Impractical Applications

Episode aired Feb 22, 2016
TV-14
42m

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Amy Pietz and Stella Maeve in The Magicians (2015)

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The First Years are thrust into the old Brakebills tradition of The Trials, a midterm-slash-hazing ritual in which failing means flunking out for good. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, Julia meets a ... Read allThe First Years are thrust into the old Brakebills tradition of The Trials, a midterm-slash-hazing ritual in which failing means flunking out for good. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, Julia meets a fellow blacklisted Hedge Witch.The First Years are thrust into the old Brakebills tradition of The Trials, a midterm-slash-hazing ritual in which failing means flunking out for good. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, Julia meets a fellow blacklisted Hedge Witch.

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Trivia
The reference to Kobayashi Maru is from Star Trek. It is a war game scenario that was used to test how Starfleet cadets deal with a no-win scenario. The first and only cadet to pass the scenario was the future Captain James Tiberius Kirk - he only passed by reprogramming the test because he did not believe any scenario could be unwinnable. So, similar to the test being given to the characters in this episode, the only way to pass was to cheat.

Goofs
When :Quentin and Alice are on the roof performing the truth ritual, they are both naked with their wrists bound. The only way to release the bonds is to divulge their greatest secret to each other. However, Alice is later shown wearing a shirt with her arms through the sleeves, but her wrists are still bound. There would be no way to put the shirt on that way without removing the rope on her wrists.

Quotes
Quentin Coldwater: We have to cheat. They want us to. We've been Kobayashi Maru'd.
William 'Penny' Adiyodi: Whatever that means, yes!
Surendra: No. No way.
William 'Penny' Adiyodi: You're an idiot. We're cheating.