Sleepy Hollow - Fringe creators' new TV series

I felt that
Henry's turning on Malloc was definitely telegraphed, but not before the episode was half over, so not too bad. Irving did die, and I didn't see that coming.
Liked the episode, can't wait for it to resume.
 
I agree it was telegraphed, but Molloch dying mid-season is a surprising twist. I felt they could have spent a bit less time on monsters of the week and more on baby-Molloch growing up and Katrina's possible mothering of him.

Sorry to see Irving go. But does his soul belonging to Henry mean there is some chance of resurrection. Maybe as some kind of creature feature like Andy in season 1?!

Finally seeing Molloch close up I was a bit underwhelmed. He looked like a guy in black paint and horns - and he suddenly learned English!?

Where do we go from here? Will Henry become "good" or is the rest of the season going to involve him deciding he doesn't need Molloch and that he'll raise his own personal Hell on Earth? And not forgetting Abraham all tied up with only Hawley looking after him...

Beyond that I suppose there are plenty of other demons and end of days stories out there in other religions they could mine?

I'm very much intrigued as to what happens next!
 
Not sure that Molloc is really dead, maybe just banished from our plane of existence, for the time being. Still lots of loose ends, like you mentioned, plenty of material for the second half.

This mid season finale trend is nice in a way, seems more and more shows just randomly have breaks, which means there's new episodes longer throughout the year.
 
So, I went back to watch S1 again and I'm on e4 - The Lesser Key of Solomon - when I notice what looks like a pretty sweet practical effect. (If it's CGI, they really wasted their time b/c a practical would've been just as easy, if not easier - and waaaaaay cooler.) Anyway - it's when the German doods are trying to raise Molloch and they have that fiery altar inside the fiery pentagon containing what looks like humanoid shapes under a layer of stretchy Jell-O.

First - it's cool as hell! Second - it's creepy as anything! Weird moving people-shapes under this gelatinous mass/sheet? Totally weird/creepy.

I noticed it the other times I watched this episode - and it's still freakin' cool.

(( wondering if we should have diff threads for each of the episodes, or, at least, the seasons? ))
 
Highlander II said:
Anyway - it's when the German doods are trying to raise Molloch and they have that fiery altar inside the fiery pentagon containing what looks like humanoid shapes under a layer of stretchy Jell-O.

First - it's cool as hell! Second - it's creepy as anything! Weird moving people-shapes under this gelatinous mass/sheet? Totally weird/creepy.
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Yeah, it was cheap CGI, and you're talking Molloch altar piece. I remember well that episode as I had similar kind of thoughts, and all I could do was to accept that they didn't had great deal of money to sink in the CGI, because they could had done much better graphics for that turn of the events, but they didn't. So we have to live it and it's not all bad. The rest of the season doesn't have that kind of cheap effect, except if you want to complain about few creature effects. But I wouldn't as you will pretty much love what they have done. Promise.
 
ctg said:
The rest of the season doesn't have that kind of cheap effect, except if you want to complain about few creature effects. But I wouldn't as you will pretty much love what they have done. Promise.
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Oh - I've seen all of the eps - I was re-watching some of them.
 
The Angel was an interesting direction to go in - Crane comment about Lucifer being an Angel once proved prescient even if Orion didn't turn out to be the Devil, but a powerful being bent towards what he considered a righteous reckoning in any case!

I liked the early exchanges where Abby is happy to put the apocalypse behind her, but Crane has literally no other reason to exist - his wife not withstanding!

I continue to be frustrated by the attempts to save Abraham when he's proven himself relentlessly evil despite the heart-to-hearts. Shame Katerina didn't know of the 'pinky swear' to get him to promise to not go on a killing spree!
 
Episode 13 "Pittura Infamante"
The bleeding painting was a really creepy visual. Katia Winter did look stunning in that black dress and Ichabod's "Betty who?' line made me laugh. Kind of heart breaking seeing Irving get handcuffed in front of Abbie like that. Interesting seeing Ichabod and Katrina team up to solve a case. The scene with the dead guy waking up and choking Jenny was awesome and the special effects makeup looked great. The hand reaching out of the painting and grabbing Ichabod was genuinely startling and I liked the visual of the killer walking out of the painting. Sounds like good news for Irving at the end!
 
They promised more Katrina last year and they haven't failed. I like her presence in the series more and more on every passing episode even though I have been sighing and rolling my eyes to some of the things in this season. Abraham is one of them. So, I'm kind of pleased that Sleepy Hollow isn't just everything about the main plot, but it's a series that occasionally take a step towards the dark realms. And what's more fitting than weaving all of those into a nice cocoo.. er roll, and present them as a whole thing.

