1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:05,160 [Uhtred] My name is Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,040 I was born a Saxon, 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,800 but stolen, and raised as a Dane. 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,840 Now I find myself bound to King Alfred. 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,800 And bound by marriage to Wessex. 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,880 I have a Christian wife, whom I care for. 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,040 [baby crying] 8 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,760 And I child I have never seen. 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,240 I have land, burdened with debt. 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,480 It is a substantial amount, Lord. 11 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,840 Alfred could remove the debt, but he has chosen not to. 12 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,560 [Uhtred] And a sly servant I cannot trust. 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,080 And though I miss the ways of the Danes, 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,920 and their hunger for life and for battle. 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,760 Never cross Ubba. 16 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,920 And never, never fight him. 17 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,880 [Uhtred] Fate has stirred my Saxon heart for a reason. 18 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,840 [man] Ubba and his army have returned from Ireland. 19 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,160 And my fleet is where? 20 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,680 [man] They left Lundene several days ago 21 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,400 [Uhtred] Destiny is all. 22 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,520 [thunder rumbles] 23 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,560 [horse whinnies] 24 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,200 [Oswald] Lord? 25 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,520 Lord? When will you need assistance? 26 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,200 [baby crying] 27 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,760 Mildrith! 28 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,520 - Odda? - Mildrith. Thank, God. 29 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,200 - What are you doing here? - You must come with me. 30 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,160 The peace is over. We are under siege. 31 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,400 Since when? 32 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,600 You must gather all you need and quickly. 33 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:29,280 The Danes could be here at any time. 34 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,480 - I cannot go with you. - Yes, you can. You must. 35 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,200 If the peace is over, then what of Uhtred? 36 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,760 Mildrith, the Danes have broken the truce. 37 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,680 We have killed all the hostages given to us 38 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,000 and they will have done the same. 39 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,600 If Uhtred has survived, 40 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:42,360 it can only be as a traitor, a Dane! 41 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:43,760 No. 42 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,640 Regardless, it is no longer safe for you here, 43 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,360 - you must come with me. - [thunder rumbles] 44 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,200 Mildrith! I beg you, for the sake of your child. 45 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,720 Do not worry about us lady, 46 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,040 we'll get ourselves and the livestock to the hills. 47 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,240 Get yourself clear of this place. 48 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,680 Anything of value I will bury! 49 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,320 [birds squawking] 50 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,040 [indistinct chatter] 51 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,160 [man] Don't just pull at the bugger, you'll have it torn! 52 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,200 - Find out what holds it! - [Uhtred] 53 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,040 He's not for sale. 54 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:04,000 I'll give you twice its worth. In silver. 55 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,520 Have any washed up alive? 56 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,320 Not on my beach. 57 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,240 God's taken hundreds of the bastards. 58 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:21,160 Though it's said hundreds more have landed safely, 59 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,680 Friends of yours? 60 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,720 You should take your families to safety. 61 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,000 - Ertwit? - He has your look, definitely. 62 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,280 Little Ertwit. Little Ertwit. 63 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,240 [chuckles] 64 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:47,920 Let's hope he does not develop my constitution. 65 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,880 [door opens] 66 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,560 They are here. 67 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,920 Shh, shh, shh... 68 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,280 Odda? Wulfhere? 69 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,760 [both] Lord. 70 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,640 Difficult times, which we will face head on. 71 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,200 Never rest. 72 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,040 Do we march as one Lord, or are we to split? 73 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,600 We are split. 74 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,160 You both shall ride towards the Severn River to face Ubba. 75 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,760 I shall ride south to face Guthrum. 76 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,760 Should we not all be marching to the Severn lord? 77 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,040 If this first battle is won, 78 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,600 then the Danes may not care for a second. 79 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,560 Wulfhere, even in victory we can never be sure 80 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,600 of our surviving numbers. 81 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,680 Some of Guthrum's ships will of made it to shore, 82 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,480 and I can not let him simply walk through Wessex; 83 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,640 he must be faced. 84 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,400 Odda, should either of us have luck 85 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,800 and defeat our enemy quickly, we will march to the others aid. 86 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,680 Yes, Lord, of course. 87 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,320 Prepare... 88 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,000 [cows mooing] [chickens clucking] 89 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,120 [man grunting] 90 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,920 By God, girl, you are a lovely field to plough. 91 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,040 A lovely field to plough. 92 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,960 Better than barley... Better than barley... 93 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:49,960 [grunts] 94 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,280 By God, girl, better than barley! 