Review: 'Sleepy Hollow' Returns With “This Is War”
Maria Millage ’17 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer
Season two launched viewers directly into the seat of the action in the typical Sleepy Hollow style with twists and turns that left everyone guessing up until the very end. Considering that all four of the show’s main characters were separated a the end of the first season, the writers had quite a bit of work to do in order to bring them all back together to continue their fight against evil. The episode definitely succeeded in doing this, by bringing Ichabod, Abbie, and Jenny together in a perfect trifecta that defined the latter half of season one. Nevertheless, because of the four separate and simultaneous plot lines in the beginning of the episode (one for each main character), things did start getting a tad bit confusing.
Crane broke out of his buried coffin, assisted in freeing a not-dead Jenny from her captors, and then set out to find the key. With it safely in his possession, Ichabod again traveled to Purgatory, found Abbie and, after a tearful reunion, returned to the mortal realm, ready to rescue Katrina from the Horseman of Death and continue the fight against evil.
This episode started season two off to a fantastic start, with the witty dialogue, innumerable twists and turns, and well-developed characters that all fans will remember from season one. The plot picked up smoothly where last season’s finale left off and continued seamlessly, leaving viewers on the edges of their seat. And, of course, who wouldn’t love to watch Ichabod reveal the not-so-rosy truth about yet another of America’s Founding Fathers? In this case, it turns out that Benjamin Franklin had a bit of a penchant for leaving the house not wearing pants as well as hawking his own invented alphabet.
All in all, the season premiere encapsulated the darkness, twisting story, and endearing characters that made this show such a smash success during its first season. With an extremely well done premiere under its belt, the second season likely will also be enjoying the same success as long as the production team keeps pushing the characters and the plot to the boundaries of disbelief and back, keeping their viewers guessing and the story fresh.
Watch The Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VnOzjR7bP8