1 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,200 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred... 2 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:21,400 born a Saxon and rightful heir to the great fortress Bebbanburg. 3 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,000 For many years, I fought for King Alfred of Wessex... 4 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:28,040 [men yelling and screaming] 5 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,120 ...and for his vision of the kingdoms as a single union... England. 6 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,920 But my loyalty was never rewarded. 7 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,759 You are not the best of fathers. 8 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,000 [Uhtred] My children were taken from me and my son handed to the Church. 9 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:44,640 Finally, we made peace... 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,760 although the reconciliation was brief. 11 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,720 [Beocca] The King is dead and so together we pray for his soul... 12 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,440 for his successor Edward. 13 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,120 [Uhtred] The new king has much to learn. 14 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,880 Wessex appears to be in a land of chaos and doubt. 15 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,160 God is with us. 16 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,960 [Uhtred ] However, Alfred's widow, Lady Aelswith, 17 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,360 alienates men who were loyal to him. 18 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:13,080 You were the King’s priest and, as such, you no longer have a role. 19 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:17,160 [Uhtred] And Lord Aethelhelm has ambitions of his own. 20 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,920 Why was I not told that Edward had been married previously? 21 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,280 [Uhtred] Aethelflaed's marriage has also not brought harmony. 22 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:28,120 I want her dead. 23 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,640 [Uhtred] She holds a place in my own heart. 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,040 Brida's great love Ragnar is dead. 25 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,640 She has made a new alliance with the Dane Earl Cnut. 26 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,440 You should be under furs, woman, with me. 27 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,840 And I want to enjoy all of you, while there's time. 28 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,440 [Uhtred] Whilst the warrior Haesten schemes to gain influence. 29 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,200 I also have scores I must settle. 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,480 Throughout all my victories, defeats, loves and losses, 31 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,960 I have stayed true to my conviction... 32 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,560 that I will one day return to Bebbanburg and overthrow the man 33 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,200 who will stop at nothing to have me killed... 34 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:10,920 my uncle Aelfric. 35 00:02:14,479 --> 00:02:16,160 Destiny is all. 36 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:35,480 [men shouting and swords clanging] 37 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,720 [grunting and weapons thudding] 38 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:39,760 [screams] 39 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,080 Bastard Scots! Kill them! 40 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,520 [swords clanging and men shouting] 41 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,640 Slay them all! Don’t spare a single one of them! 42 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,680 [grunting] 43 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,760 Sons of whores! 44 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:56,920 [screams] 45 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,360 [screams] 46 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,400 [screaming and yelling] 47 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:12,240 [whistles] 48 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,840 They’re weakening. Forward! 49 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,200 [yelling] 50 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,840 We have them! Advance! 51 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:33,600 Don’t let them escape! 52 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:36,240 [shouting] 53 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,640 [screams] 54 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,840 Advance, you cowards! Kill them all! Do not let them escape! 55 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,800 [screams] 56 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,320 [grunting and screaming] 57 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,360 [gasps] What in God’s name... 58 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:56,440 [yelling] 59 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,440 Retreat! 60 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,040 Retreat to Bebbanburg! 61 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,120 [yelling] 62 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,839 [yelling] 63 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:30,600 Open the gates! 64 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,960 Open the gates! 65 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:34,800 Open the gates! 66 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,240 [yelling] 67 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,840 Go! Go! 68 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,640 Open the gates! 69 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,120 [swords clanging and yelling] 70 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,240 [screaming and yelling] 71 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,720 How many did we lose this time? 72 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,240 Over half, Lord. 73 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,680 Then we need more men... or it'll be our heads on the ramparts. 74 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,880 -Will they go back across the border? -They'll gather reinforcements 75 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:54,080 in Scotland, keep attacking till they whittle us down to nothing. 76 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,720 If they take Bebbanburg, they have a gateway south. 77 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,400 [pants] 78 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,640 They want all of Northumbria. 79 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,000 -Lord, where do we bury the dead? -Leave them for the scavengers. 80 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,120 [coughs] 81 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:10,880 On your feet! 82 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,720 The last men standing. 83 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:19,760 My greatest fighters. 84 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:25,920 Or the most fearful, the ones who cowed and hid and ran? 85 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,720 The Scots will return! 86 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,320 They want to take our land and see us gone. 87 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,120 So unless you want to end up rotting on a slave ship, 88 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,360 I suggest you find the stomach to fight. 89 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,600 To fight! 90 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:44,680 Or leave! 91 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,640 Go on, leave now! 92 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,920 There is no place for doubt... 93 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,280 or weakness. 94 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,000 I will never surrender to invaders! 95 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,280 [Aelfric] My men can be destroyed! The villages starved! 