9.4/101,641 votesLoading...#1 - A Life in the Day
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2018
Julia helps Alice navigate a personal crisis; Quentin and Eliot go on an adventure.
Director: John Scott
Writer: Mike Moore
9.1/101,123 votesLoading...#2 - All That Josh
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2018
Quentin, Kady and Alice try to convince an old friend to return home.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: John McNamara, Jay Gard, Alex Raiman
8.9/10917 votesLoading...#3 - Be the Penny
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2018
As Eliot is hunted, Quentin and Julia discover a powerful secret tied to the history of Brakebills.
Director: Shannon Kohli
Writer: David Reed
8.8/10781 votesLoading...#4 - Six Short Stories About Magic
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2018
Julia and Fen investigate a dangerous group of Magicians as Eliot and Margo’s reign is challenged.
Director: Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Writer: N/A
8.8/10703 votesLoading...#5 - The Fillorian Candidate
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2018
The political situation in Fillory comes to a head. Julia makes amends and Alice makes a confession.
Director: Joshua Butler
Writer: Noga Landau, David Reed
8.8/10896 votesLoading...#6 - Escape from the Happy Place
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2019
There are some flashbacks while Alice and Quentin confront a dog.
Director: Meera Menon
Writer: Mike Moore
8.8/10929 votesLoading...#7 - All That Hard, Glossy Armor
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/27/2019
Margo hits her step count.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/10534 votesLoading...#8 - Oops!...I Did It Again
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2020
With their mistake from the last episode, the apocalypse is imminent. Eliot and Margo try all they can think of to prevent this, but nothing works. While Eliot sinks deeper and deeper in self-despair, Margo comes close to the solution. But in the end, it's not Margo's idea that saves the day!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10949 votesLoading...#9 - Divine Elimination
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2017
Quentin and friends prepare to face The Beast again. Julia conspires with The Beast and their new ally to lure and trap Reynard.
Director: John Scott
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
8.6/10673 votesLoading...#10 - Twenty-Three
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2018
The group strategizes as Josh and Julia travel to a familiar place and are given a chance to help.
Director: Meera Menon
Writer: Mike Moore, Henry Alonso Myers
8.5/10799 votesLoading...#11 - Will You Play with Me?
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/2018
The group finds what they’re looking for and attempt once and for all to get magic back.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Sera Gamble, John McNamara
8.4/10536 votesLoading...#12 - Fillory and Further
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/2020
Christmas comes early.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/101,089 votesLoading...#13 - The Writing Room
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/14/2016
Quentin, Alice, Eliot, and Penny travel to England in search of a missing magic button. Julia searches for real meaning in her magic.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Sera Gamble
8.3/101,148 votesLoading...#14 - Have You Brought Me Little Cakes
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/11/2016
Quentin and Julia arrive in Fillory and try to catch up with the group, who are more than 70 years ahead of them, in the search for The Beast.
Director: Scott Smith
Writer: Sera Gamble, David Reed, John McNamara
8.3/10716 votesLoading...#15 - Plan B
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2017
Julia and Kady enlist Quentin, Margo, Eliot, and Penny for a magical heist.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Christina Strain
8.3/10694 votesLoading...#16 - We Have Brought You Little Cakes
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/19/2017
Quentin, Eliot, Julia and Margo enact a risky plan to protect Fillory; Penny questions fate, and Kady makes a deal to help him.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Sera Gamble, John McNamara
8.3/10625 votesLoading...#17 - The Art of the Deal
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2018
Quentin and Alice search the castle for an important object while Julia and Fen work with an enemy.
Director: Rebecca Johnson
Writer: Christina Strain
8.3/10580 votesLoading...#18 - The Bad News Bear
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2019
Kady gets a puppy. Quentin meets a snake.
Director: Elie Smolkin
Writer: David Reed
8.3/10510 votesLoading...#19 - The Serpent
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/2019
Quentin eats a quesadilla. Kady and Zelda share a smoke.
Director: Carol Banker
Writer: Sera Gamble, Alex Ritter
8.3/10570 votesLoading...#20 - The Secret Sea
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/10/2019
Quentin yells at a plant. Margo stares at a fish.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10434 votesLoading...#21 - Apocalypse? Now?!
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/2020
Zelda has come up with a plan to stop the Apocalypse, but they all have to work together to make that happen. This proves to be more exhausting and challenging than they had hoped. When they are almost successful, something unexpected happens.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10693 votesLoading...#22 - A Flock of Lost Birds
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2019
Brian takes a friend out for ice cream; Sam is one week away from retirement.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Sera Gamble
8.2/10585 votesLoading...#23 - Lost, Found, Fucked
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2019
Dean Fogg gets a new suit.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: John McNamara
8.1/10658 votesLoading...#24 - Ramifications
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/12/2017
Julia, Kady and Penny each make sacrifices to finally face Reynard; Quentin and Eliot learn a disturbing truth about Fillory
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Christina Strain, David Reed
8.1/10758 votesLoading...#25 - The Tales of the Seven Keys
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2018
Quentin and Julia attempt to bring magic back. Julia explores her small, but significant gift. Eliot and Margo chafe under the fairy occupation. Kady searches for a way to heal Penny.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Sera Gamble
The Best Episodes of The Magicians
Every episode of The Magicians ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Magicians!
Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a...
Genres:DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Syfy
Best Episodes Summary
"A Life in the Day" is the best rated episode of "The Magicians". It scored 9.4/10 based on 1641 votes. Directed by John Scott and written by Mike Moore, it aired on 2/7/2018. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "All That Josh".