Thank you so much to Jessie for commissioning this, the final episode of The Magicians!
I'm honestly really surprised at how satisfying the ending of this series is considering that this wasn't supposed to be the end of the show, and considering how many balls they still had in the air right up until the last second.
It's certainly bittersweet because the gang is split up, but there's also a rightness to the fact that there are still quests happening ad infinitum. That just seems like who these people are, you know?
Thanks again to all of you who supported me through this whole series, and I hope you enjoyed the ride!
Peaches and plums, my friends.

Thank you very much to Jessie for commissioning this episode!
The main takeaway of this episode my utter disbelief that this is the penultimate episode of the series. It's just so incredibly loaded with half-formed ideas that still need a lot of time to percolate and develop, and knowing there's exactly ONE episode left to explain it all is really a tall order.
There's also a bunch of musical stuff in this one, which I can take or leave, and a bunch of heist stuff, which I'm totally here for.
Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Jessie for commissioning this episode!
Only three more episodes of this series to go, and I have no idea how we're going to wrap up so quickly! This episode is the one where they sorta come to a conclusion I theorized on last episode, in which I suggested maybe using the World Seed to create a new Fillory...or something? What it comes down to is that they want to allw Fillory to be destroyed, and Fen is not okay with it.
And meanwhile, I'm having mixed feelings about this season and it seems like I'm really not going to be satisfied by the time this is all over. I guess we will have to wait and see!
Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Ashley for commissioning this episode!
This episode is when we FINALLY get the answer to so many of the questions that I've been asking (and which NOBODY else has been asking, BTW) and it's actually pretty interesting. Turns out that the Takers are the guard dogs of the Underworld, and they've been dragging people away because...I guess they're confused over who is alive and who is dead and deserves to be pulled into Hell?
Whatever. We get to see Hades again, and I find him so compelling but ALSO goddamn dude take some fucking responsibility. You fucking BAILED and your shit started to fall apart. This is YOUR fault! WHERE YOU BEEN, bro?
Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you Jessie for commissioning this episode!
Alright so we're starting to get some answers about who the hell the Dark King is and what his motivations are, but I'm so annoyed that nobody wants to know WHY he brought the Takers with him or what they are. This is key information that could help you defeat both them AND him, you guys! You should be more interested!
Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Mathy for commissioning this episode!
Alright so I was a little bit unhappy with the last episode, but I think that unhappiness has grown into full-blown concern about the final season at this point.
I don't understand what the writers are doing with the Dark King at all. I do not understand why I'm supposed to feel sorry for him, or why anyone else does. I do not understand why nobody is asking questions about him and who he is, who the Takers are and where they come from, what happens to the people they take, literally ANYTHING. Our whole crew is out here planning an assassination with NO FUCKING INFORMATION and I just can't get on board with the story because I'm so distracted by the fact that they don't even seem interested in the reasons why!
Ugh. That's all just ugh.

Thank you very much to Ashley for commissioning this episode!
This episode brings back the alternate timeline thing again, except instead of traveling to one of them, the people from that timeline travel to us. I'm definitely here for a borderline psycho Dean and I'm hoping that we get to see more of him despite being taken out of play at the end of the episode.
Meanwhile, Julia is taking on saving Fillory, and I'm already feeling kind of exhausted by the whole thing. I don't really know what the show is trying to do with the storyline with the Dark King, and this whole thing with Margo being falsely accused of being responsible for the Fey losing their home and power is deeply frustrating. Idk y'all but I'm pretty mad by the end of this episode.
Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you again soon!

