Game of Thrones: Season 6

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: April 24, 2016

Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Peter Dinklage, Indira Varma

Summary: Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) returns for the sixth season, which will be the first season that the series will surpass the George R.R. Martin's novels.

Creator: David Benioff and D.B. Weiss

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

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Season 6 Episodes

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S6:E10. The Winds of Winter
Air Date: June 26, 2016
7.9
S6:E9. Battle of the Bastards
Air Date: June 19, 2016
5.8
S6:E8. No One
Air Date: June 12, 2016

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IndieWire Liz Shannon Miller

Apr 25, 2016

The bodies still pile up in a sprawling episode full of ongoing storylines, but there's a definite sense that there's hope for some of these hopeless sorts. ... [Arya's] journey, as a young woman in a severely patriarchal society, has always been extremely compelling, but with every season, she gets more agency and strength, and becomes even more captivating. Read full review

Mary McNamara

Apr 25, 2016

Though the season premiere delivers the power and pathos fans have come to expect, there is, in fact, a slight but still identifiable shift: Game of Thrones is, in more than a few moments, funny. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Apr 25, 2016

It’s too early to say for sure, but the first episode of the first post-Martin season already feels more woman-friendly, indeed a tad warmer and more embracing overall, than the preceding 50 episodes, which could feel thrillingly atavistic and occasionally inspiring but also cold, manipulative, and needlessly vicious. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Apr 25, 2016

Ultimately, even if not every element satisfied, the sixth-season premiere of Game of Thrones did what it needed to for me, putting this mammoth locomotive back on the track and showing again that even with less and less of Martin's published material to rely on, Weiss and Benioff know how to move it forward. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Apr 26, 2016

In short, it was an episode of Game of Thrones, a show with little interest in or aptitude for self-editing. The aspects that worked were no better-written or more artfully shot than those that fell slightly flat; they simply had a sense of urgency that was, even by the standards of a show whose premieres are slow going, was absent elsewhere. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Apr 25, 2016

Surprise has its place, and isn't mandatory in a table-setting episode like this, which did its best to catch us up on most of the characters (while skipping over the likes of Littlefinger, Sam, and Hot Pie) and show us where their stories may be headed after all that went down at the end of last season. Read full review

Britt Lawrence

Apr 25, 2016

At times, “The Red Woman,” like other episodes before it, felt like a collection of vignettes rather than a fully fleshed out series centered on any semblance of core characters. Read full review

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ViniciusBrito

Aug 12, 2018

Completely outstanding. This season of Game of Thrones for me was able to fix a situation that i had in pretty much all of the other seasons, wich is a lot of moments that didn't made the story go on, sometimes it felts that things was just stuck, but in this one pretty much everything feelsCompletely outstanding. This season of Game of Thrones for me was able to fix a situation that i had in pretty much all of the other seasons, wich is a lot of moments that didn't made the story go on, sometimes it felts that things was just stuck, but in this one pretty much everything feels flowing, in every episode the story moves and it never stops, that's great, there isn't one bad episode that i can think of, for me all of them were very nice, and in all of them the plot runs.
The story in this season maybe got less unpredictable moments than the others, but it isn't like all of these moments are gone like some people said, in this season there are events that have moments that i didn't saw coming at all, the Martin brain is still in the show, you can still feel his hand there. The story, yes, have moments for us to praise and cheer in some moments, but i needed that, after season 5, i needed moments to cheer with the characters once again, for me that was on point.
The production quality keeps getting better each season, it is so impressive, there are moments here that are simply better than a bunch of blockbuster movies that we have nowdays, this show broke the barrier of visual quality between cinema and tv shows, it is really striking. The costume of the characters are great, the difference that you see between the suit of people from the red keep and the river run are really noticiable, not just that difference is good, but also the costume now got so wonderful, the armour that Jaime uses or the suit of Cersei, that is all so beautiful, you can feel the power even by the way that they dress. The Cgi in this season was completely unbelievable, it was perfect, the cgi of monsters or battles, that was simply perfect.
They completely resolved another problem that i had in previous seasons, wich is the action, in this season the fights and the battle was so great, the battle of the bastards was simply one of the best medieval battles that i have ever seen, not because the strategy, that was actually pretty simply, but the battle itself, how they at first filmed only Jon point of view, making we see the battle from an inside point, how everything is complex, without understanding what exactly is going on around you, we could see the war just like Snow could, that was perfect, this sequence could made my emotions get at the point of my skin and really feel every moment there, that was just fantastic.
Lena Headey is just perfect, she can expose and be badass without saying one word, saying the she is great is redundant, but for real, she is one of the best in acting here. Bella Ramsey was so nice, she was just a kid, but the way that she said what she had to, was so good, some people surely disliked that, but for me, it was dope, like a kid bringing to grown men how life really is, i loved it. Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner were dope great here, they could bring a big development and change in their characters, they both are really different now. Emilia Clarke is definely better in this season, she is getting more comfortable with her character, her faces and mouths things that was so little expressives before, now are notably better. Natalie Dormer as Margaery did a really nice work, she was great in showing concern in some moments, also as calm, knowing that something gonna happen and getting nervous and trying to be calm. Jonathan Pryce did a really good job, he was convicted in what he was saying, he was very convincing.
There are some story lines that didn't got very clear here, what they were doing, in wich direction they will follow, but still, they will take their time and explain things. Bran line was a bit strange, but soon or later it will start making sense, then i will have a better opinion in it. But personally how they work with the chess this season was very good. The Daenerys situation in other seasons wich was so stopped, and nothing happens, here it is way more interesting, maybe convenient, but it was way better. King's Landing story was very nice here, they flipped the religious story into a really nice political move, and had a insanely dope ending. Jon story got more clear, and also had a direction that we can see what is happening. These are definely the main things in this season, and for me it all worked. There are some side moments, with Aria and Jaime for example, some of them are kind of a moment for fans, but it worked out, it was dope and made sense.
The Light of the Seven sequence is another cinematography moment that deserves to be remembered, that whole sequence was great, the image composition and the song together, all of the converting into a twist that worked really nice.… Expand

