Sleepy Hollow: The Sisters Mills
October 22, 2015 7:15 PM - Season 3, Episode 4 - Subscribe

Pandora unleashes her latest monster, who targets the town's children. Abbie talks to Jenny about their father. Crane discovers the wonders of modern dentistry.
posted by oh yeah! (9 comments total)
 
Boo for Betsy Ross again, but that dentist-office Abbie/Ichabod scene and his selfie-emoji made the whole hour worth it for me.

(I went ahead and submitted 'Bones' as a show suggestion now for next week's crossover event. If any actual Bones fans want to volunteer to make the post, feel free.)
posted by oh yeah! at 7:25 PM on October 22, 2015


I would call this episode "workmanlike". It studiously followed the established SH template, but that's about it, really. The tooth monster just didn't work for me. It was too "monster of the week" for my taste.
posted by Thorzdad at 8:21 PM on October 22, 2015


Bones hasn't been worth discussing for a couple of years now. :)

Sleepy Hollow is one of those shows where it's fun to turn off your brain and just be entertained for an hour. If you start thinking about it, you're just going to kill all your enjoyment.

But a crossover with... Bones? I'm somewhere between aghast and curious. Bones had the occasional episode where something mysterious happened that went unexplained, like Booth escaping from the derelict ship and Bones speaking with his dead war buddy. And science vs. faith has been a strong component of the show. I just don't see how they fit them into the same universe.

Back to this episode, did the writers learn nothing from Katrina? Betsy Ross is all sorts of ugh.
posted by 2ht at 5:04 AM on October 23, 2015 [1 favorite]


Tom Mison was absolutely glorious in this episode.

All in all, the episode did what SH did so well in the first season. Ichabod being outraged by modern things, some sort of 18th century contraption that makes the founding fathers and independence war figures look like Van Helsing and a generous dose of Abbie and Ichabod.

The only thing the crossover has it going is if Booth is turned into a souless vampire.
posted by lmfsilva at 11:52 AM on October 23, 2015


I get that this was super monster of the week, but we LOVE their monster design in this whole show. It's difficult to make me go "Eek!" and "Nope. Nope. Nope." in fright during a regular TV show.
posted by Crystalinne at 9:59 PM on October 23, 2015


Bones hasn't been worth discussing for a couple of years now. :)

The mods must agree - haven't gotten the 'your suggestion has been approved' email yet, first time it's taken more than 24 hours. (I'm sure they're just busy with more important modding than the show suggestion queue, rather than going "Bones? Ugh, no", but it does amuse me.)

Back to this episode, did the writers learn nothing from Katrina? Betsy Ross is all sorts of ugh.

I wonder why the writers thought that Katrina's absence created a vacuum that needed filling - is giving Crane a love interest the only way they can keep themselves from turning Abbie+Ichabod into a couple? Do they think the audience wants/needs to see Crane romancing someone? Or did they fall in love with the idea of 'Betsy Ross, super-spy' or tried to reverse-engineer the anti-Katrina without truly understanding how they went wrong with Katrina in the first place? I hope there's a good post-season interview of the writers to find out what they were thinking.
posted by oh yeah! at 8:35 AM on October 24, 2015


It was too "monster of the week" for my taste.

That's what I liked about it. One of the problems with this show is that when it gets into the broader story arc stuff it becomes Exposition: The Series. To the point where the leads end up standing around holding dusty old tomes and recapping what happened a few episodes (or even scenes!) earlier. A great cast (which this show has) can only go so far in terms of making that sort of thing watchable.

So, yeah. I'm enjoying this MotW stuff while I still can.

I wonder why the writers thought that Katrina's absence created a vacuum that needed filling - is giving Crane a love interest the only way they can keep themselves from turning Abbie+Ichabod into a couple?

Especially strange given they've provided him with a modern day love interest.
posted by brundlefly at 1:08 PM on October 24, 2015


Stop trying to make Betsy happen.

It might be indicative of how little I was invested in the main plot, but I got seriously interested in the side-plot about whether or not that kid got his ice cream. Did he get it? What kind was it? Does eating ice cream with a loose tooth hurt? I was disappointed that we didn't get any closure on that storyline, but I suppose that's what fan fiction is for.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 7:30 PM on October 27, 2015


Betsy is definitely following the Katrina path, what with being in the opening credits but barely being in the show.
posted by brundlefly at 3:36 PM on October 28, 2015


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