TV at the Pollock: You and The Magicians

This event showcases two series co-created, written, and executive produced by Sera Gamble, one of a handful of women running multiple television shows.

The series You opens as a bookstore manager Joe (Penn Badgley) meets and playfully bonds over obscure literature with aspiring writer Beck (Elizabeth Lail). Immediately smitten, Joe begins to stalk Beck on social media. You quickly built a devoted fanbase and ignited passionate online exchange with its simultaneous deployment and skewering of romantic tropes.

Based on Lev Grossman’s bestselling novels, The Magicians is Syfy’s most popular scripted program. At the start of the third season, the show’s central characters embark on a series of quests to retrieve seven powerful keys. In the critical and fan favorite episode, “A Life in the Day,” friends Quentin (Jason Ralph) and Eliot (Hale Appleman) begin a seemingly impossible puzzle to earn another key.

This event will feature You season 1, episode 1 and The Magicians season 3, episode 5. Sera Gamble will join moderator Wesley Jacks for a post-screening discussion centered on creating and sustaining compelling contemporary television.