Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017): Season 2, Episode 12 - Paradise Lost - full transcript
Ichabod and Abby meet Orion, an angel who may be able to help them in the aftermath of their showdown with Moloch. Meanwhile, Katrina isn't quite ready to give up on Abraham.
♪
Katrina.
Abbie.
Abbie!
(gasps)
Oh, thank god.
(panting)
what happened?
Henry killed moloch.
I see no signs
of purgatory.
(laughs softly)
the threat...
Has been averted.
Where's my sister?
(groans)
Katrina.
Katrina.
Oh, my god.
Are you all right?
Yes, I believe so.
But what of henry?
He risked everything
to save me.
(roaring)
Where is our son?
I... I woke up
a moment ago, and...
He's gone.
He's gone.
He's gone.
I should have thought all
produce organic by definition.
Except when it's
genetically altered,
Artificially colored.
Packed with corn syrup
and preservatives.
But tastes are changing-- the
whole farm-to-table movement
Is on fire.
I-I still fail to understand
how that constitutes a movement.
People of this era
are trying to remake,
Reconceive,
reinvent at every turn.
Reinvention isn't
such a bad thing.
Have you ever
had a grapple?
I have had to engage
in hand-to-hand combat
On many occasions.
Not that kind
of grapple.
It's a... (chuckles)
a mash-up.
It's a grape
plus an apple.
My point exactly. A union
that hardly seems necessary.
(whispers):
Lieutenant. Lieutenant, look.
Discoloration on the skin.
(sniffs)
A distinct odor.
Brimstone.
Ugh.
Oh, so sorry.
We lost a few
trees to blight.
Thought I'd pulled
all the rotten ones.
Have you noticed
any strange goings-on?
Inhuman voices at night
muttering unholy words?
Animal carcasses,
intestines strewn...
(mutters)
Lieutenant.
Ow. Lieutenant.
What he means to say is,
"thank you, we're all good."
This rotten fruit might
be the evidence we seek
That evil is
still at large.
It has been
six weeks, crane.
We haven't seen
any definitive signs.
No... Something supernatural
is gestating.
I'm certain of it.
(sighs)
Crane:
Hunters reported inhuman voices
A few miles from wilcox farms.
The livestock involved
were in farms nearby.
And the rotten fruit
was harvested
From wilcox farms itself.
Yes, it all seems
To point towards the workings
Of an unholy ceremony.
I'm not saying that this
isn't supernatural, crane.
But... We've been
putting in crazy hours,
Out every night
searching for clues.
As is our duty as witnesses.
Exactly.
Could either of us
imagine our lives
Without battling evil?
We'd have to reinvent ourselves.
This is a conversation for a day
When we do not have
a trail to follow.
Mm. All right.
Well, if there is
someone out there
Doing dark magic,
you know who we need to talk to.
No.
Not at this early stage
of the investigation.
Oh.
My discussion with katrina
On the night of
moloch's death raised many
Complicated issues.
We mutually agreed
to mull them over alone.
May I come into your room?
So you cool
posting up in here
While she's living at the cabin?
It's not even your cabin.
'tis not my archives,
either. However,
Solitude can be
invigorating.
I've over 200 years
of reading to catch up on.
Crane. (scoffs)
Seriously.
That's what partners are for.
There's no judgment.
And, yes, lieutenant.
This reexamination of
my marriage is extremely trying.
It can't feel good.
When she spends more time with
our greatest enemy than you.
Her magical wards
have been instrumental
In keeping the horseman captive.
And I do believe
She pities abraham.
Why waste a single iota
of compassion on him?
He's a monster and a killer.
But beneath the monster
is a man.
I've seen him.
In the gorgon's cave.
(grunts)
I was supposed to be
the hero of this story,
Not the villain!
Do not dare put this on me.
And katrina has seen even more.
Given time,
I'm certain
We shall discuss it at length.
Now, whilst she said
We could call on her
if needed, I...
I would rather not.
Not until we know
the true nature
Of this threat we face.
Then let's go to wilcox farms.
See what we can see.
Crane:
On me, lieutenant.
(sighs)
Seriously, crane?
Shh.
We've been here
over an hour.
Let's call it.
(sighs)
We may as well head home.
Mm.
You really
haven't wondered
If our battle against the
forces of evil is over?
In truth?
No, I've not.
Or you haven't
let yourself.
Neither of us have, because
if the apocalypse is over
And our job
as witnesses is done,
We'd have to figure out
life without it.
