The Magicians (2015)/Season One

Season One
The Magicians (2015)
Season Premiere	December 16, 2015
Season Finale	April 11, 2016
Episode Count	13
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Season One of The Magicians premiered on December 16, 2015.

Episodes

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate	Viewers	18-49 Rating
1	1	Unauthorized Magic	Sera Gamble & John McNamara	Mike Cahill	December 16, 2015	916k	0.26%
Best friends Quentin and Julia are mysteriously recruited to take an entrance exam to Brakebills University, a secret institution for magical pedagogy.
2	2	The Source of Magic	Sera Gamble	Scott Smith	January 25, 2016	1.113M	0.41%
Quentin is distraught as he faces expulsion for his involvement in an otherworldly attack on Brakebills, while Julia delves deeper into underground magic and takes a test to prove herself to the Hedge Witches.
3	3	Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting	Henry Alonso Myers	Scott Smith	February 1, 2016	901k	0.35%
Quentin and Julia have an unexpected - and volatile - reunion. Penny is overwhelmed by the power of his own psychic abilities and Alice is determined to find out what happened to her missing brother - at any cost.
4	4	The World in the Walls	John McNamara	James L. Conway	February 8, 2016	745k	0.28%
Quentin wakes up in a mental hospital and must set his panic aside to seek the help of the one person he least trusts. Julia is hurt after her fallout with Quentin and commits to learning more powerful spells with the Hedge Witches.
5	5	Mendings, Major and Minor	David Reed	Bill Eagles	February 15, 2016	748k	0.27%
Although everyone should be training for the upcoming Welter's Tournament, the students are each dealing with a personal distraction that keeps them from staying focused.
6	6	Impractical Applications	Leah Fong	John Stuart Scott	February 22, 2016	647k	0.27%
The first-year students are put through The Trials, a series of unconventional tests that must be passed to stay at Brakebills.
7	7	The Mayakovsky Circumstances	Mike Moore	Guy Norman Bee	February 29, 2016	702k	0.25%
An uncompromising professor at Brakebills South pushes the students' boundaries. Julia must decide whether she's ready to accept help. Teleplay by John McNamara
8	8	The Strangled Heart	David Reed	Jan Eliasberg	March 7, 2016	672k	0.27%
Brakebills is thrown into chaos when Penny is violently attacked by someone they thought was a friend while Quentin tries to find a connection to The Beast. After entering a rehab facility, Julia considers giving up magic for good.
9	9	The Writing Room	Sara Gamble	James L. Conway	March 14, 2016	712k	0.28%
Quentin, Alice, Eliot and Penny travel to England to Plover's estate in search of a missing magic button, but what they find is a hauntingly terrifying vision of the author's true self. Julia, now out of rehab, searches for real meaning in her magic, but it comes at a very high cost.
10	10	Homecoming	Henry Alonso Myers	Joshua Butler	March 21, 2016	778k	0.32%
Penny travels to the world of The Neitherlands where he soon finds it's not as friendly as he thought. Quentin and Alice must work together, no matter how uncomfortable, to save him. Julia joins an eclectic group of Magicians known as the Free Traders, but a surprising member stands in her way.
11	11	Remedial Battle Magic	Leah Fong	Amanda Tapping	March 28, 2016	723k	0.28%
Quentin and the others learn battle magic as they prepare for a showdown in Fillory. But this challenge leads to building frustrations...pushing some apart and others together. Julia and Kady take on a mission with the Free Traders that may push them too far.
12	12	Thirty-Nine Graves	Henry Alonso Myers & Leah Fong	Guy Norman Bee	April 4, 2016	746k	0.28%
Quentin and the others learn battle magic and prepare for a showdown in Fillory. Julia and Kady take on a mission with the Free Traders.
13	13	Have You Brought Me Little Cakes?	Sera Gamble & John McNamara & David Reed	Scott Smith	April 11, 2016	676k	0.27%
The students wake up to foggy memories and regret after a night of drinking. Penny reminds everyone that their lives depend on getting to The Neitherlands.