# Sleepy Hollow, Spell Caster, Spoilers

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**Created:** [February 5, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepy-hollow-spell-caster-spoilers/711858 "2015-02-05T02:30:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepy-hollow-spell-caster-spoilers/711858/1 "2015-02-05T02:30:33Z")

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The sons of bitches ripped off Robert E. Howard’s[protagonist,](https://www.google.com/search?q=solomon+kane&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=qdXSVMDEILSSsQSnxYGwDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1252&bih=589) [Solomon Kane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Kane), and made him a Bad Guy!  
Oh, cease your horrible stench, writers!

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepy-hollow-spell-caster-spoilers/711858/2 "2015-03-09T18:36:48Z")

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I think I’m officially through with this show. Last night, for the second time, I fell asleep trying to watch it. And I’m a few shows behind, which is unusual.

At some point (this was the TJ hologram episode) Abby says she’s tired of running down dark tunnels. And while I appreciated the admission from the writers, throwing a lantern on this one didn’t change my yawning response.

The formula seems to be:

1. relationship discussion
2. supernatural symptoms revealed by someone who’s afraid they won’t be believed.
3. impossibly esoteric knowledge dredged up by a main character
4. scurrying through dark places where we can’t really see what’s happening\*
5. unsatisfactory flashes of something creepy
6. a quick argument resolved just in time
7. working together again to defeat evil
8. Abby says something tough/sweet
9. Fin

I’m just bored with it. So sad, I really wanted to like this series.

\*I mean seriously, has there ever been a TV program with camera work as poor as this one?