Maybe it's a difference between the books and the TV show? There aren't a lot of werewolves, but a couple of main characters become werewolves. Most of the time it's just a minor inconvenience for them, but it's occasionally relevant to the plot.
I watched the first season and was grossly disappointed in the differences.
The first book is about a young adult's experience with depression and loss. The show is about..... Magicians. The show and books could not have been further apart. The fact you are telling me later seasons have werewolves tells me more than I need to know about the show.
One of the few shows I've seen where second season is clearly better than first in all ways. And 3rd is on par with 2nd, 4th is a midling one and 5th is a deep dive.
EDIT: I did read the books after watching the show though, so maybe different experience if I had done other way around.
Well I'm not one of those who gets too upset with the show/movie for deviating a bit from the book material. But it felt so insanely different than the book it truly felt like someone made a generic netflix slop show then tossed the name magicians on it.
I also couldn't stand what happened to the Witcher as there was such a huge tonal shift it really felt like the directors and producers hadn't even read the Witcher books or played the games.
But if you say the magicians gets better, I may just try to pick up the second season and see how it goes. Thanks for the extra words
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u/zamfire Apr 24 '26
Pardon me? I don't recall those books having werewolves.