The BEST Episodes of The Magicians (2015)
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Dec 5, 2019
Network: Syfy
Quentin, a brilliant grad student is chosen to attend Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his 20-something friends soon discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real – and poses grave danger to humanity.
#1 - No Better to Be Safe Than Sorry
Season 4 - Episode 13
Quentin and Josh get cake; Quentin reflects on his actions.
8.35 
#2 - All That Josh
Season 3 - Episode 9
Quentin, Kady and Alice try to convince an old friend to return home.
8.17 
#3 - Will You Play with Me?
Season 3 - Episode 13
The group finds what they’re looking for and attempt once and for all to get magic back.
8.11 
#4 - We Have Brought You Little Cakes
Season 2 - Episode 13
Quentin, Eliot, Julia and Margo enact a risky plan to protect Fillory; Penny questions fate, and Kady makes a deal to help him.
8.10 
#5 - The Fillorian Candidate
Season 3 - Episode 12
The political situation in Fillory comes to a head. Julia makes amends and Alice makes a confession.
8.08 
#6 - All That Hard, Glossy Armor
Season 4 - Episode 10
Margo hits her step count.
8.06 
#7 - A Life in the Day
Season 3 - Episode 5
Julia helps Alice navigate a personal crisis; Quentin and Eliot go on an adventure.
8.04 
#8 - Have You Brought Me Little Cakes
Season 1 - Episode 13
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.
8.03 
#9 - The Secret Sea
Season 4 - Episode 12
Quentin yells at a plant. Margo stares at a fish.
8.03 
#10 - Escape from the Happy Place
Season 4 - Episode 5
Alice and Quentin confront a dog; there are some flashbacks.
8.02 
#11 - Divine Elimination
Season 2 - Episode 3
Quentin and friends prepare to face The Beast again; Julia conspires with The Beast and their new ally to lure and trap Reynard.
8.02 
#12 - Lost, Found, Fucked
Season 4 - Episode 2
Dean Fogg gets a new suit.
7.98 
#13 - The 4-1-1
Season 4 - Episode 11
The gang talks to a book. Tick threatens to drink some water.
7.98 
#14 - The Bad News Bear
Season 4 - Episode 3
Kady gets a puppy; Quentin meets a snake.
7.96 
#15 - Be the Penny
Season 3 - Episode 4
As Eliot is hunted, Quentin and Julia discover a powerful secret tied to the history of Brakebills.
7.96 
#16 - Twenty-Three
Season 3 - Episode 11
The group strategizes as Josh and Julia travel to a familiar place and are given a chance to help.
7.96 
#17 - The Art of the Deal
Season 3 - Episode 10
Quentin and Alice search the castle for an important object while Julia and Fen work with an enemy.
7.92 
#18 - The Rattening
Season 2 - Episode 11
Quentin and Julia undertake a difficult journey; Eliot faces mounting catastrophes in Fillory; Margo attempts to fix the bad deal she made; Penny finds a new ally.
7.90 
#19 - The Serpent
Season 4 - Episode 9
Quentin eats a quesadilla. Kady and Zelda share a smoke.
7.90 
#20 - Ramifications
Season 2 - Episode 12
Julia, Kady and Penny each make sacrifices to finally face Reynard; Quentin and Eliot learn a disturbing truth about Fillory.
7.88 
#21 - Thirty-Nine Graves
Season 1 - Episode 12
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.
7.88 
#22 - Home Improvement
Season 4 - Episode 8
Penny licks an egg. Alice is jealous of a flower.
7.87 
#23 - The Girl Who Told Time
Season 2 - Episode 10
Quentin helps Julia with her search; Eliot attempts to win over his people as Margo tries to keep a devastating secret; Penny and Kady become caught between two magical factions.
7.86 
#24 - Six Short Stories About Magic
Season 3 - Episode 8
Julia and Fen investigate a dangerous group of Magicians as Eliot and Margo’s reign is challenged.
7.85 
#25 - A Timeline and Place
Season 4 - Episode 6
Quentin and Julia play Pictionary while Margo drinks some weird milk.
7.85