I have a bitter taste on my tongue. I was looking forward to see this episode. This fight between Rollo and Ragnar \ Vikings and Franks promised to be truly epic. And what do we have instead? After all that Vikings have done, after executing this madly brilliant plan to drag ships through the terrain, they were pushed back by "fearless" Franks. With all the respect, I feel the rage engulfing me. How is that possible to sacrifice that much and run away in the midst of the crucial battle. But let's forget about this abrupt ending of their raid on Paris and focus on possible reasons to write such a script. I think they intended to implement a new page of the book called Ragnar Lothbrok's life. And this page's about his sons. Because the true history(wiki help needed) tells us that one of his sons(Bjorn) probably discovered America, another one - Ivar the Boneless conquered the England. The true fame belongs to them. And now the question comes forward: how could it possibly be that Ragnar's sons from kids became men in just a few years. It looks like 10 years have passed since Vikings returned from France. I can not believe that script writers did this lemon squeezing just to fill all this events in one episode. And the brilliant ending with Ragnar asking for someone to put an end to his misery. Utterly disappointed I'd say.
Review of The Last Ship
