these are the stories they’ll tell in
Valhalla welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Vikings moments before we
begin we publish new content every day
so be sure to subscribe to our Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
looking at the most epic moving shocking
and important moments from season one of
Vikings through to part 1 of season 5
number 10
lagertha becomes Earl when you think of
cultures with progressive gender
politics the Vikings don’t immediately
jump to mind with a man you don’t talk
they don’t smile introduced as a poor
farmer lagertha immediately showed
herself to be fierce capable and
undaunted by the male-dominated world by
the end of the second season she had
already ascended to the rank of Earl
leading her very own community after
suffering at the hands of her abusive
second husband Earl sig vard of Hedeby
she stops him in front of his own people
in a move that boldly said the old Earl
is dead and I’m your new leader thus
Earl Ingstad was born
number nine Ragnar’s goodbye to alpha
stan you’d expect certain things from
vikings blood pillaging a thirst for
glory it’s all there
what viewers don’t anticipate however
was a deep and nuanced relationship
based on fraternal love between a Viking
leader and a Christian man of God the
Lord has come to me Lord your God yes
but that’s what we got with Athelstan
and Ragnar and for the first two and a
half seasons it was the very heart of
the series after a flow Keys shocking
murder of Athelstan travis famil gave us
arguably his best seen as Ragnar as he
carries the body of his fallen friend
and buries him in private he delivers an
emotionally charged heartbreaking
farewell there’s nothing that can
consoled me now number 8 the raid at
Linda’s farm
the bond between Ragnar and Athelstan
would never have happened if Ragnar
wasn’t bold enough to defy his Earl and
take a ship to raid in an unknown
direction this is the moment that opened
up the world of Vikings and served as
our first real proper introduction to
the violence and savagery inherent to
the act of raiding it was brutal cruel
and probably scared away more than a few
viewers regardless this was the moment
of first contact between Ragnar and the
Saxons
and the start of something much larger
than any of us could have imagined this
one he is worth more alive number seven
fighting the Earl from the beginning it
was clear that Ragnar and Earl haraldson
were on a collision course but it’s true
a fate that brought us together Ragnar
was ambitious and longed for adventure
while the Earl was rooted in tradition
and all too happy to follow routine in
Episode six things finally came to a
head with Ragnar challenging Earl
haraldson to single combat this is a
personal combat the combatants can
choose any weapon and shield they desire
it was a fight in which both combatants
fought honorably carlson had been the
villain up until this point but here he
won our respects though
he ultimately perished of course seeing
Ragnar become the Earl of Kattegat is
the real reason this moment deserves a
spot on our list do you swear allegiance
and fealty to me and to my family from
this day forth it won’t be so long then
number six
Rollo’s betrayal and the battle for
Kattegat no sooner has Ragnar become
Earl than his brother Rolo starts making
designs to become one himself you once
would you not like to be married to
another one his jealousy towards his
brother culminates in him siding with
yarl Borg
against Ragnar and King horik in the
season 1 finale joining Borg in the
battle for Kattegat in the season 2
premiere the battle was the first
large-scale one of the series and while
it might seem small in hindsight it felt
huge at that time everything we knew up
until this point was on the line and
seeing brother face brother made it feel
all the more poignant thankfully Rollo
saw the light number 5 Ragnar is death
when he returned from exile Ragnar was a
changed man his days as our Viking
warrior hero we’re at an end I’ll talk
about the car about my joy of entering
Valhalla Ragnar had already shown
himself capable of doing the seemingly
impossible after the epic but failed
siege of Paris he used real sickness to
fake his death and conquer the city
within but his return to England became
a farewell tour as he dies after he’s
dropped into a pit full of snakes
our hero went to die on his terms having
accepted and embraced his fate
comfortable in the knowledge that he
would live on through his sons it was
the end of an era but you can say he
wasn’t avenged
[Music]
number four our slags death stealing
another woman’s man is never a good idea
but that goes tenfold when the woman in
question is lagertha and not seek
revenge I understand when a slug came to
Kattegat pregnant with Ragnar’s child
Martha’s world was turned upside down
