Thanks. When I read the first few words of your post, I immediately thought* X Files.*
I liked the two leads but the story has been done to death. How many TV shows have this same premise: A law enforcement officer discovers super natural events in town and starts digging. It soon turns out that every - single - person in that town knows all about what is going on, except the LEO who has been completely oblivious until now. Plus, a giant headless man rides around on a huge horse with red eyes and nobody in town notices until it appears right behind them!
The references to the bible, Revelations anyway, turned me off too. Far too many stories have been to that well already. Do the writers assume everyone has a working knowledge of Revelations that they can expand on? Why aren’t Christians (which I’m not) bothered by reinterpretations of the holy book and it’s use as a magical prop?
The one thing I did enjoy is that the long-lifed priest wasn’t a complete pushover. Maybe install some thicker chains in your garden next time padre.
But yeah, I hope this doesn’t got the route of all the townspeople being in on the cult. Reminds me too much of the line from Tremors “Oh, sure Earl. Everyone knows about them we just didn’t tell you”
Ya think?
Geez, the guy walks 250 years into the future and barely blinks.
My guess is that I would freak out and at least be amazed or shocked or fascinated or something - but he just sort of acts like it is no big deal. At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if he suddenly becomes a computer hacker in the next episode and mentions he has 50,000 friends on Facebook.
Cop and sidekick - sort of Castle meets Elementary?
And I think I am going to very quickly get tired of chasing a headless horseman around…but no matter. My guess there will be other better shows on in this timeslot, so it will be deleted from my DVR rather quickly.
As you wrote - tons have stories have covered that ground already, to the point people unfamiliar with the bible can get the gist.
It is tiresome how often powerful forces want to end the world. I once spent months working on a story where a near-omniscient being creates a huge conspiracy solely to get American society to fully adopt a dollar coin.
I’ll give it another episode maybe two. It was a little silly and way ambitious.
Can the show maintain its pace of killing off two relatively well known actors per episode?
What was he saying in, I guess, latin? During that scene I kept expecting to hear “Expelliaramus.”
And someone burned as a witch wouldn’t be buried in a churchyard.
But overall, I liked it more than I thought it was cheesy.
I enjoyed it, and will definitely give it a chance.
I’m encouraged by the fact that the creators, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (along with J.J. Abrams), also created Fringe, one of my all-time favorite shows.
I enjoyed the show very much though I have doubts about how long it’ll last. FOX has burned me so much in the past with shows like Freakylinks, the first iteration of Family Guy, and the show I will never forgive them for canceling, Vanished. So I’ll watch this, but throwing a brick at Rupert Murdoch if they whine about poor ratings and cancel or move it under 10 episodes. This is a show that needs to grow and if they can’t spare 10 fucking weeks to try to put together a new IP, then its going to be years before I give another FOX show a try
That said, I liked the show, I did roll my eyes at the bad history, but this is TV so as long as its kinda interesting, I’ll watch it and ignore the revisions. I’m not watching this for historical accuracy, I’m watching this for demons and beheadings
If George Washington was part of a secret cult trying to ward off the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (since didn’t he say humanity hung in the balance when he sent Ichabod to kill him, I was on a play, and may have messed that up), I can pretend that it is our history that is incomplete in terms of knowing where Washington was when.
I can ignore some of the poor history by saying it is a parallel world to ours, where witches were actually burned, Sleepy Hallow has 100,000+ residents, and so on.
Clancy Brown’s name was in the opening credits, so he’ll be back, in some form or another. Is the other “relatively well known actor” the Asian cop? I don’t remember where I’ve seen him before.
I agree it was silly, but it was sincere, even while winking a bit, with the reference to seven years of tribulations.
I’m okay with Ichabod appearing to adapt quickly, but we don’t know what’s going on in his head. It’d be a waste of time for him to walk around with his mouth hanging open. His adaptability makes him come off as resilient, and maybe that’s one of his character traits.
Only as a guest star, as was John Cho. Which is a great shame, as I think Clancy Brown would’ve been amazing as a regular.
It was an in-joke to have him beheaded, though, of course.
I enjoyed it well enough. (It reminds me of Grimm)
But really, I could have done with out the Three Stooges moment where the girl bites the dude’s finger in the back of the squad car. Curly
I missed a few minutes of this show so many someone can explain for me
If the HH was supposed to have been Death and never human in the first place, and he’s trying to reclaim his head in order to usher in the other 3 Horsemen, why didn’t he do that when he had his head 200 years ago?
C’mon - an entire generation doesn’t know he was the Kurgan. They’re probably wondering why he sounds like Lex Luthor from the cartoons.
Well phooey. And John Cho is Harold of Harold and Kumar – I love those movies. Double phooey.
YogSosoth, logical question, and I don’t think it was explained, or will be. The answer is probably “because there wouldn’t be a show if he’d recovered his head earlier.”
I’m watching it now, partly out of local interest, as I lived near Sleepy Hollow (North Tarrytown, at the time) during the 1990s. I was hoping to see something of the area but like every other show, it’s obviously not filmed where it’s set.