What’s in store for season 2?
IfThe Magicianswasnt already renewed for season 2, fans might think almost everyone was dead.
Well, thats what youd assume from a room full of people bleeding out on the floor.
Credit: Jeff Weddell/Syfy
Despite the fact that Quentin has broken the time loop 40th times a charm!
and made it to Martin Chatwin,The Magiciansleft us with no happy endings.
Here,The Magicians EPs Sera Gamble and John McNamara break down season 1s dark finale.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you begin to attack this final episode?
Did your whiteboard look like Carrie Mathisons board on Homeland?
JOHN MCNAMARA:We have corkboards.
And cards and you’re able to move the cards around.
Whiteboards are for suckers.
it’s possible for you to quote me on that.
When did you decide to structure the episode with Quentin writing his own Fillory novel?
Were there any rejected approaches?
GAMBLE:There was a moment where the idea was floating around that Ember would narrate the episode.
So, of course he would sit down and write the book of his own story.
Whys it so important to keep this tone?
And if I was going to end up in Fillory, Id be like Penny or Margo.
Id be like, Give me a fing break.
Id write myself out.
Can I get a fing burrito?
You know these shoes were not cobbled for a quest.
I always thought it would be interesting if you took 2016 characters and put them in Narnia.
Because they wouldnt just be full of wonder, theyd be full of annoyances.
We did find a place in the finale to poke a little bit of fun at the system.
How has she changed since the beginning of the season?
All along theyve had this festering issue between them, and they outgrew it.
I think thats something that happens when youre in your early twenties.
Relative to all of the dark storylines, Julias has stood out.
And it hit its darkest with the rape scene.
In the books, the rapist is an actual animal god, but you humanized him.
We want to understand why this is terrifying and why this is a violation.
With all of the darkness, did you have to be very conscious of adding positive things in?
GAMBLE:No, I dont think it was really hard actually.
Magic as a vehicle for telling a story provides all of these things.
In one persons hands its delightful and hilarious, and in the next persons hands its harrowing and awful.
Quentins realization that Alice may be the hero of the story really changed the narrative.
Whats next for her?
GAMBLE:Alice is uncomfortable with her own power.
This is not something that she just embraces.
MCNAMARA:You know how you should feel about Alice?
However bad you think it is, later on youre going to wish it was that good.
Entering niffin territory already?
MCNAMARA:Were taking our own route.
Do you already have season 2 mapped out in your brains?
But we still have to draw a map to figure out what roads we are taking.
MCNAMARA:And buy the cocaine.
GAMBLE:And the snacks for the trip.
Its like that every season.
MCNAMARA:And his girlfriends dead, he throws her in the trunk.
