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The Magicians Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2015 - 2016
Episode 1
Unauthorized Magic
Wed, Dec 16, 201552 mins
A seemingly depressed man is ready for graduate school, and things start to make sense to him when he is accepted into a college for future magicians. The world of fantasy that he has loved so much growing up becomes a reality. His best friend is not so lucky, and she gets involved with a not so prestigious group of magicians.
Episode 2
The Source of Magic
Mon, Jan 25, 201641 mins
Quentin is distraught as he faces expulsion for his involvement in an otherworldly attack on Brakebills, while Julia delves deeper into underground magic and takes a test to prove herself to the Hedge Witches.
Episode 3
Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting
Mon, Feb 1, 201642 mins
Quentin and Julia have an unexpected - and volatile - reunion. Penny is overwhelmed by the power of his own psychic abilities and Alice is determined to find out what happened to her missing brother - at any cost.
Episode 4
The World in the Walls
Mon, Feb 8, 201641 mins
Quentin wakes up in a mental hospital and must set his panic aside to seek the help of the one person he least trusts. Julia is hurt after her fallout with Quentin and commits to learning more powerful spells with the Hedge Witches.
Episode 5
Mendings, Major and Minor
Mon, Feb 15, 201643 mins
Although everyone should be training for the upcoming Welter's Tournament, the students are each dealing with a personal distraction that keeps them from staying focused.
Episode 6
Impractical Applications
Mon, Feb 22, 201642 mins
The First Years are thrust into the old Brakebills tradition of The Trials, a midterm-slash-hazing ritual in which failing means flunking out for good. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, Julia meets a fellow blacklisted Hedge Witch.
Episode 7
The Mayakovsky Circumstance
Mon, Feb 29, 201641 mins
The first-years meet an uncompromising professor at Brakebills South who pushes their boundaries both in magic and in their personal lives. After Julia loses everything, she must decide whether she's ready to accept help...and what that means for her future as a Magician.
Episode 8
The Strangled Heart
Mon, Mar 7, 201642 mins
Brakebills is thrown into chaos when Penny is violently attacked by someone they thought was a friend while Quentin tries to find a connection to The Beast. After entering a rehab facility, Julia considers giving up magic for good.
Episode 9
The Writing Room
Mon, Mar 14, 201643 mins
Quentin, Alice, Eliot and Penny travel to England to Plover's estate in search of a missing magic button, but what they find is a hauntingly terrifying vision of the author's true self. Julia, now out of rehab, searches for real meaning in her magic, but it comes at a very high cost.
Episode 10
Homecoming
Mon, Mar 21, 201643 mins
Penny travels to the world of The Neitherlands where he soon finds it's not as friendly as he thought. Quentin and Alice must work together, no matter how uncomfortable, to save him. Julia joins an eclectic group of Magicians known as the Free Traders, but a surprising member stands in her way.
Episode 11
Remedial Battle Magic
Mon, Mar 28, 201643 mins
Prior to a showdown in Fillory, Quentin and crew get a crash course in Battle magic. During preparations, frustrations flare leading to some getting closer and others being pulled apart. Julia and Kady, while on a mission with the Free Traders, finds their limits put to the test.
Episode 12
Thirty-Nine Graves
Mon, Apr 4, 201643 mins
The students wake up with foggy memories and regret after a night of drinking; Penny reminds everyone that their lives depend on getting to The Neitherlands.
Episode 13
Have You Brought Me Little Cakes
Mon, Apr 11, 201648 mins
Quentin and Julia are using time magic to get to Fillory, where they try to catch up with the students who are 70 years ahead of them searching for the Beast.