95 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,160 Better than barley, yeah, 96 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,640 [screams] 97 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,760 Better than barley! 98 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,880 Lord! Lord! Forgive, Lord, it's never happened before, 99 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,200 I swear it'll never happen again. 100 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,120 - It was the girl's idea. - It was not! 101 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,960 - Where's my wife? - It was not my idea at-- 102 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,440 - Where is my wife and child? - Wait! Wait! Lord! 103 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,160 She's with Lord Odda the Younger. 104 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,320 - Odda? - Yes, Lord. 105 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:18,720 He took the lady and your son. 106 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,640 She went willingly, Lord, to protect the child. 107 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,600 - My son? - Yes, Lord, you have a son. 108 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,760 Handsome little man he is. Looks like his father. 109 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,080 I should really take your balls for this, desecration. 110 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,800 Yes... No, Lor... Please. 111 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,520 I do not care for you; your wife, 112 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,080 your children nor your whore. 113 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,040 Lord, he made me do it, with the promise of a coin. 114 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,920 It was false promise, Lord, I have no coin. 115 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,000 I will need a fresh horse, food and drink. 116 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,160 Yes, Lord. Your own horse was returned, it's in the stable. 117 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,600 My house is not your house. 118 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:52,800 No, Lord. I beg your pardon, Lord. 119 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,200 My land is not your land. 120 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,640 Treat me as a fool again and I'll kill you. 121 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,080 Yes, Lord. 122 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,080 I'll enjoy it. 123 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,120 I believe you would. 124 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,360 Leave me. 125 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:35,600 Uhtred... son of Uhtred... 126 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,800 We outnumber them I feel. 127 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,360 [Leofric] We outnumber them if you count 128 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,680 the farm boys and women, Lord. 129 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,800 You fear them, Leofric? 130 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,480 I do not. Though some do. 131 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,160 It is not about fear, it is about strategy. 132 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,760 We hold the high ground; they must come to us. 133 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,520 And if they decide to wait, Lord? 134 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:28,480 Why would they? 135 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,200 Because we are sat isolated 136 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,560 - on this high ground. - [Wulfhere] 137 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,240 They don't know that! 138 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,720 We bide our time. Hold our position. 139 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:41,720 With luck, Alfred will see off Guthrum, 140 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,320 and provide us with reinforcements. 141 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:49,880 For now we stay put... on this hill. 142 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,200 [indistinct chatter] 143 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,160 Lord... 144 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,680 They are gathering, and they are watching. 145 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,960 They have the higher ground. 146 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,160 But I do not want to wait. 147 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:26,680 So... when do I attack? 148 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,360 I'll cast the runes. 149 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,720 Storri, I will need a clear answer. 150 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,200 I will get one. 151 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,480 [spits] 152 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:02,240 I have your answer, Lord. 153 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,480 Look, this is us at the base of their hill, 154 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,240 they sit on top, 155 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,920 but that's not an advantage. 156 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:19,800 This is a feather from that camp, bone dry and faded. 157 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:26,320 Water runs down the hill, not up. 158 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,560 You have your wish, Lord, an early attack is good. 159 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:32,400 They're weak. 160 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,760 They will surrender or die, 161 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:39,840 and then we move into the heart of Wessex. 162 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,040 Shield wall! 163 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:48,880 Advance! 164 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,440 - One! Two! - [men grunt in unison] 165 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,160 - [man] Horsemen approaching! - Halt. 166 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,440 [yelling in distance] 167 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,280 Go and fetch, Lord Odda... 168 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,640 ...the Elder! 169 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,360 It is Uhtred... How could he have lived? 170 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,600 We will ask. 171 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,680 Aelderman Uhtred, we feared you'd been killed! 172 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,560 That you were not is a miracle, 173 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:31,960 [grunting] 174 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,240 - Where is she? - What? What? 175 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:34,720 Where's my wife and child? 176 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,240 - She... she's safe! - You brought her here?! 177 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:37,680 She is safe! Did you not hear him!? 178 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,280 She is safe! I took her to safety, nothing more! 179 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,120 Mildrith is with my own wife! On my land, in my house! 180 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,280 Where she has lived happily in the past! 181 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:46,960 Put away your dagger! 182 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,360 Swear that you haven't laid a hand on her. 183 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,480 - I will do no such thing! - Swear! 184 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,880 Lord you will take your blade 185 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,400 away from my Lord and you will do it now. 186 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,560 Arseling! 