You think I'm using
our mission-- our duty--
To escape the reality
of my situation?
Come on.
If some supernatural creature
Were hiding out on this farm,
Tell me you wouldn't
be relieved.
Before I knew
That we were witnesses,
I didn't have any of the
big questions locked down.
Should I enroll
at quantico?
Take the next step
in your career.
Find a husband
with whom to settle.
A husband?
You really going there?
W... Oh, uh...
I in no way meant to imply
A point of view
that was in any way
Demeaning to
the modern woman...
I know.
I'm 250 years removed
From everything I ever knew.
(quiet whoosh)
I shall need a job.
A permanent abode.
Mm, 401(k), a mortgage,
health insurance,
Credit cards,
social security,
An accountant, a dentist,
your own set of wheels.
Point made, lieutenant.
Point made.
I may indeed have spent
the past six weeks
Traipsing the woods
with a loaded weapon
Because it is the only
purpose I know.
Without the threat
of apocalypse,
What is my place in the world?
(low, distorted voices chanting)
You hear that?
(low, distorted voices continue)
Not feeling all that
relieved anymore.
Lock and load.
Crane (whispers):
A divination ceremony.
They're trying
to find someone.
Then let's find out who.
Sleepy hollow sheriff's
department. None of you move.
(hissing)
Is that what I think it is?
I was gonna ask you
the same thing.
(screams)
I'm orion.
Are you friend or foe?
Abbie:
Wow.
So you're an angel.
Yes, I am.
And you are witnesses.
Our reputation
precedes us.
My name
is ichabod crane.
This is my partner
lieutenant abigail mills.
A soldier?
Abbie:
A cop.
And I need you to drop that.
I mean you no harm.
Okay, good. Prove it.
We lower our
weapons together.
♪
We'll be taking leave now,
abraham.
I don't like that you're
bound here any more than you do.
I've spent weeks
searching for a solution.
A way to kill
the unkillable?
A way for you to return
to your former self.
Separate you
from the avatar of death.
I am the horseman,
and the horseman is me.
You were transformed,
And transformations
can be reversed.
Even if it were possible,
Why would you consider
attempting it
After all I have done to you?
'cause I had time to think
of the past, abraham.
How you, ichabod
and I ended up
On opposite sides
in this war.
Your jealousy was the spark
That lit the flame
of your anger.
It makes me responsible
For your taking on
the mantle of the horseman.
Think on it, abraham.
With moloch gone, you are a
horseman without an apocalypse.
Let me try and repair
what has been broken.
It pains me
to see you like this.
The last thing I want
is your pity.
If your job strengthening
the bars of my cage is done,
Leave me.
You are witnesses.
Yet you fought
these creatures?
You battle against evil?
Ever since we found out
that we were witnesses,
We've been fighting creepy
crawlies when they pop up.
We've not met anyone like you...
On the same side as us.
Are you alone?
Sadly, I am the only one
of my kind
Who has chosen to meet
the forces of evil head-on.
Up until six weeks ago,
I was held prisoner in purgatory
by the demon moloch.
Crane:
Six weeks ago.
So you were liberated
the night moloch died?
When he came to an end, a great
quake shook all of purgatory,
Allowing me to escape.
You... You escaped?
Were there others
that did the same?
The creatures we were hunting.
They were amongst
those that fled.
My first mission
is to find them
And anybody else
that escaped
From purgatory and end them.
(phone chimes)
Ah.
From katrina.
She has
A rather pressing matter
to discuss.
You guys haven't spoken
in weeks.
This is good. Go.
We can't just
leave him here
Until we know
what his deal is.
So, you take the car,
find out what katrina wants,
And I'll keep an eye
on our new friend.
How can we be certain
he is as he says?
Wings are kind of
a dead giveaway.
Can't trust an angel,
who can you trust?
Lucifer was an angel.
Noted.
I'll stay on my guard.
(phone ringing)
Jenny?
Where are you guys?
Oh. We're supposed
to meet you at mabie's.
Yeah. Mike's shift
just started.
I'll look so obvious sitting
at the bar all alone.
I need my wing woman.
Abbie:
Yeah? Speaking of wings,
You'd never guess
what we just found.
There are some creatures that
have escaped from purgatory,
So crane and I need
to put a lid on that.
Just when you thought it was
safe to get back in the water.
So it's not over?
No. There are demons
on the loose,
So we got to track them down.
