The Magicians: Plan B   Show Only 
March 9, 2017 9:07 AM - Season 2, Episode 7 - Subscribe

"Well, we are magicians, why don't we just go and rob a bank?" Yes, it's a bank heist episode! With magic! And dancing!
posted by filthy light thief (9 comments total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
There was so much that was good in this episode. Sure, not perfect, but Margo going full-on mastermind was great, and the jab at Mission: Impossible was fun. And, and, and ... I'll stop here.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:20 AM on March 9, 2017 [1 favorite]


Not perfect, indeed. When I saw Penny floating I kept yelling at the tv (to my wife's chagrin) "JUST GO SIT ON THE PILE OF GOLD!"

I mean that ain't the floor, am I right?

Stupid plot device. I would rather they dismissed it totally and just went with: Penny teleports in but OH SHAP there's a ward on the floor that traps him and everyone must rush to save him. Simpler and less stupid and yelling-making.
posted by komara at 12:08 PM on March 9, 2017 [9 favorites]


Niffin Alice is best Alice.
posted by Justinian at 8:04 PM on March 9, 2017 [6 favorites]


Agreed komara. I was doing the same thing. I also figured maybe then he could just teleport out the whole pallet load.
posted by Feantari at 8:58 PM on March 9, 2017


Wow, this series is all over the place.

Last week got super dark, and now it's the fucking Italian Job.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:01 PM on March 10, 2017


I have got to stop watching this so late at night, there's a point where it all seems so logical and real, and then I drop off to sleep and can't reconstruct enough to make a coherent argument, yeah no surprise there.
posted by sammyo at 7:41 AM on March 11, 2017


Finally watched this episode - The Magicians has made my list of "do not watch while eating/do not watch last thing before bed" so I kept putting it off until I was in the mood for possible surprise grotesquery, but this was delightful. Nothing like a good heist plot. And the eugenics book joke was a pretty great throwaway.

Quentin keeping Niffen-Alice a secret from everyone is annoying, I get enough of that on The Flash, but I suppose it's not out of character for him.
posted by oh yeah! at 8:01 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]


Totally did not understand why he didn't divulge Niffin Alice to the group.
posted by purpleclover at 10:41 PM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]


I look forward to their exploration of Fillory's immanent currency devaluation.
posted by bq at 12:34 PM on May 1, 2017 [1 favorite]


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