Sleepy Hollow Season Finale
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shadowkatIt's cold, mainly because I have a drafty apartment that I haven't winterized completely, because it occasionally is too warm. Outside, it's relatively balmy - we've risen to 31 degrees today and then dipped back down again to 20 and finally 18. Also, it snowed, again.
It's going to be long winter.
Finished watching the Sleepy Hollow season finale finally - yes I'm behind just about everyone. So far behind in fact, I'm not even sure it makes sense to cut for spoilers.
Nice twist, didn't see that coming. Although I did suspect that something about the whole getting Katrina out of purgatory wasn't quite right. Also it wrapped up all the loose threads, while at the same time leaving us hanging. (They literally put all four lead characters in peril, including the supporting characters.) Nifty, considering this was originally supposed to be the finale - even if the series didn't get renewed. (Ouch. Can you imagine?)
1. Icabod continues to be hilarious - his flip-phone rant, and then his interaction with the Revolutionary WAR re-enactors, who of course don't get it accurate. The writers like to poke fun at historical inaccuracies, as well as themselves. They also like to poke fun at modern conventions. Part of the joy of this series - is it doesn't take itself too seriously.
My other favorite bit is his interaction with Jenny over his clothing.
Jenny: "You bought the exact outfit? Does this mean we can get rid of the ratty jacket now?"
Icabode: "It's not the clothes that make the man, it's how you wear them with flair."
2. I should have known that John Noble (aka Henry) would turn out to be the traitor. That actor excels at playing shifty characters. He's become typecast. But I liked the character of the sin-eater well enough, to ignore the signs. He charmed me in much the same way he charmed Icabod and Abby. Also nice - sineater = war. Or the horseman of WAR is the sineater, who in turn - was Katrina and Icabode's abandoned son, which Abby's ancestors had saved, and who had burned them to the ground. Lots of irony there.
Icabod didn't betray Abby, his son did. Jeremy. Who the coven bound into the ground.
Another instance of how we inadvertently create our own demons or monsters. Both the Headless Horseman and the Horseman of WAR were inadvertently created by Icabod and Katrina's doomed love affair. Their romance - destroyed the lives of others. And their somewhat selfish desire to be together - dooms them as well.
One can't help but wonder what would have happened if Abby chose to stay with Abraham, or conversely, had been a little more honest initially and not agreed to the engagement to begin with. Also, what would have occurred if she did not decide to get together with Icabode.
This was set up rather well, actually. It tracks back. Also, Abby inadvertently helps Jeremy, by being the one who seeks him out, convincing him to help them numerous times - which is equally ironic, since she'd been sent to stop him from coming up and becoming war.
3. Poor Abby - sacrifices herself to get Katrina out of purgatory, thinking Katrina can bind war. When in reality WAR (aka Henry) sent Abby into purgatory - so that he could get Katrina out for Abraham (Headless) and punish his father. (Henry has serious anger issues - also I don't know why he's blaming Icabode and Katrina...both were out of commission by the time he was one. Katrina stuck in purgatory. And Icabode placed in stasis. Both of which were Moloch's fault. He's blaming the wrong people.)
Anyhow, Abby...makes the decision to sacrifice herself, not Icabode or Katrina. Which is lucky, since otherwise we'd hate them. She does it to face Moloch. Honey, really? This is Moloch's domain. And to help the world - which I sort of get, but felt a bit misguided.
Liked the bit with the dollhouse, and the reveal that she knew WAR had already been risen and that he was Henry, just couldn't remember it.
4. So quick wrap-up:
-Jenny has been shot and in a car wreck by Headless (I'm sure she's alive, since he didn't behead her - if they wanted her dead, they'd have had her beheaded. Actually, of all the characters - Jenny has the best chances of survival and saving the others.)
- Katrina has been carted off by Headless (which is sort of romantic. I actually don't care what happens to Katrina. I know that I should - but the character seems to be more trouble than she's worth. After all if Icabode forgot about her - none of this would have happened. She's inadvertently been the cause of all of it. While she definitely didn't intend any of this to happen - her actions sort of lead it to happen. Can totally see why her pointy-toothed coven was pissed with her and put her in purgatory.)
- Icabode is now in his son's coffin and bound in the ground, like his son had been.
- Abby is trapped in purgatory
- Frank (Orlando Jones) has confessed to the murders that Macy committed while a demon possessed her and has been transferred upstate to prison. (He may be safer in prison. And if Jenny breaks him out, has a great chance of helping her save Abby and Icabod...although it's going to be hard convincing Headless to let them put Katrina back into purgatory.)
