Original subtitles

RAGNAR: Previously on Vikings...

As far as I am concerned, I am now at war with Ivar.

He is now my enemy.

Close all roads to York.

Trap them, starve them, force them to surrender.

This is my cousin Mannel.

I offer you my allegiance and loyalty.

-(GRUNTING) -(SWORDS CLANGING)

Commander Euphemius wants you to be his bodyguards.

-He will pay you very well. -Tell him we agree.

Commander Euphemius isn't really the commander.

An Arab leader called Ziyadat Allah.

SINRIC: He is probably the most important ruler

in the Mediterranean.

I want to meet this Ziyadat Allah.

-What does he say? -That he won't go.

(SPEAKING GREEK)

Who is that woman?

HEAHMUND: They are burning their dead.

Mmm.

I've found something. The Romans were very clever.

They are gone. The Northmen, the ships. They're all gone!

(RATS SQUEAKING)

Why are the rats above ground?

(IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING)

♪ More, give me more ♪

♪ Give me more ♪

♪ If I had a heart I could love you ♪

♪ If I had a voice I would sing ♪

♪ After the night when I wake up ♪

♪ I'll see what tomorrow brings ♪

♪ I... I... I... ♪

♪ If I had a voice I would sing ♪

(CROWD SHOUTING)

We must call the faithful to the Cathedral

to celebrate High Mass

and the delivery of York from the pagans!

(CROWD CHEERS)

I agree, sire.

God works in mysterious ways.

(BELLS TOLLING)

Listen! The bells!

(ALL CHEERING)

AETHELWULF: My son! (LAUGHS) Mannel, thank you.

Father.

(RATS SQUEAKING)

(WATER SLOSHING)

(BELLS TOLLING IN DISTANCE)

(SLOSHING AND CLATTERING)

(SHUSHING)

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

Father!

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

(YELLING)

AETHELWULF: Heahmund!

Fight for your God and protect your king!

CAPTAIN: Sire! This way!

-(ARROWS WHIZZING) -(MEN SHOUTING)

Sire! Stay down!

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

AETHELWULF: Men! Defend!

Cuthred, with me! Form up!

Charge!

(MEN SHOUTING)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

(GROWLS)

(GRUNTS)

Mannel!

Push through! Cover!

Men! Fight on!

(MEN SHOUTING)

(YELLS)

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

Hold!

(LAUGHS)

(YELLS)

(STRAINING)

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

(GRUNTING)

Let every soul be subject to a higher power!

For there is no power but that of God!

(SCREAMS)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Die! Die! Die!

(YELLS)

Die! Die!

(GROWLS)

-(YELLING) -Cover!

(ALL GRUNTING)

-Come on! -(YELLS)

(GRUNTING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING)

(SHOUTS)

CAPTAIN: Sire! Back!

(YELLS)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING)

MANNEL: Alfred! Alfred!

(GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

(SCREAMS)

Alfred!

(YELLS)

Bear not your sword in vain!

Fight!

(URGING HORSE)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTING)

(MAN YELLS)

Hold the wall!

Spears!

(MEN SHOUTING)

(LAUGHS)

Yah!

(YELLING)

(WINCING)

Yah!

(WOMAN WAILING)

Yah!

Hee-yah!

(HORSE WHINNIES)

(COUGHS)

(IN NORSE) Stop fighting.

(GRUNTING)

IVAR: Stop fighting.

(SHOUTING)

(GROANING)

Give him my horse.

Give him my horse.

He is too great a warrior to fight on foot.

(HORSE WHINNIES)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(LAUGHING)

-(GRUNTS) -(ALL SHOUTING)

Yah! Yah!

-(PANTING) -MANNEL: Sire!

MANNEL: Sire!

-You must leave! You must run! -No! No!

I would rather die!

Save your son at least, if you don't care about yourself!

You're right! You're right!

You lead. I'll follow.

AETHELWULF: Alfred.

Protect your king! Die like men!

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMS)

(SHOUTS)

(GROANS)

(LAUGHS)

Good God!

No! No!

(SCREAMS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

-Heathen! -(CHUCKLES)

(CROWD LAUGHS)

Christian.

