For all those that have yet to
watch last night’s episode of Sleepy
Hollow, entitled ‘Sanctuary’, this is your last chance to do so before
proceeding ahead into spoiler territory. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
You’ve been warned.
Now that was an hour chock full of
tantalizing and exciting new information. So, Ichabod and Katrina had a son;
now that is an intriguingly surprising turn of events that I’m quite happy
with. Knowing that now, I’m actually starting to wish we were getting a full
twenty-two episode season, rather than the guaranteed thirteen and thirteen.
Still, I look forward to how the end of this season is written.
This episode definitely had it’s
good and it’s bad. Bad was definitely the shaky, uneven cinematography as well
as the terrible lighting that made it far too difficult to orient where
everything was. Also, I kind of liked the bodyguard, so it’d have been nice if
he hadn’t died, although that’s more my disagreeance with the writing rather
than the overall episode. Good was both the segue into the title sequence with
Abby’s statement about being in a haunted house, and the perfection that was
emotional Crane.
Tom Mison was beyond brilliant in
this episode. I mean, honestly, for the tearing up and catching in his stance
upon hearing Katrina had been pregnant was absolutely phenomenal. The man made
me feel for him in such a real, gritty kind of way. And then to tack on his
anger towards the creature that had threatened his wife and child was
fantastic, although it could’ve used some instrumentals behind it, little, or
some type of noise. Then for him to come out covered in blood was just the
cherry on top of the cake, so magnificent. This man deserves an award for
merely that emotional moment inside the house as they looked for Lena.
Honestly, it was so wonderful.
Otherwise, I am curious to learn
more about Irving and his daughter. I’m guessing it has something to do with
her being in that wheelchair, but that’s just me assuming. Maybe it was because
of a car accident, or the man had someone come after him and his daughter got
in the crossfire, I don’t know. The young actress does seem to make the
character interesting, so I would like to see her around some more. Also, I
find it very interesting that they seem to be pushing Irving and Jenny towards
each other. Jenny may not like the guy now, but it’s cliché how often that
leads to eventual romance. While she seems like she’s young enough to be his
daughter, it might be an interesting pair. But then, any pair is more
interesting than those that are delusional enough to think Abby and Ichabod are
anything more than just partners. The man is married, for Christ’s sake, stop
acting like that doesn’t mean anything, especially now that there was a child
involved.
Anyways, for the most part this
was a good episode. This series certainly has its pitfalls, but what show doesn’t?
I do feel like this series does, at times, take itself too seriously, and also
the young woman that plays Abby (whose name currently escapes me, and I don’t
feel the need to look up) over exaggerates her expressions, as well as when she
speaks, but otherwise this series can be good. For the first two minutes,
though, I did think Lena and her bodyguard were better than the leads, but I
still love Ichabod.
My rating: 7 out of 10.
Best Line:
“You’ve surely come to realize by now, lieutenant, that when
the two of us are involved, rarely is a coincidence, a coincidence.” – Ichabod shares
his wisdom with Abby.
Okay, I’m off to watch The
Blacklist in a minute, so stay tuned.
