Episode 1: The Red Woman

Director: Jeremy Podeswa 
Jon Snow is dead. Daenerys meets a strong man. Cersei sees her daughter again. (HBO synopsis from 2016-04-07).

At Castle Black, Thorne defends his treason while Edd and Davos defend themselves. Sansa and Theon race the cold and the hounds. (HBO summary as of 2016-04-19).

  • "The premiere spends a lot of time at Castle Black."(Entertainment Weekly)
  • "The opener is  the expected epic scenes of armies on the march, along with defiant declarations to avenge the dead." (The Telegraph)
  • "Dramatic appearance of Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie), finally fulfilling a long-held ambition and making her loyal presence felt."(The Telegraph)
  • "Elsewhere in the Seven Kingdoms, the women are taking control too – in some regions, terrifyingly so."(The Telegraph)
  • "Melisandre, with a luridly surprising twist, sets the scene for some powerful sorcery to come".(The Telegraph)
  •  Maisie Williams expects that many viewers will walk away from the season six premiere scratching their heads: "I think people are going to be confused. Super confused. I know I was when I read it! All I kept thinking was, 'Wow. That's incredible.' " (The Hollywood Reporter)

Castle Black


The Wall
(Trailer 1, Event Promo)
Jon Snow lying dead in the snow
(Trailer 1)
Jon Snow lying dead in the snow
(Trailer 1)
Dolorous Edd closing Jon's eyes
(Event Promo)
Melisandre undressing
(Trailer 1, Event Promo)



King's Landing

"It’s an interesting moment when she realized Jaime’s comes back with a dead daughter. [Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss] write about Cersei showing nothing – no screaming – and then later there’s a moment with Jaime where she’s broken and it’s so genuine. It’s purely a mother lamenting the purity of her child. I never thought Cersei would say out loud what’s said in this scene; it was quite a beautiful moment. And then it gets all f–ked up."
(Lena Headey on Cersei in Episode 1)


Ship returning to King's Landing
(Trailer 1, March Madness Promo, Promotion Photo)
Jamie onboard the ship
(Best Seat In The House)
Jamie onboard the ship
(Promotion Photo)
Cersei waiting for the ship
(Set Photo)
Cersei waiting for the ship
(Set Photo)
Cersei waiting for the ship
(Trailer 1, March Madness Promo)
Jaime with Myrcella's corpse
(Promotion Photo 23.10.2015)
Cersei
(Promotion Photo)
Jaime and Cersei
(Clip 2)
Jaime and Cersei
(Clip 2)
Jaime and Cersei
(Promotion Photo 07.09.2015)
Jaime and Cersei
(Trailer 1)
Jaime and Cersei
(Promotion Photo 07.09.2015)
Septa Unella and Margaery
(Promotion Photo 05.08.2015)
The High Sparrow
(Promotion Photo 05.08.2015)
Margaery
(Trailer 1)

Winterfell

“In the new season, the show’s sixth, Ramsay deepens further, Mr. Rheon suggested, even approaching something like human emotion in mourning a girlfriend killed in the Season 5 finale. “That surprised even me,” he said. ” (NY Times)

"At the beginning of (season) six, you find Theon running through snowy, freezing forests leading the way with Sansa. They’ve just jumped off the wall of Winterfell and now they’re on the run from Ramsay. And we’re running through and we come to a river and Sansa is just too scared basically to get into the river. So I get in. Don’t believe the press shots! It looks like she’s trying to get me out of the river, when I’m actually trying to be the strong one and get her in the river. Makes me look weak. Haha.
Theon sacrifices himself, because I guess he hasn’t really got much worth or meaning for himself in the world anymore. And so he leads them away – or rather that’s what he’s trying to do. In fact he doesn’t lead them away, because they see Sansa anyway and then Gwendoline Christie turns up as Brienne of Tarth and smashes everyone to shit. Dan Portman’s there — Pod — and then Pod ends up having a fight with this guy and then Theon stabs the guy in the back with the sword. He kills someone for the first time in ages, which must be a gratifying experience."
(Alfie Allen on Theon and Sansa in Episode 1)