Yes.

(CROWD LAUGHS)

(GRUNTS)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMELS LOWING)

(CAMELS LOWING)

(MEN SCREAMING)

(GROANING)

(SHUSHING)

-(MEN SOBBING) -(GROANING)

(MEN GROANING AND SCREAMING)

Father! Father.

(GRUNTS)

(SOBS)

(PANTING) What happened?

Aethelwulf!

-What happened? -They surprised us.

-Alfred? -AETHELWULF: They were hiding.

JUDITH: Sit down. Sit. AETHELWULF: Thank you...

All right.

(MEN CONTINUE SCREAMING)

Mannel? My cousin? Where is Mannel?

He urged us to leave.

-He told us he would follow. -No.

AETHELWULF: He... He stayed behind.

He died trying to protect our escape.

(MAN SCREAMING)

Heahmund.

Heahmund! Bishop Heahmund!

Surely he survived?

He survived, surely he didn't die?

(MAN CONTINUES SCREAMING IN DISTANCE)

I thought that God had at last seen fit to...

To be merciful unto us...

And forgive us.

I was wrong, Judith.

I was wrong.

We must suffer.

(SOBBING) We must suffer.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(BREATHING WEAKLY)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(CHUCKLES)

(CAMELS LOWING)

(DISTANT CHATTERING)

(CLICKS TONGUE)

-(SPEAKS ARABIC) -(CAMELS GRUNTING)

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

(CLICKS TONGUE)

(VILLAGERS CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)

(CAMELS BELLOWING)

(SIGHS)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

Marhaba.

Allah be praised, you've arrived safely.

Now, please, come into the tent

and relax after your journey.

The Emir will join you shortly.

Your weapons, please.

(GOATS BLEATING)

MAN: (IN ARABIC) Greetings.

Commander Euphemius.

Welcome.

(IN NORSE) Northmen, welcome to my home.

Welcome to the desert.

The desert is my mother and father.

-The sea is my mother. -But not your father?

No. Odin is my father.

-He is all our fathers! -(IN ENGLISH) Good.

(IN NORSE) Allah is great

and Mohammed is his prophet.

But there are other prophets.

We recognize that.

You are Bjorn Ironside.

-(IN ENGLISH) Yeah. -Yeah.

(IN NORSE) Fame travels far.

(IN ENGLISH) How can you speak our language?

That is easy.

I have met Rus Vikings

from the Kievan empire many times.

I have been pleased to have helped them with the emperor.

Are you not the enemy of the emperor?

By no means. Why?

(SNICKERS) Why should I seek such an enemy?

Ah.

There are many things you do not understand

about how the world works here.

If you take my advice,

you will just take it as it appears.

That is the best way.

Now, we have a trade deal to make.

How can I get furs, swords, falcons,

bear skins, whale meat...

And your slaves are the best!

Everybody knows that!

(CHUCKLES)

(WHISPERS AND CLICKS TONGUE)

(LEMUR SCREECHES)

WOMAN: Why are they following him?

(CROWD CHATTERING)

WOMAN 2: Floki!

(CROWD EXCLAIMING)

WOMAN 3: Floki has returned!

(CROWD CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

Floki.

I never thought I'd see you again.

Not in this lifetime anyway.

No.

It's strange for me, too.

To be back here in this Great Hall.

If I listen carefully, I can still hear

the sound of Earl Haraldson's voice.

And Ragnar's voice.

Always Ragnar's voice.

Such memories we've shared, Lagertha.

Yes.

FLOKI: So much has happened to me, Lagertha.

So much.

I don't know who I am.

You are Floki, the boat builder.

I am more than that.

UBBE: Floki!

(CHUCKLES) Ubbe! Ubbe!

The last time I saw you, you were...

Sailing away in a small boat with no means of navigation.

You'd given yourself to the Gods.

-Oh, and the gods provided. -In what way?

They took me to a place.

A special place.

I was dead and then I was alive.

And then I came ashore. And I was in this special place.

Where was this place?

At the edge of everything,

and yet at the very center of it all.

There's no one else there.

-No one? -No humans.

Only the Gods.

