BSeason 4Vikings’ fourth season finale roars toward an uncertain futureDennis Perkins2/01/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSince Ragnar Lothbrok’s death, Vikings has been in a rush. The sons of Ragnar, Valhalla-bent on vengeance, squabble and…
C+Season 4An all-action Vikings lacks directionDennis Perkins1/25/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“On The Eve” delivers plenty of action while reaffirming that action for its own sake has always been Vikings least…
B-Season 4Vikings’ labored attempts to recapture past glories prove fitfully effectiveDennis Perkins1/18/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEvaluating Vikings post-Ragnar Lothbrok presents the unique problem of differentiating between what is second-rate by…
C+Season 4Vikings flails for a new direction as the sons of Ragnar seek revengeDennis Perkins1/11/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkVikings’ leaps forward in time have always been a refreshing storytelling strategy. Tuning in to see characters grown…
B-Season 4The spirit of the past hovers over a splintered VikingsDennis Perkins1/04/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAfter the still-shocking death of Ragnar Lothbrok last week, his spirit haunts the Vikings, and Vikings. Opening on a…
B+Season 4All stories end in another’s beginning on a somber, shocking VikingsDennis Perkins12/28/16 11:21pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn the end, I found myself thinking about Tostig. If you remember, Tostig was the aged Norse warrior who begged the…
B+Season 4A pair of kings regretfully ponder the inevitable on a haunting VikingsDennis Perkins12/21/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“In The Uncertain Hour Before The Morning,” two kings remove themselves from the world for a night, only to confront…
B+Season 4Ragnar’s storm-tossed journey leads to his enemy’s door on a compelling VikingsDennis Perkins12/14/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe two journeys of “Two Journeys” point Vikings toward an end and a new beginning. Ragnar’s doomed raid on Wessex…
B-Season 4An exposition-heavy Vikings splits its forcesDennis Perkins12/07/16 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThat “The Vision” is a disappointment is a product of both design and misstep. By design, this is an episode all about…
B+Season 4In its contemplative return,Vikings asks who wants to be kingDennis Perkins11/30/16 9:02pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkToward the end of “The Outsider,” Ragnar’s four youngest sons contemplate their father’s unexpected return to Kattegat.…
ASeason 4In its mid-season finale, Vikings sails beyond expectationsDennis Perkins4/21/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen Ragnar and Rollo’s confrontation comes, it’s a stunner. Fleets of ships, strategy and counter-strategy, flames,…
B+Season 4Vikings’ Paris invasion proceeds, but Ragnar’s still lostDennis Perkins4/14/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWith only two episodes before the mid-season finale, “Death All ’Round” continues last week’s housecleaning of…
C+Season 4A trio of shocks sees Vikings straining for impactDennis Perkins4/07/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkRagnar Lothbrok’s lurching journey through this season of Vikings has been suitably compelling, upping the show’s usual…
B+Season 4A stirring disaster turns Ragnar Shakespearean on VikingsDennis Perkins3/31/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWell, that didn’t go well.
B+Season 4The past is gone and the future bloody as Vikings prepares for warDennis Perkins3/24/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“What Might Have Been” is all mounting anticipation. Starting with Trevor Morris’ synth score pulsing over Lagertha…
B+Season 4Everyone’s preparing, no one’s prepared on a shocking VikingsDennis Perkins3/17/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkPart way through “Promised,” a Viking feast roars on in Ragnar’s great hall, but the king isn’t there. For the second…
B+Season 4While Ragnar escapes, the women of Vikings dig inDennis Perkins3/10/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFrom the beginning of this season, Ragnar has been a different man. Still physically hobbled, his demeanor has changed…
B+Season 4Vikings sleeps uneasily and prepares for what’s to comeDennis Perkins3/03/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkVikings, for all its reliably exciting action, is well served by stillness. With Ragnar Lothbrok hobbled, perhaps…
C+Season 4In its second episode, Vikings refuses to learn from past mistakesDennis Perkins2/25/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkUnlike Ragnar Lothbrok, Vikings is making the same mistakes. In this near-disaster of a second episode, the fourth…
B+Season 4Ragnar awakens, and Vikings with himDennis Perkins2/18/16 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhile Ragnar Lothbrok sleeps, things fall apart. Grievously wounded in the successful siege of Paris at the end of last…