187 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,280 You have my word that neither Mildrith 188 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,680 I swear, do as I ask. 189 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,200 [panting] 190 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,200 Treason... but what can we expect. 191 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,480 Enough, this in-fighting and argument! 192 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,040 Disperse... all of you! Now! 193 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:30,760 Your wife remains my goddaughter. 194 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,240 You should be thanking my son, not threatening him! 195 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,240 Now come to me when your thinking is clear. 196 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,920 And you explain to me why you are still breathing... 197 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,920 You are back from the dead and unchanged. 198 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,040 All you had to do was get down from your horse 199 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,680 and ask, "Have you seen my wife?" 200 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,280 That would have been the better choice, yes, 201 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,040 but then Young Odda wouldn't have shit himself. 202 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,440 [both laughing] 203 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,120 You seen her? She's well? 204 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,200 She is well. 205 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:14,160 The child, however... 206 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,000 - Sickly? - Ugly. 207 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,360 Like his father? 208 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,400 Worse... with the smallest of pebbles for a penis. 209 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,320 Like his father. 210 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,120 [chuckling] 211 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,400 If you wish to see him for yourself, arseling, 212 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,480 I say you leave the way you came. 213 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:29,840 I'm serious. 214 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,320 We are stuck on this hill and here we will die. 215 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,120 What does Odda say? 216 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,000 Odda is a decent man, but as a warrior, 217 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,640 he has all the guile and menace of a sheep. 218 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,080 [Odda the Elder] We have the ground; the slope... 219 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,720 I will not surrender that advantage. 220 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,560 But if food is scarce, Lord, how long can we wait? 221 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,040 We shall find food! 222 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,880 We have food for how many days? Two, three, four? 223 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,840 Enough time for Alfred to arrive. 224 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,080 You yourself have reported 225 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:00,800 that the storm has taken most of Guthrum's ships. 226 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,600 But not all. But enough, perhaps... 227 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,640 So we wait. Mm? 228 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,840 Agreed, for a time. 229 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,960 We give Alfred as much time as possible. 230 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,680 I will offer negotiations, 231 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,520 and while those negotiations are taking place 232 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,440 we will send out hunting parties, several. 233 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,760 Alfred will come. 234 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,040 I'll attend these negotiations with Ubba. 235 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,920 You have not been invited. 236 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,000 It's my right. 237 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,240 If the other hostages were killed, how did he survive? 238 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,520 He was taken as a child by the Danes and he survived. 239 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,160 We would do well to follow him. 240 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,920 Follow him? 241 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,680 Or listen to what he has to say, Lord, is what I meant. 242 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,800 Lord Ubba, may I present the Lord Odda of Wessex. 243 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,800 There never seems to be a meeting 244 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,480 that you do not attend. 245 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,240 Is there more than one of you? 246 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,400 Lord Ubba, Odda's Alfred's most trusted general. 247 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:43,480 [scoffs] 248 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,680 I don't give a shit who he is, 249 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,360 all he needs to do is to surrender. 250 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,960 There will be no surrender. 251 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,360 [chuckles] What will there be? 252 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,840 There will be no surrender. 253 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,360 Though I do invite you to return to your ships. 254 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,000 Guthrum may have broken the peace, 255 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,880 but there's no need for Ubba to do likewise. 256 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,640 We will not be returning to our ships. 257 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,440 And I shall not be moving from this hill. 258 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:11,760 [chuckles] 259 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,000 You have no business in Wessex. 260 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,560 My business is to kill you. 261 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,560 - You may try. - Guthrum's fleet's gone. 262 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,000 Njord reached out from the deep 263 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,960 and dragged Guthrum's fleet down to the sea-bed. 264 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,840 You're lying. 265 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,160 I watched the fleet die and its men go under! 266 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,960 Storri, what do you say?! 267 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Lord, I do not see for Guthrum, I... I see for you. 268 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,480 Storri is a man who wears a stick up his arse, 269 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,040 he didn't see that coming either. 270 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,400 No, that... that's a lie. 271 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,080 It's all lies! Look at his eyes! 272 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,680 You are next to die, Ubba, and I know it, I cast the runes. 273 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:47,880 That's an even bigger lie. 274 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,680 Earl Ragnar the Fearless is with the Gods 275 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:50,920 and they are angry at you; 276 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:52,800 you allow his death to go unpunished. 277 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,280 Avenging Earl Ragnar is not my business! 