Episode Title:
Cause
Episode Description:
With the realization that Gardar is free, Einar races with Thorfinn to Sverkel's farmhouse to check on Arnheid, but everything seem normal. However, Arnheid confesses to that she helped Gardar escape, and he is now badly wounded and laying hidden in Sverkel's farmhouse. Einar offers to help her and Gardar escape and Thorfinn agrees. While Snake, Badger and another hired man wait for Gardar inside the house, using Arnheid as bait, Sverkel reminds Snake that only luck determines who are masters or slaves. Badger sees a man at a distance and the three men ride out to give chase. Meanwhile, with Sverkel's his approval, Thorfinn loads the unconscious Gardar onto his cart preparing to head off in the opposite direction. Snake suspects the man they are chasing is not Gardar and returns quietly by foot to the farmhouse to see Thorfinn with Gardar. As the unarmed Thorfinn begins to fight the experienced swordsman, he imagines Askeladd giving him advice on how to defeat his foe. Thorfinn then prepares in the stance he used for fighting with twin knives which confuses Snake.
