Vikings

If it's boring you still after episode 3, then just stop watching. Just realize the problem is with you, not the show. I'm pretty sure by episode 3 we had combat and raping and crazy vikings.

Show drove me fucking nuts for the first couple seasons. In the first few episodes where the Jarl guy killed the blacksmith it was maddening. The blacksmith dude was probably the most important guy in the village besides Floki and the Jarl was pretty much just ok with either ruining his weapon production or forcing it to take a huge hit. Every goddam plot point revolved around them not having enough men to do things and then they kill the shit out of each other and the next episode they just have the right amount of men to do whatever they were wanting to do.

Last season where they just stuck to viking shenanigans and Le Rolo drew me back in. No more logistics plot lines, just throw a ton of vikings at something, it works or it doesn't and then they do it again the next week with however many men that they need.

Lead dude is, quite possibly, one of the worst actors I've seen in a multi-season show. I tried watching him in other things to see if it was just his really bad accent that was throwing me off but he's pretty shit in those as well and speaks with the same "Shatner kicked in the head by a horse" cadence. Everyone else in the show is perfectly cast and does an amazing job.

I'd say push on through the first season if you've only gotten three episodes in so far. There's a lot of good viking fights and it pays off once they start getting ballsier and heading further out from Black Metal land.

I like the Ragnar actor. I saw him in warcraft and he was basically the same character. So maybe he's not a very good actor, but still, I like that character.