I'll give hawley a call,
see if he's got something
That could help.
Yeah?
Okay. I'll catch up
with you later.
Yeah.
(crickets chirping)
Is something wrong?
Quite the opposite.
I was locked in purgatory
for over 200 years.
Since I've been free,
sunrise, the call of a bird--
Rare pleasures indeed.
How are we even talking?
Do all angels speak
perfect english?
To me, all language
sounds the same.
That's got to be pretty handy
on a european vacation.
You're clever.
Mostly curious.
I would kick myself
if I didn't ask this.
What's he like?
If he is a he and not a she.
By "he" you mean...
Mm-hmm.
The almighty, yahweh, jehovah,
or whatever name you'd use.
The concept of names
does not apply.
Neither does the concept
of gender.
All there is, is what is.
You'll never be satisfied
by my answers.
No, not if you answer like that.
Come on. Does heaven exist?
Why are we here?
Did creation really take
seven days?
No.
"no" to creation taking a week,
Or "no," you won't answer?
How about dinosaurs?
You ever seen dinosaurs?
Before my time.
But I didn't always
walk the earth.
I served in the angelic
host for a long time.
Served, as past tense?
So you're off the reservation?
I broke ranks.
It was not an easy decision.
I can't begin to imagine.
Katrina.
It's good to see you.
And you.
Thank you for coming so swiftly.
Your message was... Urgent.
It's a favor I seek.
Since you and abigail have
sought my help in the past,
I now ask yours
in return.
Of course.
It's abraham.
I believe I've found a way
To separate him
from the horseman of death.
What were the demons
searching for?
They're called "daevoli"--
Lesser demons who live
to serve a greater evil.
With moloch gone, they
search for a new master
To pledge their
allegiance to.
I've been following
them for weeks,
Waiting for them to lead me
to the one they have chosen.
One of the other creatures
that escaped purgatory?
A servant of moloch.
One of the four horsemen
of the apocalypse.
The rider known as death.
Headless.
Save abraham?
Even if it were possible,
he is our sworn enemy.
And how much of that was him?
He made a choice out of anger.
All of his actions since
May have been influenced
by the dark spirit
He was joined with.
He was your trusted ally.
He is an abomination, katrina.
Orion:
The horseman is
Immeasurably powerful
And immortal.
But my weapon will
bring him to an end.
This is as much about you and me
As it is about him.
It was our love for each other
That drove him
into this terrible state.
And I believe our love
could bring him back.
But if you want no part in it,
I will continue alone.
It is not a decision
to be made lightly,
One I must consider.
Abbie:
The horseman of death--
I know where he is.
He's our prisoner.
Take me to him.
I will prevent him
from gathering the daevoli
And any others
that escaped purgatory.
Take me to him,
abigail,
And I will destroy him.
So I got a 120-pound
bull mastiff
And an eight-pound maltipoo.
(laughs)
and they're just
the best of friends.
Bourbon neat.
And some privacy.
Donnelly is so not your guy.
Okay. Who's donnelly?
Mixology and muscles
over here.
Oh, mike.
(chuckles)
Apparently, we're on
a first-name basis.
He wouldn't last a day
Before you turned him
into a plate of jelly.
Thank you.
First of all, it's
none of your business.
And second of all, what makes
you think I'm into mike?
Oh, come on, dressed to kill.
Those aren't exactly
demon-hunting shoes.
I'm just saying,
you can do better.
Oh, that's sweet of
you to have noticed.
Next time, don't.
Seriously, he can't handle
a woman like you.
Guy serves spirits.
You hunt them.
I would be if you'd brought the
egg of haggis you said you had.
Egg of asag...
(sighs)
Asag is a sumerian
rock demon, okay?
Legend has it he was so ugly,
He couldn't find a wife,
So he mated with mountains,
begat baby rock demons.
This is how he keeps track
of his baby demon pebbles.
Hence, demon tracking device.
How does it work?
Well, the glory of asag
is supposed
To light the way to the location
of nearby demons.
Nah, not so much
right now though.
You don't know how to use it.
Well, it's ancient sumerian,
mills.
Would you believe
the manual's lost?
Well, we got to figure it out.
I got a few ideas.
Why don't we get
out of here?
You sure we shouldn't try
to round up those daevoli first?
This creature, the horseman--
he is who they seek.
By removing him, we strike
at the heart of the issue.
Oh. I wish
you were backing us up
The day we went
against moloch.
