The Magicians

There you are.

You're late.

I have a school to run.

There are more important things.

It's always something with you, isn't it?

It's always an emergency.

It's happening.

They're not even at Brakebills yet.

I know. Get them there.

Pray that they get a little something under

their belts before he finds a way to them.

Your ability

to think that we have the slightest molecule

of control over anything

never ceases to amaze me.

It's not that.

You have to try.

We.

Look, this is your responsibility.

You have to get them ready.

They're infants. They know nothing.

Especially him.

I will do what I can. And you know this.

I do know.

Here.

Just in case.

You do still have an eye on our boy, don't you?

Yes.

Great. Great.

Not exactly.

Why not?

Where is he?

Wow. Nice trick.

Well, I'm sure you're a hit at parties.

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw I'm in the prime of my life

Let's make some music, make some money Find some models for wives

I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars

So,

you think you're ready.

I do. Why?

I feel better.

On admitting, you reported you couldn't

concentrate, eat, get out of bed.

You said the feeling of not belonging anywhere was overwhelming.

It's not sleight of hand if you're gonna use CGI.

Well, I'm sorry. That's insulting to anyone

who's ever done any kind of close-up magic.

And that you were the most useless person who ever lived.

And now

you feel better?

It's the original version, the Danish version, that it's, like, dark.

It's, like, a hundred times better because the Danish people...

They have a dark soul.

I mean, I get it.

Get...

You're a kid, and your whole life's ahead of you,

and you have these notions

about what life is

and

what it could be.

But eventually, you have to let all that go.

So that's what I'm going to do. That's what I'm doing.

Um...

It's a part of growing up.

You know, selling the comic book collection

and getting serious.

Studying for an exam.

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms

...because we're gonna go climb this mountain.

I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world

I'll miss my sister, miss my father...

You graduate soon.

And then?

Um, I'm supposed to have a grad school interview

on Tuesday. Yale.

Quentin, I'd really recommend further treatment.

Look, I've never threatened to hurt myself

or anybody else.

So you can't make me stay.

Can you?

"The Chatwin twins and their older brother

"had been sent to the countryside.

"From a young age, Martin Chatwin had a gloomy nature.

"And to combat his melancholy, he would lose himself in stories of wonder.

"So he knew that he would have trouble

"convincing his brother and sister

"that this was no fantasy.

"Rupert, wounded in the war

"and the first Chatwin to put away childish things.

"And Jane, the family skeptic.

"This was Fillory,

"a land of magic. "

Rupert! Martin! Have a look at this!

"Martin thought they needed Fillory.

"But, no. Fillory needed them.

"It is here that our story begins.

"But be warned. This adventure is no mere children's tale. "

Where'd she go? The, uh, girl in the rainbow shorts?

Yeah, you just missed her.

And?

Not my type.

Dude, she was wearing a unicorn T-shirt. She's clearly into fantasy.

But how would you know? You're in here reading obscure fantasy.

And she's out there.

Honestly, like 73 of her

kind of waiting for you

to finish reading the books you've already read 800 times

and come out of your room.

I'm about to. It's just it's a first edition.

And I am looking at it one last time before I sell it on eBay.

Oh, I'm sorry. Is this a serious conversation?

Should I sit up?

I called you.

All weekend.

Where were you?

I was at my dad's.

I got angsty prepping for the interview,

and I fled for the magical hills of Jersey.

Don't judge.

I'd never.

Oh, my God.

My girl. My friend.

Have you no decency?

Not even a little.

Excellent. Three-way!

Okay, we have got to pull you together. This is it, Quentin. It.

I'm still high. Okay, you know what? Screw it.

Right.

And it's only Yale. Right, lesser Ivy.

And, honestly, they probably take anyone conscious for philosophy.

For philosophy, conscious is a detriment.

So I'm good.

You're great.

You know, you can go. Hey.

I am the angel protecting your future, Coldwater.

Tighten your shit.

Yes, ma'am.

Hello?

Um...

It's Quentin Coldwater.

For the grad school interview?

I don't believe it.

Oh, shit!

Well,

he's dead.

By the look of him, he was a big...

I'm sorry?

Why? Did you kill him?

No. Jesus!

I was kidding.

Can we go now?

Let's go.

Wait!

I think he left something for you.

Q, come on, let's go.

Whoa, look at that.

Fillory and Further Book Six, The Magicians.

Look at the date. 1952.

All right, please.

There are five Fillory books, Julia. Five.

Yeah, I know, Quentin. Everyone knows.

There's always been rumors of a sixth book that disappeared.

Yeah, and those are just some stupid rumors

off a super-fan message board.

Come on, don't be naive. Maybe, but maybe it's...

What, it's a very special art project

that the dead guy made up?

Because... I don't know. You wrote your admissions essay

on the glory of Fillory?

Come on, Q. Come on. What if...

No, you have to stop.

Stop what?

You can't run away hard enough, can you?

What happened to giving up on the Fillory crap?

You used to like Fillory.

Yeah, I liked it. I loved it.

You got me into it, Julia.

I learned magic tricks just to keep up with you. It was our thing.

Yeah, it was our thing, and it was fun, silly, nerdy bullshit.

And it got us through high school.

I guess I'm just a silly, bullshit nerd, then, huh?

Hey, I'm not saying that. Which never seemed to bother you

until right around the second you met James.

I know where you were all weekend.

At the hospital.

No.

You feel exactly like you did the last time.

Life is raw. Everybody medicates.

No, life is starting.

For real.

Look, I am just saying that

you are good at so much stuff.

Pick something.

Please.

Start living your life.

Look, I got to go meet James.

I love you. Call me, okay?

Great.

Quentin Coldwater?

Uh-huh.