Coming off of long binge sessions of The Wire ten years post production, I watched the short series Real Vikings about The Vikings and was intrigued. That was a couple weeks ago and I have since binged on Seasons 1-502 - not sure how many episodes but the series is very well written. My personal sign of great tv or film is getting chills which I got when Lagatha(sp?) gives Bjorn the sword at the end and calls him King Bjorn.
I look forward to watching the last season - like others I think the first few seasons were the best but the other seasons are nonetheless very entertaining. Of course I love the shield maidens!