Thank you very much to Ashley for commissioning this episode!
I really loved this one, because it was a rare episode in which Elliot gets to have an unqualified success, and also he opens up to friends and in genuinely vulnerable with them. We don't get to see him doing well and believing in himself very often, and it's so lovely to see his smile at the start of the time-travel scene when he realizes that the gambit worked and the moon is not yet broken. I loved this!
Also, the reveal of who has actually been inside his head is hilarious, although I stand by the fact the the editing of a scene during the previous episode had me CERTAIN that something had happened off-camera.
Anyway, thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Jessie for commissioning this episode!
So this shit really popped off early, huh? I thought that we weren't going to get this convergence until the end of the season, and instead it looks like we're going to be dealing with a whole other problem which is a direct result of trying to stop it. Or at least, of Marina interfering with trying to stop it.
Ah, Marina. We can always rely on you messing up the works.
Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Ashley for commissioning this episode!
So this is a pretty neat episode that explores a whole other world that we've never seen before, AKA the Etheric Realm (sp?) which seems like a pretty great, chill place to be. Katie and the Dean go there together to find answers, and he winds up having to stay there, even though Katie was pretty eager to remain behind herself. Understandably! But apparently feeling of personal responsibility aren't welcome, and she's feeling too much of an obligation to help other people to be allowed to stay.
Then there's the whole thing with Penny. It's such an odd storyline because we're being fed the barest details in bits and pieces, and I still feel like I have no concept of what's going on there even after the big reveal.
Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Jessie for commissioning this episode!
I thought this episode was really moving and I was so glad that we get to see Eliot really get to take ownership of the relationship he had with Quentin. It's a shame that his rebound is almost the Dark King, but you know what? Maybe that would have worked out for him. Or maybe not.
Meanwhile, Margo finds out that Josh and Fen had sex after her disappearance, and now Fen is a werewolf. It becomes clear quite quickly that Margo is not in control of her jealousy, and she almost kills Fen...and then reveals that she wasn't the one who sent the message that allowed them to jump ahead in time. Which surprised me, I don't know if I'm just slow or what.
Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Ashley for commissioning this episode!
So we get to see what happens when someone attempts to raise a golem with the wrong intention in their hearts, and poor Alice gets (in a way) the chance to say goodbye that she wanted. It's actually kind of touching, and a nice way to pay homage to the time-honored tradition of magicians attempting to raise their dearly departed loved ones.
Meanwhile, in Fillory, Margo is trying to fix the fucked-uppedness of her current sitch, and with the help of Elliot and his stolen time-devices, manages to get Josh back! She sacrifices her kingdom for Josh!
Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Jessie for commissioning this episode!
Well it's been a minute since I finished off Season 4, but honestly it feels like it's been about a week, at most. I'm really excited to be starting the new season, and I'm exciting that we're spending a good amount of time with Julia because I've liked her a lot for a while now and I have wanted her to have a chance to shine more than she has. Meanwhile, whatever is going on in Fillory is a goddamn nightmare and I hate it. 
Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Michael for not only commissioning this episode, but also for commissioning a live watch! I was able to hang out on Crowdcast and experience this excellent finale with all of you, and Melanie was in the chat ALSO watching for the first time, which was pretty awesome!
I really am impressed with the risk this finale took in killing off a person that many people would consider to be the main character. And while I've often had my suspicions about someone coming back after being killed, I'm pretty confident (due to the handling of his death) that Quentin isn't coming back.
Thanks again to everyone for listening, and I will see you next month with the start of Season 5!

Thank you very much to Jessie for commissioning this episode!
In this episode, Josh is a fish. I did not see that one coming. Also, fucking Plover is still alive and I'm disgusted. However, it looks like the gang has a chance to fight back against the monsters, so that's something awesome.
Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Nicole for commissioning this episode!
Well this episode proves to be very enlightening, with the introduction to The Binder, and the revelation on just how the Monster and his sister were made. I really want to know HOW they were made, though, because the whole thing is treated they came to be, though, because he calls them "mistakes" and implies that they were cut up into pieces as babies, which we saw isn't actually true. Can the Binder lie?
Meanwhile, Zelda and Kady find out what her old mentor is up to, but it seems like they've ALSO been found out because they're locked in the Poison Room while investigating. Whoops. Really should have had a doorstop or something.
Thanks for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Mathy for commissioning this episode!
I'm sure it comes as no surprise that I loved this episode a ton. I mean, it's Margo-centric, which usually speaks to me, but it's also about women's voices being oppressed and the realization of many young women that they are not going to get what they were promised. Or if they do, it will cost a higher price than anyone cares to admit.
I hope you enjoy listening to this episode, and I will be seeing you soon with another!

Thank you very much to Nicole for commissioning this episode!
This was a really good one. I'm a huge fan of Eliot's acting, and I really thought he managed to push himself in this episode to do some things that were pretty unsettling. Also, the fucking scene with Margo and Fen absolutely killed me.
Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Ashely for commissioning this episode!
I'm really enjoying this season so far, and this was a particularly fun one. I really liked the overall weirdness of a dragon egg that makes everyone want to care for it, and I was a fan of the twist with Alice's mother actually giving a shit about her. HOWEVER, I'm not totally on board with this prophesy thing at the end of Fen's storyline. Why is she believing this random creature? MAYBE IT'S A TRICK!
Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Nicole for this commission! What a weird episode this is, too!
I'm very much here for the way in which this episode emphasizes side character plots and challenges us to think of them as MAIN characters. We are asked, in a way, why we see Quentin as the "main" character, and then we get to see what's going on with a bunch of the women in the story. I liked it!
Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!