I am just as devastated, pissed off and heartbroken about that finale, but hear me out...
This painful shit, with all the baiting and bad writting remind me of Legends of Tomorrow season 1 with Sara and Snart (still not over them btw) out of the blue they announced that most loved character is out for good, because actor is leaving BUT he did came back.
And the only way I can see The Magicians go is to leave Quentin out for whole season 5 only to tease his comeback in the finale.
I know it just seems to be my hope that they actually didn't do something unnecessarily cruel and BAD for viewers and ratings
BUT (I know lots of buts and ifs) for now all they did was to atract viewers and have awesome ratings right? Even if the ratings drop in season 5, because of the shit they pulled, announcing that Q will be back for season 6 in the finale would be a great move to not only get viewers back, but also gain new ones.
And if season 6 would be their final as I heard it would be perfect play for them.
Can anyone see that too?