: To bypass the heavily fortified Frankish towers blocking the river, Ragnar orders the Vikings to pull their entire fleet out of the water.
: King Ecbert returns from Mercia having successfully usurped the crown for himself. A furious and desperate Queen Kwenthrith attempts to assassinate Ecbert in his sleep, only to be stabbed and killed by Ecbert's mistress, Princess Judith. Watch Vikings s04e08 hdtv x264-killers[ettv]-1
: Led by the brilliant but eccentric Floki , the warriors construct a complex system of massive wooden rollers and pulleys. : To bypass the heavily fortified Frankish towers
: When Ragnar demands more drugs, Yidu refuses and threatens to expose his closely guarded secret—the fact that he covered up the slaughter of the Viking settlement in Wessex years prior. Driven by paranoia and withdrawal, Ragnar drowns Yidu in front of his young sons. 👑 The Traitors and Power Plays : Led by the brilliant but eccentric Floki
: With Odo out of the picture and Princess Gisla pregnant with his child, Emperor Charles names Rollo the Iron Hand of Frankia, cementing his ultimate betrayal of his people.
: Ragnar's reliance on Yidu’s "medicine" (traditional Chinese herbs acting as an opiate) reaches a boiling point.
To see the breakdown of the engineering behind moving the ships and the episode's major deaths, check out this recap: