The Fillorian Candidate is the twelfth episode of third season of The Magicians, and the thirty-eighth episode overall.
Synopsis[]
The political situation in Fillory comes to a head. Julia makes amends and Alice makes a confession.
Plot[]
At the Physical House Cottage, Josh brings Penny 23 up to speed on the events of the 40th timeline, including the Quest for the Seven Keys. Kady enters and embraces him, believing him to be the original Penny. He explains who he is and where he is from. Penny 23 later finds her attempting to contact Penny with one of the keys, but it isn't working. Penny 23 explains that he was in love with Julia in his timeline and Kady tells him about Julia's experience with Reynard and how it has made her a different person than the one he knew.
In Fillory, Eliot, Fen, and Margo visit Fray at the talking animal bar that she now works in as a bartender. She reveals she is in a relationship with a Bear named Humbledrum, who Margo is talking and laughing with at a table. Margo returns to the bar and talks about how much she loves Humbledrum. She explains to the others that human/talking animal relationships are taboo in Fillory, but encourages Fray to do what makes her happy. The Fairy Queen arrives but refuses to deal with Eliot and Margo unless they are officially the rulers of Fillory.
Eliot and Margo use the Muntjac to spread fliers all over Fillory proclaiming that the people will have elections for the first time. King Tick is angered by this and prepares to tell the people otherwise, but is reminded that the people now believe the elections will occur and that they have been in a "revolutionary mood lately." So, he prepares his own campaign.
Julia approaches Dean Fogg and says that she is starting to hear things. He suggests that since her power is divine, they may be prayers. She says that she can feel the despair coming from him and offers to heal his eyes. He says that further using magic to heal himself could result in his essential identity being changed. Julia agrees that if he or another magician tried that would be true, but that she was given her gift for it to be used and that it will be different if she heals him. He consents, and she takes his head in her hands, her eyes begin to glow, and Fogg's eyes are healed.
Julia next visits the site of the talking forest that she destroyed while her shade was missing with Josh. Josh tells her that magic is what makes Children of Earth special and that she is even more special. He encourages her to try to regrow the talking forest. She is skeptical at first, but once she tries her eyes glow and an entire forest springs out of the ground, fully grown. Josh uses the opportunity to promote the "Children of Earth" campaign to some onlookers.
Quentin confronts Alice about her work for the Library. She reveals that the device she is preparing is a siphon that will give the Library control of who uses magic. She gives Quentin the siphon that if magic comes back, his father's cancer will come back and kill him.
Tick and Eliot develop their respective campaigns. Tick's proposed policies are pragmatic, practical, and boring. Eliot's are flamboyant, lavish, and likely unsustainable. Josh praises Julia's miracles on the common folk, that include healing a case of lice.
Kady and Penny 23 visit Julia, who is meditating and can hear the prayers of others. Kady tells her that they have found Reynard. Kady says that they need to talk to a god about the vision that Quentin 23 had, and that Reynard is the only one they can find. She offers to take Penny 23 and deal with Reynard, but Julia refuses to let them go alone and says she can feel him and transports them to the driveway of a suburban home. Believing that Reynard is inside, they prepare to enter until a beaten up old car approaches and Reynard gets out in a pizza delivery outfit and a pizza bag in hand. His eyes are now normal and he is unshaven. Upon seeing the three magicians, he simply says, "Ah, shit."
They return to Reynard's apartment and Reynard claims that he has changed after living among humans. They ask about the Castle at the End of the World, and he discourages them from going there. He tells them that the Castle is where the gods put their mistakes and the monster inside is one of them. Reynard then tries to shoot Julia with the god-killing bullet that she and Kady made to kill Reynard. Julia freezes him, and he explains that his stepfather, Hades, gave it to him, so he could use it on himself. They leave him in his run-down apartment to suffer, content with his fate.
In Fillory, an official announces that both Eliot and Tick have lost the election. Margo won the election by write-ins from the talking animal community because word got around that she supported human/talking animal relationships. The talking animals believe that if they are allowed to intermarry with humans, then they will finally be viewed as equals. Further, he says there are only about 50,000 humans in Fillory and upwards of a million talking animals. Margo apologizes to Eliot, but he bows to her and is happy for her.
Later, at High King Margo's premiere, Eliot approaches Tick, who says that he is ready to accept his death. Eliot responds that they want him to be an accountant... with a 24-hour security detail. Margo negotiates a deal with the Fairy Queen that gives the fairies their own lot of land, full citizenship and a role in the government in exchange for the 6th key. The Fairy Queen compliments Margo on her growth and gives her a fairy eye that can see much more than human ones. She disappears as Fen asks for fairy toes.
Quentin and Julia discuss the final chapter of the quest. Quentin says that he thought the quest would change him, but he is still worried about what will happen to his father if magic returns. He asks if Julia can heal his father, but she says that right now he is perfectly healthy, and if magic comes back then there will be consequences they can't prevent. She accepts that it's vague and Quentin wonders if the Quest was meant to make him willing to sacrifice the people he loves. Julia says that if it did, "it fucked up by picking Quentin Coldwater."
Quentin visits his father, Ted, and explains that Fillory is real. He tells his father that magic is gone, which his father says he already knew. He felt something leave and then a week later he went into remission. Quentin explains the Quest to Ted and tells him that he lived an entire life, got married, and had a son. Ted asks Quentin if he is there to ask for permission to complete it. Quentin says that he is not, that he is going to finish the Quest no matter what. Ted asks what Quentin named his son, and Quentin replies that he named him after his father.
Cast[]
Main Cast:
- Jason Ralph as Quentin Coldwater
- Stella Maeve as Julia Wicker
- Olivia Taylor Dudley as Alice Quinn
- Hale Appleman as Eliot Waugh
- Arjun Gupta as Penny 23
- Summer Bishil as Margo Hanson
- Rick Worthy as Henry Fogg
- Jade Tailor as Kady Orloff-Diaz
- Brittany Curran as Fen
- Trevor Einhorn as Josh Hoberman
Guest Stars:
- Mackenzie Astin as Reynard the Fox
- Rizwan Manji as Tick Pickwick
- Spencer Garrett as Ted Coldwater
- Mageina Tovah as Zelda Schiff
- Candis Cayne as Fairy Queen
- Madeleine Arthur as Fray
- Sergio Osuna as Rafe
- Mike Moore as Bunny (voice)
Appearances[]
Locations[]
- Earth
- Brakebills University, New York
- New Jersey
- Coldwater Residence
- Syracuse, New York (mentioned)
- Multiverse
- Astral Plane
- Fairy Realm
- Fillory
- Castle Blackspire (mentioned)
- Humbledrum & Honeyclaw's Pub
- Northern Orchards (mentioned)
- Flying Forest (mentioned)
- Underworld (mentioned)
Events[]
- Quest for the Seven Keys
- Liberation of the Fairies (mentioned)
Items[]
Organizations[]
- Order of the Library of the Neitherlands
- Tribe of the Floating Mountain (mentioned)
- Western Hordes (mentioned)
- Chatwin Family (mentioned)
Vehicles[]
Sentient Species[]
Creatures[]
Mentioned[]
Videos[]
References[]
External Links[]
Season Three | |
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The Tales of the Seven Keys • Heroes and Morons • The Losses of Magic • Be the Penny • A Life in the Day • Do You Like Teeth? • Poached Eggs • Six Short Stories About Magic • All That Josh • The Art of the Deal • Twenty-Three • The Fillorian Candidate • Will You Play With Me? |