We lost people--
people I care for.
Our friend,
captain frank irving.
No!
Harsh realities
of a soldier's life.
Doesn't make
it any easier.
It is good to meet someone
Who has given everything
to their cause,
Redefined their role.
Redefined? I don't follow.
You were called to bear witness
to the apocalyptic tribulations
Visited on man,
asked to observe.
Yet you chose to fight.
It never presented itself
as a choice.
I just assumed that...
A testament to your strength
of character.
Thank you.
Should you ever need my aid,
Hold this charm
and think of me.
I can find you.
I always wanted
a guardian angel.
Abbie:
Katrina, this is orion.
One of the angelic host.
Here?
You're a witch.
She's my wife.
And you're not
of this time, are you?
You or ichabod crane.
No, we are not.
Did you find any
of the creatures?
Jenny and hawley
are looking for them.
But something else came up.
Orion has a way
to kill the horseman.
(sighs)
Don't get excited
all at once.
My husband was put into an
enchanted sleep in 1781.
Then shortly after,
I was sent to purgatory,
Where I remained prisoner
until a short while ago.
Purgatory?
Then we have much
to talk about.
I was also held captive there.
Crane: Katrina believes
she can separate
Abraham from the horseman.
Back up.
Save abraham?
He's one of the horsemen
of the apocalypse.
What did you tell her?
I expressed my concern.
Told her I'd consider it.
I was imprisoned near
the time that you were
In a forested redoubt
called valley forge.
You were the angel general
washington claimed he saw.
His men thought
he'd lost his mind.
The horseman killed corbin.
A whole cell of masons.
How long before he puts
you and I in the ground?
For real?
I faced a mighty foe
on the field of battle.
He came at me with an axe that
glowed with the fires of hell.
And I fought my best,
but he got the upper hand.
An axe?
This enemy, was he a horseman
of the apocalypse?
Your prisoner.
He beat me.
And his master moloch
chained me in purgatory.
But I'm free again.
And soon my enemy
Will taste
the edge of my blade.
All katrina asks
is that we let her try.
If she fails, we have recourse
in our new angelic ally.
What if she fails
and the horseman kills someone?
That's on us.
I'll tell her myself
if you won't.
Where's katrina?
Your wife took leave
a moment ago.
The enchantment
I suggested earlier
To separate your spirit
from the avatar of death,
Would you allow me to try it?
Why the hurry, katrina?
I need you to tell me now.
If it were possible to
be human again, mortal,
Yes, of course.
I need you to promise me
that you'll cease from killing
While I attempt
this transformation.
If you hold to your word,
katrina, I will hold to mine.
I will not take a life
while you seek a way
To return me to my former self.
An angel has come.
I fear he means to do you harm.
(heavy footsteps)
Orion:
You let him go.
I believed you were
worthy allies.
I was wrong.
He will kill abraham.
Which is what you brought him
here to do.
Uh, we were yet
to make that decision.
It's crazy,
Because we're talking
about a murderous monster.
Katrina: And if abraham
was one of your friends?
You would not condemn him
to death so easily.
August corbin was my friend,
And the horseman murdered him
in front of me.
He is death personified.
Please, both of you.
There is no need
for tempers to flare.
Are you kidding me?
When we waver in our duty,
Monsters get loose
and people die.
We are not jailers,
we are not reformers.
We are soldiers, and I think
that we all understand
What the stakes are here.
I can't believe you let her
talk you into this.
I did not.
I recognized the sliver
of the man I once knew
Before katrina told me
of her plan.
Though it was deeply
unfair of you
To use our marriage as leverage.
Ichabod, you have
to understand, it's not...
No, you must understand.
This is neither the time
nor the place to discuss it.
Please help me
to make this right.
We must find abraham
and bring him here.
If katrina can help him,
you and I need to know.
If not...
Then we cross
that difficult bridge.
Okay, fine.
The horseman
can't bear daylight.
He'll go to ground
before sunrise.
I know you think
this unfair.
I know you feel the angel
is in the right,
But there is something
about him I mistrust.
He's quick to action,
quick to anger.
Abbie:
Wouldn't you be?
He's been searching for
the horseman for how long?
And we let him go.
We have a lot
to talk about.
But no, now is
not the time.
Not with the
headless horseman,
An angry angel
and two demons on the loose.
Crane:
I shall search through
Apocryphal sources
for our angel orion.
I'll try the old-fashioned
approach-- feet on the pavement.
