The Magicians (TV Series)

Ramifications (2017)

Nico Evers-Swindell: Nigel

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• Eliot Waugh : You faked your own death, and you moved to Vancouver?

  Nigel : Well, if I had to leave Fillory, Canada was the obvious second choice.

• Quentin Coldwater : Is that?

  Nigel : A screenplay for the failed 1983 feature film adaptation.

  Eliot Waugh : There was a "Fillory" movie?

  Quentin Coldwater : No, the studio wouldn't pay for the talking bears, so the director, he quit in protest. Can I?

  Nigel : Yeah.

  [Quentin opens the script] 

  Quentin Coldwater : ...Wait, they changed the Chatwins into-...

  Nigel : Skateboarding Americans. I know, a travesty. And they got Jane completely wrong.

• Nigel : What is it that you enjoy about Fillory?

  Quentin Coldwater : Uh, it reminds me of a time before I realized how shitty being an adult is.

  Eliot Waugh : And there's opium in the air.

  Nigel : And how do you feel about turtles?

  Eliot Waugh : Indifferent, I guess.

  Quentin Coldwater : Not a fan.

  Nigel : Would you sleep easier knowing that your entire world rested on the back of one or several?

• Eliot Waugh : I have a kingdom to fix.

  Nigel : [laughs]  You were never meant to fix Fillory.

  Eliot Waugh : Of course I was.

  Nigel : No, you were meant to entertain like some reality TV star. Oh, Ember must've found you so boring.

  Eliot Waugh : Boring?

  Nigel : Fillory was created out of the unification of opposites. Ember is a creature of entropy and chaos...

  Quentin Coldwater : And you have every season of "Law & Order" on DVD.

  Nigel : The most perfect show in creation. When Ember and I were together, there was balance. Without me, chaos reigns. Give up, Children of Earth. Fillory cannot be ruled.

• Nigel : It pains me, but I simply cannot go back to Fillory.

  Quentin Coldwater : So you're just gonna let Ember turn Fillory into a telenovela?

  Nigel : Well, you don't understand how he is. He pitted animals against each other by offering only the sexiest the ability to speak. Centaurs? Drunk off his chair, obviously. When he gets snacky, he talks about turning humans into rats.

  Eliot Waugh : Holy shit. Ember turned everybody into rats.

  Nigel : Oh, he finally did it. That's been on his bucket list for centuries

• Nigel : As visitors to my previous work, you make for an excellent focus group for my new world.

  [Shows them a snow globe-esque trinket] 

  Nigel : It's something I've been building. Testing a few things out. It's more of a pocket world, really. I call it Cuba.

  Eliot Waugh : That's already a place.

  Nigel : Is it?

  Eliot Waugh : Yes.

  Nigel : You're sure?

  Eliot Waugh : Absolutely sure.

  Nigel : Oh. Damn it.

• Eliot Waugh : Give us the clock.

  Nigel : Why do you care? Fillory's on its last legs. Everything you've said tells me Ember is tired of the game. He's likely to smash the place like a toddler. Trust me, that'll be it. End of Fillory. And don't get sentimental.

  Eliot Waugh : We aren't ready to walk away yet. We know you still love Fillory. You literally have every memento to prove it. If you can't fix it or won't save it, then let us try. Please.

  Nigel : You love Fillory.

  Eliot Waugh : It's my home.

  Nigel : Then the clock is yours, Your Majesty. But heed my warning. Nothing entertains Ember more than a whimsical death.

• Quentin Coldwater : You are a *god* of Fillory. Why are you just sitting here and letting your brother shit all over it? You let The Beast happen. You shut out a child who needed shelter, and when he became a monster, you ran. You hate chaos? Then *fix* the chaos that you created.

  Nigel : You're right. But some mistakes cannot be repaired. And from those, we must move forward. And I shall try to avoid repeating such mistakes in my new world.