The Magicians 2015 Season 3 Episode 5 Review

Synopsis of three×05: The search for the third of the seven keys leads Quentin and Eliot to a puzzle that puts the "time" in "lifetime." Margo'south hesitation to wed a neighboring kingdom'southward prince turns out to be more warranted than she could have foreseen. Here's ourThe  Magicians'A Life in the Solar day' recap.

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So hither's the skinny:

• The Fairy Queen forces Margo to marry a Prince from a neighboring tribe. Although she'south resistant at beginning, she rapidly falls for his looks and pleasantly respectful demeanor. Unfortunately, the Prince's pubescent blood brother successfully devises his murder and marries Margo in his place per Fillorian custom.
• Penny has a brief advent in the beginning of the episode when Kady receives the cardinal of truth. Kady and so treats him to an unexpected tirade of how his death "broke" her. She even blames him for her commitment to a psychiatric infirmary.
• Quentin and Eliot use i of the keys to travel to the next chore in Fillory. Rather than the present, they emerge in the past. They so spend the remainder of their lives attempting to solve the puzzle solar day in, day out. Literally, the rest. Of. Their. Lives. Quentin finally solves the puzzle when excavation a grave for Eliot'southward dead body. Young Jane Chatwin arrives and requests the key to power her pocketwatch. Quentin reluctantly gives her the key and, in nowadays-day, Margo finds a letter from a long-dead Quentin.
• Margo follows the directions and recovers the primal from present-day Jane Chatwin's dead body. She then arrives just in fourth dimension to stop Eliot and Quentin from throwing their lives away once again.
• Meanwhile, Alice and Julia finally share some bonding time of their own. Julia meets another mysterious entity manifested through Alice. This leads Julia to invite Alice out for a nightcap. Julia sees Persephone once again, who informs Julia that her power comes from a seed of ability Persephone placed in her… from Reynard's power.

The term bittersweet is one plagued by constant use and muddled representations. Such is to exist expected with such a vaguely poetic word. Yet, in the Magicians Season 3 Episode 5, the word finally finds a home that does it justice. In this episode, t ender sadness is interwoven and so finely with a graceful gaiety that a simple caption tin barely pigment an accurate movie.

Of course, there's still plenty of humor and tongue-in-cheek flair to exist enjoyed. Don't mistake this narrative evolution every bit one undertaken past a series that has grown smug enough to take itself more seriously than it ever has in the past. Instead, accept it as an hostage appreciation and exploration of the characters we love to love.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Alice leaves the concrete cottage with the key of truth and Penny in tow. They pay Kady a visit, who until now has been under the impression Penny was never to be seen again. Rather than shower Penny with dearest or share a loving reunion, things become s fast.

Kady blames Penny for her breakdown and her current living in a psychiatric infirmary. Who tin blame her? He died at no fault of his own from a sickness he contracted doing something squeamish for her, but it'due south still all his fault, right? She storms out and that's the terminal we meet of Penny for this episode.

The Reluctant Bride

The Fairy Queen has no chill and going toe to toe with her is a mistake Margo is beginning to come across the ramifications of. Tick returns to Margo with a jar less than half full of the fated hallway grit that fairies are lethally allergic to. Margo tells him to double it up, after all, you merely get one chance.

Unfortunately, the Fairy Queen has arranged a spousal relationship between Margo and the Prince of a neighboring tribe, the floating mountain tribe. Without magic, the mountain crashed and now lies at Fillory's coast. With such a huge army, the Fairy Queen has just the highest hopes of forming an alliance. The Prince of Loria returns, unable to hide his insecurity and jealous feelings. The boy's thirsty.

The Trip of a Lifetime

Quentin and Eliot discover that the side by side leg of their quest will accept them back to Fillory to solve an incredibly hard puzzle. Once they use the central to become there and stand before the puzzle, they realize "incredibly hard" was an incredible understatement.

