The Magicians (2015)

Drama · Fantasy · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (60,156 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

7.83 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 8.3 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Unauthorized Magic	7.7	1,953
2	The Source of Magic	7.4	1,476
3	Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting	7.4	1,299
4	The World in the Walls	8.0	1,359
5	Mendings, Major and Minor	7.6	1,136
6	Impractical Applications	7.9	1,151
7	The Mayakovsky Circumstance	7.9	1,156
8	The Strangled Heart	7.9	1,039
9	The Writing Room	8.3	1,119
10	Homecoming	7.8	1,013
11	Remedial Battle Magic	7.7	980
12	Thirty-Nine Graves	7.9	986
13	Have You Brought Me Little Cakes	8.3	1,186

Season 2 (2017)

7.94 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 43 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Knight of Crowns	7.8	918
2	Hotel Spa Potions	7.7	817
3	Divine Elimination	8.6	984
4	The Flying Forest	7.8	798
5	Cheat Day	7.6	752
6	The Cock Barrens	7.6	711
7	Plan B	8.3	748
8	Word as Bond	7.8	686
9	Lesser Evils	7.9	737
10	The Girl Who Told Time	7.8	680
11	The Rattening	7.9	671
12	Ramifications	8.1	690
13	We Have Brought You Little Cakes	8.3	725

Season 3 (2018)

8.48 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 43 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Tales of the Seven Keys	8.1	791
2	Heroes and Morons	8.0	711
3	The Losses of Magic	7.9	697
4	Be the Penny	8.9	953
5	A Life in the Day	9.4	1,722
6	Do You Like Teeth?	8.0	669
7	Poached Eggs	8.0	647
8	Six Short Stories About Magic	8.8	814
9	All That Josh	9.0	1,171
10	The Art of the Deal	8.3	655
11	Twenty-Three	8.6	702
12	The Fillorian Candidate	8.8	732
13	Will You Play with Me?	8.5	823

Season 4 (2019)

8.18 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Flock of Lost Birds	8.1	721
2	Lost, Found, Fucked	8.1	612
3	The Bad News Bear	8.3	608
4	Marry... Kill	8.0	587
5	Escape from the Happy Place	8.7	931
6	A Timeline and Place	8.0	567
7	The Side Effect	8.0	605
8	Home Improvement	8.0	542
9	The Serpent	8.2	538
10	All That Hard, Glossy Armor	8.7	976
11	The 4-1-1	8.1	563
12	The Secret Sea	8.3	600
13	No Better to Be Safe Than Sorry	7.8	1,809

Season 5 (2020)

7.95 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Do Something Crazy	7.7	560
2	The Wrath of the Time Bees	7.9	468
3	The Mountain of Ghosts	8.0	479
4	Magicians Anonymous	7.6	431
5	Apocalypse? Now?!	8.2	462
6	Oops!...I Did It Again	8.8	567
7	Acting Dean	7.7	405
8	Garden Variety Homicide	7.9	393
9	Cello Squirrel Daffodil	7.9	390
10	Purgatory	8.1	387
11	Be the Hyman	7.8	370
12	The Balls	7.4	512
13	Fillory and Further	8.4	578