Knee deep into a re-binge of the series, it comes to my attention that season 4 was really the peak… Had they ended it after the infamous historical event that occurs at the end of this season, it would have felt more “complete,” and probably made a better launch pad for several spin-off sagas to be told completely separate of Ragnar’s tale. I.E. Bjorn Ironside’s exploits could have clearly been their own mini-series… Ivar the Boneless most definitely could have been much more than a poorly casted side note… and then of coarse, Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson, which I believe is the only actually forthcoming spinoff series planned. Instead, the portrayal of events as they have been presented feels rather anticlimactic and has somewhat tarnished the reputation this epic series has commanded since its beginning. That said, I am enjoying this re-binge almost more than the first go around, mainly because I’m catching things I seem to have missed, as well as the obvious not-needing-to-wait-a-week thing… Anyone who has not yet seen this show definitely has been missing out! Being of Norwegian heritage and growing up hearing some of these stories, I am obviously a little biased, and have tried across the board to overlook the liberties they took with the presentation of facts, but aside from some historical inaccuracies and chronological over-consolidation for ease of storytelling, this series is as great a rendition of the saga as it is to hear it around a campfire from the most colorful and animated family member or storyteller. Straight up 10/10