Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 20: “Ragnarok”
Warning Major Spoilers if you haven’t seen this episode! This was the best episode all season and maybe last season too. Several times, I assumed Hirst would stall the [...]
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Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 19: “What Happens in the Cave”
Warning Major Spoilers if you haven’t seen this episode! This week is about Hirst building up the next battle and alliances. Judith dies of breast cancer. Lagertha reminds [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 18: “Baldur”
Warning Major Spoilers if you haven’t seen this episode! Baldur is the Norse version of Adonis and Achilles. He was the most beautiful and beloved of all the gods. Ivar [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 17: “The Most terrible Thing”
Warning Major Spoilers if you haven’t seen this episode! Vikings was much better this week, mostly because Hirst stopped telling people what was happening, and let actions [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 16: “The Buddha”
Warning: Major Spoilers if you haven’t seen this episode! Suffering exists because of attachment to our expectations. This is the most basic Buddhist teaching. I wish [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 15: “Hell”
Warning: Major Spoilers for this episode! Happy Holidays! I hope you were able to slip away from family and watch Vikings’ “Hell.” It was truly a gift from Hirst [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 14: “The Lost Moment”
After giving way too much tribute to Rollo for useless information, Ivar revisits his main campaign promise of killing Lagertha. Ivar publicly sacrifices Lagertha, not [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 13: “A New God”
At the opening this week, Harald announces he’s leaving Kattegat again, to raid Wessex. Ivar, worried about Harald’s ambition, is glad to see him go. Harold finds Jarl [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 12: “Murder Most Foul”
Mr. Hirst likes symmetry in his cycle of life and death in the Viking and English world. In “Murder Most Foul”, two main characters plan their future families, and two [...]
Sweatpants & TV | Vikings, Season 5, Episode 11: “The Revelation”
The Revelation starts off where Hirst left us, with Ivar rolling into Kattegat. His version of Kattegat is degraded more than when Aslaug ruled. The great hall is filled with [...]