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Charlemagne

May 16, 2016

I was afraid the show had run out of steam... not yet! Episode 4 delivers! I actually shed tears of epicness! I'm impressed with the moral depth and sophistication of the show, and that it can supply so many layers to keep a full range of people entertained.

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Debaser7

May 2, 2016

Ummm 7.6???? 73??? WHAT???? I hope the score goes up because so far this season is one of the best. I just watched episode 2, Bran and Hodor is back, the Greyjoys in the Iron islands return. Tyrion releases the dragons, Flashbacks, Ramsey is an evil bastard and the ending is fantastic. IUmmm 7.6???? 73??? WHAT???? I hope the score goes up because so far this season is one of the best. I just watched episode 2, Bran and Hodor is back, the Greyjoys in the Iron islands return. Tyrion releases the dragons, Flashbacks, Ramsey is an evil bastard and the ending is fantastic. I danced for 20 minutes after the episode finished. I hate when people judge the season after the first episode, it was very good. Not everything has to be full on action each episode. If people can't handle some slow moments and character development, maybe don't watch the show.… Expand

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jimmypowder

Apr 25, 2016

I would boink the Red Woman even after she revealed her real self .

Those drooping tatas were quite sexy and I was drooling over them .

I hope Melisandre has many more scenes like this.

Can I crawl into bed with her now !

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FireOccator

Jun 27, 2016

This season has all the good elements of Game of Thrones. However, Dorne is really badly written, but it's screen time is shrunk to almost a single episode. Also the series seems to have dropped realistic time flow.

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heretikeen

Jul 11, 2017

Basically GoT fanfic by now.
Martin kills off Jon Snow at the end of his final book, the show's writers brought him right back because they think they need a hero.
Martin kills off the Hound only for the writers to bring him back and one of the most awful "I wanted to get out, but itBasically GoT fanfic by now.
Martin kills off Jon Snow at the end of his final book, the show's writers brought him right back because they think they need a hero.
Martin kills off the Hound only for the writers to bring him back and one of the most awful "I wanted to get out, but it dragged me back in" episodes ever.
The main difference being that Martin can just create new characters in a flash, whereas the writers are so stuck in their soap ways that it hurts.… Expand

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MahbubAli92

Apr 30, 2019

Awful show, at this point it just wallows in vulgarity and pointless violence and cringeworthy "Strong Wahmen" cliches. The writers really had no idea what to do once they lost the grounding of GRRM's writing and turned it into a pile of Hollywood stereotypes. Sad!

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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