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Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 wrap-up! How did they stick the landing? Did they land with poise and grace, or, did they roll their ankle a bit there at the end? Lots to discuss so thanks for listening! Next week we wrap-up the entire show AND announce the next universe we are going to explore in our very strange way.

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 13! Or, as it's known in the business, the series finale! How DO we manage to save Fillory? Is the moon going to be mad at us forever? Who, if anyone, gets a happily ever after? Any brave personal sacrifices for the greater good? All great questions. You will have to listen to find out!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 12! This week we have another heist! Oh, and another musical... you know, the classic heist/musical episode that every show does at some point? Yeah, me neither. The only two not involved are Penny and Julia. They are out having a very un-silly, un-whimsical, un-fun episode. Good drama is built on contrast. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 11! This week, we get the "Fillory is doomed" talk from some familiar, horned and godly faces. Or, the emanation of some familiar, horned and godly faces that is. But when HASN'T Fillory been doomed? Meanwhile, something about "The Couple"? Not sure what that means but were pretty confident they are up to no good. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 10! This week, everyone is doing a little bit of their own thing. Elliot is trying to scare an unborn child into a magical fight or flight response. Margo is being turned into a human film projector with the clever application of eye shaped prisms. Josh takes an elevator to purgatory and chops it up with a Penny 23. Lastly, the NEW Penny bluff checks a time traveling plasma addict and gets yeeted back to earth with great prejudice. That's a lot of content...thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 9! This week, Penny goes on an unexpected trip back in time to the Brakebills of old. Unfortunately, the further back in time you go the more...uhh..well, racist, honestly. The more racist it gets. God speed, sir. Meanwhile, back in Fillory, the dead king ain't dead. Maybe if we help him with his seance all will be forgiven? Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 8. This week, we decide to finally make our move against the Dark King. Our intelligence might not be perfect, but doing nothing isn't in the cards. Meanwhile, back on earth, Penny is dealing with a zombie infestation. Wait...really? Yep, that's what my notes say. Wild times out here in season 5. Thanks for listening! 

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 7. This week, with the moon situation "resolved", Margo and Elliot head back to Fillory to pick back up that plot line. Is the hot king evil? Are the takers related in any way to the subjugation of the fairies? All good questions. Meanwhile, Penny gets a promotion to acting dean of Brakebills! I'm sure he has been dreaming of this day for a long, long time. We are all so proud of him and thrilled to see what he can bring to the role. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 6! This week, we REALLY have to figure out the whole "we destroyed the moon" thing. Turns out, destroying the moon means the earth is also in for a bad time. But you know, lets spice things up even more. What if we also do a time loop! Not spicy enough you say? Fine, lets make Elliot the only one who even knows he is time looping. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 4. This week, we break the moon! Oh, the shenanigans sure are strong in season 5. Maybe a little too strong? Regardless, it's convergence time and the group needs to infiltrate the "apocalypse party" of an eccentric dot-com era billionaire who is very much looking forward to making a few more billion off the suffering of innocents. Good thing this is a fantasy show because could you IMAGINE?!...thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 4. Penny misses the entire episode only to wake up nerf'd?? Plus, Fillory's Dark King may or may not be living up to his reputation. Thanks for listening!

Here's the aforementioned Garfield strip for those looking to correct me:  https://kotaku.com/garfield-drink-dog-semen-owner-cum-jim-davis-interview-1851783121

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 2 episode 3! This week, Elliot and Alice spend some time working out their Quentin issues-while climbing the Filorian equivalent of Mount Doom and with it's Dark King. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 2 episode 2! This week, Elliot and Margo are still hard at work trying to save their LONG dead Fillorian friends. Hopefully Elliot's box of unethically acquired time mcguffins holds the key. But my guess is shenanigans are more likely than solutions. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 5 episode 1! Yep, Quentin is still dead...no shenanigans. So what is Brian going to do now? Come find out. Meanwhile, Penny (begrudgingly) takes a job teaching young travelers at the newly reopened Brakebills University. Margo and Elliot are back in Fillory trying to piece together the events leading up to the 300 year time jump and the rise of the Dark King. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 wrap-up! Thank you everyone for listening along and a special thank you to everyone who submitted questions. We talk favorite episodes, what to do with Brian now that Quentin is (supposedly) very dead, and of course, we speculate wildly about season 5.

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 13! This week, we say goodbye to season 4, but more importantly, we say goodbye to a dear friend. The plus side? Elliot is back, the brother+sister monster demon things are handled and magic appears to be back on the menu. We were one bad break away from a perfectly executed plan. Welp, onward and upward. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 12. This week, Quentin and Alice finally have "that talk"...you know the one. Meanwhile, Margo's definitely NOT boyfriend Josh is turned into a Werefish after touching some magic nonsense and Monster Elliot finally gets his Monster Sister back! Not cute. Very dangerous. Thanks for listening. 