It's not solar powered.
We've tried electricity,
fire, water.
We're still nowhere.
Not to mention,
Donnelly was the early
shift last night,
So, you know,
that bird has flown.
You're being very weird.
I'm not.
It's nothing.
It... It doesn't matter.
Nothing can't not matter.
Only something can.
(sighs)
I still think
about us, mills.
I should've said
something to you.
I didn't, and then
it became a thing
Because I didn't
speak up, so...
Oh, my god.
You're jealous?
You don't get
to be jealous.
I know.
You burned that bridge
with napalm.
I said it, okay?
(scoffs)
I came clean.
Wow.
You're shiftless, hawley.
You're always moving.
And anything you have
that starts to get real,
To mean something,
you bust it into pieces,
Break it apart
and then run for the door.
Oh, very mature.
No, no, no. When you said,
"bust it into pieces,"
I remembered this detail
about that sumerian demon.
Kept his greatest treasures
inside common clay pots
So no one would guess
their worth.
Son of a gun.
I can see it.
Ugly bastards.
Okay, we got trees.
A wooded area.
Dirt road leading to
a stone building
With an old wooden carriage
missing a wheel.
The carriage house.
Of course.
Hawley: Okay, there's
someone else there.
Oh.
It's your friend with no head.
The horseman?
He's out.
Jenny, tell me
you got something.
Jenny:
The demons you were looking for.
They're with the horseman
at his place.
Should I come meet you?
Don't worry. I got backup.
(phone beeps off)
That was fast.
I wanted to apologize to you
about what happened.
We are fellow soldiers, abigail,
But if you seek to bar my way...
No, I'm here to help.
I was worried you might
let your fellow witness
Dissuade you from the path
we must follow.
It's complicated.
There are personal issues
at stake for him.
There is no room in war
for half measures.
And I understand that
in a way that crane can't.
Especially when it comes
to the horseman.
He killed a man who was
like a father to me.
So, my sister found out where
that monster went to ground.
I had a feeling
when we met, abigail,
That it would be portentous
for both of us.
(phone ringing)
Crane, what's up?
Crane:
It is as I feared.
This angel may not be
as benevolent as we believed.
Yeah? What makes
you say that?
I have found reference
to the angel orion
In a number of
apocryphal biblical sources.
In each, he arrives in the weeks
before great catastrophes.
In pompeii, before the eruption
of vesuvius in 79 a.D.
In syria, at the site
Of the antioch earthquake
in 526 a.D.
In 541 a.D., in byzantium,
In the weeks
before the justinian plague.
And that means what exactly?
Was he there to prevent
these events...
Or to bring them about?
Crane...
I'm actually with orion
right now.
We're heading to
the carriage house.
Let me get back to you, okay?
(phone beeps off)
(heavy footsteps approaching)
Abbie:
With moloch dead,
It must feel good to see the
light at the end of the tunnel.
It is a victory
that gives me hope
In the many battles to come.
But if we kill
the horseman
And we hunt down the others
that escaped purgatory,
Won't we have won?
The battle but not the war.
I don't just seek
to destroy, abigail,
But to rebuild, remake
And reinvent this world
as a paradise.
How do you accomplish a
global change like that?
Evil has taken deep root
in men's hearts.
It must be lanced
like a sickness of the flesh,
Burned out before it
corrupts completely.
You mean that
metaphorically, right?
I wish I did.
My weapon will end the horseman
and give me his power.
With it,
I will bring a great judgment,
Like the one visited
on adam and eve
When they ate
of the forbidden fruit.
(chuckles)
getting biblical.
Judge mankind? By what criteria?
By their capacity
to visit evil on each other.
And you'll be the judge
and carry out the sentence?
As the angel of death
passed over egypt
And took
the pharaoh's firstborn.
As the cities of
sodom and gomorrah
Were burned
for their wickedness.
As the waters
Of the great flood
washed the world clean
Of man's iniquity.
My blade will cleanse humanity
of its ills.
The horseman is first.
Along with that witch
that sided with him.
Wait, katrina is not evil.
There is no room in this world
for those that harbor it.
All wickedness must be culled
from the flock.
You and I, abigail,
Together we can bring
about a golden age.
It begins here,
As we burn this haven
Of evil to the ground.
You were right about orion.
He's a zealot.
He doesn't just want
to kill the horseman,
He wants to steal his power.
And if the apocryphal
texts are correct,
Create a disaster.
