Vikings Valhalla

[Drunk Monk]

I struggled through e2 because someone told my AppleTV that merc was in retro, so it was stalling out like every 10 mins, then it would take me like 5 mins to get it going again. But s2 is finding its pace. Freydis has one of those ‘practice’ swordfights where everyone uses live weapons and remarkably, only one person suffers a bloody nose. Then there’s an MMA fight Viking style. There’s some decent scenic stuff. A torture scene. A young Prince getting his first blooding. Then there was an opium scene that clearly demonstrated that the writers have no idea about what opium is or does. And the den pipes were wrong - pipes like those would gum up so fast because opium is resinous. They should’ve went with shrooms instead. That pulled me right out of the ep and had me scoffing at its ridiculousness. I’m just not down with dopey dope scenes.