In Meereen: Thrones Six

"Battle of the Bastards" is the ninth and penultimate episode of the sixth
season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones and its 59th episode overall. It was
written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Miguel Sapochnik.
Jon Snow and Ramsay Bolton face off in a battle for control of Winterfell. Jon's force, mostly
composed of Wildlings, is nearly defeated by the Bolton army, but the latter is overcome
when Sansa Stark and Petyr Baelish arrive with the Knights of the Vale. The battle culminates in
Ramsay's defeat and capture. Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen defeats the Masters in Meereen
and begins making new alliances.
"Battle of the Bastards" received immense critical acclaim, with several reviewers calling it a
"masterpiece".[1] and being praised as one of the series' best episodes as well as one of the
greatest television episodes of all time. Critics described the battle in the North as "terrifying,
gripping and exhilarating", Harington's performance received high praise,[2] and Daenerys' reunion
with her dragons at the beginning of the episode was deemed "thrilling".[3] The eponymous battle
took 25 days to film and required 500 extras, 600 crew members, and 70 horses. In the United
States, the episode had a viewership of 7.66 million in its initial broadcast. It earned Game of
Thrones six Primetime Emmy Awards, making it the most Emmy Award-winning episode ever. It
notably won for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing; the episode was Kit Harington's
choice to support his nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Sapochnik also won
the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for the
episode.
This episode marks the final appearances of Art Parkinson (Rickon Stark) and Iwan
Rheon (Ramsay Bolton).
Contents
 1Plot
o 1.1In Meereen
o 1.2At Winterfell
 2Production
o 2.1Writing
o 2.2Casting
o 2.3Filming
 2.3.1Battle of Winterfell
 2.3.2Battle of Meereen
 3Reception
o 3.1Ratings
o 3.2Critical reception
o 3.3Accolades
 4Notes
 5References
 6External links
Plot[edit]
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In Meereen[edit]
Daenerys, Tyrion, Missandei and Grey Worm meet with the Masters, who offer to let Daenerys
return to Westeros in return for the Masters keeping Missandei and the Unsullied and killing the
dragons. Daenerys counters that the meeting was called to discuss the Masters' surrender, and
proceeds to ride Drogon into Slaver's Bay with Rhaegal and Viserion to burn their fleet. Missandei
tells the Masters that Daenerys has ordered one of them to die as punishment for their crimes.
Although they offer the lowborn Yezzan, Grey Worm kills the other two masters instead and
Tyrion tells Yezzan to warn the other masters of Daenerys' power. Meanwhile, Daario leads the
Dothraki to slaughter the Sons of the Harpy, who are massacring freedmen outside the city.
Theon and Yara arrive in Meereen and offer Daenerys their fleet in exchange for help in
overthrowing Euron and recognizing Yara's claim to the Iron Islands. Daenerys agrees to assist
them if the Ironborn will stop reaving the mainland, and Yara reluctantly agrees.
At Winterfell[edit]
Jon, Sansa, Tormund and Davos meet with Ramsay and his bannermen. Ramsay offers to
pardon Jon for breaking his vows to the Night's Watch if he hands Sansa over. Jon counters by
offering to settle their dispute with single combat; Ramsay refuses, saying that he is more certain
that the Bolton army can beat the Stark loyalists than he is of beating Jon one-on-one. When
Smalljon Umber proves Rickon's captivity by presenting Shaggydog's head, Sansa tells Ramsay
that he will die the next day and rides off. Ramsay gloats that he has been starving his hounds in
anticipation of feeding them Jon and his advisors.
After Jon discusses the battle plan with Tormund and Davos, Sansa criticizes him for attacking
without gathering more men and predicts that Ramsay will defeat them. Jon insists that their army
is the largest one possible. When Jon asks Melisandre not to resurrect him if he dies in battle,
she says that it is up to the Lord of Light. Davos and Tormund discuss their time serving Stannis
and Mance and acknowledge that they may have served the wrong king all along. Davos
discovers the pyre where Shireen and the wooden stag he carved for her were burned.
The armies gather outside Winterfell the next morning. Ramsay brings Rickon out and has him
run to Jon while firing arrows at him. Jon rushes to intercept Rickon, but just before reaching Jon,
Rickon is killed by an arrow. Jon charges at Ramsay, who orders the Bolton archers to fire and
his cavalry to charge, and Davos orders the Stark force out of position to shield Jon. The ensuing
battle leaves hundreds of Bolton and Stark soldiers dead, creating a wall of corpses and allowing
the Bolton infantry to encircle around the Stark forces. Tormund panics and sends the Wildlings
towards the wall of bodies and Smalljon's forces, who easily cut them down. Jon is trampled by
the Wildlings, but eventually struggles to his feet. The Stark forces appear doomed when a horn
sounds in the distance and Littlefinger and Sansa arrive with the Knights of the Vale, whose
cavalry sideswipe and easily smash the remainder of the Bolton army; Tormund kills Smalljon in
the chaos.
Ramsay retreats to Winterfell, followed by Jon, Wun Wun and Tormund. Wun Wun breaks down
Winterfell's gates and the Stark loyalists overwhelm the remnants of the Bolton garrison. A
mortally wounded Wun Wun is finished off by Ramsay, who tells Jon that he has reconsidered the
offer of single combat. Jon blocks Ramsay's arrows with a shield, overpowers him and begins to
beat him to death, but stops when he sees Sansa and orders him imprisoned instead, leaving
Winterfell once more in the hands of House Stark.
At night, Sansa visits Ramsay, who has been imprisoned in the kennels with his hounds. Ramsay
insists that his hounds will not turn on him, but Sansa reminds him that they have been
purposefully starved and, having correctly predicted they would turn on him, walks away smiling
as they devour him alive.

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