This Sleepy Hollow review contains spoilers.
It changed filming locations from North Carolina to Georgia.
It lost much of its main cast.
Which, in my opinion, sucks.
An Ichabbie reunion.
So, what went down in the season 3 premiere?
These two have never been ones for unnecessary drama.
Their open, communicative relationship remains intact, even after nine rocky months apart.
Its nice to see the team dynamic fall back into place again with Jenny, too.
Committing to the witness life.
(Defeating Moloch was Ichabbies first tribulation.)
He seems ready to recommit to their life as witnesses, but Abbie is not.
She doesnt want to put her life on hold for something that might not come to pass.
The episode chronicles Abbies return to the realization that she is still a witness.
That her mission is not over.
And that she and Ichabod are in this together.
Ichabods realization is more subtle, but no less powerful.
One of the only things that gives him purpose in this strange, purposeless world.
Other than the whole time travel thing, thats an incredibly easy existential crisis to relate to.
More twistory.
And, of course, what would this show be without a comment on our national identity?
Or, perhaps more accurately, the country of our present and ourideaof the country of our past.
That isnt a complaint.Sleepy Hollows portrayal of the past has never really about the past.
Its about our current cultural identity.
Its about the stories our country tells itself about who we are and who we have been.
This is why it doesnt bother me whenSleepy Hollowthrows headless horsemen and witches into its retelling of Revolutionary America.
And, while were at it, why not escalate the stakes of the Revolutionary War to biblical proportions?
Because what happens in America is and always has been THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD.
This theme of our countrys relationship to our past gets some attention in I, Witness.
), and Ichabod gets a chance to visit his first Founding Fathers-themed restaurant: Colonial Times.
Some new faces.
Elsewhere in the episode, a new villain is rising.
So, yeah, not really sure what to make of her yet.
Right now, Pandora seems like a context-less magician, more mysticism than history.
But, Im an anxious TV watcher, so feel free to ignore me.
Were also introduced to new character Betsy Ross (Nikki Reed) in some flashbacks.
Lets just not fall into The Katrina Trap again, show, OK?
All in all, theSleepy Hollowpremiere was a solid start to the new season after a summer of worrying.
Rating:
3.5 out of 5