(PEOPLE WHISPERING DISTANTLY)

Huh.

Why did you come back here, Floki?

Because I felt that it was wrong

to keep this amazing place to myself.

-I want to share it. -With whom?

With those who believe in the true Gods.

FLOKI: I only want those who are pure in spirit and heart.

This place is only fit for true believers.

-Like you? -Yes. Like me.

But not like me?

Or not like Ragnar?

We were never pure like you are.

I can't say.

All I know is that the Gods have sent me here

to find kindred spirits.

Those who are willing to live pure lives among the Gods.

LAGERTHA: You would take these warriors

and shield-maidens away from here,

to your special place?

Yes!

If they were willing to come with me.

In that case,

I must warn you, my friend.

This is my kingdom. I rule Kattegat.

And I must protect it, and look after it and its people.

Especially now, when we have every reason

to expect another attack

from the forces of King Harald.

The last thing I need

is for someone to take away my best warriors,

my best hopes.

Our best hopes.

You mustn't try to do it, Floki.

I forbid you.

Do you understand?

Do you understand?

(BIRDS CALLING)

(BUBBLING)

(LAUGHS AND COUGHS)

(BUBBLING)

The Emir has sent you both a gift.

This one is for you.

And this one is for you.

Enjoy.

(SENSUOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

Mmm.

(WOMAN PANTING)

(GASPS)

(LAUGHS)

(PANTING)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

HALFDAN: How was your evening?

(CLICKS TONGUE) Very satisfactory.

(BJORN SIGHS)

And yours?

She was...

Not a she.

-What? -You heard.

Hmm.

And, uh...

Was that...

A problem for you?

I'm starving!

FLOKI: You mustn't be afraid.

This land has no wars,

no diseases, no suffering.

Blessed by the Gods in every way.

And the soil is good.

Good farming soil just waiting for you to plant it.

It seems too good to be true.

The only way to understand it

is that the Gods meant it for us.

Meant it for true believers.

EYVIND: The climate is good?

-The earth rich? -Yes, my friend.

How come we have never found this place before?

Because the Gods were waiting for the right people to find it.

We don't want to bring too many.

Just enough for a working colony of believers. That's all.

And then, can you imagine how perfect life will be?

The perfect conditions for the growth of the crops,

and for the growth of the spirit.

(MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

The Saxon army, or what remains of it,

has abandoned their camp and left.

(CHUCKLES)

IVAR: If you want to,

we can pursue them and destroy them.

I think we have more important things to do.

We must look to Kattegat.

What if Ubbe kills Lagertha,

or persuades her to crown him king?

The loss of our home base would be a devastating blow.

We need to sort things out.

We must kill Ubbe and Lagertha,

and you must be crowned King of Kattegat,

before Bjorn returns.

You are making more and more sense, my brother.

Good man.

I remember also that King Harald has an ambition

of invading Kattegat.

In the short term,

we should make an alliance and work with him.

This time we will truly quit York,

though leaving a big enough garrison

to keep it safe until our return.

Hmm?

And what of our prisoner? This bishop.

Well, what do you propose?

He seems like an important man.

We could offer him back to the Saxons

for a great ransom.

Or we could crucify him.

That would be fun.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHEWING)

You call me a heathen,

but to me, I am godly.

I live by the Gods.

There is only one God!

But I have seen other Gods.

I have seen Odin, the All-Father,

with my own eyes.

They are the devil's work.

(LAUGHS)

He conjures up demons and fallen angels to beguile us,

and lead us into evil.

What is evil, hmm?

The slaughter of the innocent.

(SCOFFS) You slaughter when it suits you.

He who chooses to be heathen is not innocent!

But I could show you the ways of God.

I could bring you to salvation and to eternal life.

(LAUGHING)

Do you know who I am?

Of course.

You are Ivar,

son of Ragnar Lothbrok.

And many there are who fear you.

Hmm.

-But not you? -No.

I fear no man.

No matter how wicked.

People tell stories about other people.

People they don't know. Have never met.

And yet they still curse them and tell lies about them.

-Isn't that true? -Yes.

People told lies about our savior.

Well, perhaps they tell lies about me as well.

How would I know?

