The Magicians (2015)

Quentin and Julia arrive in Fillory and try to catch up with the group, who are more than 70 years ahead of them, in the search for The Beast.

The students wake up to foggy memories and regret after a night of drinking; Penny reminds everyone that their lives depend on getting to The Neitherlands.

ever since my mom, but it's gone.

So you wish to help them?

to reach something higher.

if we don't at least try to go get the knife.

Everything is, um,

I can tell when someone's trying to make something go away.

And Kady doesn't seem to share your reservation.

Fewer than I'd hoped.

and I'll stay or go somewhere quiet.

No matter how crabby it makes me?

People don't get to be mad at me

***

with a few caveats.

Truth serum is toxic, Quentin, and banned.

she'd restart the loop.

to see if it'll change the outcome.

to discern a time loop

But it is valuable.

you will get a handle on it.

and really dangerous.

So...

We summoned, and she came.

It was like being on a massive dose of ecstasy.

She said it was my destiny

Look, all I know is time magic is apparently a thing,

Nope, no, you are banished from the library forever.

I mean, they use some tiny piece of an incredibly rare element.

Two days after this time bridge.

Victoria? You know her?

she was able to take them all with.

so I have just been waiting.

Discuss.

just minor mendings and bullshit.

It was fun, okay?

Just another excuse for that thing you always do.

Right behind you, Bambi.

Quentin and the others learn battle magic as they prepare for a showdown in Fillory. But this challenge leads to building frustrations...pushing some apart and others together. Julia and Kady take on a mission with the Free Traders that may push them too far.

Penny travels to the world of The Neitherlands, and Quentin and Alice work together to save him; Julia joins an eclectic group of magicians.

When Alice and Quentin learn that Penny read the 6th Fillory novel, they make him tell the story. And it's a doozy. Quentin, Alice, Eliot, and Penny travel to England in search of a missing magic button. Julia searches for real meaning in her magic.

Brakebills is thrown into chaos when Penny is violently attacked by someone who was considered a friend; at the same time, Quentin tries to find a connection to the Beast; and Julia considers giving up magic for good after entering a rehab facility.

An uncompromising professor pushes boundaries both in magic and in the personal lives of his first-year students. Meanwhile, Julia must decide whether she's ready to accept help and what that means for her future as a Magician.

The first-year students face something called "The Trials," a series of unconventional and emotional tests, which result in expulsion from Brakebills for those who fail.

The students each deal with a personal matter that keeps them from focusing on the upcoming Welter's Tournament.

Quentin panics when he wakes up in a mental hospital. Meanwhile, upset over her fight with Quentin, Julia commits herself to learning more powerful spells.

Alice ends up risking everything to discover the truth behind her brother's disappearance. Quentin and Julia are involved in a volatile reunion.

The Brakebills students struggle to deal with the aftermath of a catastrophe that befalls the university. Back in Brooklyn, Julia makes her first foray into the mysterious world of Hedge Witches.

A group of twentysomethings studying magic in New York discover a real-life fantasy world that poses a great threat to humanity in this drama adapted from Lev Grossman’s book series.