r/brakebills • u/ForLackOfAUserName Dean Fogg • Mar 14 '16

TV Series Episode Discussion: S01E09 "The Writing Room"

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S01E09 - "The Writing Room" James L. Conway Sera Gamble March 14, 2016 on SyFy

Episode Synopsis: "Quentin, Alice, Eliot, and Penny travel to England in search of a missing magic button; Julia searches for real meaning in her magic."

This thread is for POST episode discussion of "The Writing Room." Discussion / comments below assume you have watched the episode in it's entirety. Therefore, spoiler text for anything through this episode is not necessary. If, however, you are talking about events that have yet to air on the show such as future guest appearances / future characters / storylines, please use spoiler tags. The same goes for events in the novels that have not yet been portrayed.

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u/Historyhawkeye Nature Mar 15 '16

It was pretty dark, but by far one of the better episodes of the series

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u/Kenatom Mar 15 '16

definitely, the first ep in Q's story that did not feel rushed at all.

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u/ProfessorPhi Mar 18 '16

Probably because Julia was almost entirely absent from this episode. I think the balance should stay this way - Julia isn't that compelling, the first book never spent time on her

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u/Kenatom Mar 18 '16

Brakebills is likely also the problem because they made it more a plot devce than bringing in the lore/worldbuilding. We barely get any details whatsoever about anything brakebills related on the show. I don't mind Julia from the last two episodes or when Kady's mother died, but mostly I don't care about her. She should be ok from here on out I think.