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 epiosde 11! This week, Quentin hops back in time to visit Brakebills South from season 1 in hopes of unlocking the secrets behind a particularly important spell. Meanwhile, Penny, Margo and friends free a librarian trapped in an ancient text, only to be hit with a generational lore dump. But can any of this actually stop the monster? Or, maybe, help it? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 10! This week, Margot goes on her own little drug induced musical side-quest out in the desert. Turns out, licking random reptiles can really cause things to spiral quite quickly. Meanwhile, Penny and Quentin and crew finally track down the monster's final target in hopes of getting ahead of a potential world ending afair. Unfortunately, he is a bit of an un-serious idiot...so maybe we have a plan B? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome the The Magicians season 4 episode 9! This week, Margo is deposed with a teargul hug rather than a dagger in the back. Count your blessings. Meanwhile, Penny helps Monster Elliot explore repressed memories of his violent past and we all just kind of hope that won't blow up in our faces. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 8. This week, we really dig into the magical world of dragonic mating practices. Lots of...interesting lore implications and maybe even a salacious illustration or two. Meanwhile, Margo is out with Fen on her quest to save Fillory, but Fen might need some advice regarding (metaphorical) snak eoil salesmen. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 7! This week...uhh. Fen probably goes on a quest. It's probably a really fun quest and Josh maybe even goes with her. Who knows. Not us! Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 6! This week, Penny goes on a whirlwind adventure through time and space after his park bench abduction at the end of last episode. For the eagel-eyed viewer, you might even catch sight of an old (very) familiar face. Meanwhile, Margo is playing at politics in Fillory while trying her best not to let grief get the better of her, which doesn't seem to be super successful on either front. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 5! This week, Elliot (not dead) takes a trip down memory lane while locked in his own mind. As expected, the trip is mostly just trauma. Meanwhile, out in the real world, Alice is back and awkwardly helping the group to firm up a new plan to kill demon Elliot. It...doesn't go well. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 4! This week, some of us are getting sexy and some of us are dealing with severe trauma. So, a pretty standard episode all things considered. Margo puts her personal health and safety on the line to save a close friend. "New Penny" gets looped into an erotic ritual by a pinecone licking cultist. Meanwhile, Quentin breaks some toys...sadly. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome the The Magicians season 4 episode 3! This week, the posessed Elliot monster person finally kills his first god when he snuffs out the literal life of the party. Meanwhile, the crew goes on their 3rd heist mission (4th? eh, who's counting). But we aren't after money, we are after some new super-magical spell currency nonsense cooked up by the librarians. Just monsters all around. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 2! This week, we lift the glamor (somehow or another) and say goodbye to our alternate personas. But not after meeting a debonair frog King, poisoning our ex-Dean, and flaying a godly messenger in Greece. Lots of puzzle pieces, but who the heck knows what the picture is supposed to depict. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 4 episode 1! This week it's all new names, new faces, and new places. Can we get our ducks in a row before the big bad thing eventually happens? What is the big bad thing? Who knows. Thanks for listening!

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Hello! It's time to wrap-up The Magicians season 3! A huge thank you to all of the lovely listeners who sent in questions/topics. We talk favorite episodes, character coverage, and try to get a lay of the land for season 4. Is it the last season? Who knows. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 13! It's the season finale this week, y'all. That's right, the quest for the keys has come to a close. The gang is all back together and we are trotting off to a spooky old castle full of godly magic and unspeakable evil. But would you believe me if I told you that the gods and monsters weren't our biggest roadblocks to completing our quest? Nah, that comes to us via backstab after backstab after double cross after betrayal. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 12! This week, we get a bit of a lore dump that helps clarify why Julia still seems to be minorly magically inclined. Our shiney new alt-Penny is trying his best to integrate into our timeline, and it's not going great. Meanwhile, Eliot and Margo decide that one episode as deposed rulers of Fillory is long enough, so we head out onto the campaign trail! Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 11! This week, timelines are getting twisted, yet again. Penny is here, but...wait, why do his hands look normal? Why isn't he at his purgatory book club building an eternal community of peers? Why are all of these main characters dying?! Oh, these are the same faces but different souls (shades?). Got it! Kind of. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 10! This week, we are continuing our quest for a handful of magical keys. But we just can't seem to keep the party together. Eliot and Margo are back in Fillory playing diplomat for a Kingdom that tried to have them killed. Quentin is at Brakebills with Alice, working on next steps while trying to keep the vibes manageable. Meanwhile, Penny joins a book club in purgatory at the behest of Hades himself...Just now struck me how silly this all got. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 9! This week it's time to save Josh from party purgatory. But this isn't your standard exfiltratation operation. We have to dance, sing, and party our boy to safety. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 8! This week, Penny finds himself in the underworld along with his BEST friend and a prophetic Alice lookalike. He came for a few answers and he he left with an exposition dump the size of a small moon. Pour one out for Mike as he puts this episode on his back and carries us all to credits. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 7! This week, it's another heist attempt for everyone's favorite criminal masterminds (plus Felicia Day). Maybe Quentin and Penny will have more luck extricating a willing hospital patient. Meanwhile, Elliot and Margo finally play their trump card and force the fairy queen to come the the bargaining table. But if making a deal with the fae is dangerous, what's blackmail going to get us into? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 6! This week, Elliot agrees to chaperone Margo and her pubescent groom on a little romantic getaway. However, this is all a ploy to go do some reconnaissance in the far north, where the invasive fairy horde has set up some kind of mushroom breeding ground. Meanwhile, Quentin is back on the sentient boat with a familiar face hunting for the next key. Finding the key is surprisingly easy. Dealing with subsequent magically induced depression is unsurprisingly hard. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 5! Margo, Eliot, and Quentin get to dive into our favorite television trope, alternate timelines! Penny on the other hand, is not having fun on the surviving timeline. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 4! After Penny's untimely demise at the end of last weeks episode leaves his spirit detached from his corpse, he find himself in a race against the clock. Can his incorporeal form manage to communicate his new situation to his grieving friends before they mistakenly burn his body and leave him in limbo for all eternity? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 3 episode 3! This week, Elliot needs an assist after a band of pirates takes his sentient ship and crew hostage. Luckily, Margo is able to smooth talk the fairy queen into lending her a hand. Meanwhile, Penny is undergoing supernatural surgery from a poison munching demon doctor and Quentin is with Alice and her family, covered in plastic wrap and cattle prodding eachother...I wish that was innuendo and not fact. But you play the hand you are delt. Thanks for listening!