The opening sequence of Game of Thrones’ penultimate episode of Season 6 seated viewers in the perspective of a ball of tar and pitch, loaded into a trebuchet, set alight and launched into the action. Over the next fifteen minutes a battle exploded before us, with more soaring fireballs, sword fights and ultimately a dance of three dragons breathing hellfire down on a ship of the slave masters until it ruptured and sank. After two comparatively docile weeks, all of this action was merely prologue to the show’s long-ballyhooed centerpiece, the "Battle of the Bastards." Though the story line played almost entirely as most had predicted, the episode did not fail to surprise and delight.
Fantasy Fandom: Battle of Bastards, Burial of Thousands
