The Magicians

I'm a librarian.

Currently on the lam from a billion year contract.

- Sylvia, what'd you do? - I'm sorry.

- Just let me see it again. - No.

Not till you tell me what you were doing in the Library.

I'm stuck in the Fairy Realm. How can I see you?

Let's you see into other worlds, it's rad.

You're the absolute worst rulers

Fillory has ever had.

Honey, you don't have to listen to Tick.

You can just do your own thing.

Turn around, head home, relax, whatevs.

It's the excretion of a very rare magical creature.

This magic.

I mean, it looks different. It feels different.

Oh, God, they cut off her leg.

You clean their homes. You cook their food.

And they take your leg and grind it into powder

to snort so they can do magic tricks.

I wanna help you get out of here.

The necklace.

It kills them when they use magic.

So you're just okay with letting Kady

- take the Fifth Key, huh? - I'm not letting her do anything.

But when I ask you about the book, you freak out.

Hey, Kady, I...

Please leave a message at the tone.

Hey, uh, it's Quentin. Call me back, please.

Look, she probably took it because...

Because you trust a heroin addict more than you trust me.

At least I know what Kady wants.

What does that mean?

She wants to talk to Penny.

But you, I don't...

First, you don't wanna help us with the Quest.

Then, suddenly, you want magic so badly

- that you nearly kill yourself. - That's not fair.

None of that is fair.

Okay, well, then what is it?

Do you...

Are you with us? Do you want magic back?

Of course I want magic.

Okay, well, then what changed?

Why now?

As opposed to when, huh?

When you asked me if I wanted to go on a Quest

five minutes after my dad died?

Would you be ready to go on a fucking adventure?

- Alice, I'm just... - You know, and are you

the only one who's allowed to be

ambivalent and depressive and...

And scared and hate themselves?

But I just have to be sure of everything, huh?

Fuck you, Quentin.

Uh, s... sorry.

I was just trying to get through.

Sorry.

We can fight about this after the Quest.

Just let me see the stupid book.

Whoa.

There's something she's not telling me.

You really think it was a good idea

to give her the book?

I don't know.

She helped us with the last key.

And we're probably gonna need

her for the next one, so...

The book says that the Sixth Key is

in the Throne Room at Whitespire.

Oh, shit.

Wait, that's where Margo and Eliot...

Just got overthrown violently? Yeah.

Oh.

I need an aspirin.

Whoa.

Thank you.

I'll never take magic for granted again.

Yeah.

Me neither.

Uh, look,

there's something I have to

finish here before I can leave.

I can't go knowing that the fairies are...

Jules, do what you gotta do.

- Just be careful, okay? - Yeah.

You too.

Okay, so Skye's telling

the others what happened to her.

And that we wanna help them escape.

But that can't happen until

we get their necklaces off.

- Oh. -

There's an emoji of a dagger.

Todd was right, this truly is the universal language.

I need you to focus.

I can't find anything on these necklaces,

and I need to know how they work.

Can't you see I'm busy?

Fen.

Look, I know what the fairies did

to you in Fillory was fucked up.

And I'm sorry about that, but...

- Yeah... -

- That's my response. -

Is that a gif of a crab with a knife?

It's how I feel.

Is it "gif" or "jif?"

Please. I need your help.

Fairies just make my skin crawl.

Okay, and how does slavery make you feel?

So what you're saying is that

you want a fairy necklace

- to examine? - Yes.

One that isn't already attached to a fairy's neck.

Fine, but don't expect me to pretend

like I don't hate fairies.

You don't have to.

We know about your fairies.

There's one standing right there.

Fen's family had a problem with them,

so I'm trying to help fix it.

I hate them. Their black eyes.

Their long fingers. Their mushrooms.

Mushrooms?

They make the air thick and musty,

like a bear's undercarriage.

And what was the deal that

you made with these fairies?

Oh, I didn't make a deal.

- One was made for me by... - By her family.

See, uh, they were tricked.

Interesting.

And here I thought that the fairies under my protection

were the last of their kind.

I wish.

- They're everywhere in Fil... - Fillmore.

Fillmore.

It's, um... it's a small farming town in the Midwest.

And what about you, Julia?

How is it that you can see them?

I made a deal with a younger fairy.

Visibility for a Snickers bar.

And just how young was this fairy?

I don't know, actually. Still trying to catch one.

Which... which is why we wanted to ask you,

how are the ones here,

you know, so docile?

Well, I assume that you've noticed that, uh,

all of my fairies have this silver collar.

You mean, their necklace?

Necklaces, yeah.

They are cute, aren't they?

They're to help keep things from getting out of control.

You'll need one.

You can get it from my Uncle Edwin.

But I'm gonna need something in return.

Of course. If your rash is back...

I'll need you to bring me a fairy.

Penny, during orientation,

weren't you trained on how to properly re-shelve?

We got a billion years, Howard.

Just keeping shit interesting.

So, uh, Penny.

My book club is looking for new members.

Interesting people. And I thought of you.

Why?

'Cause I'm brown?

And shackled?

You know this looks bad for the Library, right?

Oh, no. We are not...

We shackle people of all races and colors here.

Not better, Howard.

What I meant was...

- I read your book. - The hell?

I had unresolved feelings about my death

and your hand in it.

You killed yourself.

Am I misremembering the part where you handed me

the cursed book that directly led to that?

So the least you can do is join my book club.

Kathy always brings cupcakes.

- They're amazing. - Fuck off, Howard.

Participation helps ease the transition, Penny.

Give it a think.

Fasten it around the neck to activate it.

Then it will instantly kill a fairy if they use magic.

Should deter them from even trying.

Of course, you have to actually catch a fairy first.

Oh, I'm sure I'll figure something out.

So, how does it work?

I mean, what's it powered by? Considering there's...

That would be a family secret.

Okay. Uh, but...

once it's on, how will I know it's secure?

Has a fairy ever broken out of one?

Dust.

This is Dust.

I've had him since I was 16.

But he's been in the family much longer.

How long?