# Norsemen, aka Darkest Sitcom Ever Filmed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341 "2018-10-22T16:25:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/41 "2020-07-24T16:53:46Z")
They put in a joke in the last episode of season 3 hinting there would be more seasons. Speaking of season 3, it had less laughs for me than previous seasons but I did enjoy the backstory on the characters, particularly Liv ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/42 "2020-07-24T17:05:05Z")
I find nothing even remotely funny about the scenarios described herein, but I guess I’d actually have to see the show before rendering a decision on it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/43 "2020-07-25T01:28:04Z")
I’m only on season 2, but there was only one real moment I skipped due to us finding uncomfortable. A character was about to be sexually assaulted and it was being fully played for laughs. I squirmed too much and we skipped about 2 minutes or so ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/44 "2020-07-28T02:52:48Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > They put in a joke in the last episode of season 3 hinting there would be more seasons. What was the joke? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/45 "2020-07-28T15:17:49Z")
It is not a spoiler to say that the map to the west is a big plot point for the whole series. In the last episode of Season 3 (0), this exchange happens between Jarl Varg (bald guy) and Olav (Liam Nieson lookalike): Jarl Varg: There is something in me that says this map will create a lot of trouble for many people for several seasons. Olav: Seasons? Jarl Varg: Yes. Winter, spring, summer, fall. Several seasons. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/46 "2020-07-28T15:21:07Z")
It’s not clear that the line was referring to more than seasons 1 and 2. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/47 "2020-07-29T01:00:04Z")
It’s not even up to them if they get more seasons or not, I’m sure they’d like to and I hope we get and end to the story. Frankly with so much of the cast dead it probably won’t be the same. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/48 "2020-07-29T10:16:06Z")
To be fair, _everything_ is played for laughs. Vikings famously pillage, rape and murder and the deadpan, matter-of-fact way in which “norsemen” depicts these is a huge part of the joke. I mean, people were impaled on spikes for a laugh, squashed with boulders for a laugh, cut in half for a laugh, killed with hammers for a laugh, buried in pits for a laugh etc, etc. You have your own tastes of course but the scene you are referring too (if it is one of the ones I’m thinking of) seems a curious line to draw. ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/49 "2020-07-31T16:23:53Z")
" I’m turning 18 in a few days" …this line from season 3 still makes me laugh ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/50 "2020-08-01T02:59:21Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > It is not a spoiler to say that the map to the west is a big plot point for the whole series. In the last episode of Season 3 (0), this exchange happens between Jarl Varg (bald guy) and Olav (Liam Nieson lookalike): > > Jarl Varg: There is something in me that says this map will create a lot of trouble for many people for several seasons. > Olav: Seasons? > Jarl Varg: Yes. Winter, spring, summer, fall. Several seasons. Na, he’s just referring to the existing seasons as far as I can tell. They broke the fourth wall a few times in series 3. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/51 "2020-08-03T19:31:10Z")
Well I am still holding out hope. And I follow several of the stars on social media, they all act like the show is an ongoing entity. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/52 "2020-08-03T19:34:39Z")
We all hope for more. Even the dead characters can participate as ghosts, or their own twin brother, or just someone else who looks like a dead guy. If Froya has a twin sister that would be cool, and she doesn’t have to be a shield maiden. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341/53 "2020-08-03T20:57:14Z")
I also learned from social media that the actors who play Arvid and Hildur are married in real life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341.md?page=2)