THE LAST KINGDOM

haha excellent. love this show.

glad to have this back, just wish the saxons didn't largely have modern RPish accents

feel like it's balanced by uhtred's wtf accent which seems to hang out halfway between German and Moira Rose (to be clear i love this)

It is highly entertaining.

uhtred's accent is agreeably weird, it's kind of perfect

I have started watching this, one thing that didn't scan to me was why Ragnar took such a shining to young Uhtred.

cuz he had GUTS

the SOUL of a DANE

(Ragnar appreciated that the little dweeb tried to fight in the battle where his father died, then he became a member of the family when he stopped the daughter from being assaulted)

I feel like the episode we just watched where redacted gets murked might be one of the best in this series. The intrigue!!

What's with "hump" and "turd"?

Anyway, finished the first season, and am hoping that Uhtred becomes less of a humping turd after the events of its finale.

You’ll love all the “arse-licker” comments later on.

Arselings make a lot of turds

Finished the season this weekend. I’m not sure what happens next, they kinda tied it off too neatly, but I still hope for more. I really feel like this show should roll on until Uhtred is old and has 4 more children tbf.

Finished as well, def the weakest season but still very watchable.

I'd have to go back and rewatch before declaring this the weakest season - but I'd also buy that argument at face value, just on the fact that Edward sucks and Alfred was, ahem, pretty great

Is there a hashtag for Eadith + Finan shippers yet? Fidith? Eadin?

I thought it was the best season! All four kingdoms, Wales, Uhtred is likable now... top content imo

Anyway, finished the first season, and am hoping that Uhtred becomes less of a humping turd after the events of its finale.

Two episodes into season 2 and Uhtred is back to being a humping turd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtE1TmikgIQ

I thought it was the best season! All four kingdoms, Wales, Uhtred is likable now... top content imo

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still good, i just dont care about edward yet. plus some other stuff but ill wait til others watch it before spoilers.

Uhtred is likable now

That's good to hear! But damn I have another two seasons before I get to that point, and I just watched him shank a priest in a church.

One thing in the show's favor is that it isn't scared to kill off characters who otherwise seem like they'll hang around for plot reasons. OTOH I'm terrified for Hild.

You really have to resonate with Uhtred’s implicit agnosticism to get to like him, and accept that he’s always lived in a dog eat dog world

Uhtred is and forever remains an asshole in the books too. I appreciate that Cornwell doesn't give him a heart of gold.

Finished the third season.

* I like how the show isn't overly self-serious (unlike another well-known medieval-ish series).
* I don't like all the blatant fridging of female characters.
* Puhtred is definitely not an agnost -- I don't think he would've gone on the Niflheim side quest unless it meant something to him.