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Floki escapes and a searching party hunts him down. Bjorn decides to travel alone in the winter to prove his survival skills. King Ecbert learns that a group of nobles from Mercia have overthrown and arrested Queen Kwenthrithin a tower and he assigns his son Aethelwulf to rescue Kwenthrithin and her son. Will he succeed?

"Kill the Queen" is another great episode of "Vikings". The betrayal of Rollo increases while Princess Gisla humiliates him in public. What will be Floki's attitude when he finds that his daughter has died? Aethelwulf shows that he is a great warrior rescuing Queen Kwenthrithin and her son. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Kill the Queen"

In a rapid pace, this episode showcases every kingdoms and their respective perils, mostly concerning women with crowns. Ragnar and Floki undergo more of their dysfunctional relationship as Rollo tries to swoon his wife while conniving plan occurs behind the curtains of Paris. However, the best part goes to the amazingly bloody siege to save Queen Kwenthrith.

Ragnar and his sons struggle in different endeavors. It may be a bit strange that his younger son leads the party to hunt Floki as he inevitably escapes, but the track for this fugitive is displayed gorgeously, it's always nice to see choreography uses the environment for beautiful shots. This time the snow and rain make a fine spectacle of Vikings' settlement.

Bjorn is currently tempered by the nature, he's very secluded in contrast of everyone else. This is probably the most solo spotlight given to him in term of character development. On the far side, Rollo is seemingly having lavish and comfortable life, not knowing that he's in the middle of a dirty power struggle in Paris, but giving them contribution of warfare against his own tribe nevertheless.

As the episode introduces many new characters, the spy lady who sneaks into lord's bedroom in peculiarly appealing and seductive. There's also an unhealthy flirtation between King Eckbert and his daughter-in-law, although it's just a present of knowledge that is offered, a less kinky stuff compared to scheming on the other parties.

It closes with amazing fight scenes as mid-scale battle erupts for the sake of both eliminating and rescuing Queen Kwenthrith. A large siege like the one in previous season is appreciated, but this type of grimy battle is equally brilliant. It's dirty, hard-fought and done in remarkable pace by all combatants. Undoubtedly the highlight of the episode as daggers and swords are pointed in frontal view.

When the queen needs saving there are no surprises in the fight what so ever. All of a sudden the queen of mercia is a pro fighter and the English have adopted female soldiers for the first time ever. I like the series because you are not certain that the "good" guys always win. I this episode you are however. The bad writing of this episode made me create an account so that I could review it