96 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,600 They can dig a trench a mile wide! 97 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,840 But while I live, these walls will not be breached. 98 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,720 This fortress will not fall! 99 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:21,160 I will never yield my birthright, nor seek peace with those who attack us. 100 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,040 We fight on, until they are all butchered. 101 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,560 [Finan] It’s time we're heading south, Osferth. 102 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,320 [Aelfric] We fight on for Bebbanburg! 103 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,080 [cheering] 104 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,520 For Bebbanburg! 105 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,520 [men cheering] 106 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,480 [Aethelflaed pants] 107 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,600 [Aethelflaed stops panting] 108 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:05,720 [whispers] What? 109 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:08,160 [whispers] Outside. 110 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,120 No one knows I'm here. 111 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,800 The people that know will not betray us. 112 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,240 [Aethelflaed sighs] 113 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,160 [footsteps outside] 114 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:24,240 [whispers] Wait. 115 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,800 [Aethelflaed pants] 116 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,240 [sighs] 117 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:33,480 [sighs] 118 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:47,800 Who is there? 119 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,400 It is Aldhelm. Lady Aethelflaed's absence has been noted by her husband. 120 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,680 She should leave here before she is discovered. 121 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:08,720 Stay with me. 122 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,960 -I cannot. -Yes, you can. 123 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,280 If Aethelred sends soldiers, we will fight them. 124 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,600 Please, he has tortured you long enough. 125 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,480 I know, but men should not die, so I can love you, Uhtred. 126 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,120 Men have died for less. 127 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:31,800 Not the ones who serve me. 128 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,080 [sighs] 129 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,160 I will not be the cause of bloodshed. 130 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,480 Aethelred would seek Edward's help. We would be outnumbered. 131 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,360 So, you'd take chastity while your husband is chasing another woman? 132 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:49,720 We both know that's different. 133 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,920 Do not return to him and be humiliated. 134 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,120 You are more than that. 135 00:10:58,560 --> 00:10:59,560 I know. 136 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,720 And, hopefully, in time, things will change for us. 137 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,040 I will go to Winchester to comfort my mother 138 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,120 and come back here as soon as I can. 139 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,160 Your men will return from the north soon. 140 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,320 Lady, you know, I do not speak in envy, but, please. 141 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,160 Your husband would take great pleasure in punishing you for adultery, 142 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,480 should you give him the excuse. 143 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:35,560 He takes great pleasure in punishing me for whatever I do. 144 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,760 So, I must try to live with a little happiness. 145 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,160 [Aethelflaed sighs] 146 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:45,960 Besides, I have good men to protect me. 147 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,960 And I know you do not speak from envy. 148 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,480 [footsteps] 149 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,080 -Any word from Finan? -Nothing, Lord. 150 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,520 Do you want to give up your gods for your life? 151 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,280 Do you want me to show you mercy? 152 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:21,280 No! 153 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,800 No. Mercy is for Christians. What will you do? 154 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:32,720 Good boy. If they capture you, you do exactly this. 155 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,400 [grunts] 156 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,800 Hey, careful, Cnut! 157 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:39,600 It means they like you. 158 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,240 -They're good boys, Cnut. You're blessed. -Yes. 159 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:46,320 Come, they’ll have taken down the camp without us. 160 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,280 [murmuring] 161 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,000 To the settlements until the winter. 162 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,480 We must hide you away, while the men go to war. 163 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,520 Any of you caught humping a Saxon will be executed on our return. 164 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:27,760 Go! 165 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,320 Arse-Licker. You are the man they call the Arse-Licker? 166 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,000 I am Eardwulf of Mercia, commander of the King Aethelred's guard. 167 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,040 His latest new commander. 168 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,040 I heard you wormed your way back from a family disgrace. 169 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,520 And that your father lost his lands for humping his horse? 170 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,520 I heard there was a Dane who was willing to betray his kinsfolk for money. 171 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:09,720 [chuckles] 172 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,720 You are steel-eyed for a turd. 173 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:16,840 Perhaps we are fated to work together, Lord Arse-Licker. 174 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,120 [Haesten] They've been loading ships for three days. 175 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,440 [Eardwulf] Leaving land they fought so hard for? 176 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,840 It's unlike the Danes to slink away. 177 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,560 -Where is Cnut taking his men? -Irland. 178 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,480 A cousin Sigtryggr is being held captive by the natives. 179 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,280 That will take at least a winter. Will they come back? 180 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,040 The women are going to local settlements, so, there will be warm tits to return to. 181 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:45,400 Why do you tell us this? 182 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,840 Because, unlike you, I'm not rewarded for my service. 183 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,720 -You should have licked more asses. -Perhaps. 