Vikings has returned with a two-hour / two-episode Season 6 premiere. ‘New Beginnings’ and ‘The Prophet’ are the first two episodes of the season, and come together as one long premiere, setting the stage for what is bound to be yet another bloody season.I’m happy to report that the quality in Season 6 is vastly improved over Season 5—so far, at least. I very nearly gave up on this show. Last season was . . . not good. Very bad, actually, with a confusing narrative, poorly choreographed battles and a serious Ivar the Boneless infatuation.
The stage is set thusly: Ivar has fled Norway and Kattegat. He’s exploring the wide world, making his way down the Silk Road through exotic lands. We open to our crippled ex-king looking quite snazzy with long hair and a beard. Alas, he shaves it all away only minutes later. I prefer Ivar bearded and swarthy. Oh well.His band of mercenaries is set upon by Rus vikings and he’s whisked off to Kiev where he meets the charming psychopath, Prince Oleg (Danila Kozlovsky) one of many brothers vying for power in what is now the Ukraine.
The Season 6 premiere shows a marked improvement, though it still suffers from one glaring omission: Ragnar Lothbrok is still very much dead, still very much not part of the show, though his memory lingers. Lagertha sees him and her children as she seeks out her new farmstead—a memory of better, simpler times. For us in the audience, it’s a memory of one of the most compelling characters in modern TV, and it’s every bit as bittersweet.
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