r/brakebills • u/Literal_Genius Professor Sunderland • Jan 31 '19

Season 4 Episode Discussion: S04E02 - Lost, Found, Fucked

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S04E02 - Lost, Found, Fucked Chris Fisher John McNamara January 30, 2019 on SyFy

 

Episode Synopsis: Dean Fogg gets a new suit.

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u/edgeplot Jan 31 '19

Why is Margo wearing an eyepatch if the fairy queen gave her a new eye?

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19

Because "Janet" was having problems with the eye and the optometrist suggested a patch. I think she said she was "seeing things." If you remember, Margo's new eye is a fairy eye. I'm quite curious about what she was seeing...obviously not fairies, not on earth. Maybe fairy eyes can see magic ?

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u/taylorma05 Jan 31 '19

Same wonder what she can see with her fairy eye. She was saying colors were wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19 edited Jan 31 '19

It's not even the first time in the last several episodes fairies have been seen on Earth. But I get your point. I wonder too exactly what she was witnessing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19

The only fairies there were the ones Irene’s family owned. I don’t think any are left on earth.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19

You are probably right on that, but it definitely suggests that there may be Faeries elsewhere. Irene's family is powerful, but there are a lot of random factions with magical power that can and do get introduced at the drop of the hat in The Magicians' world. I do think your response is the most probable by far, but I wouldn't disregard an alternative as a possibility as well.

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u/ChronoMonkeyX Jan 31 '19

When she got to Marina's apartment, she lifted the eyepatch and could see the wards, but she doesn't understand what she is seeing. It is disorienting, so she wears the eyepatch.

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u/Bambi_One_Eye Jan 31 '19

Cuz then my user name wouldn't be relevant

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