Coming Effectually

Subsequently a comical false alert, Margo meets the Prince she is set to marry. Her concerns fade pretty quickly and reasonably so. His looks bewitch her and he comes from a matriarchy where women leaders are all he knows, and then he's the perfect catch in her eyes.

Of course, we all know when something is too good to exist true. An endeavor is made on his life as they set up for the nuptials and Margo confronts the Prince of Loria. Prince Ess is quick to deny the claims, simply Margo promises to render the favor to anyone who harms her married man.

Unexpected Besties

Alice comes beyond Julia scouring religious texts for clues to her mysterious power. The same entity that has been possessing random strangers effectually Julia possesses Julia, requesting her help for Alice. And so clearly we have a do-gooder entity here who'southward only want is to travel the world helping those in demand. It wants to be Oprah. Only back to the matter at hand. Julia invites Alice out to a bar.

The Slightly Red Hymeneals… More Like a Sprinkle of Ruddy

Of course, the wedding ceremony would go incorrect. This isThe Magicians people! Yous knew what to expect. What I'grand sure you didn't expect was for the Prince'due south trivial blood brother to chop his brother's head off with an ax right subsequently the vows. Sickeningly so, in Fillory it is the sole duty of the surviving heir to step in for the marriage. So he does. How-do-you-do King Joffrey.

Fourth dimension For a Montage!

Weeks into the task, Quentin and Eliot are no closer to solving the puzzle, but somehow they're still plodding along. At some indicate, a woman carrying peaches and plums, Arielle, passes by and introduces herself. Quentin perks upwardly and flashes a smile until her helper/husband enters from off-screen. A yr in, Quentin and Eliot have a one-nighttime stand, merely Eliot'south as well level-headed to let them surrender to "overthinking."

Next, nosotros get to the climax of the episode in my opinion. We see Quentin and Eliot live the remainder of their life decrypting the puzzle. Quentin falls in dear with Arielle; He has a kid with Arielle; The child grows; Arielle passes abroad; Quentin'southward son grows into an adult and heads off into the world; Quentin and Eliot abound sometime; Eliot dies. It'due south all truly sad.

The slightly adventurous, upbeat music that accompanies information technology all makes information technology even sadder. Only when earthworks a grave for Eliot's body does Quentin find the one and the only mosaic slice they needed. He solves the puzzle but is left with no choice but to give Jane Chatwin the central when she appears seconds later.

I Call Do-Over

Margo finds a letter in the present mean solar day, from Quentin to herself. The letter tells of Eliot and Quentin'southward task, which led to their death. It besides tells Margo how to discover the cardinal they went looking for. She seeks out Jane Chatwin, who she finds in a globe between time, called the "Clock Barrens." She so recovers the key from Jane Chatwin'south dead body from the present time and stops her previously dead friends from parting on their job.

A Revealing Nightcap

Alice and Julia share their troubles over a potable at a bar. Alice provides Julia an idea to seek the truth behind her power with the key of truth and a mirror. This leads to a meeting with Persephone, who explains the nature of Julia's new power. She explains that she placed a seed of power in Julia, from Reynard'southward ability. When Julia relates the info to Alice and scorns her power, Alice hints that in that location may be a way for Julia to transfer her power. Ruh-roh.

Final Moments

In Margo'southward royal bedroom, Eliot and Quentin stumble upon a basket of peaches with a letter left for them (no dubiety past Arielle somehow). As Eliot eats his peach and Quentin reads the alphabetic character, the memories of the life they lived resurface. They sit down and ponder how such a affair could fifty-fifty be possible.

Whoo, boy! If that wasn't a bang-up episode I don't know what is. We got our grapheme evolution, some romance, some laughs, some murder, everything we could've asked for. I just hope the rest ofThe Magicians season iii performs as well.

Although, I'm especially enthusiastic about the upcoming appearance of "geek icon" Felicia Mean solar day. Furthermore, she's playing Poppy, one of my favorite characters from the original book serial. If zilch else, this is an inarguable statement ofThe Magicians' success, to have grown pop enough to wrangle this star's attention. It's a badge of laurels.

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