278 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,600 That's for his son! 279 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,000 You're next to die, Ubba. 280 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:00,640 [yells] 281 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,680 Then fight me! And you'll see who is next to die! Fight me! 282 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,800 Lord... we're negotiating. 283 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,520 You will not say another word! 284 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,720 He will not say another word! 285 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,000 He will not, no. Best not. 286 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:20,320 I will not say another word. Talking is over. 287 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,680 You piece of weasel shit! 288 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,000 Storri! Storri! 289 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,320 [exhales] 290 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,400 What now? 291 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,000 Where we left standing? In shit? 292 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,200 Now we have time. 293 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,680 How? If it were possible, 294 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,080 you've made them want to kill us even more! 295 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:55,040 We should attack. 296 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,400 [indistinct chatter] 297 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,000 [men laughing] 298 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,040 [Odda the Elder] My men are good men. 299 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,840 Though half of them are armed only with reaping hooks, 300 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,160 Reaping hooks can kill. 301 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,600 How well do you know Ubba? 302 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,680 I've known Ubba since I was 11-years-old. 303 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,800 He is the greatest warrior I have ever seen, 304 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,680 but he's cautious, he listens to the gods, always. 305 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,440 I goaded him only to make him doubt. 306 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,040 It will take a little while for the doubt to clear, 307 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,600 you have your time, but I say again, 308 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,840 If we attack we will be outflanked, 309 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:40,520 my men die, all of them. I know each of them. 310 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:48,480 I'd hoped this hill and Alfred might save them... us. 311 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,640 Alfred won't come. 312 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,600 The food won't last, and Ubba's mind will clear. 313 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,320 It seems inevitable, they will take Wessex. 314 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:00,840 What if we were able to outflank the Danes? 315 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:02,760 How? 316 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,760 We burn their ships. 317 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,040 Even if it's just three or four, 318 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,560 they'd be running to the fire. 319 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,960 - Then we attack. - They'll be disorganized. 320 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,960 No shield wall. 321 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,080 We could be killing them before they know we're there. 322 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:19,120 Who would set the fires? 323 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,560 I will. Alone. 324 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,360 But I'll need your word 325 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,320 that you'll attack as soon as the fires have taken hold. 326 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,160 You have it. 327 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,960 If we succeed, Lord, you'll have saved Wessex. 328 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,640 If he succeeds, fires the ships, 329 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,640 it will undoubtedly cause panic amongst the Danes. 330 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,480 Which is the aim. 331 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,760 How best do we use that panic? 332 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,440 Is an attack likely to be successful? 333 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,960 Would it not be better to escape this hill? 334 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,800 We can return to Winchester 335 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,240 without the loss of a single man. 336 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,200 Excepting Uhtred. 337 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:51,960 Father, if what Uhtred says about the storm is true, 338 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,560 and Guthrum's fleet is all but destroyed, 339 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,840 we would join forces with Alfred; 340 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,960 we may well meet him on the road. 341 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,400 Then we are all against Ubba. 342 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,920 As a strategy it makes sense. 343 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,320 I gave him my word. 344 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:30,600 He will die, and you can call him a hero. 345 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:38,640 The others are here, you must decide what you will tell them. 346 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,080 I have called for you, 347 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:57,200 to tell you to ready your men; all men. Everyone. 348 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,560 - We shall be moving... soon. - Moving, Lord? 349 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,840 Aelderman Uhtred, has volunteered himself 350 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,800 He will endeavor to set alight a number of their ships. 351 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:06,920 - He has gone? - Yes. 352 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,760 - Alone? - Yes. 353 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,960 If he should succeed in causing this distraction, 354 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,880 we will move. 355 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,560 In which direction, Lord? 356 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,960 Ready your men; tell them nothing. 357 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,440 Lord Odda, with respect, you told us nothing. 358 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,160 I have told you to ready your men. 359 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,120 - Ready for battle? - Ready your men, each of you. 360 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,360 Go! Prepare! 361 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,400 [indistinct chatter] 362 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,160 [laughing] 363 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,120 [grunts] 364 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:02,640 I see nothing on the river. 365 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,400 - It will soon be first light. - Can you not speak? 366 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,080 Very well. 367 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,920 [flames cackling] 368 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:29,440 Ships afire! Ships afire! 369 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,400 [indistinct shouting] 370 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,200 Fetch buckets and barrels! 