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Vikings Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Rites of Passage
Sun, Mar 3, 201345 mins
At a meeting to discuss the summer raids, Ragnar Lothbrok urges Earl Haraldson to send his ships to the west to raid an island called England. Ragnar believes he's found a way across the open sea using a rudimentary navigational device and a sunstone. Haraldson refuses, saying he doesn't believe there is anything to the west. Ragnar visits a seer to learn what the future has in store for him and is told that he should take the law into his own hands. He decides to get a new boat of his own.
Episode 2
Wrath of the Northmen
Sun, Mar 10, 201345 mins
With his new boat completed, Ragnar recruits a crew and prepares for departure in a few weeks. His wife Lagertha wants to take part in the great adventure but Ragnar says one of them must stay behind to care for the children. She's definitely not pleased. Earl Haraldson has his spies and is soon aware of Ragnar's plans but is convinced there are no lands to the west and they will never be seen again. After several days at sea Ragnar and his men attack Lindisfarne Monastery on Lindisfarne Island just off the coast in Northumbria, England. Many of the monks are killed and the others enslaved.
Episode 3
Dispossessed
Sun, Mar 17, 201345 mins
After his successful raid, Ragnar and his crew joyously return home with their riches. Earl Haraldson doesn't hesitate to summon Ragnar to the great hall where he lays claim to the entirety of the treasure. He allows the crew to take one thing from the hoard and Ragnar selects Brother Athelstan as his slave.
Episode 4
Trial
Sun, Mar 24, 201345 mins
Ragnar insists that they wait until the next day to attack the village - knowing it's Sunday and that most will be at mass. They sack the village and Knut rapes one of the women. When Ragnar's wife intervenes, Knut tries to rape her and she kills him. They return home but Earl Haraldson accuses Ragnar of murdering Knut and orders a trial. Desperate to get a conviction, he offers Rollo a bribe to get him to testify against his half-brother.
Episode 5
Raid
Sun, Mar 31, 201344 mins
Earl Haraldson attacks Ragnar's farm, intent on teaching him a lesson, laying waste to much of the area, killing all of his livestock and burning his buildings to the ground. A wounded Ragnar surrenders to give his family time to get to their boat. He manages to escape and is taken to Floki, Rollo that her husband will kill him, but Rollo does not act fast enough and is taken and tortured. When Ragnar hears what has happened, he challenges Haraldson to personal combat. Haraldson meanwhile arranges a marriage for his daughter without consulting his wife or his daughter.
Episode 6
Burial of the Dead
Sun, Apr 7, 201345 mins
Ragnar issues the challenge to Earl Haraldson who initially declines on the grounds Ragnar is a criminal. He remembers what the soothsayer told him however and decides to accept. A pregnant Lagertha, fearing that Ragnar is too weak to win, thinks they should just run away. He is triumphant however with everyone, including his brother Rollo, swearing allegiance to him and his family. Haraldson is given a funeral befitting his rank. Rollo. it would seem, has ambitions of his own. It's a long cold winter but in June 794, three viking ships make their way to England and travel down the Tyne to attack King Aelle.
Episode 7
A King's Ransom
Sun, Apr 14, 201345 mins
Ragnar and his men - three boatloads in total - arrive in England and build a camp. King Aelle welcomes his brother and asks him to lead his army but they are quickly defeated when Ragnar attacks them in the night. Ragnar accepts Aelle's offer to visit him in his house and demands 2000 pounds of gold and silver as a ransom to release the King's brother. The King agrees but wants one of Ragmar's men to be baptized. Aelle has no intention of paying the ransom however and launches an attack on the invader's camp. Back home, Lagertha dispenses justice wisely in Earl Ragnar's absence. She also accepts Siggy's offers to serve her.
Episode 8
Sacrifice
Sun, Apr 21, 201345 mins
Ragnar, his family, and others travel to Uppsala to pay homage to the gods. It's a trip they make every nine years, and he invites Athelstan to accompany them. Ragnar is still having difficulty accepting the loss of their baby, and Lagertha worries if she will ever bear him another son. The drug-, sex-, and alcohol-fueled festivities are a revelation to Athelstan, who learns that there will also be animal and human sacrifice. He renounces his Christian faith, but a priest tells him he is to be a sacrificed. He is spared, but Ragnar's group must provide a substitute. King Horik welcomes Ragnar, who pledges his fealty and his service. In return, Ragnar asks Horik to join forces with him so they can send bigger raiding parties to the West. Horik agrees but has a task for him.
Episode 9
All Change
Sun, Apr 28, 201345 mins
At the request of King Horik, Ragnar, his brother Rollo, son Bjorn and Floki travel to Götland to negotiate a land dispute with Jarl Borg. While awaiting word from King Horik on Borg's proposal he meets and makes love to a beautiful princess, Aslaug, but Bjorn challenges his father after he sees them. At home, Lagertha has had strange dreams and fearing for Ragnar consults the Seer who tells her that he is not in danger for his life but for the magical world. She has little time to worry however as the black plague strikes the village. Her daughter Gyda and Athelstan both fall ill as do Siggy and her daughter Thyri.
