The Magicians

- Previously on "The Magicians"...

- The high king and I hereby declare war

on the kingdom of loria.

- One cannot simply take back a declaration of war.

- My hands can't cast spells anymore.

- Help me, I do what I can.

I'm a member of the order,

the keepers of the libraries of the neitherlands,

the greatest repository of knowledge.

You're a niffin.

- Q, I'm not blood-thirsty, I just want to be free.

Penny!

We're getting you out!

- I guess I could help, for a price.

I want to drive.

For an hour a day, I get control of your body.

Fine, it's a deal.

We're gonna make another you.

- You sleep here, your mind goes into the golem.

Eliot!

In the center of your being,

there's a tiny beating heart.

It's called "a shade."

It's what makes you feel.

The pain will burn you till there's nothing.

It's Reynard, he's back.

He hurt you too, didn't he?

My child is safe.

He'll never know who he really is.

The test was positive.

- You will need to find a mudang.

But you can abort it, right?

This is exorcism.

That thing is not human.

- Did it work? Is it gone?

- But, Julia, there was a complication.

- What do you mean, lost her shade?

- When the mudang cut the demigod's soul out,

they... they nicked hers by accident.

Her shade,

it's gone.

Is she gonna be, like...

Honestly, i...

I don't know.

Good morning.

Hey, Jesus,

what day is it?

It's Friday.

Are you...

- Listen, I just want to thank you

for everything you did to help me.

You're looking at me like I'm crazy.

I mean, are you?

How do you feel?

How do I feel?

I feel light.

Like a million pound weight's off my chest.

Come.

So what'd you get?

Anything that skins foxes?

Well...

So back in the day,

Zeus and his little frat bros,

they ran around kidnapping and raping

with total impunity, so the magicians,

they read these spells to protect their communities,

god-killing spells.

The one thing that they all have in common is

they all failed.

Maybe it just can't be done.

- You know what? We need to write our own.

We can use these, there's some pretty big holes, but...

I mean, a little ambitious.

We need to be ambitious,

like Martin chatwin facing Ember and umber ambitious.

It can be done.

But, you know, say we get the perfect spell,

think about the energy it'd take to work it.

- Right. - See, Dana knew that.

She had her power source.

We... i... got rid of mine.

- Well, what about Ember in fillory,

didn't he help Alice?

He's completely awol.

Oh, my god.

Dana's baby, Reynard's son.

- And there is a ton of lore on demigods.

They're powerful in their own right.

- Dana was talking like he's still out there.

We need to find him.

hurry up.

I checked your work, it's fine.

Nothing can break a word as bond.

- I must've overlooked something.

- No hurting anyone. No casting magic.

No sex.

Trust me, you locked down any possible fun.

I held up my end of the deal, q.

Now it's your turn.

Or box me now

'cause I'll drive you insane.

midnight, my turn. Got it?

- Quentin! Where the hell are you?

I'm just glad we managed to sneak the golem out.

Is it me or is morgue security ridiculously lax?

- Well, I think stealing corpses isn't generally a thing.

- Should be. Kind of fun.

Anyway, according the healer,

the bridge should take a few days to enchant.

Then his consciousness can travel it

from the Clay back to his body.

And there's that.

Magic brownout. Wellspring.

Not helping.

How often does that happen?

- Lately? Sometimes twice a week.

Sometimes twice an hour.

Affects anything that draws current.

Completely Jacks all spellwork.

We're still trying to fix it.

Shall we go see the patient?

how's it going?

Every time the magic stutters,

they have to start the enchantment over.

Enchant faster.

Yes, your majesty.

- Is there anything else that we can be doing?

- Hold off the war till he's back.

- I had a pigeon drop a confusion spell

on the lorian castle so they're moving slow about now.

How can I help?

Honestly?

You can go back to brakebills and check on Julia.

You know you want to.

If anything changes...

- I'll enchant a two-way mirror to brakebills,

like when Rupert yelled at Jane

through the vanity table in the books.

Hey,

don't worry.

My takeaway lately is that anything can happen

at any time.

So just be there for your friend while you can.

here.

Hey.

Hey.

How is she?

Oh, well, she's...

Holy shit.

That infomatrixing spell

worked like a motherfucker.

Oh, hey, q. - Hey.

- So I found a hospital outside of hoboken

that took in a surrendered newborn

August 20, 1976.

Holy shit.

Jules, what are you... - I have to go.

- No, you need to stay behind the wards.

Reynard is...

- Reynard could give a shit about us.

Think.

If he was gonna finish me,

he'd have done it by now.

So let's take advantage of that.

- Uh, Jules, no, look, she's right.

You're safer here.

No offense, q,

I didn't actually ask your opinion.

Thanks, though.

Julia, wait.

hi, Julia.

You thought I'd forgotten about you?

You seem like the type

to move on quick

when you're finished with a girl.

Eh, generally.

Unless they're carrying my child.

I was protecting you.

And what did you go and do,

you little bitch?

Now, Dana

wouldn't tell me what I wanted to know.

And it got very, very painful for her.

But you have more

common sense than she does.

Tell me where her son is.

Hm.

I don't know.

Mm.

You're different.

Someone's had a little, uh,

shade amputation.

I like it.

I know you're there.

Boy.

Quentin.

All right, run.

Go on, run.

I'll give you a head start.

- I get it. You want to keep me safe.