The most stunning — and terrifying — sequence in The Magicians season premiere was the final scene, lifted right from book one of Lev Grossman’s book trilogy. In it, a faceless man freezes Quentin’s classroom at the magical college, Brakebills, and wanders around eerily, pausing here and there to torture students with anticipation. As creepy as it is in the novel, experiencing it visually is profoundly disturbing — especially with the showrunners’ tweaks and episode director Mike Cahill’s bloody twist (all Grossman approved!). Here, we break down the infamous scene in which we meet The Magicians’ first Big Bad, The Beast.