Game of Thrones Battle of the Bastards (2011– ) watch online HD

600 crew members, 500 extras, 80 horses, 25 stuntmen and women and 4 camera crews were involved in the shooting of the battle scene.

Most hour long television dramas take between 8 to 12 days to shoot, whereas the battle sequence alone took 25 days to shoot, not including sideline drama and scenes before and after the battle.

The scene where Jon stands in the field, as the Bolton cavalry darts towards him, was accomplished practically - without the aid of any visual effects.

This is the first TV show episode on IMDb to have over 100,000 user votes. The second was the following episode Игра престолов: The Winds of Winter (2016), both with a 10.0 rating at the time.

This episode was likely the most expensive single episode of any television show, with rumors of its budget reaching upwards of $30 million.

Heavy rain made the production's field in Northern Ireland extremely muddy. Since horses don't like mud, 160 tons of gravel had to be brought in to give the horses some traction.

Show-runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss stated that after the episode aired, along with director Miguel Sapochnik, they monitored the IMDb score rather than professional reviews to gauge how well the episode was received.

With this episode, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss had hoped to match the perfect 10.0 rating that their friend Rian Johnson had gotten for directing the Во все тяжкие (2008) episode Во все тяжкие: Ozymandias (2013) (then the highest rated TV episode on IMDb). For almost two weeks, they managed, until their rating fell back to 9.9. However, the episode later earned them an Emmy Award for Best Writing, and director Miguel Sapochnik one for Best Directing and later on Ozymandias fell back to 9.9 as well.

A total of 257 bodies were used in the final pile of dead soldiers.

While promoting this episode, HBO heavily implied it would be set in one location and cover a single battle, similar to Игра престолов: Blackwater (2012) and Игра престолов: The Watchers on the Wall (2014). Both the trailer and the promotional images only showed the Northern story line and the only synopsis released for the episode was the vague, "Terms of surrender are rejected and accepted", with no indication of scenes in Meereen. Other than the aforementioned single-battle episodes, this episode features the fewest story lines with only two, the North and Meereen.

The episode won 6 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic), Outstanding Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series- matching the record held by the Boardwalk Empire pilot as the episode with most Emmy wins in history (although Game of Thrones also won Best Drama Series for this episode's season).

Some billing changes were made in this episode. It is the first time that Kit Harington is billed higher than Emilia Clarke, and the first time that Sophie Turner is billed higher than many other people, notably Aidan Gillen and Carice van Houten.

As of July 2nd "Battle of the Bastards" went from a rating of 10.0 to 9.9. after more than 110,000 votes.

The military maneuver Jon intended to use but was foiled, and Ramsay actually used, is known as "double envelopment" or "pincer movement". It was first successfully used by Hannibal against the Romans in the battle of Cannae (216 BC).

This episode was Kit Harington's submission in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category in the 2016 Emmy Awards- his first nomination for the show.

The title of the episode is a reference to the confrontation between the forces led by Ramsay Bolton, the bastard of Roose Bolton, and the northern alliance led by Jon Snow, the bastard of Ned Stark, outside of Winterfell.

In the books, Theon never admitted the boys he killed were not Bran and Rickon. Tyrion and anyone else never doubted he killed the Stark boys.

In the books, Jaime never tells anyone, except Brienne, about Aerys' plan to destroy King's Landing.

In the books, Rickon is in Skagos, with Osha and Shaggydog. It is unknown if they are alive.

In the books, the besieging troops of the slavers catapult dead, disease-carrying bodies, not fire missiles, into Meereen.

In the books, no one ever told Daenerys about her father's plan to destroy King's Landing with wildfire.

In the books, Yara is not interested to continue raiding. In the kingsmoot, her platform was making peace with the north.

In the books, Tyrion never met Asha and Daenerys.

In the books, Mance Rayder is not dead. It was Lord of Bones who was executed by Stannis, disguised by Melisandre's magic. Mance went to Winterfell in attempt to rescue Arya (actually, Jeyne Poole) and his fate is unknown.

At this point in the novels, Asha (Yara in the show) and Theon are in the North, held as captives in Stannis Baratheon's camp. It is Victarion Greyjoy, their uncle, who sails to Meereen and has just arrived as the battle is waging.

In the books, Sansa and Davos are not in the north: Sansa is safe in the Vale and has no idea about the recent events in the north; Davos was sent earlier by Stannis to the White Harbor, to gain the support of the Manderlys.

In the books, the Sons of the Harpy never attack in broad daylight. They have not been stopped, not even slowed down.

In the books, Daenerys never said that her father was bad.

In the books, Daenerys has not met any of the Greyjoys.

