The Magicianshas pulled off wild and fantastical twists all season long.
And just like that, our titular magicians are no more save one.
Youve got to have an end point in mind when you start breaking a season.
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Thats the way we usually do it.
We havent really tried it the other way yet, where you start and dont know where youre going.
Its the gun you see in Act 1 in a certain way.
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We knew the wellspring had to die an undignified death.
As for Ember narrating our recap for episode 13, that is entirely Johns credit.
Obviously, we ended up going with Quentin narrating his Fillory books.
But there was a very, very early draft where Ember was taking credit for everything.
Its just so pleasurable to write all of the events from his point of view.
And hes a very whimsical character.JOHN McNAMARA:Hes whimsical tilting toward nihilistically evil.
Hes whimsically evil because when hes bored he just ends things.
We are just their toys.
Largely because Lev deals with them so well in the books.
But my recollection is inBook 3they have a larger and larger role to play.
Its a much more malevolent bang out of evil than Ember and Umber.
We also saw Julia forgive Reynard last episode, despite wanting revenge against him all season.
I suspect not everyone who watched it felt the same thing.
For others, it was like, Shoot him in the face.
He totally deserves it.
So that kind of friction was really important to us to preserve in that story…
When Our Lady Underground says to Julia in episode 12, There are consequences to killing a god.
She knew more about the hierarchy of the gods above her than she was saying at the time.
What does it mean for our characters to not have magic right now?
The show is calledThe Magicians.GAMBLE:Theyre pretty fed.
[Laughs] We just started the room for season 3 and that is the thing were discussing now.
The episode also ends with Julia still having magic.
What does that mean for her?GAMBLE:That was a callback to our pilot.
He was unimpressed and didnt help her.
And now that same party trick is potentially the only magic on Earth.
So where they are now is, they have this big mystery.
Why can she do this?
What does it mean?
How do they protect it?
It raises the questions.
Elsewhere in the episode we also have Margo and Eliot dealing with the fairies.
Im going to get better and better at it, but obviously, there are gaps in my knowledge.
Theres going to be consequences.
In the case of Margo, there are huge and incredibly charismatic and fun gaps in her character.
Shes discovering shes a far more reactionary, almost fascistic person than she would have been at Brakebills.
And that was, Were going to take over the kingdom.
Theres a lot about them we havent unveiled yet.
They populate the world.
But so far we havent met any that are super excited to hang out with humans.
It actually makes them a very specific threat.
What are you proudest of?McNAMARA:The musical.
I thought that was fun.
It came off better than I hoped.
I was very open to the idea of just cutting it if it didnt work.
I knew exactly how I would amputate it if it didnt work.
But it worked, so it was satisfying.
Those were really fun.
The Magicianshas been renewed for a third season.