she didn’t just lose her husband but her
home and status she had no choice but to
leave and create a new life for herself
and she flourished but she never forgot
and would later attack and reclaim
Kattegat true to her word like a thug
kills a slug just when we thought she
was going to be allowed to leave
it was both shocking and satisfying
number three
floki discovers a new world with Ragnar
dead and avenged viewers were left to
wonder what could the writers do with
floki thankfully his greatest adventure
had yet to begin
he might relish in the opportunity to do
battle and kill Christians but at his
core floki is a ship builder and a
servant of the gods so him sitting sail
and finding a new land which he believes
to that of the gods felt like a story
worthy of the character Loki’s arrival
and initial exploration of the island
was one of the best sequences in the
show thus far beautiful moving and
fuck it you have to come I think number
two
the blood eagle they say you never
forget your first and while this isn’t
the only blood eagle we’ve seen it’s the
one that is stuck with us have you ever
seen anyone being blood eagle before
until there is the worst most painful
death of all no landscape can compete
with this sort of brutality equal parts
fascinating and nauseating the blood
eagle involves cracking open someone’s
rib cage from the back opening them like
French doors and placing their lungs
over their shoulders to give a bloody
wing effect it’s a now famous scene for
obvious reasons and one that burns
itself right into your mind you’re
Aalborg never cried out however proving
number one the final battle of season 5
part 1 the first half of season 5
brought major shakeups new allegiances
formed as blood ties and old packs fell
apart now I could die ivar and hvitserk
faced off against their own brother Luba
and half brother Bjorn King Harald is
forced to face and kill his brother
kaftan who has aligned himself with
Beorn’s cause Astrid wants the lover of
lagertha
and now heralds Queen finds herself at
odds with the woman she had built a life
with fill one could argue we’d seen
better battles it was bloody and
beautifully shot and the conflicts
interpersonal stakes carried
unprecedented emotional weight I don’t
want to kill you you have to kill me
why otherwise we would kill you do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
Valhalla welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Vikings moments before we
begin we publish new content every day
so be sure to subscribe to our Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
looking at the most epic moving shocking
and important moments from season one of
Vikings through to part 1 of season 5
number 10
lagertha becomes Earl when you think of
cultures with progressive gender
politics the Vikings don’t immediately
jump to mind with a man you don’t talk
they don’t smile introduced as a poor
farmer lagertha immediately showed
herself to be fierce capable and
undaunted by the male-dominated world by
the end of the second season she had
already ascended to the rank of Earl
leading her very own community after
suffering at the hands of her abusive
second husband Earl sig vard of Hedeby
she stops him in front of his own people
in a move that boldly said the old Earl
is dead and I’m your new leader thus
Earl Ingstad was born
number nine Ragnar’s goodbye to alpha
stan you’d expect certain things from
vikings blood pillaging a thirst for
glory it’s all there
what viewers don’t anticipate however
was a deep and nuanced relationship
based on fraternal love between a Viking
leader and a Christian man of God the
Lord has come to me Lord your God yes
but that’s what we got with Athelstan
and Ragnar and for the first two and a
half seasons it was the very heart of
the series after a flow Keys shocking
murder of Athelstan travis famil gave us
arguably his best seen as Ragnar as he
carries the body of his fallen friend
and buries him in private he delivers an
emotionally charged heartbreaking
farewell there’s nothing that can
consoled me now number 8 the raid at
Linda’s farm
the bond between Ragnar and Athelstan
would never have happened if Ragnar
wasn’t bold enough to defy his Earl and
take a ship to raid in an unknown
direction this is the moment that opened
up the world of Vikings and served as
our first real proper introduction to
the violence and savagery inherent to
the act of raiding it was brutal cruel
and probably scared away more than a few
viewers regardless this was the moment
of first contact between Ragnar and the
Saxons
and the start of something much larger
than any of us could have imagined this
one he is worth more alive number seven
fighting the Earl from the beginning it
was clear that Ragnar and Earl haraldson
