the bay as seen through the hotel window is Monterey. I can't think of anything pointing to one of the known males other than general douchbaggery. Perry seems too obvious.

Can I please have your autograph? It's for my grandmother, she's loved you since she was a kid. Bette was the undisputed queen of the lot. Playing one Oscar-nominated role after another. She was difficult, expensive, and far too powerful, especially for a woman. Joan was Jack's message to Bette - 'You're not the only bitch in the kennel'. They're not getting along, they're teaming up. It's like the Hitler-Stalin pact. ~ Bob

I thought it was hilarious the way Maddy was telling it to Celeste. Who knows, Ed might have done something worse to cause her to turn to what's his name.

Cracks me up how much those twins look like Skarsgard. They even have the cleft chin and overbite. There's more false trails in this thing than Jane's leaps off the cliff. I swear to god if they continue this without offering a little more clarity I'm gonna scream. First off I can't believe someone would actually be named 'Saxon Banks', it sounds invented. She also had the gun on the beach, but there's no way of knowing what's true and what isn't at this point.

I wanna see the therapist tear Perry a new asshole, that teacher fired, and Jane's flashbacks to stop. That's just for starters.

Kelley and Michelle Pfeiffer live in Woodside, a small town about 50 miles north of Monterey. Wealthy but not ostentatious. A picture of its "downtown" business district.

The footwear in question. The shoe prints on the beach looks like the guy was running. Perhaps from Jane, who capped him that night? I don't know, there's so little to go on.