Vikings
Season 1
9 listed hours · 2013–2020 · History
From the desk
How this season is filed
Ragnar Lothbrok and family raid, rule, and fracture — myth with mud under the nails. Michael Hirst's History Channel breakthrough made basic cable look prestige-dirty: Fimmel's Ragnar, Lagertha, Floki, ships and succession blood. Six seasons before Valhalla spun off. Long-form Viking myth for mass audiences, tactile conquest TV before every streamer had a crown war.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Vikings (2013–2020) on History as the first listed season of 6 — 9 listed hours, 2013-03-03–2013-04-28 from “Rites of Passage” (S01E01) to “All Change” (S01E09). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Rites of Passage
Rites of Passage is Hirst's History breakthrough: Fimmel's Ragnar, mud under the nails, basic cable looking prestige-dirty.
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S01E01 Rites of Passage
A Viking warrior seeks approval from his community's leader in the opener of this series chronicling the medieval adventures of a band of Norsemen.
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S01E02 Wrath of the Northmen
Ragnar gathers a crew in preparation for an epic journey; the earl is overcome with paranoia.
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S01E03 Dispossessed
Ragnar and his crew raid a monastery, securing a bounty of riches that impresses the earl.
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S01E04 Trial
The Vikings return to England; the earl plants a spy within Ragnar's crew.
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S01E05 Raid
A prophet predicts the earl's future; Ragnar's home and farm are destroyed.
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S01E06 Burial of the Dead
Ragnar faces off with the Earl after learning of Rollo's torture.
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S01E07 A King's Ransom
Ragnar presents a proposal to King Aelle.
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S01E08 Sacrifice
Ragnar attempts to cope with the death of his unborn son; Lagertha seeks answers from the gods.
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S01E09 All Change
Ragnar attempts to settle a land dispute; a plague breaks out.
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