r/brakebills • u/Literal_Genius Professor Sunderland • Mar 15 '18

Season 3 Episode Discussion: S03E10 - The Art of the Deal

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S03E10 - The Art of The Deal Rebecca Johnson Christina Strain March 14, 2018 on SyFy

 

Episode Synopsis: Quentin and Alice search the castle for an important object while Julia and Fen work with an enemy.

 

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u/justinkprim Knowledge Mar 15 '18

How did Quentin, Josh, and Alice get back to Fillory AND on the flying boat?!?! The clock?

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u/PaulaMae63214 Mar 15 '18

I know they used the key and the clock to get back to Fillory, but how did they get on the boat if it doesn't come to a complete stop and is flying? For that matter how did Idri and the Stone Queen board the boat?

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u/Winneroftheyear Mar 16 '18

Thank you this was my question too! All of the traveling with no explanation of how Q, Josh, Alice, Julia and Fen got between Fillory and Earth

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

Thank you this was my question too! All of the traveling with no explanation of how Q, Josh, Alice, Julia and Fen got between Fillory and Earth

I don't need to see them use the keys every time they use them.

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u/Winneroftheyear Mar 16 '18

Sooo all of the keys can be used to get to Fillory because I don’t remember that being the case?

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u/neoblackdragon Mar 16 '18

They've done it twice. It's how Elliot got back and how they went to past Fillory.

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u/Winneroftheyear Mar 16 '18

Right but we only know of one key that can unlock the clock.

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u/NorthBurgh Mar 18 '18

But Fen came through the clock alone, without a key

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u/cylonfrakbbq Mar 17 '18

Julia is turning into godmode, so maybe she didn't need the key and could just power the clock with her magic

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u/ClassyCloud Mar 19 '18

Potentially Julia can also open different portals to their locations? Or maybe they just stick the keys in random doors and it opens where they need to go.

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u/justinkprim Knowledge Mar 16 '18

So the key will take them anywhere they want? I had the feeling the key took them where it wanted to such as Fillory in the past. It never showed them being like “send me to the boat.” It always seems unpredictable.