Well then. Even more so than the previous season, 3 is mostly a soap opera. The focus is almost exclusively on the characters.
We jump back and forth over the globe. In one scene we are in Kattegat, then suddenly in Britain or with many of the characters (including women) in Paris. In Britain a Viking colony is started, but the conquering of Paris would be to Lothbrok’s fame.
Besides gathering fame, Lothbrok toys with the idea of Christianity throughout season 3, much to the demise of mostly Floki who develops a growing dislike for his king and his best friend Athelstan.
There are the usual talks of the relationship between men and women, of course the raids with an occasional fight and only a handful of scenes on the sea.
A little annoying is the way Norse mythology is used. A man comes to Kattegat, tells a story that in the Edda is an adventure of Thor, but the man is Odin in disguise (and the story only used partly).
“Vikings” remains a series that may be amusing, but nothing more than that.
