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Feb 27, 2015MICHAEL TAGGART MALONEY rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Now that the third season of VIKINGS has begun it is a good time to mention what an amazing series it is. VIKINGS is a History Channel drama by the guy, Michael Hirst, who did TUDORS (which I really liked except for the final season which I thought was unwatchable). It is set during the time of the first Northmen raids on England 800-900 AD. Season one had a human sacrifice episode that was spectacular and season two had an episode devoted to the "blood eagle," a torture/trial by ordeal ritual where a man's rib cage is hacked apart from the back and his lungs yanked out and draped over his shoulders, creating the visual of a bloody eagle. If the man keeps it together without shrieking in agony he gets to go to Valhalla. What is special about the series is it puts you in touch with a time when gods were still alive and very close.