184 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:57,280 And... 185 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,640 I no longer want war. 186 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,800 I'm too old to sleep in the dirt. 187 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,920 I want silver and Lord Aethelred has it? 188 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,080 Makes his own coin? 189 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,120 How ambitious. 190 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,480 -How is the weasel? -Still a man of wisdom and honor. 191 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,480 Who promotes an ambitious soldier... brave. 192 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:27,880 Who rewards loyalty. 193 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,520 -I hear he takes your sister as his whore. -Then you heard wrong, Dane. 194 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,360 She's not a whore and he does not take her. 195 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,040 [children laugh] 196 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,320 -[Uhtred] This is good work. -Thank you, my Lord. 197 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:03,480 There's a boat down river, Lord. 198 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:13,720 [Finan] Women of Coccham! 199 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,160 We are back! 200 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,119 [Uhtred] They know, Finan. They can smell you from here. 201 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:24,400 You look like shit. 202 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,760 -What have you done to my ship? -[Finan] Now, that was Osferth’s fault. 203 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:31,040 -What news from Bebbanburg? -Good news, Lord. 204 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,280 My Uncle Aelfric is dead and you have his balls to prove it? 205 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:38,080 No, but he is being attacked by the Scots pushing south. 206 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,680 He lost half his men in the most recent assault. 207 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,160 -So, Bebbanburg's weakened? -For now, yes. 208 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,040 Until he finds more men. 209 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,920 Or is slaughtered by the Scots. 210 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,160 So, we could take it. 211 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,720 With an army... we could take it. 212 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,960 Well, perhaps. It will not be easy. 213 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,000 -How many men does he have? -Barely 40. 214 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:01,320 -Can he raise a fyrd? -Oh, God, no. Local lords think he's-- 215 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,680 That he's a turd, yes. And they're right. 216 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,080 -We should not delay. -No. 217 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,560 Go before he buys more men. 218 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,160 We head to Bebbanburg before the Scots return. 219 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:14,760 [Finan sighs] 220 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,560 The gods are telling us to strike and take back what is mine. 221 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,040 Now, Lord, it'll take ships and men. 222 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:25,240 The venture could cost you all your silver. 223 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,560 Finan, if we take Bebbanburg, 224 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,960 we'll have all the silver we ever dreamed of. 225 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,920 You will all be rewarded for your service, even you baby monk. 226 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:34,960 Amen. 227 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,200 [laughter] 228 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,560 -How many men remain here? -Not enough. 229 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,360 We will ride to Winchester and raise an army. 230 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,360 It's time for Wessex to repay all that I have given. 231 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,760 What are they doing with Father's books? 232 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,520 Lord Aethelhelm wants this room given over to planning our defenses. 233 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:31,800 Apparently, it has the best light to work by. 234 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:34,960 [Aelswith] Be careful! 235 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,280 That is my husband's Chronicle. 236 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:39,680 Take it to my quarters. 237 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,720 His legacy, all the learning... is no one to keep a record of our times? 238 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,120 They keep a record... of building fortifications. 239 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:55,760 See, this one tells us how 20 men can fashion a palisade in under a day. 240 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,280 It is all for our own protection. 241 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:04,000 -Mother, I'm so sorry. -Please, do not pity me. 242 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,320 I have a better life than many widows. 243 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:12,640 And my new rooms are comfortable... if rather near the kitchens. 244 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,680 Every time I return, there is a new insult. 245 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,320 [Edward] I am not certain I believe it. 246 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,760 Are the men that bring the news to be trusted? 247 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,040 -Lord Aethelhelm. -My King. 248 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:33,520 What did you hear? 249 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:38,080 Well, simply that Cnut is leaving for Irland to help a cousin, Sigtryggr, 250 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,400 who's besieged there. 251 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,920 Then it must be true. Danes are known for their kindness and loyalty. 252 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,560 We ignore this news until the scouts confirm it. 253 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,240 Continue to fortify along the border. 254 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,400 When the Danes break the peace, we will be ready. 255 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:51,920 I will inform the whores. 256 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,080 Quicker than the monks at spreading news. 257 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,560 We are resolved. Every man who can wield an ax should be building defenses. 258 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,480 -Mother? -What news do you talk of? 259 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,760 Perhaps I could offer the wisdom of experience. 260 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,520 Take comfort that all is well. 261 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:11,880 Come. 262 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,960 [clumping of hooves] 263 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,200 Come and lie with me, Eadith. God wants me to be satisfied. 264 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,560 He gave me this desire, so-- 265 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,560 So, I am sure there is a servant girl you could hump. 266 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:43,360 I've had every servant girl from here to Ceaster. It is you that I want. 267 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,200 And it is me you shall have... 268 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:47,600 when the time is right. 269 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,000 Come on. Do not make me force you, Eadith. You set a man on fire. 270 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:52,880 Do not be surprised when you get burned. 271 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,640 -[knock at door] -Yes! 272 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,880 Lord Eardwulf, we were not expecting you until nightfall. 