Not Just the Legendary 'Blood Eagle': 5 Most Powerful 'Vikings' Episodes You’ll Never Forget
Here you’ll find sacrifices, betrayals, and tragic deaths—the series fires on all cylinders.
Vikings is not just a bloody action show in furs. It’s a saga where real history becomes drama on a Shakespearean scale. We selected five episodes that represent the series at its peak. Each one features characters, events, and scenes that have entered TV legend.
To the Gates! (Season 3, Episode 8)
An episode where the series reaches cinematic heights. The siege of Paris led by Ragnar Lothbrok is a spectacle surpassing many films in scope and staging. Everything is pushed to the limit — boiling oil, smoke, screams, breached walls, and burning shields. The Franks resist, while the bloodied Vikings press on. The camera never leaves Ragnar’s face — it’s his personal odyssey, where he loses everything except the will to win.
Death and the Serpents (Season 6, Episode 6)
The show’s most tragic death — and perhaps the most unfair. Queen Lagertha, having survived wars, lovers, and betrayals, dies at the hand of Hvitserk, who mistakes her for a monster in his delirium. Shakespearean Viking style. Lagertha dies not as a warrior, but as the ghost of someone else’s guilt. And that makes the scene even more horrifying. No honorable death — just cold, random fate.
Blood Eagle (Season 2, Episode 7)
A legendary episode that’s impossible to forget. The execution of Jarl Borg in the ancient ritual is filmed with almost religious reverence. No shock gimmicks, just piercing tension. Here politics, revenge, pride, and ritual weave into one brutal act, where blood is not just blood — it’s a symbol of power. Ragnar doesn’t shout. He stands silent — and that silence makes it even more terrifying.
The Lord’s Prayer (Season 2, Episode 10)
The end of Season 2 is how an arc should conclude. Here’s everything: betrayal, vengeance, broken alliances. King Horik gets his comeuppance, and Ragnar evolves into a leader who can not just win, but outplay. The scene on Preikestolen, where he stands on the cliff like a world ready to be conquered — it’s a visual symbol of his transformation.
All His Angels (Season 4, Episode 15)
The perfect episode. We know Ragnar will die. He knows it too. And that makes it all the more terrifying. No pomp, no clichés — just the weight of the inevitable. His death is more than a character ending. It’s the end of an era. The camera follows him as if on a final journey, and even Odin appears on the horizon. One episode that turns a TV series into an epic.
