The BEST episodes directed by éRic Cazes
#1 - The Invisible Treasure
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 25
When the spoiled, bored king passes Flake village, he's attracted by the smell of Hilva's home-baked cake and orders the cook conscripted for his palace kitchen. When Halvar objects, the king orders him jailed. The empty village treasury chest seems useless to buy her back, but inspires Wickie to conjure a way out. He pretends it contains an invisible armor, which renders the wearer invincible, just what the weakling king wants to become the greatest Viking warrior. The ploy works hilariously well.
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#2 - Stardust
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 12
Druid Urobe is powerless when giant Faxe believes to be a dog, but a traveling druid offers an instant cure. He soon establishes himself as popular seer, whom the villagers shower with 'gifts' to obtain encouraging predictions. Only Wickie smells a rat and finds out he's abusing hypnosis and eager to cash in, so the cunning knave sets a treasure trap.
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#3 - Siren Song
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 27
Halvar's treasure-loaded ship is robbed by Sven's pirates. Vic thinks up a way to lure his ship to a dangerous cliff by dressing up Tjure as a mermaid.
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#4 - The Julbock
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 29
Vic makes sure that the children of Flake have a happy winter festival by outwitting a nocturnal impostor intent on stealing their presents...
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#5 - Knock on Wood
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 19
A series of messages sent by a damsel in distress are floating wooden bottles. They are calls for help from a damsel in distress... a damsel who is offering a reward to anyone who will rescue her. Vic identifies the wood from the bottles as Bird Cherry. The crew are reluctant to go, but Halvar, in an incredible show of strength, flattens a table with his bare hands. This settles the crew, and they set out for Bird Cherry Island. On the way, Vic realizes that Halvar's show of strength was the result of a infestation of wood-eating worms! The damsel tied to the only tree on the island looks familiar. It is Pox wearing a wig! Halvar tries to turn the drakkar around, but there is Sven's ship, blocking their path. Halvar challenges him to a trial of strength. Vic rubs his nose. What are they going to do? Yes! Neither wishes to board the other's boat, so they agree to fight on a bridge built between the two.The planks, of course, are infested, and when Sven and his men try to board, they fall into the water!
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#6 - Shape Shifting
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 23
When a runic shape appears on the side of Halvar's face, Urobe convinces everyone that he has been visited by the Gods, and soon the whole village thinks that he has the power to take the shape of any animal or person. Halvar disappears, and a duck takes his place as captain of the ship. To avoid disaster, Vic has to pretend to be Halvar, and restore his father to his rightful position of captain.
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#7 - Captain Gilby
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 11
The kids of Flake commandeer the drakkar under Gilby's lead and hoist the anchor. Vic tries to convince him to surrender the command to him, but Gilby won't listen, even though he doesn't know beans about navigation! The drakkar gets ever further from the coast. Overcome by sea-sickness, Gilby finally abandons the command to Vic under pressure from the other children. Vic manages to round up two trained seals and sends them in search of a whale to rescue them. The whale pushes the drakkar back to Flake, bringing the children home safe and sound.
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#8 - Stink Bug Attack
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 32
Sven's pirate crew raids Flake while the Viking men are hunting and plans to abducts their wives. Wickie sees that and seduces them to enjoy their cooking, then sneaks off to warn Halvar's party. Their half-cocked attack fails as Sven puts a knife to Hilva's throat, so the men are captured too and must hand o er all treasures. Wickie fields the only weapon he found in the forest: stinker beetles, which he launches by rope-stretched springy tree.
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#9 - Gorm's Seagull
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 15
Halvar has to face a new challenge to prove he's the right chief for the village. Urobe says he has to make landed a seagull on his helmet. But with Gorm around, it's quite impossible! While the poor Viking tries to get away and leaves his chief win, the seagull keeps landing on Gorm's helmet. Seagulls are doing their nest at this time of the year which gives a bright idea to Vic but it still doesn't work. Gorm will have to scare the seagull away so it can feel safer on Halvar's side.
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#10 - Chicken Pox
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 26
Wickie has to miss a voyage to due chickenpox, but is recovered enough to play outside already. Halvar's ship is overpowered by Sven's pirates, but they can send a message for help home by pigeon. Helped by seals, he sneakily finds and boards the ship, liberates the men and uses his ghastly salve to fake a zombie infection.
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#11 - Trials of Halvar
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 20
On a trip to Britain Halvar and his men are captured by fierce Celtic women warriors who accuse them of plundering their kingdom. For once, Halvar is innocent but the Britons insist that he must prove his innocence by undergoing four trials by ordeal. Only after Halvar has successfully passed through trials involving earth, wind, fire and water can he and the Vikings be freed. Thankfully Vic's experience at making the drakkar sea-worthy has given him lots of ideas on how to outwit the Britons.
