F--k You.”—The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creators get candid about their cult hit, — The best weaponry for a Game of Thrones battle, — Who’s in, who’s out, who’s up, and who’s down in the nonstop game of musical chairs at CBS, — Pac-Man, cockroaches, and Meryl Streep: these are just a few of the things that inspired Us’s climactic fight scene. But the emotional strength of Season 6 still belonged to George R.R. It won 12 awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for "Battle of the Bastards", and Miguel Sapochnik for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Battle of the Bastards". There's more where that came from! For a more in-depth look at some of the key episodes of Game of Thrones, you can dive into Vanity Fair’s list of the 15 most essential episodes of Game of Thrones to re-watch before the final season. [178] A 41-second teaser trailer was released on December 3, featuring Jon Snow from the fifth season episode "Hardhome", many of the previous seasons' highlights, and voice-overs from Max von Sydow as the Three-Eyed Raven and Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark. The sixth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 24, 2016, and concluded on June 26, 2016. [31] The character was previously played by Struan Rodger in the fourth-season finale, "The Children". It consists of ten episodes, each of approximately 50–60 minutes long. Ramsay Bolton, Hodor, Rickon Stark, Margaery Tyrell, King Tommen, Loras Tyrell, the High Sparrow, Doran Martell (and the whole attempt to do Dorne, really), Areo Hotah, Prince Trystane, Roose Bolton, Lady Walda, their unnamed baby, Balon Greyjoy, Alliser Thorne, Olly, Osha, all the Dothraki Khals, Euron Greyjoy (briefly), the Children of the Forest, the direwolves Summer and Shaggydog, the Three-Eyed Raven, Brother Ray and his people, the Blackfish, Lem Lemoncloak, Lady Crane, the Waif, the Wise Masters, Rickon, Wun Wun, Grand Maester Pycelle, Lancel Lannister, Uncle Kevan Lannister, Mace Tyrell, Black Walder and Lothar Frey, Lord Walder Frey, and, in the past, Lyanna Stark. All rights reserved. The site's critical consensus reads, "Bloody and captivating as always, Game of Thrones plunges back into the midst of a world touched by grief, dread, and precarious sexuality. When Game Of Thrones season five ended, Jon was dead, Arya was blind, Daenerys was a prisoner … [78][79] Some filming locations in Spain included the Castle of Zafra in Guadalajara, the Bardenas Reales Natural Park in Navarre, the Alcazaba in Almería, and the Castle of Santa Florentina in Canet de Mar. Ad Choices. [37][38][40][45] Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow was added to the series main cast after appearing in a recurring role in the previous season. [69], With the end of the fifth season, the content of the show has reached the plot of the latest novel in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance with Dragons. Winter's finally here! Looking for more? They are listed by the region in which they first appear: The writing staff for the sixth season includes executive producers and showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, producer Bryan Cogman, and Dave Hill. It’s impossible to re-watch this season of TV—which aired in the summer of 2016—and not think of the dirty politics of the Trump/Clinton presidential race. Flashbacks, wildfire, Hodor, Jon’s real mom, and more. She burns down the temple of the Dosh Khaleen, leads the whole of the Dothraki back to Meereen, flies around and destroys a slaver ship, makes a deal with the Greyjoys, bids farewell to Daario, names Tyrion her hand, and finally, finally sets sail for Westeros with House Tyrell, some Greyjoy forces, Dorne, the Unsullied, the Dothraki, and three dragons by her side. [185] The first official trailer for season 6 was released on March 8, 2016. Game of Thrones Season 7 premieres Sunday, July 16 at 9/8c on HBO. Cersei takes the throne in her son’s place. [182] On February 11, 2016, HBO released 28 exclusive photos from the sixth season, picturing several of the main characters during the season and confirming the fates of Theon, Sansa, and Myrcella, while Jon Snow was notably absent. [92], The sixth season also included a traveling theater troupe located in Braavos that stages a play called "The Bloody Hand", about the events that have taken place in King's Landing since the beginning of the series. Two of the biggest moments in TV that year were the incredibly ambitious “Battle of the Bastards” episode, and the spectacularly bright green explosion of the Sept. (Which was presaged by an unusually subdued musical montage.) Varys secures an alliance for Daenerys with Olenna and the Dornish. Sansa Stark, His Other Sister, somehow survives the jump from the embankments of Winterfell, is saved by Brienne, makes it to Castle Black, has a reunion with Jon, confronts Littlefinger, meets Lyanna Mormont, watches Jon almost get crushed to death in the Battle of the Bastards, saves the day by calling in the Knights of the Vale, murders Ramsay with a smile on her face, gets upgraded to the master bedroom in Winterfell, and shares a knowing glance with Littlefinger. ^1 Live +7 ratings were not available, so Live +3 ratings have been used instead. [22][44][86] Clive Russell, Tobias Menzies, Patrick Malahide, Richard Dormer, and Paul Kaye also returned to the show as Brynden Tully, Edmure Tully, Balon Greyjoy, Beric Dondarrion, and Thoros of Myr after not appearing since the third season. If You Think This Has a Happy Ending, You Haven’t Been Paying Attention. [87], Across the Narrow Sea, Melanie Liburd plays a Red priestess from Asshai who is in R'hllor's service. [46] Ricky Champ played Gatins, an outlaw who is a part of a band using religion to justify extorting the people of the countryside. He does so with the help of Edmure Tully, Bronn, and some Freys. Sansa, Brienne and Podrick arrive at Castle Black. She goes to a play about death of her father, Ned, refuses to kill the actress Lady Crane because she’s nice, gets stabbed by the Waif, is healed with magical speed by a nap and Lady Crane’s soup, gets chased by the Waif, does parkour through Braavos, kills the Waif, tells off Jaqen H’gar, quits her internship, sails back to Westeros, feeds Walder Frey his two worthless sons, then slits his throat and smiles at him. Author George R. R. Martin, who had written one episode for each of the first four seasons, did not write an episode for the sixth season, as he was working to finish writing the sixth A Song of Ice and Fire novel, The Winds of Winter. "[70] Actress Natalie Dormer, who plays Margaery Tyrell, later added that the show's writers "know where it's got to go and what [George Martin]'s intentions for the characters are. David Bradley confirmed in August 2015 that he would be returning to the show as Walder Frey after last appearing in the third-season finale, "Mhysa", but he did not confirm when he would be returning.