The Magicians Season 1 (DVD)

Mitch Engel
Star Rating
★★★★
Reviewer's Rating
Aug 31, 2016

This isn’t Hogwarts or Narnia, exactly. It’s more like a dark reflection of those popular magical fantasy novels. In the first season of The Magicians, based on Lev Grossman’s novel of the same name, Quentin Coldwater discovers magic is not only real, but potentially fatal. While studying at Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy, Quentin and his classmates are attacked by a magical being that is linked to their favorite childhood fantasy series about the land of Fillory that the author never completed. 

Can they use magic to enter this other world and finish the story? The real question might be, “Should they?” Much to my surprise, the quality is higher than what I have come to expect from recent SyFy channel shows.  

Reviewed by Jed D.
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