273 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,760 Forgive my intrusion, Lord, and to you, sister, but I bring important news. 274 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,480 -Have us brought wine. -My Lord. 275 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,480 -What is your news, Commander? -I met a Danish spy and he revealed 276 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,880 that Cnut is taking his warriors from East Anglia 277 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,040 and heading to Irland, leaving their women and children in undefended settlements. 278 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,680 -Who else knows of this? -No one. I paid him well. 279 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:23,480 -Did you see them leave? -Yes. 280 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,160 They're dismantling their camp and packing their boats. 281 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:27,720 A cousin is under attack in Dyflin. 282 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,160 If they're leaving East Anglia, then it's empty 283 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:31,600 and ready for us to conquer it. 284 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,800 And if I enlarge our land, then Mercia no longer has to bow to Wessex and Edward. 285 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:40,040 Troops can be readied when you want them, but I would suggest that we leave quietly, 286 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:43,560 -before the Ealdormen can disapprove. -This is an excellent plan. 287 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,240 It appears the relics of St. Oswald are already working in my favor. 288 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,440 I'm collecting all the bones of our beloved Saint... 289 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,280 as a good omen 290 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,640 to signal to the Mercian people that I shall restore their lands to greatness. 291 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,240 -I'm sure they'll be impressed. -It's my gift to the common folk. 292 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,240 Monks are leaving imminently with silver to bargain for his heart... 293 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,560 and the winds are clearly blowing in our favor. 294 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:07,400 Thank you for all that you've done. It's impressive. 295 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,880 Anything I do, I do for Mercia. 296 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,600 Indeed. 297 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,160 You could teach your sister a lesson in generosity. 298 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,720 Our game is not finished. 299 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,600 -Are you talking horseshit? -No. I met a spy and the news is true. 300 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:29,800 The man is inflated enough 301 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,240 -without you encouraging him. -I'm trying to keep him happy. 302 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,680 As should you. Just hump the desperate bastard. 303 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,560 I hump him and he loses interest. 304 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,680 If we want all this to continue, then we must not overplay our hand. 305 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,880 Do you want to return to being landless and ridiculed? 306 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,080 -You hump him, if you do not believe me. -I tried. He did not bite. 307 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:49,920 [both chuckle] 308 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,480 Will you hurry, Sable! 309 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:00,960 Ah, the monks. 310 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,920 I'll fetch your silver. You leave for Northumbria immediately. 311 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,520 St. Oswald’s heart? Bloody long way to go for a piece of dried offal. 312 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,240 Still, a few taverns to stop at along the way. 313 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,480 Northumbria’s a piss-hole place to waste a journey on. 314 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,080 [low murmuring] 315 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,360 [sighs] 316 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,200 -Did you meet this Arse-Licker? -I did. 317 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,160 Word will spread that you leave for Irland. 318 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,600 And he believed you? 319 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,480 He wants to kiss his master's backside. He believes what he wants to hear. 320 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,520 Then we shall attack Mercia, while their backs are turned. 321 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,040 We sail to the estuary before dawn, head upstream 322 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,320 and keep the boats apart to avoid any scouts. 323 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,400 When we reach Mercia, we assault Aegelesburg in two bands 324 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,200 and I will kill their little Lord. 325 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,160 Too timid to attack the boy king in Wessex? 326 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,560 The boy king in Wessex has been building defenses. 327 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,000 And the fool in Mercia has been following his cock. 328 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:03,200 [Cnut chuckles] 329 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,480 We kill Aethelred, Wessex is honor-bound to come to Mercia's aid. 330 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,560 We lure out Edward from behind his walls... 331 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:13,280 and fight on our terms and take the country. 332 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,440 As so many others have failed to do. 333 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,960 [men laugh in background] 334 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,160 What did you do to tame her? 335 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,720 I treated her with respect and gave her love. 336 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:31,680 [mocking grunt] 337 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:36,320 After you slaughtered the man she cared for. 338 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,440 I pity the bitch. 339 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,720 Do not give me a reason to kill you. 340 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:46,800 My friend. 341 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,000 All right. 342 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,720 [knock at door] 343 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:11,640 Yes. 344 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:12,920 [door opens] 345 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,120 I hear Uhtred is downstairs. Were you expecting him? 346 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,920 Uhtred? No, not until summer. 347 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:21,680 Are you sure it's him? 348 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,800 From the reaction of the novices, I'm fairly certain. 349 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,280 -Beocca! -[Beocca laughs] 350 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:30,960 [laughs] Hild! 351 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:33,880 You have made quite an impression. 352 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,680 And you have not changed. 353 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,880 He has. Are you still writing this great work? 354 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,440 St. Cuthbert is capricious. He eludes me daily. 355 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:44,920 A master takes his time. 356 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,920 -You look like a man with good news. -I am. 357 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,200 And we will need to sit for it and we will need wine. 358 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,640 It is indeed worth waiting for. 359 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,920 Aelfric will finally see a reckoning. 