were on a collision course but it’s true
a fate that brought us together Ragnar
was ambitious and longed for adventure
while the Earl was rooted in tradition
and all too happy to follow routine in
Episode six things finally came to a
head with Ragnar challenging Earl
haraldson to single combat this is a
personal combat the combatants can
choose any weapon and shield they desire
it was a fight in which both combatants
fought honorably carlson had been the
villain up until this point but here he
won our respects though
he ultimately perished of course seeing
Ragnar become the Earl of Kattegat is
the real reason this moment deserves a
spot on our list do you swear allegiance
and fealty to me and to my family from
this day forth it won’t be so long then
number six
Rollo’s betrayal and the battle for
Kattegat no sooner has Ragnar become
Earl than his brother Rolo starts making
designs to become one himself you once
would you not like to be married to
another one his jealousy towards his
brother culminates in him siding with
yarl Borg
against Ragnar and King horik in the
season 1 finale joining Borg in the
battle for Kattegat in the season 2
premiere the battle was the first
large-scale one of the series and while
it might seem small in hindsight it felt
huge at that time everything we knew up
until this point was on the line and
seeing brother face brother made it feel
all the more poignant thankfully Rollo
saw the light number 5 Ragnar is death
when he returned from exile Ragnar was a
changed man his days as our Viking
warrior hero we’re at an end I’ll talk
about the car about my joy of entering
Valhalla Ragnar had already shown
himself capable of doing the seemingly
impossible after the epic but failed
siege of Paris he used real sickness to
fake his death and conquer the city
within but his return to England became
a farewell tour as he dies after he’s
dropped into a pit full of snakes
our hero went to die on his terms having
accepted and embraced his fate
comfortable in the knowledge that he
would live on through his sons it was
the end of an era but you can say he
wasn’t avenged
[Music]
number four our slags death stealing
another woman’s man is never a good idea
but that goes tenfold when the woman in
question is lagertha and not seek
revenge I understand when a slug came to
Kattegat pregnant with Ragnar’s child
Martha’s world was turned upside down
she didn’t just lose her husband but her
home and status she had no choice but to
leave and create a new life for herself
and she flourished but she never forgot
and would later attack and reclaim
Kattegat true to her word like a thug
kills a slug just when we thought she
was going to be allowed to leave
it was both shocking and satisfying
number three
floki discovers a new world with Ragnar
dead and avenged viewers were left to
wonder what could the writers do with
floki thankfully his greatest adventure
had yet to begin
he might relish in the opportunity to do
battle and kill Christians but at his
core floki is a ship builder and a
servant of the gods so him sitting sail
and finding a new land which he believes
to that of the gods felt like a story
worthy of the character Loki’s arrival
and initial exploration of the island
was one of the best sequences in the
show thus far beautiful moving and
fuck it you have to come I think number
two
the blood eagle they say you never
forget your first and while this isn’t
the only blood eagle we’ve seen it’s the
one that is stuck with us have you ever
seen anyone being blood eagle before
until there is the worst most painful
death of all no landscape can compete
with this sort of brutality equal parts
fascinating and nauseating the blood
eagle involves cracking open someone’s
rib cage from the back opening them like
French doors and placing their lungs
over their shoulders to give a bloody
wing effect it’s a now famous scene for
obvious reasons and one that burns
itself right into your mind you’re
Aalborg never cried out however proving
number one the final battle of season 5
part 1 the first half of season 5
brought major shakeups new allegiances
formed as blood ties and old packs fell
apart now I could die ivar and hvitserk
faced off against their own brother Luba
and half brother Bjorn King Harald is
forced to face and kill his brother
kaftan who has aligned himself with
Beorn’s cause Astrid wants the lover of
lagertha
and now heralds Queen finds herself at
odds with the woman she had built a life
with fill one could argue we’d seen
better battles it was bloody and
beautifully shot and the conflicts
interpersonal stakes carried
unprecedented emotional weight I don’t
want to kill you you have to kill me
why otherwise we would kill you do you
agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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