The Magicians
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real--and more dangerous than they ever imagined. Will getting hooked on the thrill of magic distract them from honing their powers when they need them most?
- Metascore65
- 2015-2020
- 5 seasons
- Syfy
- Drama, Fantasy, Suspense
- TV-14
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real--and more dangerous than they ever imagined. Will getting hooked on the thrill of magic distract them from honing their powers when they need them most?
Season 5 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Do Something Crazy
Wed, Jan 15, 2020 45 mins
Penny and Julia go stargazing; watching a magical meteor shower. When they discover that due to a surge of excess magic the meteors begin crashing to the ground, magic is going haywire. Elliot and Margot discover that Fillory jumped 300 years into the future, where Fen and Josh were overthrown by a Dark Wizard and go to see the clock troll to try to correct it. Alice, overcome with grief takes a grain of Quentin's soul and creates a golem, which comes to life as 12 year old Quentin. Meanwhile, Penny is made a professor at Brakebills for all the sudden, new Travelers.
Episode 2
The Wrath of the Time Bees
Wed, Jan 22, 2020 44 mins
Margo attempts to figure out a way to save her friends and Fillory from their dark fate. Margo's first attempt is to send back Time Bees to warn Josh and Fen, but it backfires when the bees accidentally kill Josh as he is allergic. After multiple failed attempts, Margo realizes that she can't save both Fillory and her friends and instead sends them a letter instructing Josh and Fen to have the Clock Dwarf send them three hundred years into the future. Eliot is successful with Josh, Fen and many of their friends coming forward in time to reunite with Margo and Eliot. Eliot lets them believe that Margo saved them all.
Episode 3
The Mountain of Ghosts
Wed, Jan 29, 2020 44 mins
Eliot and Alice go on a trip to the Mountain of Ghosts in Fillory, to drop the last of Quentin's soul into a well to the underworld so that Quentin can be at peace and they can say goodbye. The trip is made hazardous by new creatures named "The Takers". On their trip up the mountain they meet another magician who knows how to beat the Takers. He guides them up the mountain where Eliot confesses to Alice about having lived a life with Quentin in another timeline. Fen and Margot participate in a tournament that will allow them to get close to the Dark Wizard and could get Margot un-banished. In the meantime on Earth, Julia and Penny discover the surges will cause an apocalypse and try to find a solution.
Episode 4
Magicians Anonymous
Wed, Feb 5, 2020 43 mins
Julia lends a book to some lady. Fogg finds a sock
Episode 5
Apocalypse? Now?!
Wed, Feb 12, 2020 43 mins
Kady punches a dude. Margo misses cocaine. Yawn.
Episode 6
Oops!...I Did It Again
Wed, Feb 12, 2020 44 mins
Margo and Eliot have a bad day.
Episode 7
Acting Dean
Wed, Feb 19, 2020 44 mins
Todd sings a song. Margo gives a foot bath.
Episode 8
Garden Variety Homicide
Wed, Feb 26, 2020 43 mins
Josh returns from his nephew's bar mitzvah. Margo and Eliot share a mojito.
Episode 9
Cello Squirrel Daffodil
Wed, Mar 4, 2020 44 mins
Penny only wears vintage; Alice rejects a sandwich; Julia does a thing.
Episode 10
Purgatory
Wed, Mar 11, 2020 44 mins
Margo learns to project; Josh goes to the spa.
Episode 11
Be the Hyman
Wed, Mar 18, 2020 44 mins
Slap fight! Josh eats a pickle. Dreams are weird.
Episode 12
The Balls
Wed, Mar 25, 2020 43 mins
Margo sees a purse she hates. Alice writes a letter. We couldn't get Prince.
Episode 13
Fillory and Further
Wed, Apr 1, 2020 47 mins
Christmas arrives early.