360 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,480 Yes, never has a man deserved it more. 361 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,640 He is now weakened and without allies. 362 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,240 -Has he no heir to assist him? -He did. 363 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,840 A son... but the heir Wihtgar was banished. 364 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,480 -He died last summer in the southern sea. -You can starve him out. 365 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:13,880 Surround the fortress. 366 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,000 What was your plan? 367 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,160 My plan is that you join us... 368 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:23,480 both of you. 369 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:29,000 Oh, I think my fighting days are over, Uhtred. 370 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,640 You, then? 371 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,760 -You don't want an old man. -Beocca, you're not old. 372 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:45,240 And you have mourned Thyra long enough. She would not want this sadness for you. 373 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:49,480 Throw it off and return to Bebbanburg with me. 374 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:54,800 I cannot. 375 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,000 Without me, the nuns would have no one to minister the sacraments. 376 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,800 And the life of St. Cuthbert will not write itself. 377 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,040 Take the fortress. I will join you, when the hard work is done. 378 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,960 Then we will hold a feast there in your honor. 379 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,480 You deserve to go back, Uhtred. 380 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,440 Yes, to restore your family to their rightful place. 381 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,520 I want to make a home for my children to return to. 382 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,440 -Are they well? Your children? -Stiorra thrives. 383 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,720 She lives at Aethelflaed's estate. 384 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:33,600 My son, I do not see. Alfred's influence has made him holy. 385 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:38,640 What news of Wessex? 386 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,960 Wessex... thrives. 387 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,640 Defenses are being strengthened against the Danes. 388 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,880 Edward's son is now walking. 389 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,040 The King's wife is to be crowned a queen. 390 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,880 It is unusual to honor the girl, whilst the widow Aelswith lives, 391 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:57,760 to say the least. 392 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,680 But Aelflaed has an ambitious father. 393 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,960 Yes, Lord Aethelhelm is ambitious. 394 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,520 But King Edward just accepts this ambition from an Ealdorman? 395 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,800 Let's just say we feel his father's absence. 396 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,560 [door opens] 397 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:43,680 [Pyrlig whispers] 398 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,280 Finish your prayers. It is nothing of concern. 399 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,320 [laughs] 400 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,040 Walking like a fat man, friend. 401 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,880 It is my massive balls, Uhtred. 402 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,920 Too much palace food and sitting on your backside. 403 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,280 -Perhaps. I fight less than I did. -There will be fighting yet. 404 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,000 Do you know something we do not, Lord Uhtred? 405 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,640 Lord King. Steapa. 406 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,240 I only know that Danes do not like peace. 407 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,800 Did you hear Cnut is now heading to Irland to rescue a cousin? 408 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,800 No. I heard he has brought his sons over from his homeland, 409 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,640 which means he has ambition here. 410 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,680 And what brings you to Winchester? 411 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,240 I'm here to make you an offer. 412 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,720 I can help you fulfill your father's dream of a united land... 413 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,560 if you give me men to retake Bebbanburg. 414 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,640 Is Uhtred Ragnarson trying to negotiate? 415 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:56,960 It is a good idea. 416 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,800 If the bastard Scots are making incursions, 417 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,320 they will return in number. 418 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,000 He takes the fortress. It becomes your foothold in Northumbria. 419 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,640 I take Northumbria and I unite the four kingdoms. 420 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,680 Small matter of conquering East Anglia, 421 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,760 but that is mainly cattle and people that look like cattle. 422 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,880 Your father knew it could be done, one country, one king. 423 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,800 Since when have you cared for my father's vision, Uhtred? 424 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,040 Since it coincided with what he wants, by the sound of it. 425 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,800 It works for the both of us. 426 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,920 Unless you want the Scots to gain a stronghold to attack you from? 427 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,480 Aelfric cannot hold them off like I can. 428 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,960 I control the fortress. You control the country. 429 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,800 Give me 100 men, it will take a week. 430 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,960 Two hundred, I can take it in a day-- 431 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,800 It would certainly fulfill an ambition. 432 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,480 But given the ongoing threat from the Danes here in the south, 433 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,200 is it wise to distract ourselves... 434 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:51,080 gallop to the frozen north for what is, in essence, a family feud? 435 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,920 Uhtred has done much to distract the Danes from Wessex. 436 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,600 Yes and we are all very grateful for his service. 437 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,720 But surely his oath was to see the King on the throne. 438 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,360 A duty that is now performed. 439 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,480 What is the point you are making, Lord Aethelhelm? 440 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,200 I'm merely saying that there is no debt on either side. 441 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,560 -No debt-- -Lord Uhtred is free... 442 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,320 to take what he wants. 