The Magicians (2016)

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Season 4
  • Network: SyFy
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 25, 2016
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1
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
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  1. Dubeau
    Apr 19, 2019
    6
    After the very good season 3, this one is kind of a deception. The plot was slow pace and seemed really stretched out. There was a very boring singing episode. The ending was very touching and I like it but in many respect, it was a rushed ending. Like they couldn't calculated how to balance it sooner. The acting was unequal. The story was making solutions on the go too often. Season 4After the very good season 3, this one is kind of a deception. The plot was slow pace and seemed really stretched out. There was a very boring singing episode. The ending was very touching and I like it but in many respect, it was a rushed ending. Like they couldn't calculated how to balance it sooner. The acting was unequal. The story was making solutions on the go too often. Season 4 only resolved the ending of season 3, and didn't offer much to the lore. I give it a 60%. Kind of a useless season which you can watch a couple of episodes and be done with it (something Margot would say).… Expand
  2. 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 unpleasant to watch.
    A real low point for the series and not worth the time involved in watching it.
  3. GoldenSloth
    Apr 23, 2019
    3
    Great start... horrible ending. The final episode is so incredibly wrong, it's suicide propaganda.
  4. KCC7463
    Feb 3, 2019
    1
    Mnah.......... Infantile stuff written by infants and undoubtedly enjoyable for infants?
  5. Vameya
    Apr 24, 2019
    1
    The first half of the season starts strong, but then the plot gets drawn out to infinity and beyond. At the same time, all the side stories are really rushed and there are just too many of them. The last three episodes were horribly paced and the finale was a travesty. Everything happened extremely fast, not a single plot line was properly resolved (some not at all) and everything theThe first half of the season starts strong, but then the plot gets drawn out to infinity and beyond. At the same time, all the side stories are really rushed and there are just too many of them. The last three episodes were horribly paced and the finale was a travesty. Everything happened extremely fast, not a single plot line was properly resolved (some not at all) and everything the season had promised at the start was dropped. It's one thing to surprise your audience, it's another to become completely unhinged. With an ending like that, season 5 will not have me watching.… Expand
  6. james-cordoban
    May 3, 2019
    6
    The story is not so interesting and unfortunaltely most of the strong non-male characters are loosing momentum in this season. Room for impovement in the next season.
  7. LoudestOne
    May 16, 2019
    1
    The show started out okay and then turned into a perverted Harry Potter show.
  8. dc127
    Sep 22, 2019
    2
    Season 4 has by far been my least favorite of the series. Season 3 had a lot of nice turns and development. Season 4 is just dragging. I don't care about the Monster possessing Elliot. His awkward creepy friend routine is sometimes funny, but not for a full season. This season also had the most blatant political messages shoehorned in. They have a whole episode about how it is wrong toSeason 4 has by far been my least favorite of the series. Season 3 had a lot of nice turns and development. Season 4 is just dragging. I don't care about the Monster possessing Elliot. His awkward creepy friend routine is sometimes funny, but not for a full season. This season also had the most blatant political messages shoehorned in. They have a whole episode about how it is wrong to have a "white male protagonist" point of view. They cap this off but killing Quentin off. They also go back to the prior years episode where Quentin and Elliot lived out their lives together to emphasize he was really into it and wanted to do it again in this timeline. They also decided to make Marina a lesbian out of left field. The issue is that these choices just seem forced in. It isn't a natural part of the story, it is like the writers sit around saying "how can we make this story more diverse" at every turn. They already made Quentin into much less of an interesting character than he was in the books. Now they bump him off. They already have FOUR female characters that they massively promote in the series as being more competent than the three male characters (Penny is solid, but Elliot is just used as a joke). God forbid you keep a straight white male character in the show. How would that fight the patriarchy? I get it writers, you are PC as can be and want to slam that down our throats. You win. Take an interesting character from a book, water him down, and kill him off.… Expand

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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
  1. 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.
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  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Hanh Nguyen
    Jan 23, 2019
    83
    The Magicians is provocative, entertaining, perturbing, and sometimes messy. But it is never boring.
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  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.
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