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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.)