The sixth season of Game Of Thrones seen fans at a fever pitch, following the death of Jon Snow fans were rampant in speculation on if he would return or not. The season ended up being a lot more than just about Jon’s possible resurrection though and in fact, gave the world at least two of the finest Game Of Thrones episodes ever.
The season has some great episodes and then a few outstanding episodes that will long be burned into the minds of fans everywhere. This great to amazing change can be easily viewed by IMDb and that’s what this list will look at, so here are all episodes of Game Of Thrones season 6 ranked, according to IMDb.
10 EPISODE 6 – BLOOD OF MY BLOOD – 8.4
The sixth episode of the season sees Bran and Meera saved from White Walkers by a mysterious figure, Gilly meeting the family of Sam at Horn Hill, Tommen visits Margaery while Jaime marches the Tyrell army into King’s Landing to stop her walk of shame, however, the High Sparrow anticipates this and manipulates Tommen.
The episode gained 29,475 reviews on IMDb with 34.5% giving it a 10 and 45.5% giving it an 8 or 9 with a contrasting 3.3% giving it a 1. The episode is a very good one to be bottom of the list and was praised for great character returns and character work in general with good story direction.
9 EPISODE 8 – NO ONE – 8.4
Approaching the end of the season, the Hound goes to find revenge and is reunited with Beric, Cersei uses the Mountain to get back at the High Sparrow but also finds out that he manipulated Tommen into banning trial by combat, Brienne and Podrick reach Jaime and Bronn and makes an offer, and Jaime reaches Riverrun.
32,625 votes on the episode led to an 8.4 rating with 34.4% of reviews giving it a 10, 43.2% a 9 or 8 and another 4.2% a 1. Some people deem parts of the episode anticlimactic however the episode was praised for Arya’s story, the Brotherhood’s return, as well as Jaime’s Riverrun scheme.
8 EPISODE 1 – THE RED WOMAN – 8.5
The season 6 premiere sees Jon Snow’s fate revealed, Sansa and Theon fleeing the Boltons, the High Sparrow’s continuing growth in power, Tyrion’s first moves in his rule of Meereen, while Daenerys is brought to the Dothraki with Jorah and Daario looking for her.
The episode received 35,443 reviews with 34.9% giving it a 10, 47.4% giving it a 9 or 8 and the lingering 3% a 1. The premiere may not be the best of all season premieres and was criticized for the direction of the Dorne storyline but praised for its humor and Brienne’s reunion with Sansa.
7 EPISODE 7 – THE BROKEN MAN – 8.6
In episode 7 we see the Hound living a peaceful life away from all the issues of Westeros, Margaery appears to be converted but when her grandmother is in danger she begs her to leave King’s Landing, Jon, Sansa and Davos search for allies to retake Winterfell, and Theon and Yara await Euron’s attack.
The episode got 28,603 reviews with 35.6% deeming it a 10, 27.9% an 8 or 9 and the still there 3.2% giving it a 1. The episode was received well with the praise coming for Sandor Clegane’s return, and the siege at Riverrun which kept it from feeling just like a setup episode.
6 EPISODE 3 – OATHBREAKER – 8.7
Episode 3 sees Jon back in the game initially confused but in the end up hanging the traitors, Sam and Gilly set sail for Horn Hill, Bran has more visions, Daenerys arrives at Vaes Dothrak, Varys and Tyrion find out who is funding the Sons of the Harpy, Arya continues training and Tommen meets the High Sparrow with Cersei sending little birds to spy on her enemies.
The episode gained 29,665 reviews with 40.1% giving it a 10, 47.1% a 9 or 8 and the ever-present 2.5% giving it a 1. The episode received praise for its ending scene and the good storytelling throughout. The performances within the episode were great and the characters likewise.
5 EPISODE 4 – BOOK OF THE STRANGER – 9.1
The episode following this sees Sansa reunited with Jon at Castle Black and tries to convince him to retake Winterfell, Brienne warns Davos and Melisandre that she killed Stannis and she does not forget, Littlefinger returns to Runestone, Cersei plots a scheme with Olenna to end the High Sparrow, in Meereen Tyrion, with Slavers Bay leaders, forms a truce to end the Sons of the Harpy while Jorah and Daario reach Daenerys.
The episode garnered 31,920 reviews with 54.1% of reviews deeming it a 10, 37.3% a 9 or 8, and still a 2.4% giving it a 1. The episode was highly acclaimed with praise going to Jon and Sansa’s reunion and the end scene with Daenerys as well as the general storytelling.
4 EPISODE 2 – HOME – 9.4
The second episode of the season sees Bran training with the Three-Eyed-Raven, Ramsay takes things into his own hands, Sansa finds out Arya lives, Theon plans to return home, Jaime threatens the High Sparrow but is quickly unnerved, and Ser Davos begs Melisandre to perform magic on the body of Jon Snow.
The episode received a big 41,757 reviews with 67.1% giving it a 10, 26.3% an 8 or 9 and a small 2.1% giving it a 1. The resurrection of Jon Snow may have been predictable but that does not take away from the quality of its execution nor the quality of the episode itself which was high.
3 EPISODE 5 – THE DOOR – 9.7
The midway point in the season sees Littlefinger has to answer to Sansa, Daenerys decides on the fate of Jorah, the Ironborn decide on who takes the Salt Throne, Bran learns the beginnings of the Night King and in a vision the Night King touches him meaning he can find him, leading to the Three-Eyed-Raven telling him to leave and leading to Wyllis famously holding the door.
With a review count of 62,829, the episode gained a 9.7 with 80.8% giving it a 10, 15.7% an 8 or 9 and a small 1.3% giving it a 1. The episode is widely praised and the action, as well as the emotion that is pulled out of audiences from Hodor, is the reason for that as well as the general craftsmanship of it all.
2 EPISODE 10 – THE WINDS OF WINTER – 9.9
In the season finale, Jaime and Walder Frey celebrate Riverrun’s capture before a moment of revenge occurs, Cersei and Loras stand trial, Daenerys departs for Westeros without Daario, Bran has a vision that changes the course of the show and Cersei gets her plotted revenge.
The episode got a massive – but not the biggest of the season – 127,372 reviews with 91.5% giving it a 10, 1.6% giving it a 1 and the rest being divided between 2-9. The episode is universally acclaimed from critics and fans, it has been heralded as the best season finale of the show and everything from the action to the craftsmanship and the performances are all exceptional, with a special shoutout to Lena Headey and the wonderful score from Ramin Djawadi.
1 EPISODE 9 – BATTLE OF THE BASTARDS – 9.9
In the penultimate episode of the season, Daenerys meets with the masters who seek her surrender of the unsullied and dragons, when it is they who will surrender, Theon and Yara align with Daenerys, and at Winterfell, the Battle of the Bastards commences.
The episode got a huge 183,386 reviews with 91.5% deeming it a 10 and 1.7% for some reason deeming it a 1. The episode is as well known as it is acclaimed and it earned Kit Harrington a Primetime Emmy nomination, as well as a writing win for Benioff and Weiss. The action, the performances, the visuals, it is all spectacular and utterly engrossing and will long be remembered as something special.
