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

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Game of Thrones – Season 6, Episode 9

Battle of the Bastards

Aired Jun 19, 2016

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Fantasy

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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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"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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Miguel Sapochnik

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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

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Alyssa Rosenberg

Washington Post

Apr 5, 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.

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James White

Empire Magazine

Nov 7, 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.

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Alison Herman

The Ringer

Aug 15, 2017

"Battle of the Bastards" is peak Game of Thrones.

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Randy Dankievitch

TV Over Mind

Feb 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.

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Fiona Flynn

entertainment.ie

Jan 1, 2020

It did not let down, delivering what was undeniably the best battle ever seen on television, let alone Game of Thrones.

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Neil Miller

Film School Rejects

Apr 5, 2019

As much as I enjoyed "Battle of the Bastards" with all its beautiful bluster, the real meal is what comes next.

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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

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