371 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,280 [men yelling] 372 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,920 Lord Odda, we are ready, but to do what? 373 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,520 He's done it. 374 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,840 Look, he's fired the ships. 375 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,360 We attack! 376 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,040 Lord? Lord you awake? 377 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:42,680 - Lord! - What? 378 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:43,960 The ships have been fired! 379 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,200 [groans] 380 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,920 - It's him, I know it! - Yes. 381 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,480 You saw them dying on the hill! Did you not see a fire?! 382 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,720 I told you I can only see what the runes allow! 383 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,200 - How many ships burn? - I don't know. Many. 384 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,720 They are planning something, they must be. 385 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,720 Lord... there. 386 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,280 That's him. 387 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:25,080 You! Uhtred Ragnarson! You! 388 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,080 Are you afraid of me? 389 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:34,600 Man on man, I will make the square. 390 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,600 Will you fight me? 391 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,240 Are you the son of Ragnar the Fearless? 392 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,600 Or are you a coward?! 393 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,240 I will fight you Ubba, if that's what you want, 394 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:10,800 but you will die. 395 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,880 Fetch him a shield. 396 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,400 You are half naked, Lord, you might catch a chill. 397 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,400 This will not take long. 398 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,600 Was it you? The fires? 399 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:46,600 Must have been the gods... they're angry with you. 400 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,000 First blood or to the death? 401 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:06,320 - [yells] - [all yelling] 402 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,040 [grunting] 403 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,120 Get up! Get up! 404 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,760 [grunting] 405 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,720 [groans in pain] 406 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,800 [yells indistinct] 407 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,720 [grunts] 408 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,320 [shouts in pain] 409 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,200 Go to Valhalla, Lord... 410 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:45,960 [grunts] 411 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,240 [panting] 412 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,200 [Leofric] Shield... wall! 413 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:29,600 - Now kill the bastards! - [all shouting] 414 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,080 [birds squawking] 415 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,880 [Odda the Younger] Tie them... 416 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,960 Tie them all together, form a chain. 417 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,560 Bind them tightly. 418 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,440 If any object, march them into the river. 419 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,960 Get this inside your belly, arseling. 420 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,400 God knows you deserve it. 421 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:21,160 Lord Odda is hurt... badly. 422 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,520 He kept his word. 423 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:30,080 He would, he is a good man; 424 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,280 a good Aelderman. 425 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,800 I want Ubba buried with his axe. 426 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,440 His axe is gone. 427 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,320 Young Odda wants him cut into pieces. 428 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,120 - No, that can't happen. - He would have done 429 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,240 He is Ubba, as close as the Danes will ever 430 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,240 I'll see he's buried. 431 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:54,160 You, you have a task ahead. 432 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,520 You go directly to Alfred and you kneel at his feet. 433 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,040 And tell the bastard you have saved Wessex. 434 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,520 No, I'll go to Mildrith. 435 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,760 If you don't do it, some other bugger will, 436 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,120 Men have seen it, they know what I have done, 437 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,440 let them tell Alfred. 438 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,480 I need to see my son. 439 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:18,920 You're a turd. A ball bag. 440 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,200 Is that the best you can do? 441 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,560 Nipple. 442 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:48,480 Lord... I want to thank you for not abandoning me. 443 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:55,160 I know that would have been a choice, a reasonable choice. 444 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,200 I'll go to your estate now, to see Mildrith and my son. 445 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,320 You served Alfred well, today. 446 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,120 Thank you, Lord. 447 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,080 [birds chirping] 448 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,840 [branch cracks] 449 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,560 Who's there? 450 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,880 [gasps] 451 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,360 Forgive me, you looked too beautiful to disturb. 452 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,400 [giggles] 453 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,560 You may disturb me... immediately. 454 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:58,920 Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 455 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,880 Who is the son of another Uhtred... and another. 456 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,320 He has a kingdom to inherit. 457 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,840 I will see that it happens. 458 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:18,600 Tomorrow or the day after we go home 459 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,560 the three of us, yes. 460 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:30,400 I'll go to Alfred, and he will fall at my feet. 461 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,440 - He will? - He will. 462 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,400 Oh... 463 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,520 - [baby farts] - [both chuckles] 464 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,720 He'll free us of our debt, at the very least. 465 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,680 And we will build a great hall and hold a feast. 