350: Magic Pixie Dream Girl

Published: April 29, 2017, 4:01 p.m.

b'This week we draw your attention to another excellent TV series that recently concluded a run of episodes: SyFy\\u2019s \\u201cThe Magicians\\u201d. Based on a series of books by Lev Grossman, this is a show that starts out as a mash-up of Harry Potter and Narnia and goes in some very surprising directions while continually improving in quality. Love, war, sex, fairies, gods (some evil, some capricious, some just annoying)\\u2014there\\u2019s a lot to love about this show. In the first half of the episode we talk generally about the show and why we like it; the second half, after the Spoiler Horn, is devoted to breaking down the events of its just-completed second season. (Content advisory: \\u201cThe Magicians\\u201d contains a couple examples of sexual assault/abuse. And we talk about them.)'