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The Magicians 4x13 Finale Promo "The Seam"

Apr 11, 2019 20:30

Episode Summary: Quentin and Josh get cake. Quentin reflects on his actions.

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I recently binge-watched the entire show and this was the first episode I watched in real-time... but I was sort of disappointed - thoughts on the season and hopes for the finale?

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addictedgal April 12 2019, 01:08:45 UTC

So yeah I just bingewatched all of this show in the last week and a bit and it's always weird coming off that to weekly scheduled episodes lol. I read the comments on past ONTD posts as I watched the show too lol ( ... )

maxvandenburg April 12 2019, 01:27:28 UTC

i miss eliot so much :( i'm biased but i really feel the show suffers from his absence, which kinda works for a season that's supposed to be bleak, but still. we better get a reunion next week. i need to see him and margo hug it out.

re q/eliot i can't imagine they don't circle back around to this. it's so weird to see response to 4x12 along the lines of "i guess q/alice is endgame now" like the show is ending next week. i'm not a fan of love triangles but i'm actually curious to see where they take this.

welcome to weekly watching aka suffering!

addictedgal April 12 2019, 01:40:27 UTC

Me too, there's a light missing without him. I didn't mind at first because I didn't think he'd be The Monster for the entire season but then when I started to realize that I was sad.

Tbh I still think Quentin/Alice will end up being endgame (would be happy if the show surprised me otherwise!) but I just want Quentin/Eliot to have some actual time to develop first. Or I would have preferred they gave Eliot a different relationship at least, he's never had an ACTUAL one which wasn't glaring before but now that Margo has Josh and Julia is getting Penny23, it's becoming more apparent? I just want more than like a 5x05 Queliot ep and back to nada lol. I wonder if the show may only have 5 seasons.

maxvandenburg April 12 2019, 13:25:30 UTC

I'm pretty fascinated by how the q/eliot storyline has played out so far, cause I still remember at last year's comic con one of the writers or producers said something along the lines of quentin and eliot being platonic, meanwhile jason ralph was using the word love and soulmates. I'm not sure when they changed their minds. it feels a bit like the writers room has some creative differences and this season was supposed to be a trial run, so they wanted to return to both q/eliot and q/alice to have a basis for whatever they pick in s5. I'd be surprised if it's not addressed at all in the finale, but either way I'm expecting them to double down on it in s5 based on audience reaction. if next season is the last, I can see q/eliot being endgame for that reason. it's too early for q and alice to get together and not be screwed over at some point ( ... )

addictedgal April 13 2019, 04:10:33 UTC

oh it's ok, I have a LOT of thoughts and no one to talk to about it!

I definitely don't think they are all on the same page and since they didn't plan this when they filmed 3x05 I just don't know what to expect from them. Even with 4x06, I thought ok so I guess they will sort of go there by the end of the season but now I feel like it won't get revisited until season 5 and partly because of all the fan fervor. I would like to see what a relationship developing between them would be like. And if they don't, I wish they would've started developing another relationship for Eliot.

I was surprised by how on board I got with Q/Eliot and 4x05 sold me (but I'm biased because I love Eliot and want him to be happy). I know people think that it would seem to Q that Eliot just said proof of concept to prove his identity but his delivery of 'peaches and plums' said so much to me ?? I don't know, I guess it makes sense that none of the characters would pick up on it but I thought it was obvious that there was some real complex feeling behind it.

maxvandenburg April 14 2019, 14:08:12 UTC

Sorry for the late reply! Anyway yes I agree with you. I think one of the issues that's causing confusion is that we just don't know what Quentin is thinking this season, and while I see the reasons for why they did that, I do hope they can have him at least address it in the finale. I don't need any resolution but like you said I just can't tell where his head's at with regards to Eliot's "confession". Not even cause I think it'd be queerbaiting or problematic but just cause it'd be bad writing to raise the topic and then not bring it up again at all until s5. So we'll see, I guess ( ... )

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