Ramsay in his room
(Promotion Photo 07.08.2015)
Ramsay mourning Myranda
(Promotion Photo)

Roose and Ramsay Bolton
(Trailer 1)

Sansa and Theon running
(Clip 3)
Sansa and Theon running
(March Madness Promo)
Sansa looking back
(Trailer 1, March Madness Promo)
Sansa and Theon running
(Promotion Photo)
Sansa and Theon running
(Clip 3)
Sansa and Theon at the river
(Clip 3)
Sansa
(Promotion Photo 17.07.2015)
Sansa
(Promotion Photo 17.07.2015)
Theon helping Sansa into the river
(Promotion Photo 17.07.2015)
Theon helping Sansa into the river
(Promotion Photo)
Theon helping Sansa into the river
(Kimmel Theon and Sansa Clip)
Theon helping Sansa into the river
(Promotion Photo 17.07.2015)
In the River
(Kimmel Theon and Sansa Clip)
In the River

(Promotion Photo)
Theon and Sansa

(Promotion Photo 17.08.2015)
Theon and Sansa hiding

(Promotion Photo 17.08.2015)
Sansa hiding
(Event Promo)
Theon caught by Bolton soldiers
(Trailer 1, March Madness Promo)
Brienne attacking Bolton soldiers
(March Madness Promo)
Brienne fighting
(March Madness Promo)

Brienne killing a Bolton soldier
(Trailer 1)
Brienne fighting
(Trailer 1)

Meereen


Tyrion and Varys
(Promotion Photo)
Tyrion
(Promotion Photo)
Tyrion and Varys
(Promotion Photo)
Tyrion and Varys
(Event Promo)
Tyrion, Varys and running citizens
(Event Promo)
Tyrion and Varys
(Promotion Photo)
Tyrion and Varys
(Promotion Photo)
"Mhysa is a master" graffiti in Meereen
(Set Photo)

Dothraki Sea

"He's Dothraki, so he's a bit of a brute," Naufahu says about what to expect from the character. "But he's also quite loyal. He follows traditions very strictly. He's loyal to the living, and he's loyal to the dead as well. He's not as much of a chauvinist as some of the other Dothraki."
(And yes, Naufahu confirmed, that loyalty "to the dead" should have viewers thinking about Drogo: "There's a connection there.")
"There's some respect there," Naufahu says, "and some animal instinct, as well."
(Joseph Naufahu on Khal Moro)

Jorah and Daario on the search
(Trailer 1)
Jorah finding Danerys' ring
(Trailer 1)
Dothraki on the move
(Promotion Photo)
Qhono and Ahko with Daenerys
(Event Promo)
Daenerys getting whipped by Qhono
(Event Promo)
Daenerys
(Trailer 1)
Daenerys caught at Dothraki Camp
(Set Photo)
Daenerys caught at Dothraki Camp
(Set Photo)
Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)
Daenerys
(HBO GIF)
Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)
Targaryen Banner
(Banner Clip)
Daenerys before Khal Moro,
guarded by bloodriders Ahko and Qhono
(Promotion Photo)
Daenerys
(March Madness Promo)
Khal Moro and his two wives

(Promotion Photo)
Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)

Khal Moro
(Promotion Photo)
Khal Moro and Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)
Khal Moro and Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)
Khal Moro and Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)
Khal Moro and Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)
Khal Moro and Daenerys
(Promotion Photo)


Braavos

Arya
(Promotion Photo)
Arya
(Promotion Photo)
Arya
(March Madness Promo)
Arya and The Waif
(Clip 4)
Arya
(Promotion Photo)
Arya and The Waif
(Clip 4)

Arya and The Waif
(Promotion Photo)



Dorne


Ellaria
(Event Promo)
Prince Doran, Ellaria and more
(Promotion Photo)

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