Welcome to the magic – and dangers – of Brakebills
Welcome to Brakebills University.
Welcome to a world of magic though it may not be the world youre expecting.
Quentin (Jason Ralph) is lost.
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Hes confused about his purpose.
Inside is the manuscript for a sixthFilloryand Furtherbook, only rumored to exist.
Julia is dismayed by Quentins excitement over the book.
(If you were [hallucinating], how would asking me help, Eliot wisely points out.)
Julia, on the other hand, learns that she has not been invited to attend.
Quentins life has changed, too.
NEXT: A beastly interruption
And theres more to it than Quentin could have anticipated.
During a call to James, Quentin learns that Julia is no longer the girl she once was.
There, he finds a cold, empty Julia, unfazed by the revelry around her.
Outside the bar, she shows Quentin that shes been practicing magic.
But he knows he cant do that.
Quentin leaves, but Julia, dejected by the nights affairs, endures an unexpected birthday surprise.
He was instead testing her, and her escape by magic proves just what he was hoping.
As he promises, Brakebills isnt the only group watching the magically inclined.
They head to their classroom for a little midnight spell casting.
Alice is prepping a summoning spell to speak to her dead brother Charlie, who died at Brakebills.
But no one will tell her how or why.
She wants answers, and she assumes Quentin must be involved after seeing the mark.
They perform the spell, but nothing happens… until they clean up for the night.
First, he kills the teacher.
Then, he pulls the eyeballs out of Dean Fogg, who rushes in to stop this thing.
And then, it goes for Quentin.
The Beast has arrived, and its not in the mood for games.
Luckily, we dont have to wait too long to find out the full breadth of its damage.
And it was quite the fight.
The attack calls into question a serious investigation, however.
She does at least reveal that she got through to Brakebills by stealing her parents alumni keys.
But Alice could use some friends, or at least allies, lest they be caught by the faculty.
She approaches Quentin in the school cafe where hes reading aFillorybook.
Telling her about his Jane Chatwin dreams, he posits Fillory isnt just a fantasy world from a book.
Its a real place.
As he explains to Katie, he didnt hear Quentin or Alices voice.
Alice is also let free, while Quentin is brought in as the main culprit.
A specialist is coming to ascertain the truth, and Quentin assumes his life is over.
NEXT:Juilastrial by ice.
Instead, shes there to remind him of why he is at Brakebills.
She knows hes dreamed of Fillory, just as she has, but he is not a born hero.
All she knows is The Beast has come for him and he has to either face it or not.
Shes lost people and warns Quentin he will too if he does not learn quickly.
Elizas going to give him that chance, suggesting the school just put him on probation.
She doesnt want him crawling back to the garden path, either.
Julia jumps at the opportunity while Marina is reticent to play along.
Julia evades her undead attacker until it skewers itself on a metal bar.
Marina only continues to freak out even further as Julia tries to maintain sanity.
Their test only becomes stranger as Pete speaks through the body, reminding them to look everywhere.
But he opts not to leave the message on her phone.)
He, and Marina, wanted her to see that not every solution in life calls for magic.
(Katie was, however, unable to procure the Pennys pendant, which Quentin now has.)
Eliza, visiting Dean Fogg in the infirmary, expresses her concerns about the current situations.
He wants her to find a way back (to Fillory, one assumes), and kill it.
Were it that simple, though.