I will give you the chance to find out.

You are coming on a journey with us.

(CHUCKLES)

I am already on a journey!

Aren't we all?

(DISTANT SHOUTING)

Halfdan!

I know. I can hear.

(ZIYADAT ALLAH SPEAKING ARABIC)

What has happened?

From what I can gather, Commander Euphemius

was placed under arrest last night...

But somehow managed to escape.

(BJORN SIGHS)

And it was their fault?

Yes.

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

(GUARDS PLEADING IN ARABIC)

(SABERS CLANGING)

(SPEAKING ARABIC)

-(SWORDS SWISHING) -(HEADS THUDDING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(IN ARABIC) Find Euphemius!

(WIND HOWLING)

We haven't exactly been the best bodyguards, have we?

(SIGHS) No, we have not.

(VILLAGERS CHATTERING)

(WOOD CREAKING)

(FLOKI BREATHES HEAVILY) What do you want, Ubbe?

Me?

I don't want anything.

I'm just curious.

Like my father, I suppose. He was curious, no?

I know.

Since you were so good to Ivar when he was younger,

you should know that he and I have, uh, fallen out.

-Can you not be reconciled? -I don't think so.

I think it is more likely that, one day,

we will go to war against each other.

I feel the pity.

But also the relief

that I won't have to choose between you,

nor suffer grief or joy,

which, in the end, are the same thing.

Tell me the truth.

Do you really believe you have found the land of the Gods?

-Why would I lie to you, Ubbe? -Because you're insane.

(LAUGHS)

Am I?

(CHUCKLES)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Please.

Mmm. (THUMPING ON TABLE)

This feast is to celebrate our trade agreement

and our continuing cooperation.

As you can see, these local spicy and exotic dishes

have been especially prepared for you by my famous chefs.

They will be insulted if you don't eat your fill.

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

Bismillah.

Please.

(TAPS TABLE)

(ALL CHATTERING)

Mmm. It's good.

(MEN LAUGHING)

(IN GREEK) Kassia, my beloved,

everything was done as you wanted.

And we are both free now, of that monster

of whose flesh we have all partaken.

(LAUGHS)

(SPUTTERS)

(MEN LAUGHING)

What does he say?

He's saying that we've all just eaten Commander Euphemius.

-Bah! -(CHUCKLES)

-(GAGGING) -ZIYADAT ALLAH: You see...

I discovered that Euphemius was trying to double-cross me,

and return to the emperor's favor.

Now, that was unacceptable.

(SUCKS TEETH)

I think we should return to the boats.

We are in the greatest danger.

-Ziyadat Allah? -No. Kassia.

SINRIC: Didn't you realize?

(OWL HOOTS)

(DOG BARKS)

-(INDISTINCT TALKING) -(DOOR OPENS)

FLOKI: Here are the chosen ones.

(LAUGHS)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

You four will be responsible

for preparing all the families for the voyage.

But do it carefully and with utter secrecy.

Tell no one else.

I must disappear from Kattegat.

I shall go back to my boatyard and prepare the boats.

You will all meet me there in nine days' time.

Travel separately,

and don't give any indication that you're leaving.

KJETILL: We shall do as you say, Floki.

We are eager to go.

But I have to say, the risks are high.

Nothing can be achieved without taking risks.

EYVIND: That is true.

But remember what we have been promised.

FLOKI: The Gods will take care of us,

since we're doing all this in their name.

Now, I must go. Farewell.

For now.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

MAN: Ropes!

HEAHMUND: Lord, unto thee do I lift up my soul.

Let me not be ashamed,

let not mine enemies triumph over me.

So, is this an interruption of your journey?

Or is it a part of it?

What do you think, Bishop Heahmund?

(CAMELS LOWING)

(PANTING)

(STRAINING)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

What are we gonna do?

(SIGHS)

(SWORDS UNSHEATHING)

(SOLDIERS SPEAKING ARABIC)

(WINCING)

(SOFTLY) Bjorn! There's a storm coming!

A storm?

If we can stay alive a few moments longer, maybe...

(SPEAKS ARABIC)

(IN ARABIC) Kill them!

Too late!

(MUSIC PLAYING)