Hmmm...I now know why Headless wasn't permitted to kill Icabode, it wasn't what WAR wanted.
The agreement between Headless and WAR, was WAR got to get vengeance on Icabode, and Headless got to take his mother. Nifty.
Now, since this show is wildly popular and a whole new season starts this fall - about 7 months away - we know everyone is going to survive. The only two, I might have questioned, are sort of the safest at the moment. But I do wonder if the audience will remember what happened or care come fall? Oh who am I kidding - there is going to be fanfic, and lots of re-watchings of the show between now and then. They'll care. The question is - will the writers remember? I've noticed writers have a shorter attention span and flakier memory than their fans.
I know why the season finale happened now. I read about it way back in September. They had only ordered 13 episodes - with the idea of copying the British model. It's cheaper, and if it doesn't do well - no problemo. Also, they'd discovered that cable channels that adopt this model (HBO's Game of Thrones, AMC's Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Walking Dead - to name a few), tend to do better ratings wise. And you don't have to deal with jarring seasonal breaks in the action. If a series is highly serialized - breaking for two or three months to continue the thread, can be disruptive and lose the audience. (ie. Having Sleepy Hollow for Sept - Dec, then only two episodes in Jan, skip most of Feb, two episodes in March, skip to the end of April and have the rest in April and May. It's jarring, plus you have to film on a tight schedule. Much easier to do six months straight, then reappear 6-8 months later.)
I'm a Jenny:Abby shipper. I adore those two characters. Also adore Frank, Macy and his wife.
I love Icabod...and find his relationship with Abby fascinating. And am weirdly disappointed about Henry...who was growing on me.
Katrina? I'm ambivalent about.
It's going to be long winter.
Finished watching the Sleepy Hollow season finale finally - yes I'm behind just about everyone. So far behind in fact, I'm not even sure it makes sense to cut for spoilers.
Nice twist, didn't see that coming. Although I did suspect that something about the whole getting Katrina out of purgatory wasn't quite right. Also it wrapped up all the loose threads, while at the same time leaving us hanging. (They literally put all four lead characters in peril, including the supporting characters.) Nifty, considering this was originally supposed to be the finale - even if the series didn't get renewed. (Ouch. Can you imagine?)
1. Icabod continues to be hilarious - his flip-phone rant, and then his interaction with the Revolutionary WAR re-enactors, who of course don't get it accurate. The writers like to poke fun at historical inaccuracies, as well as themselves. They also like to poke fun at modern conventions. Part of the joy of this series - is it doesn't take itself too seriously.
My other favorite bit is his interaction with Jenny over his clothing.
Jenny: "You bought the exact outfit? Does this mean we can get rid of the ratty jacket now?"
Icabode: "It's not the clothes that make the man, it's how you wear them with flair."
2. I should have known that John Noble (aka Henry) would turn out to be the traitor. That actor excels at playing shifty characters. He's become typecast. But I liked the character of the sin-eater well enough, to ignore the signs. He charmed me in much the same way he charmed Icabod and Abby. Also nice - sineater = war. Or the horseman of WAR is the sineater, who in turn - was Katrina and Icabode's abandoned son, which Abby's ancestors had saved, and who had burned them to the ground. Lots of irony there.
Icabod didn't betray Abby, his son did. Jeremy. Who the coven bound into the ground.
Another instance of how we inadvertently create our own demons or monsters. Both the Headless Horseman and the Horseman of WAR were inadvertently created by Icabod and Katrina's doomed love affair. Their romance - destroyed the lives of others. And their somewhat selfish desire to be together - dooms them as well.
One can't help but wonder what would have happened if Abby chose to stay with Abraham, or conversely, had been a little more honest initially and not agreed to the engagement to begin with. Also, what would have occurred if she did not decide to get together with Icabode.
This was set up rather well, actually. It tracks back. Also, Abby inadvertently helps Jeremy, by being the one who seeks him out, convincing him to help them numerous times - which is equally ironic, since she'd been sent to stop him from coming up and becoming war.
3. Poor Abby - sacrifices herself to get Katrina out of purgatory, thinking Katrina can bind war. When in reality WAR (aka Henry) sent Abby into purgatory - so that he could get Katrina out for Abraham (Headless) and punish his father. (Henry has serious anger issues - also I don't know why he's blaming Icabode and Katrina...both were out of commission by the time he was one. Katrina stuck in purgatory. And Icabode placed in stasis. Both of which were Moloch's fault. He's blaming the wrong people.)
