Magic Roadshow

By Kayleigh Roberts for Entertainment Weekly..

Full disclosure: I’m a huge fan of Penn and Teller. I’ve seen them live in Vegas. I loved their Showtime series. Heck, I was even a fan of Penn Jillette’s guest-star stint on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I watched the first season of Penn & Teller: Fool Us on YouTube and was super-psyched when I heard that The CW had picked it up for a second season.

The show’s premise and structure, in case you’re not familiar, is as follows: Professional magicians take the stage to perform their best illusions for Penn and Teller. If P&T know how the trick is done, they give hints that let the magician know they know without giving away the magic to the audience. If they don’t know how the trick was pulled off, the magician(s) in question win the chance to perform as part of Penn & Teller’s long-running and hugely popular Vegas show—obviously, a major opportunity for any magician. Viewers are treated to a handful of hopefuls as they look to bamboozle P&T;  then, at the end of each episode, the judges perform one of their famous and world-class illusions, which is always a treat.

Here are this week’s hopeful foolers’ tricks, ranked from meh to magical:

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