The Magicians

2016
4.4
252 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (13)

1 Knight of Crowns
1/25/17
Season-only
In the aftermath of their clash with The Beast, Quentin and his friends scramble for a new plan, while Julia and The Beast strike a dangerous deal.
2 Hotel Spa Potions
2/1/17
Season-only
Quentin, Alice, Penny and Margo seek a new weapon. Eliot struggles with being king. Julia and The Beast find an unexpected ally.
3 Divine Elimination
2/8/17
Season-only
Quentin and friends prepare to face The Beast again, while Julia conspires with The Beast and their new ally to lure and trap Reynard.
4 The Flying Forest
2/15/17
Season-only
Quentin and Penny embark upon a quest. Margo works on a way to help Eliot. Julia seeks out an old friend's help.
5 Cheat Day
2/22/17
Season-only
Quentin adjusts to his new life. Penny seeks help from an unexpected source. Eliot and Margo contend with the dangers of ruling. Julia and Kady discover another consequence of Reynard's attack.
6 The Cock Barrens
3/1/17
Season-only
Quentin strives to help a friend who is suffering. Eliot and Margo's negotiations take a shocking turn. Julia and Kady discover a possible key to stopping Reynard.
7 Plan B
3/8/17
Season-only
Quentin continues his quest to try and free Alice's soul. Meanwhile, as Julia and Kady search for a way to exorcise Reynard's demon spawn from Julia, they come up with a daring and outlandish plan to fund the procedure. In the process, Eliot suffers a critical injury while Julia unknowingly gives an invaluable sacrifice for her cure.
8 Word As Bond
3/15/17
Season-only
Julia, Kady, Penny and Quentin set out to find another spawn of Reynard as Kady struggles to reveal to Julia the consequences of her recent procedure. Quentin reluctantly enlists the help of Alice's Niffin to save the Brakebills gang by creating a word as bond spell with her…but quickly regrets it once realizing its true motives. With a war waging between Fillory and Loria and an unconscious High King Eliot, Julia takes matters into her own hands which puts Fillory, and Margo, in a difficult situation.
9 Lesser Evils
3/22/17
Season-only
Dean Fogg and Professor Lipson attempt to rid Quentin of Alice's Niffin but he refuses to let Alice go. Meanwhile, with magic fading in Fillory, Eliot agrees to a risky duel with King Idri of Loria, in lieu of a war, in the hopes that it will gain the respect of the Fillorians in the process. Julia, Penny and Kady locate Reynard's son in an effort to lure Reynard to them. In the process, Julia uses Quentin in a way that shocks everyone involved, including herself.
10 The Girl Who Told Time
3/29/17
Season-only
The Royal Court of Fillory prepares for Eliot's nuptials as he endeavors to win over the Fillorians with the extravagant event. Penny begins his contractual obligations to the Neitherlands Library as Kady searches for any information about god killing. Quentin experiences a mind-bending vision while on a drug-laced trip that sends him and Julia on a mysterious quest.
11 The Rattening
4/5/17
Season-only
Quentin accompanies Julia to the underworld on a journey to help her recover her shade. Penny has plans to use his Neitherlands Library position to gain access to a mysterious room that houses literature about god killing, for Kady. Eliot and Margo discover that a strange spell has been cast over Fillory, turning many of its inhabitants into rats. With the help of Reynard, Senator Gaines begins to realize his birthright.
12 Ramifications
4/12/17
Season-only
After Julia makes a surprising sacrifice for Quentin, he uses this opportunity to Alice's benefit…or so he thought. Eliot attempts to find his way back to Fillory to save his kingdom while Penny and Sylvia try to find a way into the Poison Room to retrieve god killing literature. With the loss of her shade, Julia seeks Kady's guidance as her conscience while they attempt to harness Senator Gaines's power to destroy Reynard. Margo ventures to Fairyland to rescue Fen.
13 We Have Brought You Little Cakes
4/19/17
Season-only
Dean Fogg and Professor Lipson are in a race against time to find a cure for Penny's sickness from his journey to the Poison Room while Quentin and Julia, adjusting to her recently recovered shade, embark on a quest to find Umber for help in devising a strategy to convince Ember to let them keep Fillory. Eliot hopes to lure Ember to Fillory in an attempt to reclaim his throne and save the kingdom. Alice tries to make sense of mortal life after being a Niffin while Kady thinks of a plan that just might save Penny's life.

About this show

Based on Lev Grossman's best-selling book series, "The Magicians" follows Quentin Coldwater, a highly intelligent but socially withdrawn twenty-something secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child about a magical land called Fillory. Beyond that, Quentin's life is dull until he finds himself admitted to a very secret, exclusive college of magic in Upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the practice of modern sorcery. However, magic doesn't bring the happiness, adventure, and meaning that he thought it would…until he and his friends discover that Fillory is real.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
252 reviews
Tinus Creeper
March 8, 2018
This series is awesome! glad i came across it! if you love magic tv shows u wont be disappointed! i fell in love with the story and characters. i hope this show does well and continues even to season 3. its like Harry Potter mixed with Narnia and its more catered to the adult side (can get dark). i recommended it great series! PS* great that syfy listened! Allowing Australians to buy the new season and watch it is still days later! THANK YOU, i can finally support the series!
Christine Duncan
May 22, 2016
Young guy without a family or many friends feels lost in the world, then learns he has magic powers when he recieves an invitation to study at a secret school hidden in the woods in a remote area. All the while a mysterious dark force is growing in the shadows and is an ominous threat to our young protagonist as he seems to know him. Heads of school know more than they share as they train the pupils to one day fight this evil - wait a minute does this all seem familiar????
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David Chapman
November 21, 2018
Adult version of Harry Potter.. can get pretty violent at times... the end of the 1st episode sets the tone when the Beast arrives... I was mesmerized from episode 1 and binge watched the whole 3 series over a week.. absoutely awesome.. can't wait for S4...