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Not every season of Vikings is created equal. Some are legendary, while others feel like a never-ending winter. Over six action-packed seasons, this historical drama delivered brutal battles, jaw-dropping betrayals, and more shocking deaths than you could count on one severed hand. But let’s be real: any show that lasts this long is bound to have its highs and lows.

Vikings started strong, weaving a tale of power, ambition, and blood-soaked adventure. Still, as the years went on, it faced the usual long-running TV pitfalls, repetitive storylines, shifting main characters, and that tricky balance between historical accuracy and dramatic flair.

Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Ludwig, Jordan Patrick Smith, Marco Ilsø, Alex Høgh Andersen, and Linnéa Lindström in Vikings (Credits- History)

That doesn’t mean the show ever completely lost its edge. Even at its weakest, Vikings had enough gripping moments to keep fans coming back for more. Whether it was the sheer unpredictability of battle,...

For over seven years, the History Channel's Vikings series followed the saga of the legendary Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons. Set between 793 Ad and 821 Ad, it was a dark time for Europe, as the Northmen began to travel further than their raids had ever taken them before. Their invasion of Lindisfarne launched a brutal, ongoing war between the Northmen and the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. Despite historical inaccuracies, one of the core reasons Vikings was such a successful television series was due to the many characters who made the setting feel realistic and inspired.

There have been plenty of Viking-era television series and movies over the years, but the one thing that stood out for new viewers when it came to the History Channel original series was how harshly the characters lived. Nothing about their lives was pristine, or what one might consider by today's standards clean, and it...

Vikings took most of its characters and events from historical records, but it made a lot of changes to them. Among those who went through big changes is Sigurd Ragnarsson (David Lindström), one of Ragnar and Aslaug’s sons, who was killed by his own brother – but how did the real Sigurd die? Created by Michael Hirst, Vikings premiered on the History Channel in 2013 and came to an end in 2020 after six seasons full of betrayals, battles, and deaths. Vikings covered the first years of the Viking Age and during its first seasons, it followed Norse figure Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his travels and raids alongside his Viking brothers.

Vikings went through a major shift in season 4 as Ragnar was killed, so his sons took over and led the series until its final episode. Vikings followed the lives and battles of Björn, Ubbe, Hvitserk, Sigurd, and Ivar quite closely,...

Has Ivar totally lost it? 

Vikings returned with a vengeance during Wednesday's insane two-hour season five premiere -- and so did Ivar the Boneless. 

Alex Hogh Andersen teased a "remorseful" Ivar while speaking with Et ahead of the episode, and while it's clear the character is struggling with impulsively killing his brother, Sigurd (David Lindström) last season, his guilt may make him more dangerous than ever. 

As much was clear in one of the episode's most memorable scenes, when Ivar leads his brothers and the Great Heathen Army in a raid of York -- ravaging a church and inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on its priest. 

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"[We had a] great director, David Wellington, and he was a pleasure to work with. He came in straight away and was a massive champ," Andersen tells Et of shooting the epic scene, which he describes as a crash course in "extremes." "He liked for us to push the limits, and we needed...

No more warming the bench for Ivar the Boneless.

The Vikings character drew sympathy from fans when he was introduced as Ragnar Lothbrok's crippled son in season four -- but took a turn after proving himself as a leader of the Great Heathen Army and driving an axe through the heart of his brother, Sigurd (David Lindström), in the season four finale.

Et caught up with Alex Hogh Andersen ahead of Wednesday's season five premiere, where he previewed Ivar's struggles -- but chuckled at questions about his character's motives. 

"That's always the question. Is he really sorry?" he cracked, reflecting on Ivar's huge move. "He's in remorse, because he knows what follows. There's a massive cliff now between him and his brothers, but most of his [remorse] is about hating the fact that he lost control of himself." 

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"He's so driven by his emotions; that's really his weakness, in a way. He would have liked...

Warning: Spoiler Alert! Do not proceed if you have not watched Wednesday's episode of Vikings.

After the death of Travis Fimmel's Ragnar Lothbrok halfway through Vikings' fourth season, the series' successor seemed to anyone's game. But after Wednesday night's explosive season finale, the question wasn't who will succeed Ragnar, but rather how far he will go, as Alex Høgh Andersen and his character, Ivar the Boneless, took charge.

Et hopped on the phone with 22-year-old Andersen ahead of the shocking finale, where he opened up about what he learned from Fimmel before the star's series departure, the pressure of joining the History Channel show and his character's "violent" future.

Exclusive: 'Vikings' Creator Talks Shocking Midseason Death, 'Collaborative' Relationship With Series' Star

"You can't really overthink the whole thing, because otherwise you will screw yourself up, because it is that big," Andersen said of joining Vikings with only a few Danish TV credits to his...

History Channel’s Vikings started out being about legendary Scandinavian leader Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his meteoric rise to fame, but has been about so much more after his ascension reached its apex as a near god-like status. Ragnar has since become humbled with life’s failures and reminded of regretful decisions. It’s also about the saga of his sons Bjorn Ironside (Alexander Ludwig), Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith), Hvitserk (Marco Ilsø), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (David Lindström) and Ivar the Boneless (Alex Høgh Anderson) eclipsing their father’s fame and branching the Viking Age out to unimaginable boundaries. It spotlights the fascinating women in...read more...