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Vikings: Valhalla

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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews

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Vikings: Valhalla: A New Era

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Vikings: Valhalla

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Netflix | Release Date: February 25, 2022

Summary: The Vikings sequel picks up more than a 100 years after the end of the History series and features Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), Harald Harada (Leo Suter) and King William the Conqueror.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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Collider Arezou Amin

Jan 10, 2023

Season 2 Review: From start to finish, Vikings: Valhalla Season 2 is a non-stop, breathtaking, utterly relentless foray, following beloved characters into the unknown as they seek their destinies. It is both utterly satisfying and so rich and packed with even more to come down the line that the wait for Season 3 now feels longer than ever. Read full review

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Variety

Caroline Framke

Feb 25, 2022

Season 1 Review: So, sure, the show can sometimes feel like a montage of strapping, bearded men introducing themselves to each other before beating each other up. But “Valhalla” also demonstrates enough ambition and handle on its characters and pivotal time period to justify diving into its world, no matter how much you may have known about it before taking the plunge. Read full review

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Primetimer

Aaron Barnhart

Mar 1, 2022

Season 1 Review: The vast audience for Vikings is clearly the target for Valhalla, and those viewers won’t be disappointed, but they also won’t be blown away; the show takes a while to find its way. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Dan Fienberg

Feb 24, 2022

Season 1 Review: I watched the second half of the eight-episode season being relieved that even if Valhalla never quite reaches the heights of the Vikings mothership, the show it settles into becoming is pretty strong and satisfying on its own. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal

John Anderson

Feb 25, 2022

Season 1 Review: It is, rather, fiercely emotional, often overwrought and populated by characters well-acted and fully engaging. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Dennis Perkins

Feb 23, 2022

Season 1 Review: Vikings: Valhalla is a crisp and often very entertaining re-skinning of the Vikings franchise that could use a little more of Vikings’ often messy ambition. Read full review

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The Telegraph Anita Singh

Feb 21, 2022

Season 1 Review: After a well-paced opening episode the plot starts to drag, mainly when it focuses on a female character, Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), back in Scandinavia while the main action takes place in England. It is much better when giving us battle scenes, or the machinations involving Æthelred's callow son, Edmund, and shrewd widow, Emma of Normandy. Read full review

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RT198000

Feb 25, 2022

Great show! Exciting, fast paced with an engaging plot and lots of twists and turns. The political intrigue is really well done too. It plays fast and loose with history, but who cares? It isn’t a documentary. Highly recommended!

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20mcnuggets

Feb 27, 2022

I was going to give this show an 8, but after all the hate it’s getting from legit racists, I’ll give it a ten. There’s one black chick in here, and all these dudes are so unbelievably butthurt about it that they give this show, that has so many great qualities, a 0. If you’re rating thisI was going to give this show an 8, but after all the hate it’s getting from legit racists, I’ll give it a ten. There’s one black chick in here, and all these dudes are so unbelievably butthurt about it that they give this show, that has so many great qualities, a 0. If you’re rating this show poorly based off of what you believe a loose history based show should consist of, go look up how true-to-events the original Vikings show was. This is a story to be enjoyed, not a history textbook to be correcting.… Expand

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Fishonmike

Feb 27, 2022

If ever there was a show that showcased over-acting, this is it. There are times when it just looks like a bunch of actors, standing around looking like they are acting. It lacks the subtle nuances that truly great shows have, there is no need to read between the lines. This is a great showIf ever there was a show that showcased over-acting, this is it. There are times when it just looks like a bunch of actors, standing around looking like they are acting. It lacks the subtle nuances that truly great shows have, there is no need to read between the lines. This is a great show for people that only get jokes that rhyme.… Expand

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GhettoGentleman

Apr 30, 2023

too all the people that are crying because the people that respect history and want it told and presented in an accurate light (oh i'm sorry... the racists). its okay to make a show that loosely depicits history, thats great even.. but to f*ck up this bad is attrocious.. they replaced antoo all the people that are crying because the people that respect history and want it told and presented in an accurate light (oh i'm sorry... the racists). its okay to make a show that loosely depicits history, thats great even.. but to f*ck up this bad is attrocious.. they replaced an iconic scandaniavian earl with a black woman ffs?? now i don't remember Mr Haakon Sigurdsson being a black woman.. i'm soo sorry!! i must have watched the wrong documenteries and the scandanavian youtubers i watch must be completely wrong about their cultures iconic history!! woops!!. now enough of that! to actually get to what sucks about this show! its the entire thing, i made it through 4 episodes before i stopped because the show is just that bad! the characters are boring and forgetful, the fight scenes are average at best and the pacing is awful and leif erikson is as boring as a loading screen.. he's almost lifless THE F***!!! how do you make a historical vikings boring!?!? i have no idea but they did it and they did it very well and his sister? yeah could have been cool to watch if the rest of show wasn't dog **** at best! well.. to those that did enjoy this dumpster fire... good luck with the history channel or any historically correct information you may accidently find... it might be a bit much to digest but i know you can do it! kind regards all the best! :D… Expand

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Perseus69

Mar 11, 2022

Enough is enough. I am not going to watch any show with even a single woke element in it. That would dumb me down at their level and support their demented agenda.

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metacritiqueur

Feb 28, 2022

History Channel was wrong. In the eleventh century there were African women who dominated the largest Viking cities. There were non-binary Vikings with unicorns ready to defend themselves against the ugly white English invader.

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mattarnold008

Mar 8, 2022

Anyone who claims that anyone is upset that this show isn’t a racist show is a racist. The supposedly historically accurate show has decimated white/European culture. This is a white wash. It is a disgrace. Netflix are a disgrace. Why would any person of black descent want to beAnyone who claims that anyone is upset that this show isn’t a racist show is a racist. The supposedly historically accurate show has decimated white/European culture. This is a white wash. It is a disgrace. Netflix are a disgrace. Why would any person of black descent want to be misrepresented in this show is beyond me. Insulting.… Expand

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  Air Date: January 12, 2023
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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 25, 2022