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Vikings: Valhalla came out earlier this year as a spinoff sequel to the History Channel’s original series, racking up impressive viewing figures for Netflix and continuing to chronicle the lives of famed Norse warriors. Now, with the production on season two well underway, the streaming juggernaut has decided to treat its fans by giving us a blooper reel for the first season.

This new clip, which you can see above, might have you half-convinced that the world of Vikings isn’t one ruled by brutality, tyranny, and cruel twists of fate. But don’t let these cast slip-ups fool you into believing that any future besides fighting every day awaits our characters in Valhalla.

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The story takes place a century after the events of the Vikings finale, with the Danes still struggling to find some semblance of peace in the raging conflict between the Saxon kingdoms and the eponymous invaders. We follow the lives of Leif Erikson (Leif the Lucky), Freydís Eiríksdóttir, and Harald Sigurdsson as they try to make their way in a world that’s rapidly changing. Joining them on this journey will be an ambitious ensemble of other historical characters, including Cnut the Great, Olaf Haraldsson, Queen Emma of Normandy, Godwin of Wessex, King Aethelred II, and Edmond Ironside.

Vikings: Valhalla will supposedly end with the dusk of the Viking Age, historically marked down by the fateful battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. Creator Jeb Stuart has yet to determine how many seasons the story will take to unfold its climactic conclusion, but with the pace set by the first season, it might still be quite a while until we finally get to say goodbye to this world. That is if Netflix doesn’t come up with any more spinoff ideas.

If Dark‘s twisted modern world narrative wasn’t exactly your cup of tea because you savor that extra bit of immersion period dramas have to offer, then 1899 will take you in for one heck of a memorable ride in the Edwardian era.

Developed by the creators behind Netflix’s Dark, this new series is set in the year 1899 and supposedly takes viewers on another mind-bending run. The story centers around the Kerberos, a steamship carrying a group of immigrants from London to New York City. Adrift in the endless Pacific, things take a nightmarish turn when the Kerberos encounters another stranded ship in the middle of the ocean, the secrets of which change the lives of the Kerberos passengers forever.

1899 stars Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Andreas Pietschmann, Anton Lesser, and Rosalie Craig, in a story developed by Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar.

The creative duo is embarking on this new story right off their work on Dark, which came to a conclusive end on June 27, 2020. Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar are known for their bold storytelling approach that doesn’t give anything more than breadcrumbs for viewers to follow, each in turn serving as a piece that completes the overarching puzzle. While that style worked wonders for Dark, many of its fans would probably be hard-pressed to tell you, in chronological order, what really happened in the German science-fiction thriller.

By the looks of it, 1899 will tone down on the complexity of following several timelines, but the mystery-horror nature of the narrative might still have you walking around in circles trying to predict what happens next.

1899 will release sometime in Q3-Q4 2022.