In the books, Victarion had 93 ships, but lost nearly half of them. By the time he reaches Meereen, he has 61 ships.

In the books, Daenerys has not returned yet to Meereen.

In the books, the Wise Masters never demanded to return the Unsullied Daenerys acquired at Astapor or Missandei. They demanded to kill the dragons after Yurkhaz's death.

In the books, Tyrion is not in Meereen but in the Yunkai camps.

In the books, there is no character named Belicho Paenymion.

In the books, Yezzan is one of the prominent Yunkai lords. He dies before the battle starts as a result of a disease called "bloody flux".

In the books, there are no further attempts to parley once the Yunkai start catapulting at Meereen.

In Игра престолов: The Gift (2015), Melisandre tells Stannis "I have seen myself walk along the battlements of Wintefell. I have seen the flayed men banners lowered to the ground", claiming to have seen his victory at Winterfell in the flames. After Jon's army retakes Winterfell, she sees the Bolton banners being removed as she stands on the battlements.

It was during the filming of this episode that news sources revealed Kit Harington would be returning in the sixth season as Jon Snow, after both Harington and the show runners stated that Jon was dead and would no longer appear on the show following the fifth season finale. Paparazzi photographers captured pictures of Harington on set in Saintfield, Northern Ireland dressed in a Stark military uniform rather than his Night's Watch blacks.

This episode marks the end of House Bolton.

During the fight sequence where Jon is being trampled on, one can see the face of Daniel Craig in the backdrop for around one to two seconds. After begging to Weiss and Benioff to let him appear on the show, after revealing he was a fan to the Daily Mail, they let him appear.

Traditionally, the ninth episode of each season includes the most important event of the season, usually following a cyclic pattern of a main character's death, especially the Stark family, and a major battle: season 1 climaxes with Ned Stark's death; season 2 - the battle of the Blackwater; season 3 - the Red Wedding; season 4 - the battle of Castle Black; season 5 - Shireen Baratheon's death; season 6 - the battle of Meereen, the battle of Winterfell, and Rickon Stark's death.

On the scene in which Jon (Kit Harington) is punching Ramsay (Iwan Rheon) in the face, Kit stated in an interview that he actually punched Iwan twice accidentally while filming. He also stated that he had to "buy him a pint after that one". Rheon further claimed he was accidentally struck on his chin by Jon's shield.

Despite playing a significant role in the beginning of the titular battle, as well as being a member of the Stark family, Rickon has no speaking lines in this episode, and his character dies without having any dialogue since Игра престолов: The Rains of Castamere (2013).

Jon pummels Ramsay's face a total of 21 times.

Sophie Turner partially revealed Ramsay's fate before the debut of the sixth season while playing "Two Truths and a Lie" during an interview with Yahoo. One of her statements was "Ramsay dies".

For the first time on the show, two major battles take place and are decided in the same episode.

The shield that Jon picks up to defend himself from Ramsay's arrows bears the sigil of House Mormont, a small but important house in Jon's Northern alliance.

As of this episode, the only Stark children left alive are Arya, Sansa, Bran, and Jon. In the books, Rickon's fate is unknown, making Robb the only Stark child who is confirmed to be dead.

This episode revealed the outcome of the Great Masters' siege on Meereen before it concluded in the novels. In the sample chapters released from the hitherto forthcoming sixth novel "The Winds of Winter", the battle is still waging, and the Iron Fleet, under the command of Theon and Yara's uncle Victarion (who was omitted from the series), has just arrived at Meereen to aid Daenerys' forces. Daenerys is still missing in the Dothraki Sea, while Ser Barristan Selmy, who is still alive in the novels, commands her forces.

In the books, it is not Jon but Stannis who states he does not fear the imminent battle with Ramsay, since he fought and defeated worse enemies. It is Theon (who is held captive in Stannis' camp), not Sansa, who tells him "You do not know him".

The way Ramsay's dogs tear him apart mirrors the way the same hounds devoured many of his victims, including his stepmother and his baby half-brother.

In the books, Smalljon Umber, who was always loyal to the Starks, was killed in the Red Wedding while protecting Robb.

As of this episode, the only people remaining from Bran's storyline in Season 3 (Bran, Rickon, Osha, Jojen, Meera and Hodor) are Bran and Meera, with Jojen dying in Season 4 and the other three die throughout Season 6. Bran is the only one who lives out of the group that fled the occupied Winterfell in Season 2 (Hodor, Bran, Rickon, Osha).

In the books, Ramsay and Wun Wun are alive. The fate of Rickon and Grazdan mo Eraz (Razdal mo Eraz's book counterpart) is unknown.