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The World in the Walls: Season 1, Episode 4
1 of 16Warning: If you don't want to know what happened in this episode, don't read this photo recap!
Quentin wakes up in a mental institution, far away from Brakebills. Woah! What?! How!? This is not where he expected to be and weirder still? Eliot is here, in his mental patient pajamas, seemingly insane too.TheMagicians_gallery_104Recap_02.jpg
The World in the Walls: Season 1, Episode 4
2 of 16Quentin’s old doctor is here, as is Penny, but acting as a hospital orderly. Turns out, a court has ordered Quentin to be here and Brakebills is a hallucination he has when he’s not taking his pills. Wait: has everything so far just been a dream?
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The World in the Walls: Season 1, Episode 4
4 of 16Julia drops by to visit Quentin: But in this world, she’s a student at Yale, getting married to James, and just wants to help Quentin get better. But…while Julia tries to be supportive, Quentin can’t help notice that she’s also a little…manipulative and evil, maybe? Is she keeping him here?
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The World in the Walls: Season 1, Episode 4
5 of 16After a quick visit from Jane Chatwin (of Fillory and Further fame), Quentin confirms that this is a spell and in his music therapy class, Quentin remembers that Penny had mentioned Taylor Swift before, and chooses to contact real-life Penny through psychic abilities and a musical number.
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The World in the Walls: Season 1, Episode 4
6 of 16That’s when Quentin’s father shows up at the nuthouse and they watch a video wherein Quentin learns that he tried to kill his dad and that’s why he’s been committed. More and more, it’s starting to look like Brakebills really might exist in the mind of a crazy person.
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The World in the Walls: Season 1, Episode 4
10 of 16Meanwhile, Marian reveals her plan: to break into Brakebills and steal back all the memories of her education there. Yep. She’s an alum who was thrown out and had her memories wiped (but stored in a wooden box). In order to remove Quentin from the spell, Dean Fogg has to remove magical shields – and that allows Marina access.
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The World in the Walls: Season 1, Episode 4
15 of 16Meanwhile, Quentin finds himself in a sort of light-jail with Jane Chatwin and Ellsworth Downs. They have to play a game like they’re in a Fillory novel, and Quentin decides to do what Ellsworth Downs did – stop playing. And with that, he’s rescued!