Sleepy hollow will
be the epicenter
Of a conflagration
of biblical proportions.
(gasping)
Crane!
Lieutenant!
(grunting)
(hissing, snarling)
(hissing)
(grunting)
Crane.
Can you feel that?
My blade gathers your power
for my use.
Your death will
burn bright,
Cauterizing this
festering wound,
Turn this area
into a smoldering crater,
End the evil
that escaped purgatory.
Crane (quietly):
We must destroy that blade.
How good is your
aim with an axe?
Good enough.
All right.
Go around the back
behind them.
I'll distract orion.
Orion.
You know this is wrong.
This is just and right, abigail.
When you first came out
of purgatory,
You said you couldn't help
but see the beauty around you.
But now you want to destroy it.
Precisely because this world
is so beautiful.
Evil has taken hold
in men's hearts.
Abbie: What about the good?
The innocent?
Mixed up with the evil
and the corrupt, the wicked.
What are they?
Acceptable casualties?
This is war, abigail.
All wars have costs.
No.
You find another way.
What have we here?
You have no hope of beating me
with that weapon, witness.
I have no intention to.
Lieutenant!
(gunshot)
No! Do you know
what you've done?!
Little more of a fair fight now.
How could you side
with the enemy?
Abbie: We decide
what side we're on.
In this case, the enemy
of my enemy is my ally.
You forgot what you're
fighting for, orion.
Abraham, stop.
If you strike me down,
the chance will be lost.
The chance for you
to become the hero
You always thought
you could be.
I will let you try and return me
to the man I once was.
But in the interim,
I am no man's prisoner.
Leave this place.
Now!
Abbie:
Let's go, crane.
I'm disappointed.
We share a mission,
But we also swore
to share a life together.
You did not attempt
to reach me with logic
Or fairness last night.
Rather, you used our marriage
as a bargaining tool.
I simply wanted you
to support me,
Believe in me. Is that so wrong?
When have I not, katrina?
Henry is our son. Our blood.
Abraham was my friend.
And your fiancé.
They are not the same.
You want to save him out of
guilt and lay it at my feet.
You said you saw something
in him that you recognized.
I did.
His pride. His ego. Anger.
Our past...
Weighs so heavily upon us,
katrina.
As miss mills and I have
redefined our role as witness,
So you and I
Must redefine our marriage.
If we are to give life
to our marriage...
...Why not start today?
One small step at a time.
So things are still upside-down
on the home front?
Mm, sideways.
Which is an
improvement, at least.
Though I feel
I should apologize
If it seemed I was
siding with katrina.
Maybe I should apologize
if it seemed like I was...
Siding with a winged zealot
Who wants to cleanse
the world of evil.
Hindsight's always 20/20.
Katrina was right
to let abraham go.
You think orion's
gone for good?
He is defeated,
His weapon shattered.
Let us hope
he takes ample time to recover.
Playing field has changed,
but the war isn't over.
May never be.
But... What happened today
was important.
What? That we disagreed?
Mm. We pushed each other.
We need that.
Checks and balances, right?
No matter what obstacles
we face,
No matter how many disagreements
we have...
Our bond cannot be broken.
Witness represent.
(sighs)
(doorbell jingles)
Can I help you?
You can't be in here without
shoes. It's store policy.
You have cash for that?
Sir.
(weakly):
Where am I?
Is this heaven or hell?
Neither, man.
It's sleepy hollow.
Katrina.
Abbie.
Abbie!
(gasps)
Oh, thank god.
(panting)
what happened?
Henry killed moloch.
I see no signs
of purgatory.
(laughs softly)
the threat...
Has been averted.
Where's my sister?
(groans)
Katrina.
Katrina.
Oh, my god.
Are you all right?
Yes, I believe so.
But what of henry?
He risked everything
to save me.
(roaring)
Where is our son?
I... I woke up
a moment ago, and...
He's gone.
He's gone.
He's gone.
I should have thought all
produce organic by definition.
Except when it's
genetically altered,
Artificially colored.
Packed with corn syrup
and preservatives.
But tastes are changing-- the
whole farm-to-table movement
Is on fire.
I-I still fail to understand
how that constitutes a movement.
People of this era
are trying to remake,
Reconceive,
reinvent at every turn.
Reinvention isn't
such a bad thing.
Have you ever
had a grapple?
I have had to engage
in hand-to-hand combat
On many occasions.
Not that kind
of grapple.
It's a... (chuckles)
a mash-up.
