A escolha (S02E09)

An impressive battle of kings where the creators try to make it look similarly lavish to the Battle of the Bastards, but fall far short. Still, solid production design and sets for a series, plus authentic actors. Perhaps even better than the battle is the interesting side character of Porunn. Her fundamental level of transformation from slave to normal person is presented in a surprisingly interesting way. (05/12/2019)

This had the makings of a five-star episode. We got great action, King Ecbert's masterful scheming, the ever-ambitious Kwenthrith, and finally, no more watching Athelstan struggle with his illuminated manuscripts and hallucinations. But then came the glaring misstep. It seems they had leftover props from a Thirty Years' War film and decided to slap those helmets on the extras for the battle scene, thinking it would go unnoticed. It didn’t. (12/05/2018)