I'd rather it not have a big mainstream appeal.. feels like every time I start to get into something the normies show up and start ruining it. So far I've been enjoying what I see here and am interested to see what happens.
Fantastic episode and same with the one before it I actually didn't think Canute would withdraw his forces like he did and I'm really loving Thorfins character development this season.
The tone shift from S1 to S2 was a bit jarring for me too but as S2 goes on it really starts to get interesting so hold out it's def worth it to stick with it.