'Penn & Teller' Season 7 Episode 4 Preview: A talking Teller might be the most magical thing of the night
It's your magic dose of this week and this might be more magical than you imagined. Going by the title of the episode 'Teller Talks', we're guessing that the extremely quiet Teller who rarely utters a word on the show, is finally going to say something. This might be the most unreal thing that has happened on the show, and we're talking about a show where people can convert water into tea, pick out cards like needle in a haystack and do particularly intriguing vanishing acts.
In this episode, magicians will try to prove their luck to the world-famous duo, Penn and Teller, who are masters of illusion. The episode synopsis reads: "Aspiring magicians, Miranda Allen, Iñaki Zabaletta, Keith Kong and Guilherme Silveira, are invited to perform their best trick to try and fool the world-famous team of Penn & Teller, who will get to see the trick only once and have to immediately try to work it out. Anyone who succeeds wins the right to perform with Penn & Teller in their celebrated show at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Alyson Hannigan serves as host."
Last week, we saw overpowering performances by the participants. Performer DK from South Korea, who was Inspired by Teller's work with shadows, combined an orchestral score with a silent performance that mixed shadows, lights, teleportation and illusions to stun everyone involved. While DK wasn't able to fool the judges either, Penn confessed how much he appreciated DK's performance, saying, "It's just beautiful."
Meanwhile, there was a little fashion trick to go around too. Alana left the judges awestruck with a leather jacket trick involving more hands, which were prouting out of pockets and folds seemingly all on their own. It may not have fooled Penn and Teller, but it did impress them. Penn said that he wanted women magicians with innovative ideas like Alana's taking the profession of magic forward in new directions.
Ironically, it was a simple coin toss from Wes Iseli that fooled Penn and Teller, even though Penn was sure how he figured the trick out. Yet, he was wrong and Wes won the trophy for the night.
'Penn & Teller' airs on The CW on Mondays at 9 pm.