"The Buddha" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of Vikings, and sixty-fifth episode overall. It will air on January 2, 2019.
Synopsis
Bjorn achieves one of Ragnar's dreams; Ivar hatches a new plan in Kattegat, while preparing for a divine arrival; a settler in Iceland returns in a terrible state; King Alfred faces his greatest threat yet.
Plot
Cast
Main
- Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Floki
- Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside
- Peter Franzén as Harald
- Alex Høgh as Ivar the Boneless
- Marco Ilsø as Hvitserk
- Jordan Patrick Smith as Ubbe
Guest Starring
- Adam Copeland as Kjetill Flatnose
- Ferdia Walsh-Peelo as King Alfred
- Georgia Hirst as Torvi
- Jennie Jacques as Judith
- Roisin Murphy as Elsewith
- Ragga Ragnars as Gunnhild
- Dean Ridge as Magnus
Aditional Cast (in order of appearance)
- Jim Roche as Saxon Scribe
- Darren Cahill as Aethelred
- Ann Skeely as Ethelfled
- David Shannon as Ealdorman 1
- Chris McHallen as Ealdorman 2
- Ben McKeown as Crowbone
- Malcolm Douglas as Cyneheard
- Leah McNamara as Aud
- Kelly Campbell as Ingvild
- Scott Graham as Frodi
- Jack McEvoy as Helgi the Lean
- Chooye Bay as Old Man in Market
- Alicia Agneson as Freydis
- Simon Boyle as Priest
- Allan Keating as Saxon Priest
- Eve Connolly as Thora
- Aidan O'Hare as Ciergyman
- Michael O'Flaherty as Ciergyman 2
Episode Deaths
Notes
- The title references the figure Hvitserk discovered.