The following contains Valhalla lotta spoilers from the Jan. 8 episode of History’s Vikings.
This Wednesday on History’s Vikings, an inevitability became a tragic reality— and a prophecy was shockingly fulfilled — as one of the epic saga’s bravest, truest and most formidable warriors met their end.
More from TVLineVikings Final Season Sneak Peek: Lagertha Shocks Bjorn With Her Plan for a 'Totally Different Kind of Life'The TVLine-Up: What's Returning, New and Leaving the Week of Dec. 1Vikings Sequel Series Lands at Netflix; Valhalla to Follow Leif Erikson, Others
When White Hair and his stooges stormed the...
This Wednesday on History’s Vikings, an inevitability became a tragic reality— and a prophecy was shockingly fulfilled — as one of the epic saga’s bravest, truest and most formidable warriors met their end.
More from TVLineVikings Final Season Sneak Peek: Lagertha Shocks Bjorn With Her Plan for a 'Totally Different Kind of Life'The TVLine-Up: What's Returning, New and Leaving the Week of Dec. 1Vikings Sequel Series Lands at Netflix; Valhalla to Follow Leif Erikson, Others
When White Hair and his stooges stormed the...
- 1/9/2020
- TVLine.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Death and the Serpent,” the sixth episode of the sixth season of “Vikings.”
When Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) first appeared on History’s “Vikings” she was a character ahead of her time. She fought for equality, battled alongside the men as a famous shield maiden, and never compromised herself even when it meant losing Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) to another woman.
That trailblazing portrayal was a coveted role in the pre-#MeToo era, when messy female characters with breadth and ambition were rarer and often shot with the male gaze. In turn, Lagertha helped bring female viewers to History and became so beloved with fans that creator Michael Hirst received death threats telling him not to kill off the character ahead of the show’s sixth and final season.
Lagertha went on to outlive all other original series regulars, but her...
When Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) first appeared on History’s “Vikings” she was a character ahead of her time. She fought for equality, battled alongside the men as a famous shield maiden, and never compromised herself even when it meant losing Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) to another woman.
That trailblazing portrayal was a coveted role in the pre-#MeToo era, when messy female characters with breadth and ambition were rarer and often shot with the male gaze. In turn, Lagertha helped bring female viewers to History and became so beloved with fans that creator Michael Hirst received death threats telling him not to kill off the character ahead of the show’s sixth and final season.
Lagertha went on to outlive all other original series regulars, but her...
- 1/9/2020
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
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