

Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow- Vessel (1×11)
When tuning into an episode of Sleepy Hollow, I don’t really know what I’m getting into. Sometimes the plot is more mystery based and sometimes, it is downright scary. It was the latter on this weeks midseason premiere and even an exorcist priest wasn’t able to keep the chaos at bay! Last we saw Ichabod, he was being confronted by Moloch who told him that he was coming for Abbie’s soul because she has been “touched.” Now he’s trying to shake off that anxious feeling, while strutting his stuff in skinny jeans. Clearly, a sign of the times!
Things get serious fast, just as fast as Ichy’s jeans came off and went back to his century old clothes. The demon we saw last episode continues haunting Captain Irving by making a direct threat against his daughter Macey. Why? Well, we’ve known for awhile that the answers to many of the mysteries on the show are in Washington’s bible. We don’t know what the answers are for, but if the demons want their hands on it, it obviously is important. The demon knows that the only thing Irving cares about most in this world, is his daughter, so he thinks it will allow him to get his hands on the bible. Abbie and Ichy are reluctant to hand it over, as they should be, and opt to find a way to defeat the demon instead. You know, just a normal day in Sleepy Hollow. These two don’t even miss a beat.
Irving takes his family to hiding, but unfortunately he’s unable to beat out a superstitious being who jumps from one human body to the other ending up in Detective Morales. By sundown, the bible was still not in his hands, which meant time was up and the demon would make its way into little Macey. Trust me there’s nothing creepier like a young girl levitating possessed and snapping the neck of a priest without a sweat. Irving calls the trio and subtly hints that he’s going to the archives for the bible. This lets them know that Macey is in trouble and they really need to hurry. Thankfully, the bible isn’t at the archives anymore. It seems that although demons are powerful, their not super bright and easy to trick.
Meanwhile, Abbie and Ichy are looking for answers in all of Corbin’s old belongings. They find a video of Corbin performing an exorcism on Jennie!!! Turns out the reason Jennie was always getting in trouble with the law was because she was scared that she would unintentionally hurt and kill her sister. The demon would use her body and enter it at random times. During these occurrences, she would loose her memory for periods of time. She would constantly commit crimes and turn herself in, in order to protect herself from the demon and keep Abbie safe. That’s probably where she met Corbin and got treated by him. Jennie is embarrassed and freaked out by the revelation, while Abbie becomes motivated to help Macey. She thinks that maybe listening to possessed Jennie speak backwards will give them some insight into what the demon is really saying. Sure enough, they hear a demon chanting, “Ancitif cannot be defeated.” The name rings a bell. It is a leader of a legion of Moloch’s minions that travels from host to host stirring up trouble. The video also gives insight on two other helpful things. One, they need salt to contain the demon and a special lantern to trap it. Thankfully, Jennie know’s exactly where to find one of the two lanterns, but it involves some breaking, entering and stealing. Once they finally have the lantern in their position, they can head over to the archives and meet Irving, a possessed Macey, and a frightened and clueless ex-wife Cynthia.
The demon is finally captured into the lantern and Macey is freed from its grips. This is a touching moment for Abbie who finally is able to thank her sister for sacrificing her freedom and saving her life multiple times. Irving’s relationship with his ex is probably better after this believe it or not. It seems like she still really wanted to be with him and give him a chance, but his previous lifestyle was becoming a problem. When she saw how concerned he was about their safety, she found it admirable. But now, knowing he couldn’t tell her anything because it was all supernatural, demony and freaky is probably going to put him into the “you’re my savior” category.
But Abbie and Ichy never stop working! Realizing that they need to get a move on trying to decode Washington’s bible as the apocalypse is nearing. Ichabod puts his scientist hat on and whips up some kind of lemony decoder that reveals encrypted date, “December 18, 1799” written across the page in Washington’s writing. This wouldn’t be weird aside from the fact that it was written 4-days after Washington’s alleged death. How is that possible?! Who is eagerly anticipating the apocalypse….. err, by that I mean the 2-hour season finale next week?!
Coffee Table News
‘Sleepy Hollow’ Officially Cancelled After 4 Seasons

Sleepy Hollow has been beheaded by the Headless Horseman that is FOX.
The series, which focused on witness Ichabod Crane, has officially been canceled by then network.
