The Magicians (2016)

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Season 4
  • Network: SyFy
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 25, 2016
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Hanh Nguyen
    Jan 23, 2019
    83
    The Magicians is provocative, entertaining, perturbing, and sometimes messy. But it is never boring.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Robyn Bahr
    Jan 23, 2019
    80
    The writers blast all kinds of arcs in your face, and the fractals come at you with full force. But no matter how many layers of latex pile onto an actor's body so they can become an amphibious beast or a hircine god, the feelings are always real and the stakes are always high. The Magicians demands that its characters sacrifice love for magic, but I would never demand that The Magicians sacrifice energy for coherence.
  3. Collider
    Reviewed by: Adam Chitwood
    Jan 23, 2019
    80
    The Magicians Season 4 reboots its characters in exciting ways without losing any of the charm and anarchy that makes the show so delightful. Impossibly, it’s a serialized, character-driven sci-fi series that shows no signs of slowing down, and is opening up compelling and refreshing new avenues of storytelling that are grounded in emotional truth and a willingness to get funky.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Kathryn VanArendonk
    Jan 23, 2019
    80
    It knows itself. It tells episode-level stories well. Its biggest arcs make sense, and its smallest arcs are impressively effective. If the middle bits are a little foggy--how anything connects to anything else, the realm of the possible versus the impossible, what stage of a quest they’re on at any particular moment--it never seems to matter much. The Magicians charges ahead with gusto and style anyhow, staying both dark and effervescent.

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 7 out of 24
  1. Elthor
    Mar 31, 2019
    0
    Coming off of season 3, which was great, I had high expectations.
    Unfortunately, season 4 is tedious, thin on plot, and frequently just    Coming off of season 3, which was great, I had high expectations.
    Unfortunately, season 4 is tedious, thin on plot, and frequently just unpleasant to watch.
    A real low point for the series and not worth the time involved in watching it.    … Full Review »
  2. GoldenSloth
    Apr 23, 2019
    3
    Great start... horrible ending. The final episode is so incredibly wrong, it's suicide propaganda.
  3. KCC7463
    Feb 3, 2019
    1
    Mnah.......... Infantile stuff written by infants and undoubtedly enjoyable for infants?
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