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Vikings - Season 2
Season 2 explores the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lodbrok and his crew and family.
1989, Scotland, UK
15 July 1980, Helsinki, Finland
23 September 1982, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
4 December 1980, Dublin, Ireland
March 03, 2014
The setting and culture of Scandinavia in A.D. 796 made Vikings stand out in its first season, but at this point it's just another period soap on cable.
February 27, 2014
Vikings exceeds expectations, so long as those expectations aren't up in Game of Thrones territory. What could be a silly exercise in quasi-historical swordplay is instead an earnest, tightly told family drama.
March 04, 2014
The reasons for Vikings success stem from its stellar casting, and top-notch writing from Tudors veteran Michael Hirst.
March 04, 2014
This gorgeously shot drama -- and it's one of the most visually striking shows on TV -- is simple but not simplistic, and that's a crucial distinction.
March 04, 2014
One of the things I love most about Vikings is how visually arresting it is. It has one of the most haunting opening credit sequences that I've ever seen.
March 21, 2014
The best of what Vikings has to offer, besides artfully, horrifically staged sequences of warfare, is fierce Lagertha. Played by Katheryn Winnick (a black-belt tae kwon do teacher in a past life), she may be the most exciting feminist character on TV.
March 04, 2014
The series greatest strength is the sense that we're visiting a culture, a people that has been so mysterious; that we're seeing both the mundane and extraordinary aspects of what a Viking's life may have been.
February 28, 2014
In many ways, it surpasses all of the first season's accomplishments. Fellow Vikings fanatics, we're in for one hell of a ride.
February 27, 2014
Vikings has emerged in its second season as a series of appreciably higher quality. Its characters and storytelling, all within a world quite unlike any other on the TV landscape, have gone far beyond the cardboard stage.
February 27, 2014
Vikings has a primitive grandeur, with generous helpings of sex and savagery. Missing Spartacus this winter? Give these warriors a look.