466 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,120 I'd like that. 467 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:03,240 And I'd like Uhtred to be baptized... in Winchester. 468 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:08,080 Father Beocca could perform the ceremony. He'd be pleased. 469 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,160 Uhtred, it's what I want. 470 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,160 God is good Uhtred. 471 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,240 He kept you safe; 472 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,520 he brought you home to me. 473 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:29,160 My sword kept me safe. 474 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:33,880 Believe me... God is good. 475 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,800 They've not yet gone to battle. 476 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,960 This is good. 477 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,680 I alone will speak. 478 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,040 Alfred is to hear one clear message. 479 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,560 How is the mood... in the camp? 480 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,240 It's good, Lord. The men are well. 481 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,280 Afraid? 482 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,160 No, no more than is usual. 483 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,800 I... 484 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:13,200 I worry that I do not inspire them; 485 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,400 that they do not see me as a warrior. 486 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,600 Lord... 487 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,240 Lord it is Odda. 488 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,960 What is this? 489 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,120 Young Odda? You have news? Where is your father? 490 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:46,480 He was wounded in battle; a great battle at Cynuit, Lord. 491 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,080 Lord, I have a gift for you. 492 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,200 Ubba is dead; his army is defeated. 493 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:02,800 This is... This is true? 494 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,960 - It is Lord. Two days ago. - [Beocca] 495 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,200 [soft chuckle] 496 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:10,080 Well, then Wessex is saved. 497 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,360 It is, uh, for a time. 498 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:18,840 Guthrum will have no choice now, but to make peace. 499 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,720 While your father recovers, you will stand in his place; 500 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,000 his lands will be your lands and more. 501 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,480 [both chuckle] 502 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,640 Wessex is saved. 503 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,680 [indistinct chatter] 504 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,200 Everybody is walking to the palace. 505 00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:55,600 A celebration, it must be... a celebration of prayers. 506 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,600 I believe you did this. 507 00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:08,520 The great hall is now full, there is no more room. 508 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,120 Please, the King thanks you all for coming, 509 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,040 but you need to pray here, outside. 510 00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:15,240 - [Uhtred] Father Beocca. - The palace is full. 511 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,640 Father Beocca... 512 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,480 [Beocca] There will be ale and food available for everyone. 513 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,240 Uhtred? 514 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:29,040 - You are here before me now? - I am, and with my child. 515 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,520 Oh, God be praised. You are alive! 516 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,480 Of course, I'm alive, why shouldn't I be alive? 517 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,600 You were at Werham, a hostage, we thought you were dead. 518 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,400 No, Father, I was at Cynuit, I fought at Cynuit. 519 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,160 Did they not say? 520 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:49,800 - I'll see Alfred now! - What is it? 521 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:54,680 Nothing I'm sure that cannot be resolved given time. Uhtred! 522 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:55,760 I'll see Alfred. 523 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:59,080 Uh... nah, Uhtred, Alfred is at peace! 524 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,680 Uhtred, please! 525 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:08,800 Uhtred, please, you cannot disturb prayers! 526 00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:14,840 Uhtred! Uhtred, your sword! 527 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,320 Forgive me, but I am told that you believe me dead? 528 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:35,560 Uhtred this is not the time. 529 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,320 Father Beocca here believed me dead, 530 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:41,240 and yet just days ago I was with at Cynuit with Lord Odda. 531 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,560 It was Lord Odda and I who devised our battle plan. 532 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,720 - Did the boy not say? - Uhtred, stop now. 533 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:49,240 Perhaps you'd like to speak now? 534 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:50,720 Odda, you will say nothing. 535 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:52,880 Perhaps you would like to describe Ubba's death? 536 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,480 Lord, I would like to invite the Aelderman here to join us, 537 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,520 in giving thanks and prayer. 538 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,400 Giving thanks for what, for victory? 539 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:01,760 For the death of the Pagan? 540 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,560 Who do you think killed the Pagan? 541 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:05,960 I cannot save you. 542 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,520 I fought Ubba, man-on-man and I killed him! 543 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,560 It was his axe against my sword, this sword! 544 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:13,040 [crowd gasps] 545 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,240 Is there any man here who will deny it? 546 00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:19,760 Be still! Everyone! Be still and be silent! 547 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,760 I have heard enough. You have said enough. 548 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:27,800 This is not seemly... 549 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:29,800 Now sheath your sword 550 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,680 and remember where you stand. 551 00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:33,600 Lord, what I'm saying to you... 552 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:37,640 You have broken my peace. 553 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:41,400 You have broken the peace of Christ and you have brought 554 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:42,360 Lord, I'm telling you the truth-- 555 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,320 You will go directly to the courtyard 556 00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,400 and you will wait for me to pass judgment. 