Comments | retsuko: What Happened, Sleepy Hollow?

retsuko

What Happened, Sleepy Hollow?

Dec 02, 2014 07:54

I used to be so excited for the Monday night block of shows. But Gotham has been... somewhat uneven (another entry for another time) and Sleepy Hollow has become even uneven-er. This used to be a show that I would unreservedly recommend to all and sundry because it was so much fun. Somewhere along the line this season, though, that fun just ( Read more... )

tv shows: sleepy hollow, that isn't how i'd tell this story but o, fannish babblery, fan poison

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ladybird97 December 2 2014, 23:12:58 UTC

This is one of those many times when I wish we lived closer so that we could rant about this in person to each other. Because WHAT THE HECK, Sleepy Hollow ( ... )

retsuko December 3 2014, 00:24:54 UTC

OMG, if I could teleported to you, or had you teleported over to me, I totally would have done it! *sighs* Dammit, geography, still our mortal enemy, after all this time ( ... )

apintrix December 3 2014, 15:47:08 UTC

Didn't Irving banish the "War" demon from Henry's body, thus making Henry more human, causing Moloch to betray him, which in turn made Henry make the choice to destroy Moloch?

I did appreciate the badassery, too. Orlando Jones rules and should get All The Work. (Also, the fact that it was he and Abbie who wound up the main sword-wielders here, not Ichabod, I thought was a nice surprise.)

So here's the thing, which Mark pointed out as I was going "no, don't kill Orlando! I *like* Orlando!" : his soul still belongs to Moloch. And the devil needs new horsemen. So, we suspect we may see him again, in more demonic guise. And if we don't, well... big raspberries at the show runners!

I also liked how anti-God the climactic moment was. Henry basically destroyed Moloch because Moloch was too similar to the biblical god. That made me somewhat gleeful.

lady_of_mists December 3 2014, 16:49:20 UTC

I kind of thought that might be what they were going for with the swordfight -- Irving taking down part of one of the Horsemen so that Henry could be reasoned with.

I will miss Irving and we will have to wonder if maybe his soul was returned at the end -- depending on whether the contract was with Henry or Moloch.

I also thought that it was interesting that Moloch (who had children sacrificed to him -- i.e. passed through the fire by their parents) was now asking a child to sacrifice his parents... and subsequently was sacrificed by his "son" Henry.

anagramofbrat December 3 2014, 23:26:18 UTC

Yep. with you 100%.

Irving's death did nothing for me because I 100% expect him to show back up.

Katrina... Writing's failing her, story's failing her, her hair is failing her, WARDROBE is failing her. Let her be interesting! Let her be badass! and give her something besides that awful Hot Topic corset to wear!

None of these villains have any teeth anymore. I remember Headless when he was rampaging through Tarrytown on his horse with a PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN and it was amazing. Once they gave him a head, though... I need him to be scary again and stop moping over Katrina.

I liked Henry before the reveal that he was the source of the #Cranepain. Maybe now that he seems to have done a face turn he can do somethinggood with the fact that he owns Irving's soul and bring him back?

ARGH THIS SEASON WHY HAS IT BEEN SO FRUSTRATING FLAIL