The Best Episodes Written By John Mcnamara

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.9/10(11 votes)

   #1 - All That Josh

   S3:E93/7/2018

   Quentin, Kady and Alice try to convince an old friend to return home.

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   8.6/10(11 votes)

   #2 - No Country Is Safe

   S1:E19/4/2025

   Their family now in danger, Tony and Ziva must find who is behind a nefarious cyber-attack.

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   8.3/10(14 votes)

   #3 - Will You Play with Me?

   S3:E134/4/2018

   The group finds what they’re looking for and attempt once and for all to get magic back.

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   8.3/10(23 votes)

   #4 - The World in the Walls

   S1:E42/8/2016

   Quentin panics when he wakes up in a mental hospital. Meanwhile, upset over her fight with Quentin, Julia commits herself to learning more powerful spells.

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   8.2/10(13 votes)

   #5 - We Have Brought You Little Cakes

   S2:E134/19/2017

   Quentin, Eliot, Julia and Margo enact a risky plan to protect Fillory; Penny questions fate, and Kady makes a deal to help him.

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   8.0/10(18 votes)

   #6 - Have You Brought Me Little Cakes?

   S1:E134/11/2016

   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.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Brisco for the Defense

   S1:E910/22/1993

   Brisco is called upon by an old friend to serve as defense lawyer when the guy is accused of murdering a prominent citizen of a Wild West town.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #8 - Crystal Hawks

   S1:E1211/12/1993

   Bounty hunter Crystal Hawks aims to bring in Brisco, who's wanted for a killing he didn't commit.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - A.K.A. Kansas

   S1:E1512/17/1993

   Brisco pursues Dixie's ex-husband, who proposes that he and Dixie steal away after he heists a supercannon.

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    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Lesser Evils

    S2:E93/22/2017

    Quentin nears what could be a dead end to his problem; Eliot risks his life for his kingdom, and Margo makes a costly bargain to protect him; Julia, Kady and Penny find a possible ally.

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    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #11 - The Mayakovsky Circumstance

    S1:E72/29/2016

    An uncompromising professor pushes boundaries both in magic and in the personal lives of his first-year students. Meanwhile, Julia must decide whether she's ready to accept help and what that means for her future as a Magician.

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    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Lost, Found, Fucked

    S4:E21/30/2019

    Dean Fogg gets a new suit.

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13. 

    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Everybody's Been Burned

    S1:E15/28/2015

    LAPD Detective Sam Hodiak and undercover officer Brian Shafe begin the search for a missing teenage girl, Emma Karn, who has fallen under the spell of infamous cult leader Charles Manson.

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    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #14 - Unauthorized Magic

    S1:E112/16/2015

    A group of twentysomethings studying magic in New York discover a real-life fantasy world that poses a great threat to humanity in this drama adapted from Lev Grossman’s book series.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Senior Spirit

    S1:E810/15/1993

    Brisco gets help from his father's ghost when he tries to rescue a robber baron's son kidnapped by John Bly.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Hard Rock

    S1:E182/4/1994

    Brisco and Bowler arrive in Hard Rock and try to stop local thug Roy Hondo from harassing Bowler's old flame, who resists the man's attempts to extort protection money.

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    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #17 - We Have a Lot to Talk About

    S3:E19/17/1995

    Will Lois accept Clark's marriage proposal? The question lingers while Metropolis becomes strangely crime-free.

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    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Heroes and Morons

    S3:E21/17/2018

    Eliot embarks on a quest. Alice runs from a monster. Quentin, Kady, and Josh continue their search for magic.

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    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Whine, Whine, Whine

    S2:E215/14/1995

    Superman saves the life of a musician, but instead of "thank you", the musician wants to sue him because he "broke" his arm. Then, many people of Metropolis begin to fake injures caused by Superman. After finally giving up on her love for Superman, Lois needs to choose who's the one she is going to be together with: Clark Kent or Dan Scardino.

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    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #20 - Hotel Spa Potions

    S2:E22/1/2017

    Quentin, Alice, Penny and Margo seek a new weapon; Eliot struggles with being king. Julia and The Beast find an unexpected ally.

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    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Wall of Sound

    S2:E29/25/1994

    A villain creates a sound-based weapon that can affect Metropolis and Superman. Clark is nominated for the Kerth Awards, and Lois gets mad because she won this prize three years in a row and now she won't get the prize.

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    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Church of Metropolis

    S2:E510/23/1994

    The ""Intergang"", a new criminal organization tries to control south Metropolis and Superman is powerless because of their threats against everyone closest to him. Lois gets jealous when the investigator in charge, Mayson Drake, begins to show interest in Clark.

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    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Top Copy

    S2:E142/19/1995

    When a famous television reporter (and also an assassin from the Intergang) finds out Superman's true identity, she wants to show the information to the world. How will Clark hide the truth from the world now?

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    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Tempus, Anyone?

    S3:E141/21/1996

    Time traveler Tempus returns to snatch Lois away to a parallel universe, where she links up with H.G. Wells--and a more cynical Clark.

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    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding

    S4:E310/6/1996

    The Wedding Destroyer arrives as Lois and Clark prepare to settle down in marriage.

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