Season 3+ was some of the best television I’ve seen. Once they abandoned the books and understood that they were doing their own thing that only really related in setting and themes they were really able to do justice to traumatized millennial grad students do magic that requires one to be a genius sans marbles.
What they did with Margo and Eliot was moving without ever stopping being incredibly camp but also dark. The show perfectly hit the tone of laughing your ass off because your life went off the rails and now you’re canceling an emergency therapy session to deal with stress because you absolutely cannot fit it into your schedule.
Also by far the best deaf representation I’ve seen on TV, which was nice as someone hard of hearing
It broke me especially because the writers didn’t pretend it didn’t happen, only the characters did. Having Quentin’s bisexuality go from one scene that could be interpreted as a joke or a one off to an actual conflict the character experienced of knowing he could have a loving relationship with Eliot, but that he didn’t have the courage to seize outside of Filory was oof.
Honestly I don’t think I’ve seen another show that handled struggles with vulnerability and emotions that well.
They ran out of books by the end. It’s odd how much better the TV show was compared the the source whose first book was great and then got worse over the next two.
They didn’t even bother trying to adapt the third book more than loosely. I’ve never read them but my wife did and she felt that the whole theme of “Quentin isn’t the protagonist of the world, he’s just the point of view character” was much worse than just showing him as a character in an ensemble cast who struggles with main character syndrome. She also felt Grossman did Julia dirty with how she handled the aftermath of her rape.
The magicians could’ve used more seasons if they had more ideas
So much. I usually skip musical episodes, 90% of the time, but theirs were so damn good. Some serious vocal talent (4 octave range, bitch).
Season 3+ was some of the best television I’ve seen. Once they abandoned the books and understood that they were doing their own thing that only really related in setting and themes they were really able to do justice to traumatized millennial grad students do magic that requires one to be a genius sans marbles.
What they did with Margo and Eliot was moving without ever stopping being incredibly camp but also dark. The show perfectly hit the tone of laughing your ass off because your life went off the rails and now you’re canceling an emergency therapy session to deal with stress because you absolutely cannot fit it into your schedule.
Also by far the best deaf representation I’ve seen on TV, which was nice as someone hard of hearing
The bottle episode where Elliot and Quentin have to solve the mosaic to get the key is one of the most touching episodes of TV I have seen.
It broke me especially because the writers didn’t pretend it didn’t happen, only the characters did. Having Quentin’s bisexuality go from one scene that could be interpreted as a joke or a one off to an actual conflict the character experienced of knowing he could have a loving relationship with Eliot, but that he didn’t have the courage to seize outside of Filory was oof.
Honestly I don’t think I’ve seen another show that handled struggles with vulnerability and emotions that well.
I felt sad that for both it was the healthiest loving relationship they would each have.
They ran out of books by the end. It’s odd how much better the TV show was compared the the source whose first book was great and then got worse over the next two.
They didn’t even bother trying to adapt the third book more than loosely. I’ve never read them but my wife did and she felt that the whole theme of “Quentin isn’t the protagonist of the world, he’s just the point of view character” was much worse than just showing him as a character in an ensemble cast who struggles with main character syndrome. She also felt Grossman did Julia dirty with how she handled the aftermath of her rape.