'Vikings' season 5 finale review: A mother's wrath was the silver lining for Bjorn's ultimate victory, Ivar defeated at 'Ragnarok'

The finale delivered what fans expected, a gruesome battle coupled with heartbreaking deaths and a major turn of events. skål to great dialogues too!
PUBLISHED JAN 31, 2019

This article contains spoilers

The last week's penultimate episode of 'Vikings' 5B proved Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith) was truly the son of Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) as he realized his father's dream of farmlands in the Saxon country, and this week, it was Bjorn's (Alexander Ludwig) turn to prove the same. It will not be an overstatement to say he did. In fact, the last scene of Bjorn perched on a hilltop overlooking Kattegat took us right back to the time when Ragnar was alive and reigning in the port town. 

The finale, titled 'Ragnarok,' was as epic as fans had hoped; bloody battle, gore, unexpected major deaths, deceit, defeat, victory and a glimpse of beloved Ragnar Lothbrok. The episode hailed to be a war of the gods featuring the cataclysmic end of the world, spent most of the scenes at the battlefield - the walls of Kattegat.

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