April Neale and Ernie Estrella Season 5 of Vikings on History reached its midpoint with less bloodshed than we expected. Here TV critics Ernie Estrella and April Neale resume their discussion about this beloved dramatic series created by Michael Hirst and starring Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha, who appears to have numbered days left thanks to the insane, youngest son of
Having discovered the astral plane and Oliver Bird, David Haller and his parasitic companion took a turn for the worst last episode of Legion. David rescued his sister Amy and took her back to their old house where she revealed to him that he was adopted. All of the parties converged onto David as Ptolomy, Melanie Bird,
The mid-point of Legion is quickly peeling away the covers as we see how David’s mutant mind clicks. But this week was a psycho ride down a few rabbit holes that culminated in a bizarre group therapy scene with Walter (The Eye) and the gang at Summerland. Cary is able to save Kerry back at
Just when you think you have a grasp of what’s going on, or a semblance of the reality in Legion, you’re thrown a curveball. In Chapter 4, the story goes outside of David Haller (Dan Stevens) as he still lies dormant, in sleep but his mind is still working. Dr. Bird (Jean Smart) sends Ptolomy
In Chapter 2, the memory artist Ptolomy (Jeremie Harris) only scratches the surface of David’s complex psychosis, which include a traumatic bedtime book, a burnout friend (Aubrey Plaza) and a tight bond between David and his sister Amy (Katie Aselton). Last we left David, he discovered the ability to psychically travel to his sister and
FX’s mind-bending superhero series Legion is in the hands of Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley, and this is a very good thing. Hawley and company along with lead actor Dan Stevens have molded a trippy upside-down world where timelines are moshed together and are neither linear in delivery nor reliable enough to allow viewers to fully sort
The Vikings finale has come and gone. As have the kings of this great series thus far: King Aelle of Mercia: Blood eagled. King Ecbert of Wessex: Suicide by bloodletting. Ragnar Lothbrok: Death by poisonous vipers at the hands of Aelle and Ecbert. We lost Queen Aslaug to the treachery of Lagertha who wanted her
We are winding down this season of Vikings with the interplay of the raiding sons of Ragnar, and Lagertha’s constant tests in Kattegat. Season 4, Episode 19, titled On the Eve, was a bloody (almost) coup in Kattegat that saw the shieldmaidens triumph over King Harald’s stragglers and the plant, Egil the Bastard, the minion
The energy of Vikings post-Ragnar Lothbrok could have been the undoing of the series. Luckily we have such a cast and interesting array of characters that though the exit of lead actor Travis Fimmel as Ragnar stung for fans, it has been soothed by the interplay of his sons and the power vacuum it left
Instead of wallowing in the death and misery of this past season, in the latest episode of Vikings the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok use Odin’s grave message as a rallying point call to arms to regroup and assemble the largest military strike Western Europe had seen to that point, “The Great Army”, also known by