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 magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.
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Olivia Taylor Dudley
Alice Quinn
Arjun Gupta
William "Penny" Adiyodi
Stella Maeve
Julia Wicker
Hale Appleman
Eliot Waugh
Summer Bishil
Margo Hanson
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13 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized Magic | Dec 16, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 2 | The Source of Magic | Jan 25, 2016 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting | Feb 1, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 4 | The World in the Walls | Feb 8, 2016 | 8.3 |
| 5 | Mendings, Major and Minor | Feb 15, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 6 | Impractical Applications | Feb 22, 2016 | 7.2 |
| 7 | The Mayakovsky Circumstance | Feb 29, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 8 | The Strangled Heart | Mar 7, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 9 | The Writing Room | Mar 14, 2016 | 8.3 |
| 10 | Homecoming | Mar 21, 2016 | 7.3 |
| 11 | Remedial Battle Magic | Mar 28, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 12 | Thirty-Nine Graves | Apr 4, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 13 | Have You Brought Me Little Cakes? | Apr 11, 2016 | 8.1 |
13 episodes • 2017Avg: 7.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knight of Crowns | Jan 25, 2017 | 7.3 |
| 2 | Hotel Spa Potions | Feb 1, 2017 | 6.7 |
| 3 | Divine Elimination | Feb 8, 2017 | 8.5 |
| 4 | The Flying Forest | Feb 15, 2017 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Cheat Day | Feb 22, 2017 | 7.6 |
| 6 | The Cock Barrens | Mar 1, 2017 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Plan B | Mar 8, 2017 | 8.4 |
| 8 | Word As Bond | Mar 15, 2017 | 8.1 |
| 9 | Lesser Evils | Mar 22, 2017 | 8.0 |
| 10 | The Girl Who Told Time | Mar 29, 2017 | 7.5 |
| 11 | The Rattening | Apr 5, 2017 | 7.8 |
| 12 | Ramifications | Apr 12, 2017 | 8.0 |
| 13 | We Have Brought You Little Cakes | Apr 19, 2017 | 8.4 |
13 episodes • 2018Avg: 8.1Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tales of the Seven Keys | Jan 10, 2018 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Heroes and Morons | Jan 17, 2018 | 6.9 |
| 3 | The Losses of Magic | Jan 24, 2018 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Be the Penny | Jan 31, 2018 | 8.6 |
| 5 | A Life in the Day | Feb 7, 2018 | 8.7 |
| 6 | Do You Like Teeth? | Feb 14, 2018 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Poached Eggs | Feb 21, 2018 | 7.7 |
| 8 | Six Short Stories About Magic | Feb 28, 2018 | 8.5 |
| 9 | All That Josh | Mar 7, 2018 | 8.9 |
| 10 | The Art of the Deal | Mar 14, 2018 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Twenty-Three | Mar 21, 2018 | 8.3 |
| 12 | The Fillorian Candidate | Mar 28, 2018 | 8.4 |
| 13 | Will You Play with Me? | Apr 4, 2018 | 8.3 |
13 episodes • 2019Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Flock of Lost Birds | Jan 23, 2019 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Lost, Found, Fucked | Jan 30, 2019 | 7.7 |
| 3 | The Bad News Bear | Feb 6, 2019 | 8.1 |
| 4 | Marry, F..., Kill | Feb 13, 2019 | 8.4 |
| 5 | Escape from the Happy Place | Feb 20, 2019 | 8.2 |
| 6 | A Timeline and Place | Feb 27, 2019 | 7.7 |
| 7 | The Side Effect | Mar 6, 2019 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Home Improvement | Mar 13, 2019 | 7.7 |
| 9 | The Serpent | Mar 20, 2019 | 8.1 |
| 10 | All That Hard, Glossy Armor | Mar 27, 2019 | 8.2 |
| 11 | The 4-1-1 | Apr 3, 2019 | 7.6 |
| 12 | The Secret Sea | Apr 10, 2019 | 8.2 |
| 13 | No Better to Be Safe than Sorry | Apr 17, 2019 | 8.0 |
13 episodes • 2020Avg: 8.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do Something Crazy | Jan 15, 2020 | 7.6 |
| 2 | The Wrath of the Time Bees | Jan 22, 2020 | 8.2 |
| 3 | The Mountain of Ghosts | Jan 29, 2020 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Magicians Anonymous | Feb 5, 2020 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Apocalypse? Now?! | Feb 12, 2020 | 8.1 |
| 6 | Oops!...I Did It Again | Feb 12, 2020 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Acting Dean | Feb 19, 2020 | 7.6 |
| 8 | Garden Variety Homicide | Feb 26, 2020 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Cello Squirrel Daffodil | Mar 4, 2020 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Purgatory | Mar 11, 2020 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Be the Hyman | Mar 18, 2020 | 8.2 |
| 12 | The Balls | Mar 25, 2020 | 8.5 |
| 13 | Fillory and Further | Apr 1, 2020 | 9.2 |