443 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,480 You to defend what you have... 444 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:20,240 which is the innocent people of Wessex from the marauding heathen. 445 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,040 By cowering behind walls and waiting for the Danes to attack? 446 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,760 No, by not being forced to fight before we are certain to win. 447 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,840 There are good reasons to go softly and strategically. 448 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,960 That is how you got where you are, Lord Aethelhelm. 449 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,640 Lord, take this moment your God is offering you. 450 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,120 Your father had a dream-- 451 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,600 And my father also knew when to say no to Uhtred Ragnarson. 452 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,200 I am no longer the boy who can be bent to your will. 453 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,400 This is not saying never, but now is not the time. 454 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,400 [Uhtred] "Now is not the time." 455 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,320 Years, I've waited. Years, I've given my sword. 456 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,600 Years, my home has been denied to me. 457 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:17,800 "There's no debt." 458 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,720 Winchester is a snake pit. 459 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:24,640 We will think of another plan. 460 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,760 Do you think our band can take the 40 men at Bebbanburg? 461 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,640 -Two on one? Ask me when I'm drunk. -Come on, Finan. 462 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,720 Our men are three times the fighters Aelfric's are. 463 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,800 I know. It's just unbreachable walls and boiling tar that worry me. 464 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,280 Not to mention the Scots waiting to take it for themselves. 465 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:49,280 Is the plan off, then? 466 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,520 Are we just staying here to get drunk? 467 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,320 The plan is unchanged. We head to Bebbanburg. 468 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,640 Take the fortress, then we get drunk. 469 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,480 Just us... 470 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:05,040 without an army? 471 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:09,280 You don't need an army to kill one man. We kill Aelfric, the gates will open. 472 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,920 -None, Aidan? -None, Lord. We have tried. 473 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,800 Offer them three times what a mercenary would normally receive. 474 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,360 I do not think silver will tempt them. 475 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,600 -Are they afraid of the Scots? -No, but they think that we are doomed. 476 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,880 There is another way, but you will not like it. 477 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,400 We have had word that Aethelred of Mercia is sending monks-- 478 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,159 What does that turd want with us? 479 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,880 The heart of St. Oswald. 480 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:48,040 I know it is a precious relic and that it has been at Bebbanburg for generations, 481 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,679 but it may be our only course. 482 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,040 Aidan, I am a devoted Christian, who fears his saints. 483 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,920 Bebbanburg was my reward from God for my constant and unwavering piety. 484 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:00,800 Yes, indeed. 485 00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:04,480 Send out to whatever hovels the common people live in. 486 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,960 Round up the farmers' sons. 487 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,600 Will that work, Lord? The farmers are not well-disposed to us. 488 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,080 It will work if you hold a knife to the mothers' throats. 489 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,920 -Look around you, Eardwulf. -Lord? 490 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:04,120 Soon, all that you see will belong to Mercia. 491 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,240 Cnut's mistake for leaving will be our glory. 492 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,800 It's getting in to Bebbanburg, that's the problem. 493 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,080 I say we just turn up and ram the gate. 494 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,960 Or we just ask nicely to be let in. 495 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:24,400 Next idea. 496 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,680 -We are not dressing up as nuns. -I wasn't going to say that. 497 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,720 -But you were. -No, I wasn't. 498 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,040 Lord Uhtred! 499 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,400 Thank you for offering your men to clear the stables. 500 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,320 What! 501 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,400 Lady Aethelflaed will meet you in the garden. 502 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,880 Do not turn me into a brothel-keeper. 503 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,320 -Oh, but you enjoy the savage life. -Uhtred! 504 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,120 Do your novices not know that? 505 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:53,480 Ladders. 506 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,880 -Lord Uhtred. -Lady Aethelflaed. 507 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,880 Forgive me for not meeting you at the palace. 508 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,600 My woman Sable is at my husband's estate. 509 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,760 And she has learned something that will be very useful to you. 510 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:35,200 [Sable] It is all being done very quickly and I am not one to spy or spread rumors. 511 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,080 But Lord Aethelred is collecting the relics of St. Oswald. 512 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:41,320 Why is this important? 513 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,480 Because, when St. Oswald's body is reunited in Mercia, 514 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,600 the land will be returned to greatness. 515 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,120 -It is important to our people. -Why is it important to me? 516 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,360 -Tell him of the monks, Sable. -Oh, yes. 517 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,600 All that remains to be gathered is the heart of St. Oswald, 518 00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,000 -which your uncle-- -Of course. 519 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,720 Aelfric keeps it at Bebbanburg. 520 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,800 It's no doubt some dog liver my ancestors bought. 521 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,880 Nevertheless, a treasure to the Mercians. 522 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,760 Lord Aethelred has sent a pair of monks up north to strike a bargain for it. 523 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,080 Do you know when? 524 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,840 They should reach Grimesby by Sunday, then Bebbanburg on the day of Ascension. 525 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,520 -When is Ascension? -Ten days before Pentecost. 