by Gemma Williams
Sleepy Hollow first graced our screens in September 2013. The show follows Ichabod Crane who died in the 1800s but reawakened in the modern day due to witchcraft. The show encompasses some well-known people from the past, witches, monsters, demons and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Ichabod teams up with local police officer Abbie Mills and together they combat evil to prevent the end of the world. This leads to hidden plots from hundreds of year previous being uncovered, whilst Ichabod is trying to adjust to contemporary society and electricity.
Sleepy Hollow first graced our screens in September 2013. The show follows Ichabod Crane who died in the 1800s but reawakened in the modern day due to witchcraft. The show encompasses some well-known people from the past, witches, monsters, demons and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Ichabod teams up with local police officer Abbie Mills and together they combat evil to prevent the end of the world. This leads to hidden plots from hundreds of year previous being uncovered, whilst Ichabod is trying to adjust to contemporary society and electricity.
Now, season two is upon us. At the end of the first season, Ichabod and Katrina made it back to our world from Purgatory and were reunited with their son. Abbie, however, was stuck there, acting as a trade for Katrina. With Abbie’s life in danger, Ichabod is trapped in a coffin and Katrina taken by the Horseman of Death, the answers to the finale will be revealed, with an increased episode order from 13 to 18.
Season two begins in a highly confusing manner as it is a year on and Abbie and Ichabod are celebrating his birthday. It remains as dark as the first season, if not darker, as the show revolves around demonic forces, with it being revealed that an evil entity is manipulating their minds and they are still trapped. Jenny is Henry’s (John Noble) captive and Katrina is the prisoner of Abraham/the Horseman of Death.
Season two begins in a highly confusing manner as it is a year on and Abbie and Ichabod are celebrating his birthday. It remains as dark as the first season, if not darker, as the show revolves around demonic forces, with it being revealed that an evil entity is manipulating their minds and they are still trapped. Jenny is Henry’s (John Noble) captive and Katrina is the prisoner of Abraham/the Horseman of Death.
Sleepy Hollow has always been very good at portraying the differences between Ichabod and Abbie, and this season promises to keep this continuity on track. Ichabod lived in the 1800s and Abbie in modern times. In one of the many thrilling action scenes, Abbie enters the building with a loaded gun whereas Ichabod carries a weapon he is more comfortable with: a crossbow.
Tom Mison’s acting is always superb as he plays an old fashioned man from simpler times in a world of technology, metaphors and laws that he is not accustomed to, as shown when he doesn’t understand the concept of making a wish and blowing out birthday candles. He keeps a stiff but polite manner which can come across as amusing, especially when he is venting about his personal experiences with people from his past, one of these being Benjamin Franklin.
Though the show follows dark and serious storylines, the writers always manage to input funny, and sometimes ridiculous, lines or actions in to the scripts, such as Benjamin Franklin being in his birthday suit as he meets up with an uncomfortably stunned Ichabod, or Ichabod’s obvious contempt towards the man in current times as they are searching for the key to Purgatory.
Tom Mison’s acting is always superb as he plays an old fashioned man from simpler times in a world of technology, metaphors and laws that he is not accustomed to, as shown when he doesn’t understand the concept of making a wish and blowing out birthday candles. He keeps a stiff but polite manner which can come across as amusing, especially when he is venting about his personal experiences with people from his past, one of these being Benjamin Franklin.
Though the show follows dark and serious storylines, the writers always manage to input funny, and sometimes ridiculous, lines or actions in to the scripts, such as Benjamin Franklin being in his birthday suit as he meets up with an uncomfortably stunned Ichabod, or Ichabod’s obvious contempt towards the man in current times as they are searching for the key to Purgatory.
As always in this show, the graphics and special effects are fantastic and professional. They are used in the majority of this episode as Abbie spends most of her time in Purgatory, with stunning yet frightening cinematography to give an atmosphere of the setting. There are headless horsemen which could be scarier, a gate that looks eerie yet magical, and a sword that erupts into flame after a suit of armour emerges from a wall.
The Sleepy Hollow stories can become very convoluted, especially if you don't give it 100% of your attention while it’s on, but the special effects and acting can never be faulted, hence the cult following. It also spins a unique story from the original Sleepy Hollow and the four Horseman of the Apocalypse into a fantastical tale that everyone should watch.
The Sleepy Hollow stories can become very convoluted, especially if you don't give it 100% of your attention while it’s on, but the special effects and acting can never be faulted, hence the cult following. It also spins a unique story from the original Sleepy Hollow and the four Horseman of the Apocalypse into a fantastical tale that everyone should watch.
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