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This show loses all their stars for an obvious bad choice in casting... 'Brida'.
Worst, most annoying character ever... her shrill voice, her look, her unconvincing tough female act - lol it's hilarious, no man would ever follow a gonk like her.... seriously she has no admirable warrior qualities at all.
She looks worse and worse with every season that comes, she gets so annoying in season 4, the writers seem to start pandering to the populist feminism poison that is running through Northern Europe right now.
In season 4, Brida all of a sudden turns into an invincible pregnant super woman... e.g. All the men warriors are choking on the sheet and lime burning hay, but Brida just stands there unaffected?? ....looking arrogantly on with a pregnant figure that looks like she may be giving birth to a full sized 8 year old!!
The writers or whoever is charge of the direction ruined this show by FULLY taking it down the pandering feminist politics path late Fourth Season, and OMG the start of the Fifth season is a JOKE!!!
I could not believe the utter nonsense the writers had turned to, Brida is now in Iceland, she had acclaimed GOD status (it seems), her daughter is a SEER!! ... and she somehow has managed to amass an ARMY of Icelanders to follow her LOLOL ...oh and she causes the Volcano to erupt by her own desire, which signals then to get to their boats and go invade the England mainlands!! .... I didn't watch after that beginning to season five, because it was so utterly ridiculous.
Season 4 was SOOooo 2020/21...and
Season 5 is just SOOOooooo 2021/22.
Both seasons seem to have just went with what's popular online, which is dangerous, because we all know things may seem popular online, BUT they aren't, it's just that certain groups (who don't work for a living) sit on the internet all day, manipulating algorithms, and faking comments, likes and followings on social media.
The makers of season 4 & 5 obviously aren't too smart.... they just went with the whole extremist liberal left feminist poison that is pushing its way through Northern European countries, fuelled by people who will do anything for money - like be a paid influencer to encourage preferred politics....especially far left feminism.
The thing is... the views or number of people watching or giving the show a THUMBS DOWN on netflix and other viewing platforms, doesn't match the Google high score and thumbs up.
Even valued critics have been absolutely skating the whole Brida event - did the actress who plays Brida start dating or get married to the producer, director or funding committee for the show ? ....because she is not a good or likable character, I could give you the names of 1000 other women who are far more believable and warrior worthy than her.
It's like Noomi Rapace.... everyone wonders why she got so much attention, when she is okay for some castings, bit for others, she is terrible - just shows that some people have powerful, rich friends, families and connections ...so they get parts in shows they don't even deserve.
Forget season 4 & 5 ...totally ruined by slimey pandering and politics .... and yes we did notice the season 4 episode released April 2020 when the 'illness' hits Mercia LOL ....oh how pathetically manipulative was that
oooo scary, ' the illness ', even the strong Irish warrior was terrified of it.
Could the Lady of Mercia get any more HONOURABLE in season 4 !!? LOL ...oh my oh my, it got really sickeningly annoying fast, she was like a wet blanket of honour.
Someone took over and ruined this show around mid- season four, awful.