Watching Floki agonize not only about his decision to bring settlers to the land of the gods but also his unquestioning devotion to the gods, underscores the probability that the man with the purest of intentions is likely the one who will come crashing down the most violently. However, “Murder Most Foul” reminds us that not everyone is ready to hold fast to the moral high ground as they seek to obtain, retain, or regain power. Vikings wastes no time laying out what’s at stake here, and tonight’s cold open presents a young King Alfred determined to employ the values taught him by his late grandfather King Ecbert. What begins as an episode examining the doubts and fears of leadership, quickly devolves into a study of political survival as the exiles from the north settle into their new lives in Wessex while their former friends and neighbors learn to live under the rule of a new king in Kattegat. “I am what I have always been, Christ’s warrior on Earth.”
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