557 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,360 Judgment? For what? I have done nothing wrong-- 558 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,960 You will be quiet! 559 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,800 We will, um... 560 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,040 We will continue with a moment of silence... 561 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,560 ...to help find the peace once more. 562 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:42,920 This interruption cannot be allowed to go unpunished. 563 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,480 It must be death. 564 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,800 Peace be with you, my dear. 565 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,760 Why are you unable to reason? To show patience? 566 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:23,400 All I expect is justice. 567 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:25,600 And it comes... to those who have faith. 568 00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,240 Now is not the time to talk of faith. 569 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,680 Now is precisely the time, now is when it's needed. 570 00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:32,480 I'll have none of it! 571 00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:37,960 You're too ready with anger. 572 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:44,200 There's a bad spirit within you that needs to be exorcised. 573 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,040 You should look to God. 574 00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,400 I'll pray for you. 575 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:50,720 Humility is what you need. 576 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:53,040 What I need, woman, is justice. 577 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,560 [snoring] 578 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:19,240 [groans] 579 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,120 [sighs] You sober? 580 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:22,880 Delicate. 581 00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:26,000 You are to grovel. 582 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:28,760 [groans] 583 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:30,480 What again? 584 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:31,880 With me. 585 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:39,000 All I did was abscond from a monastery. 586 00:47:47,720 --> 00:47:50,480 - Aelderman Wulfhere. - You know this wretch, 587 00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:51,760 We've met. 588 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:53,520 The king has sent me to punish you; 589 00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:55,640 along with Aethelwold here. 590 00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:59,680 What his wife would like is for me to pull your guts 591 00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:02,720 Aelswith is forever inventive. 592 00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:05,040 Lady, you are to go to Aelswith, for comfort. 593 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:06,800 She waits in the chapel. 594 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,240 Do you know what the punishment is 595 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:15,960 for drawing your sword before the King? 596 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:20,040 A fine: payable to the church no doubt? 597 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:21,480 Death. 598 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:28,640 But Alfred is feeling merciful; you will not dangle, not today. 599 00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,920 He wants your assurance you will keep the peace. 600 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:34,440 - What peace? - His peace, you fool! 601 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,120 It does not matter a gnat's dick that you killed Ubba. 602 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:45,120 What matters is that Odda the Younger 603 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:47,440 Should his father die from his wounds, 604 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,640 Odda becomes one of the richest men in Wessex 605 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:51,440 and men will want to praise his bravery. 606 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:54,800 - My bravery. - Not a gnat's dick. 607 00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,640 The sun now shines from Odda the Younger's 608 00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,800 and it is blinding. 609 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:02,200 Do you understand me? 610 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:05,360 Good. 611 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,400 You are to do penance? 612 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,440 To do what? 613 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:13,520 Grovel... You are to dress like a girl, 614 00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:16,640 go on your knees and be humiliated. 615 00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:17,920 I won't grovel. 616 00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:19,240 Then Aelswith gets her wish, 617 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:20,840 and I pull your guts through your arse... 618 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:22,760 Which will it be? 619 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,520 On your knees. 620 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:31,040 [indistinct chatter and laughter] 621 00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:35,600 Now you will crawl, all the way to the palace, 622 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:42,160 where you will kiss the cross and lie flat down on your face. 623 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:43,720 And then what? 624 00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:47,520 God and the king will forgive you. 625 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:50,200 Go. 626 00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:54,320 [crowd laughing] 627 00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:55,880 Go! 628 00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,480 [woman] That's what you get! 629 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:20,520 [yells] 630 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:56,240 I will lead, but you owe me. 631 00:50:57,240 --> 00:50:58,240 What? 632 00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:01,160 Oh... 633 00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:06,000 Oh, Lord I am a sinner, 634 00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:07,280 do not look at me. 635 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:08,560 [man] You are! 636 00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:11,760 I am a sinner Lord, as big a sinner 637 00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:15,040 as you will ever see! 638 00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:21,040 I have known women, Lord! Lots and lots of women. 639 00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:22,800 [man] Lucky, bugger. 640 00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:24,320 [crowd laughing] 641 00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,120 Women of all sizes: 642 00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:28,840 The big tits, small tits, 643 00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:32,960 I have squeezed and... and kissed them all. 644 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:37,600 I have rested my head on the bosoms of beautiful 645 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:42,600 but bad, bad women Lord, forgive me! 646 00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:46,200 I... I have lost count of the number of women I have had, 647 00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:47,760 but I know it is exactly 648 00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:51,040 half the number of tits I have caressed! 