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"All His Angels" was met with positive reviews from critics. Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a 9.0 out of 10, stating: "'All His Angels' gave Ragnar a bold, brutal hero's exit - in the way that he planned as a man who claimed, in the end, to be the master of his own fate. It was honest and earned and hard to watch, though for a man who no ...
The two drunkenly discuss the afterlife and the death of Athelstan, which Ragnar says weighs on his conscience. Ragnar asks Ecbert to kill him, but Ecbert refuses. Instead, Ecbert agrees to hand Ragnar over to King Aelle and arrange a safe passage for Ivar to go home. Ragnar promises that his sons will seek vengeance against Northumbria, not ...
The two drunkenly discuss the afterlife and the death of Athelstan, which Ragnar says weighs on his conscience. Ragnar asks Ecbert to kill him, but Ecbert refuses. Instead, Ecbert agrees to hand Ragnar over to King Aelle and arrange a safe passage for Ivar to go home. Ragnar promises that his sons will seek vengeance against Northumbria, not ...
The series portrays Ragnar's and his family's rise from serfdom to nobility and fame through successful raids into Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and Francia. The series is also inspired by, and loosely adapts, various historical events from European history during the Early Middle Ages .
Count Odo begs the Emperor to come to terms with their enemy. Ragnar's wounds won't heal, leaving him weak. Trying to restore his leadership, he secretly meets the Franks; although offered gold and silver, Ragnar doesn't accept. Knowing his end is drawing near, he asks to be baptized and to be buried inside the city.
Ragnar and his men set sail for home. Athelstan chooses to remain with Horik, but is later captured by soldiers after his hunting party is ambushed. Rollo hides Aslaug, Siggy and the other survivors at a remote homestead and tries to rally others to help them retake Kattegat. Ragnar returns home and finds his family.
Bjorn and Ragnar visit Floki, Ragnar's friend and a gifted shipwright, who has been secretly building a new type of longship, which they successfully test. Meanwhile, back at home, Rollo makes unwelcome advances on Lagertha. Ragnar has yet another vision of Odin, standing on the shoreline. This finally convinces Ragnar to move on with his plan.
Nevertheless, Hvitserk refuses to change his mind about Ivar. Impressed, Olaf decides to support him. In Kattegat, Ivar orders Thora's arrest and accuses her of fomenting hatred toward him; she contends that in Ragnar's time, all were free. Ivar lets her leave, but she is soon taken by his soldiers and burned alive, along with other rebels.