Anyone that has yet to watch last
night’s episode of Sleepy Hollow,
entitled ‘The Midnight Ride’, I ask that you do so now before reading ahead.
For this is not a spoiler free blog. THIS
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.
This week was much of a
continuation of last week’s episode, aside from not having Walter – I mean
Henry Parrish – around. We got more of the Headless Horseman these last two
episodes than we did in four episodes combined. At least this week it was
somewhat resolved by catching the Horseman and he now appears locked up in that
supernatural jail cell.
My one big problem with this
series is that they appear to resolve things and move the progression of the
story along unnecessarily fast. This series already has a second season pick up, so I don’t
understand the need for that. I mean, why kill the other Masons so soon after
introducing them? It’s like I can’t even get attached to characters before
they’re killed. It’s becoming annoyingly tedious that this series seems to wrap
things up all too quickly. Getting progression earlier than necessary is just
as bad as having to wait indefinitely for it. Then we just begin to expect
things will resolve themselves and we’ll get instant gratification. It’s not a
good way to sell a series.
Aside from that, this series had
progression with the Captain finally seeing the Headless Horseman, and thus now
believing in his existence. I’m happy he found out if only that it means we’ll
see more of this guy, and not just more of his constant disbelief. John Cho was
also back as Andy Brooks, this time apparently trying to keep Abby safe. I
don’t quite understand that angle just yet; it seems a little unbelievable. He
also seems to have somehow bewitched Morales as well, Abby’s ex. I’m not sure
where they’re going with that either. This series isn’t really predictable, if
only for the reason that it seems to be all over the place with its writing
that I never really know what’s up, even in the episode sometimes.
The one great thing this series
has going for it, aside from maybe the Captain, is Tom Mison and all his
British glory. I mean really, the man’s voice is beautiful, he’s always written
to speak so eloquently, and the garb he dresses in and long hair actually works
for him – and that’s coming from someone who notoriously despises men with long
hair. Aside from the decently written episodes, he’s probably what keeps me
coming back each week because he really is enough. I love this guy, and think
this role is perfect for him, if only the writers knew the direction they were
going in with this series, and it had gotten a full twenty-two episode season.
Where it is now, we only have six episodes left and I’m really not sure how
this season wraps into an overall story arc. But I digress.
As it stands, this was a pretty
decent episode, wrapping American history into the writing of it, with Paul
Revere’s ride through the colony. It was enjoyable having a nice plug in about
how this and the previous few generations have really screwed up the
environment. Nice little messages that are easy to write in when a character
such as Ichabod exists from one period of time to the next. His character’s
breaking of the word smartphone was perfect for him, and his strong dislike of
incorrect facts helped make this episode. All in all, it did pretty well this
week, although this series seems to be more or less a toss up at times.
My rating: 7 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“Rumours of my demise have been… pretty much true.” – Brooks
says to Morales.
“I got you, you headless son of a bitch.” – Irving mutters
to himself.
“For further questions, please call Ichabod Crane; the man
who beheaded him in 1781.” – Irving sarcastically explains what he’d say to the
governor.
“It’s apocryphal what this man is telling these children.” –
Crane complains. “Let it go.” – Abby tells him.
“I’m the only one amongst you who doesn’t require medication.”
– Crane yammers on, after having told the museum the true account of Paul Revere’s
ride.
Alright, that’s going to be all for tonight probably. I will
be watching The Blacklist tonight and
taking notes, but I don’t think I’m going to be awake enough to post it
afterwards. Check back in tomorrow around five or six and it should be up.
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