The Magicians (2015)

Drama · Fantasy · Mystery

Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (60,373 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

7.83 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 8.3 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Unauthorized Magic	7.7	1,963
2	The Source of Magic	7.4	1,480
3	Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting	7.4	1,303
4	The World in the Walls	8.0	1,363
5	Mendings, Major and Minor	7.6	1,139
6	Impractical Applications	7.9	1,154
7	The Mayakovsky Circumstance	7.9	1,160
8	The Strangled Heart	7.9	1,043
9	The Writing Room	8.3	1,124
10	Homecoming	7.8	1,018
11	Remedial Battle Magic	7.7	984
12	Thirty-Nine Graves	7.9	988
13	Have You Brought Me Little Cakes	8.3	1,189

Season 2 (2017)

7.94 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 43 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Knight of Crowns	7.8	920
2	Hotel Spa Potions	7.7	818
3	Divine Elimination	8.6	986
4	The Flying Forest	7.8	800
5	Cheat Day	7.6	753
6	The Cock Barrens	7.6	712
7	Plan B	8.3	749
8	Word as Bond	7.8	687
9	Lesser Evils	7.9	738
10	The Girl Who Told Time	7.8	681
11	The Rattening	7.9	672
12	Ramifications	8.1	691
13	We Have Brought You Little Cakes	8.3	729

Season 3 (2018)

8.48 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Tales of the Seven Keys	8.1	796
2	Heroes and Morons	8.0	715
3	The Losses of Magic	7.9	701
4	Be the Penny	8.9	957
5	A Life in the Day	9.4	1,730
6	Do You Like Teeth?	8.0	673
7	Poached Eggs	8.0	651
8	Six Short Stories About Magic	8.8	818
9	All That Josh	9.0	1,176
10	The Art of the Deal	8.3	658
11	Twenty-Three	8.6	705
12	The Fillorian Candidate	8.8	735
13	Will You Play with Me?	8.5	828

Season 4 (2019)

8.18 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Flock of Lost Birds	8.1	726
2	Lost, Found, Fucked	8.1	617
3	The Bad News Bear	8.3	612
4	Marry... Kill	8.0	591
5	Escape from the Happy Place	8.7	935
6	A Timeline and Place	8.0	571
7	The Side Effect	8.0	609
8	Home Improvement	8.0	546
9	The Serpent	8.2	541
10	All That Hard, Glossy Armor	8.7	981
11	The 4-1-1	8.1	566
12	The Secret Sea	8.3	603
13	No Better to Be Safe Than Sorry	7.8	1,815

Season 5 (2020)

7.94 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 8.3 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Do Something Crazy	7.7	564
2	The Wrath of the Time Bees	7.9	470
3	The Mountain of Ghosts	8.0	481
4	Magicians Anonymous	7.5	434
5	Apocalypse? Now?!	8.2	466
6	Oops!...I Did It Again	8.8	569
7	Acting Dean	7.7	406
8	Garden Variety Homicide	7.9	394
9	Cello Squirrel Daffodil	7.9	391
10	Purgatory	8.1	388
11	Be the Hyman	7.8	372
12	The Balls	7.4	514
13	Fillory and Further	8.3	580

The Magicians (2015)

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