The last season of the show based on Norse mythology is out and it is not the grand finale that the audience expected. The third season of the show ties up the loose ends of the story that was started in the first season and this is a great shame because the final season is rather a mess. This being a fan of the show since the beginning, I couldn’t help but feel let down and annoyed by how the events unfolded. The season is rather packed and the writers seem to have tried to fit in as much as they could, which left many story arcs feeling rather rushed. It is like watching a marathon runner in the final mile, struggling for breath and getting into a poor running position. Although there are some fun scenes and character interactions, the game is rather rushed and feels like it lacks the polish that could have made it great. In this article, we will be discussing what was good, what was bad, and why this final season is a perfect example of how the series could have been given a much better ending.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11311302/
- Platform: Netflix
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This is because everything is so fast paced that many of the story development are left rather unexplored, just like Canute's father that show up and then immediately killed. Characters will talk about their goals at the beginning of the season and then either the plot will be wrapped up rather quickly or completely ignored, the case of Canute how he had a great moment when visiting the Pope and starting a fight over there and his second best scene was close to the end when he had to name an heir, what else significant he did? the scene where they had him mimic Ragnar sitting looking at the land was cool though. It's a shame because there are some rather good concepts present here, but they are not given the chance to develop as they should.
The season also has a problem of changing the scenes and story lines too often and too frequently. At one point we are tracking one character and the next we are with another character in the middle of the other side of the world, it is the case of Canute, Harald and Freidis. It gives the story a rather fragmented and confusing feeling at times, especially annoying because in the previous seasons the show seemed to handle multiple story development while still maintaining the flow of the show, they dedicated enough time to each character at a fixed location and not jumping from one place to another, three or five times within the same episode.
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The cast still delivers as well as they can with the material they are provided with, the cast is mostly good, especially Harold, Freydis, and Leif’s actors. Despite the fact that the writing is not always on the highest level, the authors succeed in creating rather realistic and interesting characters, the same applies to the secondary characters and the actors representing Canute, Godwin, and Emma gave their best.
The plot in England with the characters of Canute, Emma and Godwin seems somewhat out of place and separate from the rest of the series, reminds me a lot of Vikings season where Avar goes to Russia and it felt so disconnected from the rest of the original Vikings story but at least he had to much screen time that the episodes were fixed on him giving enough context.
After finish the series I got to the conclusion that his probably was a budget problem, the budget for this season was not as large as in the previous ones. The large scale fights that were a staple of the earlier seasons are not as frequent, been the scenes that cost money, for example when Harald got into Constantinople, the castle look so small, the scenario itself felt cheap. The action scenes are not as frequent and when they do happen they seem to be on a smaller level. From a production perspective it is quite reasonable but as an audience, I felt left feeling slightly deflated as the climax of the series is not as spectacular as I thought it would be.
The third season of Vikings Valhalla seems to be a rather hasty and unsatisfactory finale to what was initially a rather interesting sequel. Although there are some interesting and exciting scenes and some of the cast gives excellent performances, the season is rather poor due to the lack of proper character development, as well as the presence of too many characters and the feeling that the creators were in a hurry. It is annoying because there is so much that could have been done to make it a much better series with a much better conclusion, but instead everything feels like it was just quickly thrown together. If they decide to do another Spin Off I would for sure watch it since I'm a sucker for this type of Viking theme content specially if they mix it with Romans, recently saw Those About to Die (2024) and it felt cheap at first but supper interesting, I will soon do a post about it, if Vikings could find a way to keep creating more Spin Off and interconnecting them like TWD is doing it would be awesome although its a big project that requires lots of budget.
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