Five (+1) Reasons to Watch the History Channel's Vikings

I didn't exactly need a new show to be hooked on, but the History Channel gave me one anyways: Vikings, about Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior who wants to do what no Viking has done before and sail west for new lands to plunder. The second episode doesn't air until tomorrow (Sunday) at 10 pm EST, but the History Channel already has it, along with episode one, available for free on its website.

They're really, really good. You should watch them. Here are five reasons why, plus one bonus reason that will definitely convince you if the others don't.

Jamie Bell is Getting Into the Spy/Cabbage Farmer Market with New AMC Period Drama

Jamie Bell

AMC is doing its first period drama, and the pilot will star Jamie Bell as a Revolutionary War-era cabbage farmer.

OK, the cabbage connection probably isn't all that relevant, but my eyes caught on the phrase "cabbage farmer" over at EW.com and I won't apologize for it.

Via EW:

The show is set in 1778 and tells the story of a New York cabbage farmer (Bell) who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who help turn the tide in America’s fight for independence. In the pilot, Bell’s character is caught smuggling his crop on the black market and is then pressed into spying for the Patriot cause.

A cabbage

Revolutionary War. Spies. Jamie Bell. Cabbage smuggling. I mean, you're great and all, The Walking Dead, but you don't have cabbage smuggling.

In all seriousness (CABBAGE!), this sounds like it could be good. It's called Turn (blah title) and is based on the book Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (better title).