After 4 seasons, the network made the decision to pull the series due to low ratings.
Sleepy first aired in 2013 and was a huge hit thanks to the dynamic of lead characters Nicole Beharie and Tom Mison.
But confusing twists and turns caused a larger portion of the audience to tune out.
Things took a turn for the worst when Beharie’s character was killed off in the season 3 finale.
Loyal fans weren’t pleased and the show was eventually moved to purgatory aka Friday nights.
We’ll remember you fondly Crane. Thanks for all the apocalyptic monsters you killed to save our city.
Hopefully this will finally give Mison a role more deserving or his talents.
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow – In Plain Sight (4×02)

The witches have taken over Washington D.C on this week’s Sleepy Hollow and it’s up to Ichabod and his new team to bring them down.
New villain Dreyfuss continues his search for magical objects and approaches a coven of lie-detecting witches to offer them a blade called The Dagger of Z’urn D’oragh. He’s willing to exchange the deadly blade for a witches stone, an artifact they’ve been protecting for years. Therefore, you can understand how upset they get when he informs the two sisters that their leader Mole Dire was lying about the importance of said stone. They punish her by replacing her “lying” tongue with a serpent and then take on the town, punishing all liars they encounter. Dangerous obviously considering no one is off limits because we’ve all lied about something in our lives.
Thanks to Ms. Jenny’s mystical Tibetan singing bowl, Crane has a vision of the new witness but is surprised to find out it is a 10-year-old girl. He shrugs it off because he doesn’t recognize her until he sees a picture of her on Diana’s phone – turns out, he’s been drawn to her because of her daughter who has refused to speak since the passing of Abbie Mills.
When Jenny figures it out, she goes to check up on Molly at her school and stumbles upon a group of girls bullying her. She comes to her aid but when Diana arrives, she’s less than thrilled to see her snooping around her daughter without her permission. In Jenny’s defense, she knows a lot about dealing with someone that finds out she’s a witness so she only wanted to help… except she can’t really say that out loud. That’s when Molly notices Crane and finally breaks her oath of silence with a simple “hi.” She’s clearly drawn to him considering she has actually been drawing him in her notebook. Creepy right? I’m just glad Diana isn’t the next witness set to replace Abbie. Having a 10-year-old be the chosen one makes it less painful.
We catch up with Joe, who has been mapping passageways in the vault because he lives for this kind of stuff. Alex admits that she’s been looking into Crane’s history because she’s skeptical of this supernatural mumbo jumbo and believes there’s something fishy about his clothing and accent. Alex assures her it’s authentic because he believes Crane is a time traveler, with the only other Ichabod Crane being logged in the 1700s. He’s not too far off you know. Plus, how could you NOT believe in the supernatural? She was basically attacked by a demon last week… is that not enough proof?
Diana was forced to call Ichabod after finding a stab victim in the middle of the woods. The victim however wasn’t a normal stab victim. In person she looked like a normal, young woman but in a picture, she came out as an old lady. Ichabod recognized the woman through her tattoo – she was a century old witch who visited Sleepy Hollow one day. He figures she was murdered by the other two Dire sisters and declares that witchcraft is alive and well.
To track down the Dire sisters, Ichabod and Diana wait until they make their next kill. They locate their home and search for the magical object and realize it is the golden grandfather clock. Being new to the supernatural game, Diana touches it and sets off an alarm, which draws the witches back home. However the clock suddenly reveals the sisters for who they really are – old and frail old ladies who explode into smithereens.
Crane makes the declaration – someone is willingly bringing evil to D.C in an attempt to find mystical objects. But what’s the reason? He’s definitely not aware that Dreyfuss is keeping tabs on him and hoping to find his counterpart through him. What does Dreyfuss actually want with them?
Oh and if Crane doesn’t have enough on his plate, the headless horesman is making his way to D.C and Dreyfuss is actually excited about Crane luring in the darkness.
There were definitely some questionable moments during this episode but overall, it’s nice to see Ichabod and Jenny still have such a tight bond and to know, she’ll be around to help guide the new Witness through all the weird and unknown. And with Diana not being Ichabod’s sidekick, it opens up the door for them to forge a romantic relationship…. after she comes to terms with her daughter being the chosen demon fighter.