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#12 - Judgement of Thor
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 22
When Halvar's crew arrives on Thor's island, their incompetent druid Urobe misreads the inscription on the sacred oak and tells the others to cut it down. The three mighty druids who guard the island furiously condemns them to death. Wickie thinks up how to make it seem the god himself protects them.
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#13 - The Cavern of Frozen Words
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 16
Halvar and his men discover a mysterious cavern where Sven and his pirates hide their loot. This cavern has kept all the words Sven and his men exchanged during the last winter. When the pirates arrive to the cavern, the clever Vikings pretend to be invisible and with the words released from their frozen bubbles, the pirates soon get scared. Halvar can have his loot back!
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#14 - Dance with the Wolf
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 17
Old druid Urobe is declared winner of Flake's annual most courageous Viking contest. Jealous, rascal urchin Gilby dares Wickie to spend the night in the wolves-infested wood. After trying to have the wolf scare Wickie away, he ends up teaming up and sharing the credit for trapping it.
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#15 - The Forgotten Treasure
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 14
Each year, our brave Vikings have to plough the field so they can have enough vegetables and cereal. Unfortunately, Halvar is not ready to do so and rather like to go pillaging. Women are not happy and have blocked the drakkar on shore. Vic tries to plough the field with the drakkar's anchor but it stays stuck in the ground. He discovers the forgotten treasure of Flake hidden between some roots. Vic sows coins in the field so the Vikings have now a great pleasure ploughing! Ylva's happy and lets his husband go pillaging for Vic's relief.
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#16 - Taken
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 13
Pirate Sven manages to kidnap Wickie and demands that Halvar delivers Flake village's entire treasure as ransom. The headman isn't prepared to give up either, but fails to trick the exchange. Wickie must think up a sneakier way out.
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#17 - The Sparkling Race
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 18
His ship being past by and nearly keeling-over due to a rich man's much big, faster ship, Halar can't resists a braggart dare. Now his crew must win and earn three barrels of gold or forfeit their 'antique' ship. That looks hopeless, but when the race already seems lost, Wicki invents a jet-like propulsion.
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#18 - The Monster
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 21
The Vikings sail home through Scottish Waters after a successful voyage. They happily celebrate until night falls when talk of monsters generates fear amongst the Vikings. As a thunderstorm closes in, the ghostly light causes the Vikings to mistake a shipwreck for the hideous monster and they throw 'the monster' all of their food. As morning approaches, they are now starving and have nothing to eat. They will need to take go ashore if they don't want to starve to death but this means they must sail close to where they last saw Sven who they know will try to take everything that they have collected on their journey. Vic has an idea! They will disguise the Drakkar as a sea monster! Sven and the pirates are petrified and much like our Vikings, throw their food at the 'sea monster' while trying to escape.
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#19 - The Hammer in the Stone
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 33
Tjure's hammer has been hit by lightning and is stuck in a big rock. Everyone thinks it's Thor's hammer and a big argument starts with Schlake, the neighboring village, as the hammer in the stone is exactly in the middle between the two villages, who claim Thor's blessing. A competition starts to free the hammer from the stone, and Halvar is about to lose when Vic uses hot and cold water on the stone to crack it and help his father free the hammer.
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#20 - Good Luck Charm
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 24
Halvar is convinced that he is cursed with bad luck. He can't catch any fish, things fall on him, and he gets struck by lightning. It's the wrong time to be suffering from a crisis of confidence, because three Viking warriors are traveling to Flake to challenge his leadership. Vic and the other villagers try to cheer him up but nothing works. Finally, Vic stage manages the finding of a coin, and a series of events that convince Halvar that his luck has returned, and he fights the challengers and retains his status as chief.
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#21 - Beware of the Wolf
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 30
Vic and his friends are in the forest when Faxe finds a wolf cub. Soon after, a couple of angry wolves attack them and force them into a cave: against Vic's advice, Faxe has taken the wolf cub with him. Vic convinces Faxe to give the cub back to its mother. Meanwhile, Halvar, worried about his son's delay, tries to find him in the forest. When he sees Vic in danger, he gets ready to fight the wolves. Vic uses the cave echo to frighten the wolf mother, giving him time to rescue the cub and release it back to its mother.
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#22 - Bear Up
Vic the Viking (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 28
Flake is terrorized by a bear who wandered in from the forest, so Halvar tries to take everyone out until the monster is away, however that happened. Bard Ulme discovers, being left behind, that the bear is fascinated and appeased by his lyre songs, which the Vikings all loath. So Halvar must eat humble pie and beg him to save the village by leading the bear back to the Woods, especially since Tjure's preteen son Eric is still at home. Wickie insists he must be granted a fitting wish.
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