The BEST episodes of The Magicians
Every episode of The Magicians ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 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. But will getting hooked on the thrill of magic distract them from honing their powers when they need them most?
#1 - No Better to Be Safe Than Sorry
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/17/2019
Quentin and Josh get cake; Quentin reflects on his actions.
#2 - Fillory and Further
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/2020
Christmas comes early.
#3 - All That Josh
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2018
Quentin, Kady and Alice try to convince an old friend to return home.
#4 - We Have Brought You Little Cakes
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/19/2017
Quentin, Eliot, Julia and Margo enact a risky plan to protect Fillory; Penny questions fate, and Kady makes a deal to help him.
#6 - The Fillorian Candidate
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2018
The political situation in Fillory comes to a head. Julia makes amends and Alice makes a confession.
#7 - The Secret Sea
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/10/2019
Quentin yells at a plant. Margo stares at a fish.
#8 - A Life in the Day
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2018
Julia helps Alice navigate a personal crisis; Quentin and Eliot go on an adventure.
#9 - Have You Brought Me Little Cakes?
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/11/2016
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.
#10 - Oops!...I Did It Again
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2020
Margo and Eliot have a bad day.
#11 - Divine Elimination
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2017
Quentin and friends prepare to face The Beast again; Julia conspires with The Beast and their new ally to lure and trap Reynard.
#12 - All That Hard, Glossy Armor
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/27/2019
Margo hits her step count.
#13 - Escape From the Happy Place
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2019
Alice and Quentin confront a dog; there are some flashbacks.
#14 - The Wrath of the Time Bees
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2020
Alice didn't buy enough tacos. Fen's got 3 bars.
#15 - Lost, Found, Fucked
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2019
Dean Fogg gets a new suit.
#16 - Be the Penny
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2018
As Eliot is hunted, Quentin and Julia discover a powerful secret tied to the history of Brakebills.
#17 - The 4-1-1
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/3/2019
The gang talks to a book. Tick threatens to drink some water.
#18 - The Bad News Bear
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2019
Kady gets a puppy; Quentin meets a snake.
#19 - Purgatory
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2020
Margo learns to project. Josh goes to the spa.
#20 - Twenty-Three
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2018
The group strategizes as Josh and Julia travel to a familiar place and are given a chance to help.
#21 - The Art of the Deal
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2018
Quentin and Alice search the castle for an important object while Julia and Fen work with an enemy.
#22 - Thirty-Nine Graves
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/4/2016
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.
#23 - The Serpent
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/2019
Quentin eats a quesadilla. Kady and Zelda share a smoke.
#24 - The Mountain of Ghosts
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2020
Eliot and Alice go for a hike. Fen gets a haircut.
#25 - The Rattening
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/5/2017
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.