EPISODE
SEASON
Vikings - Season 1
Vikings is a historical drama television series, of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok, a viking chieftain. He explores and challenges the local Leader.
3 September 1975, Norway
1 August 1973, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
3 May 1985, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
2 October 1965, Manchester, England, UK
February 24, 2014
For all of Vikings' historical value, the show is never lacking action, adventure, romance, intrigue, and suspense, making it an extraordinarily enjoyable watch.
February 24, 2014
Starts slow, gets better, and very nice to look at.
February 24, 2014
There are more ambitious dramas on television right now, but few that deliver as consistently on what is promised than Vikings.
February 24, 2014
The series is nonetheless transporting in its way, largely because it doesn't try too hard to soften or civilize the characters.
February 24, 2014
Despite such occasional awkwardness, Vikings is an entertaining educated guess about what went on during an intriguing but underexplored moment in history.
February 24, 2014
"All Change" set the stage nicely for Season 2.
February 24, 2014
Vikings is yet another epic example of what the shrinking Big Four broadcast networks just aren't doing anymore. It's now left to others to mount captivating, money-on-the-screen trips to other times and places.
February 24, 2014
It's rare that a work of fiction has us hoping that barbarians will resume robbing and killing innocent people, but our motivation isn't sympathy with the series' heroes. It's boredom.
February 24, 2014
Vikings is great to look at, shot gorgeously in Ireland with a reported $40 million budget and a cast with many familiar faces.