There are no battles and not even a lot of personal conflict in this episode.
It is clear, however, that this is only the lull before the storm.
And that lull is productive narratively, as we see much on the horizon.
This is not the only savagely crazy thing to go down in the camp, however.
he later indicates) and eventually, it seems, killing him outright.
Its clear that Ragnars brother is ramping up to some kind of breakdown or epiphany.
Im hoping its the latter because its frustrating watching Clive Standen just moping around.
Theres little doubt that Torstein will continue to harry the Mercians, even down one arm.
But it is back at the court of Ecbert that we are shown the greatest potential storms forming.
When he asked, last week, if she was a free woman, the answer was quite misleading.
So Ecbert may unintentionally be blithely walking into an explosive situation.
But hes gone a bit further in also looking at how those beliefs then affect the lifestyles of each.
Certainly, he was chaste enough when Ragnar and Lagertha invited him into their bed in the first season.
And Lord Edgar seems, based on last weeks episode, particularly keen on Christianity-underlined marital fidelity.
We have been seeing the way these two belief system are at odds.
But we saw something new this week in Wanderer referred to in the episodes title.
The coming weeks should be particularly good.
