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Quentin learns a shocking truth about Christopher Plover and his connection to The Beast. Julia comes face to face with the consequences of her magical actions and takes another step in her education. Episode Grade: A-

Quentin, Alice, Penny, and Kady travel to Brakebills South to study with Professor Mayakovsky whose unusual teaching methods draws the best out of his students. However, Kady receives the news of her mother's death and leaves Penny behind. Meanwhile, Eliot begins a relationship with a Brakebill's graduate, but the arrival of The Beast puts Brakebills on high alert. Episode grades: 107 Dave A- Wayne A    108 A-  

Margo and Eliot host The Trials for the first year students, but more than just magic is at stake. Though Julia and Kady learn they have a common connection, Marina again enters the picture with disastrous effects.  Episode Grade: A-

Julia continues to spiral out of control, and Quentin finally has a chance to re-establish a connection with his father who suffers from brain cancer. Penny travels to a dimension that appears to be Fillory and comes face to face with The Beast. Episode Grade: B+  

Julia and Marina carry out a cooperative spell that the former thinks will only mess with Quentin after a perceived betrayal, but the hedge witch leader has another purpose in mind. In the end, Marina recovers her memories from her time at Brakebills, and Julia is once again left out in the cold. Episode Grade: Dave C+  Wayne C

While Penny discovers his powers extend far beyond his psychic abilities, and Alice learns she can bend light, poor Quentin remains undetermined. Julia confronts Quentin about his failure to convince the teachers at Brakebills to give her another shot, but her real challenge involves learning to separate her personal life from her studies with Marina and Pete. Episode Grade: Dave B+ Wayne B

Game of Thrones returns for its eighth and final season, and the Iron Throne has never had its true successor closer to claiming the prize of the Seven Kingdoms. Jon and Dany arrive in Winterfell, but it's Samwell who holds the single most important piece of information. Can Sansa get over her dislike and distrust of Dany? Who will ultimately sit on the Iron Throne?

In the aftermath of The Beast's attack at Brakebills, Quentin and Alice struggle with the impact their roles in the event cause. Julia passes her first test with Pete and his small cadre of magicians, but it's the mystery surrounding Kady and Pete that raises new questions.  Episode Grade: Dave A-  Wayne B

On the eve of his Yale graduate school interview, Quentin discovers that his obsession with magic and the Fillory novels may provide a new, exciting life direction. As he enters Brakebills University, Julia chooses another magical path after Brakebills rejects her as a candidate.  Episode Grade: B+

As part of our attempt to give back to our Patreon supporters, Fred from the Netherlands joins us for a discussion of Hemlock Grove's second episode from its first season, "The Angel." Roman and Peter's friendship continues to develop as the gypsy reveals his darkest secret while Brooke Bluebells's killer remains a mystery. Letha claims an angel impregnated her, but Olivia has other things on her mind.