526 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,360 Two weeks from now. 527 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:26,560 Intercept these brothers 528 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,840 and you could gain entry into the fortress. 529 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,040 I will need a priest who can accompany these monks. 530 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,320 I am sorry, but I can provide nothing more. 531 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,760 I cannot defy my brother. 532 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,080 I hope your brother values your loyalty. 533 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,040 I hope you win what you have longed for. 534 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,240 Uhtred... 535 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:54,960 What if you die doing this? 536 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,720 Then you will be the last woman to hump Uhtred of Bebbanburg. 537 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:05,040 [laughs] 538 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,240 Is that your way of promising to be faithful? 539 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,320 Do not answer that. 540 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,160 [Uhtred] If we leave now, we should make it to the monastery by nightfall. 541 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,040 We will need another beast, a small one. 542 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,480 Hump the horseman's wife if you have to. 543 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:34,640 I'd rather hump the horse. 544 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:37,440 -[Finan] Why the extra horse, Lord? -It's for a priest. 545 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,080 -Which priest? -One I hope will be glad to see me. 546 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:48,680 Well, well. 547 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:52,800 Finally back to Bebbanburg. 548 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:54,480 Beocca... 549 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,520 if you want to come, I will carry you there. 550 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,480 Ride with me. We will rest when you need to. 551 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,360 -I will fight with you on my shoulders. -You do not need me for this, Uhtred. 552 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,040 You're ready to face this alone. 553 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,360 Fulfill your father's birthright. 554 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,840 Restore Northumbria to greatness. 555 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,800 The pride should be on your shoulders and yours alone. 556 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:19,360 You deserve this. 557 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,600 I will repay all the debt I owe you three times over. 558 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,880 You will live like a lord in Bebbanburg. 559 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,360 You owe me nothing, Uhtred. 560 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:31,120 Anything I ever did for you, I did from my own heart. 561 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,320 May the Lord bless you and keep you in this adventure. 562 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,200 Thank you, Father. 563 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,360 Goodbye, pure and holy abbess. 564 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,520 [chuckles] Goodbye, you bloodthirsty heathen. 565 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:52,000 Take this. 566 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,840 Turn it into hack-silver and pay for bribes along the way. 567 00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:06,320 Keep each other out of trouble. 568 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:15,640 [flutter of bird wings] 569 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,480 [men shouting in distance] 570 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,040 [hooves thundering and yelling] 571 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:34,480 [gasps] 572 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,280 [soldier] Kill them all! 573 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,120 [people screaming] 574 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,600 [pants] 575 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,000 [people screaming] 576 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:59,080 [soldiers shouting] 577 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:22,360 [gasps] 578 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,840 No! No! 579 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:28,920 [sobs] 580 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,400 -[footsteps] -[gasps] 581 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:56,040 Look how he worms his way in, with the King's guard. 582 00:43:57,240 --> 00:43:59,840 Why do that if you do not seek influence? 583 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,400 I do not trust him. 584 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:07,720 In the past, he has suggested to me things that are most unchristian, 585 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,000 in regards to the other heirs to the throne. 586 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:15,200 Do you mean the firstborn you had banished so your son could make a better marriage? 587 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:21,040 I mean the children who were conceived without holy union. 588 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:22,880 The first marriage was legitimate. 589 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,120 There are priests who will swear on the Book to it. 590 00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:29,760 Lady... 591 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,680 you chose Lord Aethelhelm's daughter as a match, 592 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,440 because he had silver that Wessex needed. 593 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:42,520 You chose her over a woman your son loved and who had borne him children. 594 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:44,920 You cannot invite a serpent into the garden 595 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,360 and be surprised when it slithers on the ground. 596 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,640 Did I not have you removed from the court, Father Beocca? 597 00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:55,440 Yes, another one of your rash judgments. 598 00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:59,280 It is unwise to remain somewhere you are not wanted. 599 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,600 And yet you choose to stay here, too. 600 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,480 Perhaps we are not so different. 601 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,640 [Hild] This bitterness is not her. 602 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,120 Her role is diminished and she is veiled in grief. 603 00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:23,200 Yes. 604 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,440 It can make a person less than they should be. 605 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:28,600 I should know. 606 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,280 Seize the land to the north until you reach the sea. 607 00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,640 And then we will see which Saxon kingdom is the greatest. 608 00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,160 And who should kneel to whom. 609 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,040 [Finan] Which one? 610 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,160 [Sihtric] It's not him. 611 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:28,600 [Finan] It's him. Go! 612 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,400 [Young Uhtred grunts] 613 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,120 -Hey! Get off! Who are you! -He's a sinner, Father! 614 00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:39,880 [Young Uhtred] Where are we going? 615 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:46,800 [grunts and pants] 616 00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:50,840 [pants] 617 00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:59,400 -Hello, Father. -Men, this is my son. Young Uhtred. 