What if one day you closed your eyes, and the next time you opened
them… you find yourself in a world that looks nothing like the one you left
behind?
That’s similar to what happened to Ichabod Crane. We can safely say that he’s
not from around here. He’s from 1776, and the last time he closed his eyes, the
United States of America was brand new… and in the middle of the Revolutionary
War.
So I have said that he’s not
from around here… hmmmm… let’s stretch it even farther and say he’s some kind
of revolutionary Captain America--minus the fact that he’s British, has more
facial hair, and I can’t imagine Captain America battling the Headless Horseman
in the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Okay… what?
Alright, I had better start at the beginning. When Ichabod Crane awakens from a
236 year slumber, he is disoriented, as one might be. We soon discover (without
me intentionally giving away too much information to you fledgling
viewers) that Crane is one of the two witnesses who is destined to save the
world from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Basically, utter destruction.
This battle between the living and the dead takes place in the small town of
Sleepy Hollow where the second witness lives: police Lieutenant Abby Mills.
Stop! Stop! STOP! I have got to put a lid on it… phew! That’s good. Together
Abby Mills and Ichabod Crane fight not only the Headless Horseman, but any
other beings that can be thrown at them in order to protect Sleepy Hollow from
this onslaught of the supernatural.
There are so many things that make this show so interesting and hard to stop
watching. One of the main things is the way that Abby and Ichabod interact with
each other, and the way that Ichabod interacts living in this modern world.
That’s the funny thing about this show: amidst all of the demons, witches, and
the horseman, there is a man dressed in Revolutionary War-era clothes running around
Sleepy Hollow.
I absolutely enjoy watching all of the pieces come together on the show. Maybe
it was something from last week or clues from the past… but the beauty is that
everything will come together eventually and leave you going, “Oh! I didn’t see
that coming!” I think I need to pay a visit to this show’s writing room purely
for the purpose of seeing the gears spinning in those guy’s heads as they write
this television show.
The show is so great that you forget you’re watching television, you feel like
you’re a part of the show--even though you know that there won’t be a headless
man roaming around your town any time soon.
Sleepy Hollow makes you question the past through the helpful devices of
flashbacks and actual historical events told through the eyes of someone who
was actually there: Ichabod Crane. Here’s a question to ask yourself: what if
the Revolutionary War was a part of something bigger?
Sleepy Hollow has it all: mysteries, jokes about the strangeness of modern
times compared to the awesomeness of Colonial America, flashbacks, demons
and/or monsters and/or things that go bump in the night, ties to the past, and
last but certainly not least: a headless horseman.
I did say the words headless and horseman, didn’t I? So yes,
there are some aspects of this show that are a little freaky, but I wouldn’t
really call it that scary because there is an equal balance of mystery,
history, and humor to keep it afloat. Plus, who doesn’t like to get a little
adrenaline rush once in a while? Trust me: I don’t usually enjoy scary movies,
and I love watching Sleepy Hollow.
So come along little fledgling Sleepy Hollow viewer… you know you want to. Join
Lieutenant Abby Mills and Ichabod Crane in fighting the horsemen of the
apocalypse and saving Sleepy Hollow from eternal doom.
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