Am I the only person watching this amazing show?

First season was great, second season came out a couple weeks ago. Gonna start it this weekend.

Easily a top 5 show on Netflix.


Basically its like GOT, but replace magic/dragons with real historical figures. It roughly deals with the formation of England during a time when Danish invaders were pretty close to taking over the country and possibly putting a stop to the formation of England. The main character is fantastic. He kicks ass and takes no names.

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Just finished season 2. If not the best show on TV, its definitely in the team photo.


Anyone not watching this is an idiot.

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Okay shakes giving this a go.

It seems like Vikings through the first 3 episodes. Not bad but nothing special yet.

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My mom said the same thing after a few episodes and then next time I saw her she thanked me for letting her know about the show as he had binged the whole thing and loved it. So I guess it picks up quite a bit. I don't recall since its been a year since I saw the first season.

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Solid first season. I kept wanting to see Uhtred, Young Ragnar, and Brida to finally go save the sister but maybe season 2.

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Glad you liked it. Season 2 is great. Not gonna spoil it for you.

Uhtred is one of my all time favorite tv characters, he's all kinds of awesome.

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Loved season 2.

Wanted more Young Ragnar and Brida, and was hoping Uhtred would join with Erik and kill the douchebag from Mercia. Hopefully there's a season 3 and he can finally kill his uncle in Bebbangurg.

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Sweet, I knew you would love it. Glad someone finally took me up on this and watched the damn thing.

There better be a season 2! Like you I really want to see Untred finally get his home back.


For now, I'll just put this here....

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Netflix finally released viewership numbers.

2.

2 viewers.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

MANY are saying it's a great show.

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Also didn't realize it was based on a book series.

If there isn't a season 3, I'll just read the books.

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Alright man so I watched the first show. Some of it was boring but most of it was pretty badass. I'm pretty fucked up tho so might need to rewatch. I pretty much only followed the one guy and already forgot everyone else.

That flaming warrior death is probably the most gangster death I've ever seen.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

As Peeps will attest, it picks up speed as the series goes on. There's not a ton of characters in it so you'll start to recognize and have an easier time following it as it goes along.

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Finished 3 episodes. I'm probably in now.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yeah episode 4 is when it picked up.

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Good to know. I'll be continuing it tonight probably.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yeah, this show is dope. Shakes got one right

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

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I hear July's viewing numbers are strong!

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

33% increase

I finished the first season. I think the writers took some shortcuts on character development and some other things. It probably would've been better as a 13 episode season with some more time to flesh certain things out.

Uhtred doing the somersault over the shield line and wrecking shit was a bit cartoonish but it was still awesome.

Still a great show and looking forward to the second season.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

season 2 is better than season 1. At least I think it is, been over a year since I saw season 1. Peeps will be a better judge of that statement.

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What is King Alfred's affliction? Did they specify what it was in the first episode? I've been sober for the other 7 and don't remember them saying. Just a bunch of references to him being sick and he can't eat meat I guess.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I don't remember it and it wasn't part of season 2, but looking at wiki it appears that modern doctors have diagnosed him (based on reported symptoms) as having either Crohns disease or hemorrhoids disease.

He's kind of a dick in season 2, but in 2002 he was ranked #14 in a BBC poll of the 100 greatest Britons of all time. He's considered to be the first king of what has become the England we know today.

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He's an interesting character but it seems like it's more of everyone around him saying how smart he is rather than him actually doing smart things.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I don't think that's it's that he can't eat meat. I thought it was more penance because he associated it with his lust.

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There was a scene where his wife asked him about eating meat and he mentioned he was feeling well enough to do it

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I remember. I thought he was saying that when he started to turn away from his faith a bit and was believing Uhtred's sorceress so his wife was trying to remind him of it.

Maybe not though.

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I thought I remembered seeing this thread...but then couldn't find it even when using the search function. If an admin can delete my other thread, please do.

Looks like Season 3 in coming in the next couple months. I made the mistake of looking at the IMDB to see who some of the actors were...don't do it unless you want to know how many episodes they're in. That's a bit of a spoiler.

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Glad it's coming back.

One of shakes' best suggestions.

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