And so for me anyway, I don't think I've even articulated this before, but thinking about your question, you want things on the show to have stakes. There's too much self-deception involved. Look at kind of the theme of this season - it is Rupert trying to undo death, and that even in this universe, you don't do that. And death, even in The Magicians, when you go to your final destination, you don't come back. I think there would have been a certain disingenuousness to that because the thing that made it, I think, the right decision. showrunner John McNamara graciously explained to TV Guide why it really wouldn’t have worked for the series even if the actor had wanted to come back. Still, though The Magicians has often worked to upend our ideas about heroes, villains and the points of view shows have, Jason Ralph was still a very popular character on The Magicians. I’m sure there was every hope the show would get a Season 6 until there wasn’t. With those ideas in mind, it’s not really a huge surprise the show didn’t bring Jason Ralph back for the finale. Secondly, the Season 5 finale worked as a series finale, but it was also open-ended enough and was planned as a season finale before Syfy cancelled the show therefore, there wouldn't necessarily have been a big reason to go for a lead character's return such as that one. His character is not in the finale, and I almost didn’t even mention Quentin in the headline as him not being there is sort of spoilery, however, there was plenty of evidence prior to the finale that Quentin was not coming back after his exit in Season 4.įirst and foremost, the showrunners have been open about Jason Ralph not wanting to come back, previously telling TV Line Season 4 was 'the last you will see of Jason playing Quentin.' The Magicians actually skirted around this notably when Alice brought back a younger version of the character, so it’s theoretically possible something like that could have happened in the finale, but it didn’t. 'Will Quentin Coldwater return to The Magicians?' has been a commonly asked question from the fandom. Why Jason Ralph’s Quentin Doesn’t Show Up In The Magicians Finale

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