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The Magicians is messy and dumb and I like it more than I should

What if Harry Potter but dick jokes

God, The Magicians is a mess. It's a TV show about, at least initially, a university for wizards. The main character is mopey and miserable, the plot moves erratically, and a lot of the time I don't have much clue what's going on because it's my current 'going to sleep' show. It is not in the tier of TV to which I give my full attention, but it is one of the best shows for sleepy times. Mainly because it's unrelentingly silly.

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Matt Cox: Once the leader of Rock Paper Shotgun's Youth Contingent, Matt is an expert in multiplayer games, deckbuilders and battle royales. He occasionally pops back into the Treehouse to write some news for us from time to time, but he mostly spends his days teaching small children how to speak different languages in warmer climates.
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