![]() "Do you really want to live by the Old Ways?" he's asked, in what now becomes the show's most profound question. Ubbe comes closest to achieving what both Ragnar, and eventually Floki, were seeking to achieve as explorers and settlers. Kjetill, as usual, represents the jealousy and evil that lies just beneath the surface of humanity and threatens to topple and ruin the balance of a community. Ubbe and Torvi's wild trek into the unknown, with Ray Stevenson's Othere and Adam "Edge" Copeland's unhinged Kjetill Flatnose, gives us some of the show's best final moments as the series explores what it truly takes to change one's ways and create an agreeable, working society. In the end, Vikings still makes the absolute most of its narrative remnants, introducing us to the lush and fruitful "New World" with a gorgeous, and sometimes harrowing look at exploration for the sake of peace-over-pillaging. There were still a few important characters left, but maybe not enough to fully carry a 10-episode haul over the finish line. ![]() ![]() Since the first half of Season 6 saw Katheryn Winnick's Lagertha leave the series, these final chapters were already operating under a deficit. Vikings is a rare series that actually became stronger after losing its lead (Travis Fimmel) several seasons ago, but it now stumbles slightly here with its final breaths as it wraps up the fates of Bjorn, Ivar, Ubbe, Hvitserk, King Harald, and the stronghold of Kattegat.
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