This review contains spoilers.

For the last handful of episodes,Vikingshas been drawing a parallel between the Vikings and Christians.

This has created a rather interesting dialogue.

We frequently say that the history is written by the victors.

We have seen this in previous weeks, and theres still some of that in Born Again.

And certainly what follows the birth of Judiths child is about as foreignthankfullyfrom our experience as we can imagine.

But that barbarism pales when we see the hand behind it all.

The wisdom of waiting to see if Judiths child was male was wise, of course.

But it was a rather large (and utterly heartless) risk for Ecbert to take.

The Viking way of dealing with adultery seems so much more elevated by comparison.

People are not, as Ecbert sees them, disposable.

By the rules of his own culture, he must accede to those demands.

And hes not the only one who is acting more like a Saxon than a Viking.

The bigger disappointment was in the distinctly un-Viking way in which Floki killed him.

What could be less Viking than that?

Only Aethelstan has remained solidly at his side, helping him to find his way.

I wish theyd give Fimmel more such moments.

But I doubt well see a lot more introspection in the weeks to come.

Even odds on whether, all things considered, they even make it to the city on the Seine.