Earl Haraldson orders an attack on Ragnar's farm.
Tropes:
- Annoying Arrows: Averted. Ragnar gets an arrow in the shoulder, and instead of just shrugging it off after pulling it out, it only makes things worse, because on top of the sword cut on his leg, he's also got another grievous wound to deal with, sapping his energy further. He's only able to get one last burst of energy to escape before it takes its toll on him. It takes a good length of time for him to recover from his injuries, showing that for all his badassery, he can still be debilitated with a well placed attack when he's not expecting it.
- Arranged Marriage: The Earl's daughter is forced to marry a much older man from Svealand.
- Big Brother Instinct: Little brother in this case. Ragnar fumes with Tranquil Fury after he finds out that Earl Haraldson tortured Rollo, and wants to challenge him to a duel.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Earl Haraldson tortures Rollo by slicing his face with a dagger because he will not tell where Ragnar is.
- Heal It With Fire: Part of Ragnar's treatment to safe his life is to applied heated blades to his wounds to seal them, alongside ritualistic prayer to ensure he lives.
- Hollywood Healing: Averted. It takes Ragnar several months to recover from an arrow wound to the shoulder and a deep sword cut to the left leg, and even with Floki's help he's still painfully limping in this episode and the next.
- Never Found the Body: Ragnar falls into the water to escape being confronted by Haraldson's men. When Haraldson asks if Ragnar's dead, he gets an "I don't know" in response. Lucky for Ragnar, his family were nearby, and they manage to get him out of the water and into the care of Floki and his wife.
- No Escape but Down: Two of Haraldson's men manage to drive Ragnar into a corner at the top of the fjord, but Ragnar simply lets himself fall into the water below, making them believe that he might have drowned.
- Three-Way Sex: Thorstein accepts Floki's invitation to have sex with Helga and him.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Ragnar gets hit by an arrow that one of Haraldson's men shoots at him during the attack on Ragnar's farm. While he is seriously injured, Ragnar pretends to be on the verge of passing out and then attacks them when they are caught off guard, managing to escape.
