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Game of Thrones – Season 6, Episode 9 Battle of the Bastards

Play trailer 0:53 Game of Thrones – Season 6, Episode 9 Battle of the Bastards Aired Jun 19, 2016 Drama Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Daenerys and Tyrion discuss a plan; Jon Snow and his army prepare for a battle; Ramsay plays a game.
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Game of Thrones — Season 6, Episode 9

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Critics Consensus

"Battle of the Bastards" delivers one of the greatest battle sequences in the show's history -- and some savagely satisfying vengeance as well.

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Cast & Crew

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Peter Dinklage

Tyrion Lannister

Lena Headey

Queen Cersei Lannister

Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Ser Jaime Lannister

Aidan Gillen

Petyr Baelish

Iain Glen

Ser Jorah Mormont
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Alyssa Rosenberg Washington Post 04/05/2019
As Dany learns to rule in Meereen and Sansa rises to power in Westeros, it's certainly asking what might happen when people who were meant to be bartered as chattel start to broker their own deals. Go to Full Review James White Empire Magazine 11/07/2017
5/5
Battle Of The Bastards gives us all the cathartic end we crave, and at least there were those side trips to Meereen. Go to Full Review Alison Herman The Ringer 08/15/2017
"Battle of the Bastards" is peak Game of Thrones. Go to Full Review Randy Dankievitch TV Over Mind 02/11/2020
4/5
Perhaps that makes this the most fitting Game of Thrones episode of them all, a reminder that the battlefield is forever ugly, anti-climatic, and predictable, and it's only outside of war that we actually have hope to evolve, and surprise the world. Go to Full Review Fiona Flynn entertainment.ie 01/01/2020
It did not let down, delivering what was undeniably the best battle ever seen on television, let alone Game of Thrones. Go to Full Review Neil Miller Film School Rejects 04/05/2019
As much as I enjoyed "Battle of the Bastards" with all its beautiful bluster, the real meal is what comes next. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Daenerys and Tyrion discuss a plan; Jon Snow and his army prepare for a battle; Ramsay plays a game.
Director
Miguel Sapochnik
Executive Producer
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza, George R.R. Martin
Screenwriter
David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 19, 2016