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1	'''Season 1, Episode 5'''
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3	!Mendings, Major And Minor
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5	Quentin visits home after finding out that his father has been diagnosed with brain cancer. He struggles with accepting that magic cannot save his father, and eventually opens up to his father about magic. After being cut off by Marina, Julia tries to find other hedge witch safe houses in New York with the help of Pete, but nobody else has nearly as many spells. Marina erases James' memory of Julia to prevent her from telling him about magic. Alice returns to Brakebills and Eliot and Margo try to use her connections to get a mentor. Penny practices astral projection and discovers a woman, Victoria, chained in a dungeon by the Beast. Based on the crest on the doors, Quentin surmises that Penny traveled to Fillory.
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7	!!Tropes Present In This Episode:
8	* AllForNothing:
9	** All of Quentin's attempts to find a cure for cancer prove ineffective.
10	** Margo and Eliot's attempts to win over Genji as a mentor just show her how exhausting mentoring them would be.
11	* AnArmAndALeg: A bad teleport led to Penny's Traveler mentor losing a leg to frostbite on Everest.
12	* BodyHorror: The enchantment that keeps Cancer Puppy young forever doesn't stop him from being riddled with every disease it's possible for him to get.
13	* CureForCancer: Discussed. Magical healing is difficult, as any major injury or illness is a part of the soul, making it very difficult to fix without twisting the soul beyond repair. This is why Dean Fogg chose to have his hands fixed instead of his eyes, and why Quentin can't cure his father's cancer.
14	* CynicalMentor: Stanley is quick to explain to Penny that Traveling is a terrible, life-destroying burden.
15	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Alice still hasn't figure out what she wants to do with her talents.
16	* HeroicBSOD: As Quentin's attempts to find some way to help his father fail, he slips into this.
17	* JerkassHasAPoint:
18	** Pete's right that Julia can't expect to keep a relationship with her fiancé ''and'' keep her magic secret from him, especially not after making an enemy of Marina.
19	** He also points out that it's a really bad idea to get knowledge from her fellow magic users and ignore the advice that comes along with it.
20	* PowerLimiter: After losing a leg Stanley got a tattoo which limited his traveling to the astral plane only, by binding his body to Earth. he recommends Penny do the same so he doesn't accidently teleport somewhere dangerous.
21	* PreciousPuppy: The Physical Kids keep a ridiculously cute 150-year-old dog nicknamed "Cancer Puppy" that's been enchanted to remain a puppy forever. Quentin then kills it trying to find a CureForCancer.
22	* SexForServices: Julia sleeps with Pete in exchange for information.
23	* SuperPowerMeltdown: Magic comes from pain, and is heightened by one's emotional state. Q's suffering through the episode eventually leads to him summoning a massive storm during the welters tournament that Alice has to help him shut off.

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