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 (60,646 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	1,973
2	The Source of Magic	7.4	1,489
3	Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting	7.4	1,309
4	The World in the Walls	8.0	1,368
5	Mendings, Major and Minor	7.6	1,144
6	Impractical Applications	7.9	1,159
7	The Mayakovsky Circumstance	7.9	1,165
8	The Strangled Heart	7.9	1,048
9	The Writing Room	8.3	1,129
10	Homecoming	7.8	1,023
11	Remedial Battle Magic	7.7	989
12	Thirty-Nine Graves	7.9	995
13	Have You Brought Me Little Cakes	8.3	1,194

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	925
2	Hotel Spa Potions	7.7	824
3	Divine Elimination	8.6	990
4	The Flying Forest	7.8	804
5	Cheat Day	7.6	756
6	The Cock Barrens	7.6	717
7	Plan B	8.3	754
8	Word as Bond	7.8	692
9	Lesser Evils	7.9	744
10	The Girl Who Told Time	7.8	685
11	The Rattening	7.9	678
12	Ramifications	8.1	695
13	We Have Brought You Little Cakes	8.3	733

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	801
2	Heroes and Morons	8.0	719
3	The Losses of Magic	7.9	705
4	Be the Penny	8.9	961
5	A Life in the Day	9.4	1,739
6	Do You Like Teeth?	8.0	678
7	Poached Eggs	7.9	653
8	Six Short Stories About Magic	8.8	821
9	All That Josh	9.0	1,180
10	The Art of the Deal	8.3	662
11	Twenty-Three	8.6	708
12	The Fillorian Candidate	8.8	739
13	Will You Play with Me?	8.5	831

Season 4 (2019)

8.17 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	728
2	Lost, Found, Fucked	8.1	620
3	The Bad News Bear	8.2	614
4	Marry... Kill	8.0	593
5	Escape from the Happy Place	8.7	935
6	A Timeline and Place	8.0	574
7	The Side Effect	8.0	611
8	Home Improvement	8.0	548
9	The Serpent	8.2	544
10	All That Hard, Glossy Armor	8.7	981
11	The 4-1-1	8.1	569
12	The Secret Sea	8.3	605
13	No Better to Be Safe Than Sorry	7.8	1,819

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	567
2	The Wrath of the Time Bees	7.9	473
3	The Mountain of Ghosts	8.0	484
4	Magicians Anonymous	7.5	435
5	Apocalypse? Now?!	8.2	469
6	Oops!...I Did It Again	8.8	572
7	Acting Dean	7.7	409
8	Garden Variety Homicide	7.9	396
9	Cello Squirrel Daffodil	7.9	393
10	Purgatory	8.1	390
11	Be the Hyman	7.8	374
12	The Balls	7.4	517
13	Fillory and Further	8.3	583