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow – Columbia (4×01)

Everything is so new in Sleepy Hollow’s fourth season and the biggest problem? We’re not in Sleepy Hollow no more. That and Abbie Mills is dead.
Ichabod keeps on fighting on the good fight without his partner in crime in a strange town, which we know best as Washington D.C. He finds a new group of friends, a new partner, more demons, and a sworn enemy that he doesn’t know exists just yet.
We pick things up 2 weeks after Ichabod was seized by some government group and is being interrogated about his “doings” with Abbie by some shady man which neither of us know much about. Ichabod is able to distract with the oldest trick in the book – you’re shoe is untied – and escapes, climbing his way onto the DC airport tarmac. Smooth.
But he didn’t get away before getting a snoop of his captors place and finding stalker-ish pictures of him and Abbie on missions and different books about demons and things. “Who are these people,” he wonders as he finds information pertaining to Lincoln’s memorial.
Upon his arrival, he finds Homeland Security Agent Diana Thomas who just witnessed a demonic murder of her partner Eric. Seriously, homie poked him in the back of the head and sucked out his soul. She questions Ichabod who explains that he’s a historical analyst who sometimes helps the FBI but she’s too freaked out because well, she just found out demons exist. Who can blame her?
She tracks Ichabod to where he was held captive and finds him snooping around. She’s cautious but they both establish he’s not dangerous, especially because he’s the only person who has a grasp on what’s happening while her boss thinks she’s losing it. Oh and she gets the obvious call that said demon monster has killed again.
Trying to find out who this demon is, Diana mentions a federal office called Agency 355, which Ichabod recalls was founded by Washington. When they arrive, they find the library is run by two youngins obsessed with the supernatural. Jake handles “news and information” and is a huge fan of Ichabod while Alex blows stuff up for fun but doesn’t believe in all the witchy mambo jumbo. For now.
After a brief investigation that really made no sense, Ichabod determines that the monster is John Wilkes Booth…. yes, Abraham Lincoln’s shooter. Apparently, he never “shot him” he just summoned a monster to enter his body and then killed him the same way we just say him kill Diana’s partner. Long story short – copper can kill him, American flags draw him in.
Coincidentally, or rather not because demons always plan their murders around parades, a patriotic event is taking place the next day. The new “squad” come up with a plan to lure Booth into an abandoned warehouse away from the public, where they could be too many casualties. Unfortunately, since this is everyone’s first hoorah, they loose the demon and he sneaks up and pounces on Jack. Thankfully our experienced and dear friend Jenny arrives in the nick of time and shoots him. Apparently, she missed all the killing and demonic stuff while “finding herself” in the Himalayans.
I will say, it is nice to see a familiar face in these unfamiliar surroundings and a part of Abbie continues to live on in Ichabod and Jenny. The two reunite briefly and talk about how much they miss her before he heads off to meet Diana at the Jefferson Memorial. She’s trying to process everything she’d witnessed today – how did Ichabod not consider she might be the witness he’s looking for, especially after forming such a connection with her. She wants to find the man responsible for Eric’s death but he warns her “once you go down this path, there’s no coming back.” Her response is nothing short of what Abbie would have replied – it’s better to do this with a friend.
That night, she goes to her 10-year-old daughter Molly who has been in a “funk” lately and refuses to speak. When her mother leaves the room to make dinner, she brings out her secret book and opens it up to continue her impeccable drawings of Ichabod. Anyone else mind blown? Maybe the new witness that’s bound to be Ichabod’s partner isn’t Diana – it’s her young daughter! Why else would she be drawing him?
The new foe on the horizon is a man named Malcolm Dreyfuss, a rich businessman entrepreneur who is dabbling in the occult. He’s the one who stole Lincoln’s head, most likely summoned Booth’s demon and even has a demon body guard who happily kills anyone who comes in his way. Shady stuff I’m telling you. There’s not much explanation as to what his plan is here all we know is that he takes a circular tablet out of Lincoln’s head and explains he’d shed all the blood in the world to get the rest of them and he’s very much aware and watching Ichabod’s every move.
Thoughts on the premiere of Sleepy Hollow? Despite giving it my all, I felt myself losing interest and lacking the energy to keep up with all the historical and all the demonic. Even the revamped cast seems like their trying to hard to be someone out of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when all we need is that bond between two witnesses to keep the magic alive.
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