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The Best Laid Plans is the tenth episode in the sixth season of Vikings, and seventy-ninth episode overall. It aired on February 5, 2020.
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Synopsis
Ivar and Igor plot against Oleg but are still part of the force that departs Kiev to invade Scandinavia; King Harald and King Bjorn begin furious preparations for the invasion; it is uncertain if enough has been done to resist the Rus force.
Cast
Main Cast
- Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn
- Alex Høgh Andersen as Ivar
- Marco Ilsø as Hvitserk
- Ragga Ragnars as Gunnhild
- Eric Johnson as Erik
- Danila Kozlovsky as Oleg
- Peter Franzén as King Harald
Guest Starring
- Steven Berkoff as King Olaf
- Lucy Martin as Ingrid
- Alicia Agneson as Katia
Additional Cast
- Elshra Lane as Katia's Servant
- Fredrik Hiller as Jarl Thorkell
- Oran Glynn O'Donovan as Igor
- Andrei Claude as Ganbaatar
Uncredited
- Hannah Behan as Shield-maiden
- Sean Bingham as Rus Soldier
- Laura Flynn as Shield-maiden
- Brian Kearns as Viking Warrior
- Kristine Kenina as Shield-maiden
- Eoin Leahy as Rus Soldier
- Jinny Lofthouse as Shield-maiden
- John Mulvey as Viking
- Alex Payne as Rus
- Chris Peters as Rus Soldier
- Michael Redmond as Rus Soldier
- Caroline Simonnet as Shield-maiden
Episode Deaths
- Jarl Thorkell
Trivia
- This episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role.
- Most of the music in this episode is not composed by Trevor Morris, but sourced from other artists.
- The poem read on the beach before the battle begins is Stanza 23 of Krákumál. As translated in English by Thomas Percy it goes: Young men should march up to the conflict of arms: man should meet man and never give way. In this hath always consisted the nobility of the warrior. He, who aspires to the love of his mistress, ought to be dauntless in the clash of arms.
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