649 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:52,840 [crowd laughing] 650 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:56,360 Oh, God. I love tits! 651 00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:00,400 Send me an angel, Lord! 652 00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:01,720 So you can hump her? 653 00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:03,960 [stuttering] 654 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:08,520 A titless angel to guide me. 655 00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:15,280 No more servant girls in my bed chamber, Lord, please... 656 00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,120 I beg you. 657 00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:22,960 [crowd cheering] 658 00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:38,320 You must lay flat and kiss the cross. 659 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:48,360 Kiss my arse... you and your God. 660 00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:58,760 - Uhtred... Uhtred, stop! - We are leaving this place. 661 00:52:58,800 --> 00:52:59,800 We can't. 662 00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:01,440 We are leaving. Collect your belongings. 663 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:05,240 It will be dark soon, and there's the baptism. 664 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,320 - It is important. - My son will not be baptized. 665 00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:11,880 No priest will whisper lies and deceit into his ears 666 00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:13,160 and half drown him in water! 667 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:14,200 Stop it, stop it you are angry, shh! 668 00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:16,800 He will be a Pagan, like his father! 669 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,440 Why are you saying this? 670 00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:21,760 We will stay tonight, no longer. 671 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:23,720 I will find you in the morning. 672 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:25,200 Where are you going? 673 00:53:25,240 --> 00:53:28,080 Drinking... and whoring... 674 00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:30,800 I love tits! 675 00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:32,120 [men laughing] 676 00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:35,960 And we appreciate the finer points of the tit, 677 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,440 the smaller tits, the manageable tit, 678 00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,880 the perk eager delighted tit, 679 00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:45,360 the soft enveloping tit, the tit that makes you 680 00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:51,400 like a puppies nose, grateful, eager, 681 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,280 How are your knees? 682 00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:58,480 I can't laugh about it... 683 00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:03,400 There's no justice here. Only the church. 684 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,440 You knew that. 685 00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:11,360 I here you're now Young Odda's man now. 686 00:54:14,240 --> 00:54:19,480 I'm passed from father to son, yes, like the land. 687 00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,640 I can't stay in Wessex. 688 00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:24,880 You have a wife. A child you could not wait to see. 689 00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:26,520 Where would you go? 690 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,360 Odda is afraid that you will kill him. 691 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:35,360 Tell him I might. 692 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,920 Tell him each night, before he goes to bed. 693 00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:39,960 [chuckles] 694 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:43,680 I need to find wealth, but here it's impossible. 695 00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:46,840 Danes, they would see it and take it. 696 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:48,760 And that is what we do. 697 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:53,040 We become Danes and we'll plunder. 698 00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:54,640 Men will follow you. 699 00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:57,760 Those men we have schooled; others who were at Cynuit, 700 00:54:57,800 --> 00:54:59,960 they will follow you. 701 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,800 You're saying that we raid? 702 00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:09,400 We find wealth and we take it. 703 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:10,840 Here in Wessex? 704 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:16,160 No, you do not shit at your own table; Cornwalum. 705 00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:18,120 We take it from the Britons. 706 00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:23,960 Do not say yes, not yet, think... 707 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:26,920 I'll do the same. 708 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:30,280 But why should Odda be rewarded and not us? 709 00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:15,240 Lord... Welcome. 710 00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:18,440 I was not expecting you home so soon. 711 00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:20,280 Did the baptism go well? 712 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:22,880 It's a fine tree. 713 00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:27,560 - Good day, lady. - A miserable day. 714 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:30,160 [Uhtred] Where was it felled, this tree? 715 00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:31,480 On the top ridge, Lord. 716 00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:33,080 On my land? 717 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,280 Yes, Lord. I am taking it to Wigulf's Mill, for splitting. 718 00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:37,360 He buys it? 719 00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:40,520 He splits it, Lord. We need... 720 00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:42,720 We need timber for repairs. 721 00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:44,920 He takes his payments in split wood. 722 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,480 If we need timber, why not split it ourselves? 723 00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:49,560 Wigulf has always done it, Lord. 724 00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:51,480 So if I go to Wigulf, 725 00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:54,680 he will tell me how many such trees he has split. 726 00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:57,000 And you will show me the timber. 727 00:56:58,200 --> 00:56:59,920 How much is a tree like this worth? 728 00:56:59,960 --> 00:57:01,800 Eight, nine shillings? 729 00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:04,200 I'm not certain, Lord. 730 00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:06,920 How much does he pay you for my timber? 731 00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:08,480 Lord, it is one tree. 732 00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:09,640 How much does he pay you? 733 00:57:09,680 --> 00:57:12,160 Lady, please. 734 00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:15,680 How much does he pay you for my timber? 735 00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:18,960 - Uhtred, no! - You be quiet! 736 00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:23,880 Uhtred! 737 00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,320 [grunting] 738 00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:32,240 - [horse whinnies] - Uhtred! 739 00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:34,280 [screams] 740 00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:41,640 [groans in pain] 741 00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,480 [gasps for air] 742 00:57:52,240 --> 00:57:54,520 [panting] 743 00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:00,000 That... was justice!