The Magicians Review: Be The Penny (Season 3 Episode 4)

Penny’s death takes a toll on a select few on The Magicians Season 3 Episode 4, “Be The Penny.”

I think it’s pretty standard for everyone to daydream, at least once in their life, about how your family and friends would react if you had died. Well, Penny got his wish, and it is ugly.

It’s pretty ridiculous how unscathed everyone is besides Kady. I recognize that not everybody was as close with Penny as Kady was, but he has been there since the very start. It’s not like they were all just acquaintances. There should be tears of some kind.

The only other person truly thinking about Penny is Alice. It takes her a minute to spiral to Penny, but that’s a given after she just killed her own father. I think that it’s sweet that Alice is trying to be there for Kady.

Besides Julia, Alice is the only other person in that immediate group to offer some sort of help outside where they all gather. Alice knows what it’s like to be trapped somewhere against your will, and while it isn’t what Penny wants, it’s an incredibly lovely gesture for Kady.

I don’t understand why Kady was left alone in the first place after they all met up. They can clearly see that she is shaken, distraught, and not in a good mindset. But it doesn’t matter they just let her run off knowing that it’s possible she could be suicidal.

Maybe now that Julia has saved Kady Kady will come around and admit that Julia is a good person now and she can be trusted again. I need Kady and Julia to be a badass team again.

For Penny I love that to come from this, he has mastered a new ability. I choose to think positive because I just can’t believe that Penny will be killed off The Magicians.

One thing I am still confused about – Fray. I am still on the fence about her being Eliot’s daughter. If she was his daughter why is she so concerned that he lied about a key? Especially while they’re being chased by cannibals? It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

I think that it’s just a trick the fairy queen implemented in order to make sure that everything Eliot does is accounted for. If she were his daughter, I think she’d warm up to them, especially after spending all of this time together. I don’t think that’d she’d still be so focused on his mission.

Margo is only in this episode for a short period, but she has my favorite scene. Her threatening the fairy queen and describing how she’s going to eat her heart is such a power surge. I want it to happen; I don’t want it just to be talk.

I want Margo to return to Fillory and take back her kingdom from that sadistic witch.

As for Hyman Cooper – it sucks to be stuck in a parallel realm where nobody can see you, but he basically has his own live-action TV show. That’s honestly the only plus I can come up with.

Other Thoughts:

• Why does Irene have fairy’s running around her house and why is she saying they’re backup magic?
• How the heck did Eliot get back to earth from Fillory with no magic?
• Eliot being overjoyed at the fact that he got to feed an illusion of his dad to cannibals is such a highlight of the episode.

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The Magicians airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Syfy.

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