Anyhow, Abby...makes the decision to sacrifice herself, not Icabode or Katrina. Which is lucky, since otherwise we'd hate them. She does it to face Moloch. Honey, really? This is Moloch's domain. And to help the world - which I sort of get, but felt a bit misguided.
Liked the bit with the dollhouse, and the reveal that she knew WAR had already been risen and that he was Henry, just couldn't remember it.
4. So quick wrap-up:
-Jenny has been shot and in a car wreck by Headless (I'm sure she's alive, since he didn't behead her - if they wanted her dead, they'd have had her beheaded. Actually, of all the characters - Jenny has the best chances of survival and saving the others.)
- Katrina has been carted off by Headless (which is sort of romantic. I actually don't care what happens to Katrina. I know that I should - but the character seems to be more trouble than she's worth. After all if Icabode forgot about her - none of this would have happened. She's inadvertently been the cause of all of it. While she definitely didn't intend any of this to happen - her actions sort of lead it to happen. Can totally see why her pointy-toothed coven was pissed with her and put her in purgatory.)
- Icabode is now in his son's coffin and bound in the ground, like his son had been.
- Abby is trapped in purgatory
- Frank (Orlando Jones) has confessed to the murders that Macy committed while a demon possessed her and has been transferred upstate to prison. (He may be safer in prison. And if Jenny breaks him out, has a great chance of helping her save Abby and Icabod...although it's going to be hard convincing Headless to let them put Katrina back into purgatory.)
Hmmm...I now know why Headless wasn't permitted to kill Icabode, it wasn't what WAR wanted.
The agreement between Headless and WAR, was WAR got to get vengeance on Icabode, and Headless got to take his mother. Nifty.
Now, since this show is wildly popular and a whole new season starts this fall - about 7 months away - we know everyone is going to survive. The only two, I might have questioned, are sort of the safest at the moment. But I do wonder if the audience will remember what happened or care come fall? Oh who am I kidding - there is going to be fanfic, and lots of re-watchings of the show between now and then. They'll care. The question is - will the writers remember? I've noticed writers have a shorter attention span and flakier memory than their fans.
I know why the season finale happened now. I read about it way back in September. They had only ordered 13 episodes - with the idea of copying the British model. It's cheaper, and if it doesn't do well - no problemo. Also, they'd discovered that cable channels that adopt this model (HBO's Game of Thrones, AMC's Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Walking Dead - to name a few), tend to do better ratings wise. And you don't have to deal with jarring seasonal breaks in the action. If a series is highly serialized - breaking for two or three months to continue the thread, can be disruptive and lose the audience. (ie. Having Sleepy Hollow for Sept - Dec, then only two episodes in Jan, skip most of Feb, two episodes in March, skip to the end of April and have the rest in April and May. It's jarring, plus you have to film on a tight schedule. Much easier to do six months straight, then reappear 6-8 months later.)
I'm a Jenny:Abby shipper. I adore those two characters. Also adore Frank, Macy and his wife.
I love Icabod...and find his relationship with Abby fascinating. And am weirdly disappointed about Henry...who was growing on me.
Katrina? I'm ambivalent about.
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Date: 2014-01-26 02:24 am (UTC)I am still a bit less than sold on Abbie as a character. She is in many ways supposed to be the strong one, despite Crane's posturing. But the more we know of her the more we realize that she's lived most of her life in denial and sort of a daze. You can say, "Well, she's overcome all that." But then it all seems small potatoes compared to what Jenny went through.
I'm not exactly pleased that they balanced strong Abbie with Katrina who is clearly the lady in perpetual distress. In real ways Katrina doesn't exist. She's kind of a phantom Mary Sue who flits into the story just long enough for us to discover she's so indispensable in some other way, only for her to disappear and be locked away into yet another more distant tower of Rapunzel.
About the only thing I can say about Frank is the clever play on the old stereo type. It used to be that every other Black part on TV was a guy named Washington. So Frank they gave the last name Irving.
There was plenty of warning about Henry. He was played in a shifty manner from the beginning, either through brilliant direction or because John Noble knew from the beginning where his character was headed. And there was plenty of subterfuge to keep us guessing. I was more surprised that he turned out to be a straight up crazy villain than I would have been had he been playing both sides for his own crazy occult aims.