The Magicians leans on grief in Season 5 in response to the Season 4 finale controversy

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"The Magicians season four finale was controversial — to put it mildly — among the show’s passionate cult fanbase," says Emily Todd VanDerWerff. "To this day, mentioning The Magicians offhand on Twitter often invites discussion of just what happened in that finale, some of it anger. But The Magicians has an ace up its sleeve — if season five tends to be the apocalypse season on genre shows, it’s also often the grief season." ALSO: Season 5 feels pointless after the Season 4 finale.