Sleepy Hollows is a series that I love because it has balls to take everything a dark urban fantasy can offer and run with it. Therefore, I don't mind about the direction they have taken after they've returned from the holiday season; even if it means that there aren't going to be more apocalyptic horseman. Or are we? Are they really gone?

Well, we see. Just like we are going to see more of how "the couple" finds our time. :p
 
I agree they've done a good job in taking the show forward after the events of the mid-season finale.. Katrina is growing on me after having been somewhat of a plot device rather than a person in her own right...

The married couple attending a date to the Historical society was a nice touch, and it was neat to have Katrina be the one with relevant historic knowledge rather than Ichabod knowing every historic person of the period! If I'm nitpicking it seems unlikely the secret drawer in Adams' desk wouldn't have been discovered somewhere along the line be restorers etc. I liked the 2 of them interacting with the Sherriff without Abby being around. Funny how the only time she's at her actual Police desk rather than in the Archives is when the plot requires her to be on hand for Irving's arrest!

The man trapped in the painting is somewhat of a horror trope, but SH loves to take on the tropes head-first and I thought it worked pretty well. As Jesse also mentioned the hand grabbing Ichabod out of the painting was a great shocker moment!

I'm intrigued with the Irving story. He seems genuine, but it also seems inevitable that Henry will reappear or somehow activate his control over him before long.
 
@markpud - i'm surprised you haven't mentioned the Buffy connection... Mrs. Adams is played by Dawn Summers. =)

Ichabod is a lot like Forrest Gump and Nick Knight with all of the people he knows. /o\ I'm still not a big fan of Katrina - she's sort of like Willow and comes in with magic-ex-machina to fix things.
 
Episode 14 "Kali Yuga"
Loved seeing Abbie perform karaoke to open the episode. Nice to see Jaime Murray show up. Great seeing Irving clear his name. Ichabod explaining Mary Poppins to Katrina was kind of funny. Loved the Star Wars reference. Funny seeing Abbie and Ichabod singing a duet. I wonder what Irving not having a reflection will mean.
 
I liked the Mary Poppins bit. And Ichabod's karaoke was - interesting. And I think he would've done well on "Proud Mary" if he knew the lyrics. =)
 
Episode 15 "Spellcaster"
I like that the second half of the season is dealing with the outcome of defeating Moloch and all these new antagonists escaping from Purgatory. Johnathon Schaech was pretty creepy as Solomon Kent. Awesome seeing Katrina use her powers. Nice to see Parrish is still alive. Interesting tie in to colonial Salem and the witch trials. Love the Spider-Man reference. The demons crawling out of the blood was a really cool visual. Ichabod was kind of bad ass going up against Kent. I wonder what that flower scene means for Katrina. I kind of expected the reveal about Irving although I'm disappointed he's not a good guy. Still I'm interested in where the show will go with it.
Preview for next week looks good.
 
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The man in the picture is Solomon Kane, not Kent. Some of you might have seen him at the back pages of Conan, and he is Robert E Howard's creation, just like that famous barbarian. And just like Mr Kent, he was a witchhunter and demonologist to name a few of his professions, but he never turned evil.

I don't know if it was a hat raise to Mr Howard, or if they made a mockery of his creation, because I'm pretty sure that a large part of Sleepy Hollow's audience haven't read the books, or the comics nor watched the movie. And I'm not sure how he would had reacted on seeing pretty similar copy of him walking in another man's series.

Anyways, I liked the fact that they are turning the wheels and not feel so horribly lost at the aftermath of Moloch's demise, even if they had to but another face in the series. What I don't understand and it's bucking me is Captain Irving resurrection, and his travels on Earth. Why would it have happened if nobody wanted it. The only logical explanation to me is that purgatory has been damaged and it doesn't accept souls any more. In other words I could even claim that they have placed "Closed for business" placard at the front yard.
 
I listen to the official SH podcast and the writer admitted that Solomon Kane was a big influence in terms of the look of the character (and the name clearly).

As for Irving, based on the ending he's still seemingly under Henry's thrall. Although he seemed so genuine in his encounters with Abby that I wonder if there's more to it. He may turn out to be some kind of double-agent?
 
Episode 16 "What Lies Beneath"
Nice to see Sharif Atkins show up. Kind of funny to see Steven Weber cast as Thomas Jefferson. The Reavers special effects makeups were pretty creepy.
 
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