This shouldn't be the end and you can tell. Syfy's announcement they will not renew The Magubans after five seasons it looks like it has left viewers stranded for the rest of the season and long arcs The 45-minute episode. The result is a series of attempts to make the best of a bad situation, with the final episode quickly leaving us with the promise of something more.
"Filling in and going on" was supposed to be a TV movie. They were the only way they could get three or more news articles set to close The Magubans this way an amazing show it's worth it. This whole episode runs at great break speeds, enabling great revelatory power and remarkable moments for a moment to say a minute before you enter the next. It's hard to say how much of this is due to the need to finish the story taken from the arc that was created during the fifth season and how much it was added to make the final series, but I think it's probably 50/50.
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We get a few moments of peace at first, as Santa repeats Christmas at the apartment so the magicians spend a few minutes together opening presents (not realizing it's the last time they're all in the same room). Santa secretly revealed to Alice that she was already there he gave her a presentHe was the one who put the World Seed page on Quinin's desk because he wanted to have his own. It's never Quentin at all. And then, they are gone! Julia's water breaks and she and Penny arrive at the Brakebills Medical Center to take time off to see Katy pull into Dean Fogg, locked in a drugstore she is not ready for. We don't even see Julia confronting the staff; the baby is already out of the next scene.
Margo, Eliot, and Josh head over to Fillory to snatch a population from the seafloor to save them the World Seed prepared for Alice, Zelda and Fen. Everything seems to be going according to plan, but things turn into a moment when the Dark Lord, Rupert Chatwin, leaves Eliot and forces him to open the gate underground to meet his lover. Sadly, it's not a happy reunion: It turns out that his brother Martin (returning Charles Mesure), better known as the Beast, was playing Rupert the whole time to escape the hell. Bringing the Beast back – the veterans started Big Bad all the way from season one / two – was a good move. Had been on the screen for more than 10 minutes.
Again, it sounds like all the landmarks in this episode were glossed over because there wasn't enough time. It had the creative return awaited by Rupert, Martin, and Jane Chatwin, but they were never in the same place together. We see Alice in shock at Beast's voice as she recalls the difficulties of how she is became Niffin to lower it, but then ran the portal on Brakebill and never called it again. Margo and Eliot don't even want to say good-bye. Very humble to myself, but skipped Julia's baby birth. Given Julia's history of sexual abuse, and how having a child on her own terms helps to close a Great chapter in his life, it just didn't feel right to happen behind the scenes.
Even though that's what bothers me the most on a personal level, it's definitely not the worst sin. That honor is the fact that the series was discarded a timeline. Julia looks like she is dying after Dean Fogg has severed her mental connection with her child, so Penny asked Plum Chatwin to bring her back in time to save her. Plum alone couldn't do that because … no, they've already done it. We are already in the second timeline because the previous one failed the most. Of course, we have to take his word because we don't see anyways, except for tea room with Jane Chatwin.
Now that we know that things were already confusing and this is the last opportunity, everyone comes together to make this work. Zelda sacrifices herself to close the arena in Northland, forcing the Beast and his remaining or several dead soldiers to wander into the Fillory menringly until Margo turns the clock to destroy the world and … kill them? It's still unclear what happened to them all. We see the Beast crushed under a pillow but, like, where does it go? Technically, he's dead and we don't get a moment to go back and see where Hades is. Fortunately Margo is saved by Penny shortly before Fillory comes out, thanking her for her child's communication, Nomathemba. His walking ability now works, as long as he holds it.
The last thing they have to do is repeat Fillory, so they turn to Fen to discuss the issue of the land he calls home. But Fillory sucks at it sometimes, so Fen chooses to tell the story of his favorite Fillory place, with no planned marriages, fatal accidents, and a lack of knife trees. The Seed of the Earth listens and begins to grow. Then, of course, Margo, Josh, Alice, and Fen are gone – they are swallowed up by the world they helped create.
I think this should have been a cliffhanger, but moments of despair are looking for ways to despair. So instead, we get whpping for eight minutes dedicated to the end of The Magubans. Fogg, who now seems forced to hold a cat for the rest of his life to protect his intelligence, talks to Professor Lipson about what our fave whites are doing. Eliot is a professor at Brakebill and shares a moment of love with Charlton, who now has the body of Hymen the ghost ghost (with his enthusiastic permission). Katy leads the witch hunt, and Julia and Penny (and baby Hope) are on a mission to find some of their friends.
The series ends with Margo, Alice, Fen, and Josh, who have found themselves lost in their newly created world. As Margo is crowned the high king of Fen's new filling, he presses the button to bring his people to their new home. You'll notice one thing missing from this take, and that Quentin Coldwater. Unfortunately, Jason Ralph did not return “Fillory and More, ” and that will disable many fans. But that's not the only thing that annoyed me about this episode.
The Magubans he has given us the best five seasons and Syfy owes them the best post – there are so many great stories to tell. I can't help but think of similar shows Beautiful Place—He has given us full episode committed to their last good knowledge – or Steven Universe The Future, the whole show about what happens after Happyely ever After. The Magubans it was worth a conclusion like this, a happy exit instead of a lost opportunity. Only time will tell if we will see this story unfold in the future; I have my doubts but I will continue to rely on hope. Elsewhere, there's a new Fillory – full of bacon fields, pizza ovens, and the promise of a new day.
Random Songs:
- I'm really sad this series is over. The Magubans it was solid, a show that pushed the envelope to swear profusely on television and give us interesting, complex characters. Also musical pieces! I will miss you.
- I had to laugh when the Beast pulled the 10 dead boys off the plate and said, "Don't worry there's more to come later." Translation: They didn't have the budget for much more.
- It would have been nice to see OG Penny again, especially since the Underworld was in the gut for the last time to see it (Hayides was still mourning and playing an unlimited Goed Goose Game on his pajamas). Maybe we could see him running the Underworld, acting as a representative of Hades while working his misery?
- I understand why they brought King Black / Seb Jane's plane instead of killing him – they are family, they have a lot to hold back. But we've never seen him and Eliot get that and it's a crime.
- Look, I love cats. I have a few of my own. But if I had to hold a cat for the rest of my life to be smart, I'd be cool get rid of it.
- The ovary at the top.
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