618 00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,480 I don't use that name. It belongs to a priest killer. 619 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:07,800 I'm here to guide you back to your family. 620 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:09,000 The Church is my family. 621 00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,120 It's not. You were placed there without my permission. 622 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,200 Praise be to King Alfred for that. 623 00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:19,880 We are leaving this place and you are coming with me. 624 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,280 -Am I? -Yes, you have no choice. 625 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,320 Take off the woman's garb. Wear this. 626 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,520 And, uh... I have a gift for you. 627 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:30,880 Sihtric! 628 00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,760 [horse grunts and whinnies] 629 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,360 Impressive beast. 630 00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:52,600 Hey. I did not realize how much you'd grown. 631 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,600 Ride to Coccham with us. In time, we will find you a proper horse. 632 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:00,880 Why would I go to Coccham? 633 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,960 To collect the ship that will take us north... 634 00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,400 to reclaim your birthright and mine. 635 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:10,160 To seize back what was lost and unite our family. 636 00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,400 -I'm taking you to Bebbanburg. -Never heard of it. 637 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,840 -He doesn't seem to like you much. -That's Alfred's legacy. 638 00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,080 The man torments me still. 639 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,680 Let me guess. I'm to be banished again. 640 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,520 Would I let that happen, Beocca? I would say keep yourself indoors a while. 641 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,360 I am to be silenced. 642 00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,240 I'm sorry. Lady Aelswith wields power where she can. 643 00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:01,160 I will drop in and bring you news until she has calmed herself. 644 00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:03,200 You are a good man, Father Pyrlig. 645 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,560 A good friend to me and to Wessex. 646 00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:12,720 Before you go... 647 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,800 to advise a king is a great honor. 648 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,000 But it can also be a curse. 649 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:27,720 Sometimes found myself at war with my own conscience. 650 00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:32,240 -I want you to know you have my blessing. -To do what? 651 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,680 Whatever must be done to protect King Edward. 652 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:40,280 Ah. The King grows wiser by the day, true. 653 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,040 He has all the makings of a great leader, I'm sure. 654 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,200 But time may be against you. 655 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:49,880 Those around him have ambition. 656 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:55,760 And it is not the ambition of the King, or of his father, who we both loved. 657 00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,640 So, you do what you must. 658 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:23,320 It's sturdy enough. 659 00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:27,560 Do we not need something more... agile? 660 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,600 We're not taking pelts to sell to Frankia. 661 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,560 Do you want Aelfric to know that we're coming? 662 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:37,200 I suppose not. 663 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:39,520 Pelts it is. 664 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:45,400 Uhtred! 665 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:50,720 Beocca? 666 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,720 Are you kidding? [chuckles] 667 00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:59,560 Do you have room for half a man more? I flee the wrath of the Lady Aelswith. 668 00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:03,080 As do we all. I'm sure we can make space for you. 669 00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:06,840 I'm afraid I'll be not much use to you as a fighter. 670 00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,120 Happily for you, I am desperate. 671 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,320 [Beocca laughs] 672 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,400 [Finan] We'll require more ale, for sure. 673 00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,440 Did Hild send you to keep an eye on me? 674 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:20,920 No. 675 00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:24,920 It was entirely my decision. 676 00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,200 You were right. I've allowed myself to get old too quickly. 677 00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:32,840 I shall leech off their youthfulness... 678 00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:35,320 revive myself. 679 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,520 [Finan chuckles] 680 00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:40,800 What is the real reason? 681 00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:45,520 Word reached me... 682 00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,600 of the abduction of a young deacon. 683 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:53,400 So, I felt I should, uh... 684 00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:57,800 [Uhtred sighs] 685 00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,960 You came to help me be a better father. 686 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:02,800 Well, there is that. 687 00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:04,720 [Uhtred] And? 688 00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:38,920 Come, get on the boat with us. 689 00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,600 What use do you have for me? 690 00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:44,480 Why do you drag me to something for which I'm not made? 691 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,320 Because I see the man that you will be, not the boy that you are. 692 00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:57,720 I know what it is to be ripped from one life to live another. 693 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,200 And I know that it will make you stronger. 694 00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:03,920 Perhaps my faith is being tested. 695 00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:07,880 -Perhaps that's what it is. -You see this? 696 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:11,640 This was my father's. 697 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,400 One day it will be yours. 698 00:53:15,720 --> 00:53:18,120 -It is fate. -It doesn't feel like fate. 699 00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:21,080 It feels like penance. 700 00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:46,800 [Finan] Get your saintly arse on the bench, Osferth. 701 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,680 -[Uhtred] Let's go. -He gets sick traveling backward. 702 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,280 [Osferth] I do not. I just like to see where we’re going. 703 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,560 [Sihtric laughs] 704 00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:44,800 To Bebbanburg! 705 00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:46,800 Raise the sail!