It's a grape
plus an apple.
My point exactly. A union
that hardly seems necessary.
(whispers):
Lieutenant. Lieutenant, look.
Discoloration on the skin.
(sniffs)
A distinct odor.
Brimstone.
Ugh.
Oh, so sorry.
We lost a few
trees to blight.
Thought I'd pulled
all the rotten ones.
Have you noticed
any strange goings-on?
Inhuman voices at night
muttering unholy words?
Animal carcasses,
intestines strewn...
(mutters)
Lieutenant.
Ow. Lieutenant.
What he means to say is,
"thank you, we're all good."
This rotten fruit might
be the evidence we seek
That evil is
still at large.
It has been
six weeks, crane.
We haven't seen
any definitive signs.
No... Something supernatural
is gestating.
I'm certain of it.
(sighs)
Crane:
Hunters reported inhuman voices
A few miles from wilcox farms.
The livestock involved
were in farms nearby.
And the rotten fruit
was harvested
From wilcox farms itself.
Yes, it all seems
To point towards the workings
Of an unholy ceremony.
I'm not saying that this
isn't supernatural, crane.
But... We've been
putting in crazy hours,
Out every night
searching for clues.
As is our duty as witnesses.
Exactly.
Could either of us
imagine our lives
Without battling evil?
We'd have to reinvent ourselves.
This is a conversation for a day
When we do not have
a trail to follow.
Mm. All right.
Well, if there is
someone out there
Doing dark magic,
you know who we need to talk to.
No.
Not at this early stage
of the investigation.
Oh.
My discussion with katrina
On the night of
moloch's death raised many
Complicated issues.
We mutually agreed
to mull them over alone.
May I come into your room?
So you cool
posting up in here
While she's living at the cabin?
It's not even your cabin.
'tis not my archives,
either. However,
Solitude can be
invigorating.
I've over 200 years
of reading to catch up on.
Crane. (scoffs)
Seriously.
That's what partners are for.
There's no judgment.
And, yes, lieutenant.
This reexamination of
my marriage is extremely trying.
It can't feel good.
When she spends more time with
our greatest enemy than you.
Her magical wards
have been instrumental
In keeping the horseman captive.
And I do believe
She pities abraham.
Why waste a single iota
of compassion on him?
He's a monster and a killer.
But beneath the monster
is a man.
I've seen him.
In the gorgon's cave.
(grunts)
I was supposed to be
the hero of this story,
Not the villain!
Do not dare put this on me.
And katrina has seen even more.
Given time,
I'm certain
We shall discuss it at length.
Now, whilst she said
We could call on her
if needed, I...
I would rather not.
Not until we know
the true nature
Of this threat we face.
Then let's go to wilcox farms.
See what we can see.
Crane:
On me, lieutenant.
(sighs)
Seriously, crane?
Shh.
We've been here
over an hour.
Let's call it.
(sighs)
We may as well head home.
Mm.
You really
haven't wondered
If our battle against the
forces of evil is over?
In truth?
No, I've not.
Or you haven't
let yourself.
Neither of us have, because
if the apocalypse is over
And our job
as witnesses is done,
We'd have to figure out
life without it.
You think I'm using
our mission-- our duty--
To escape the reality
of my situation?
Come on.
If some supernatural creature
Were hiding out on this farm,
Tell me you wouldn't
be relieved.
Before I knew
That we were witnesses,
I didn't have any of the
big questions locked down.
Should I enroll
at quantico?
Take the next step
in your career.
Find a husband
with whom to settle.
A husband?
You really going there?
W... Oh, uh...
I in no way meant to imply
A point of view
that was in any way
Demeaning to
the modern woman...
I know.
I'm 250 years removed
From everything I ever knew.
(quiet whoosh)
I shall need a job.
A permanent abode.
Mm, 401(k), a mortgage,
health insurance,
Credit cards,
social security,
An accountant, a dentist,
your own set of wheels.
Point made, lieutenant.
Point made.
I may indeed have spent
the past six weeks
Traipsing the woods
with a loaded weapon
Because it is the only
purpose I know.
Without the threat
of apocalypse,
What is my place in the world?
(low, distorted voices chanting)
You hear that?
(low, distorted voices continue)
Not feeling all that
relieved anymore.
Lock and load.
Crane (whispers):
A divination ceremony.
They're trying
to find someone.
Then let's find out who.
Sleepy hollow sheriff's
department. None of you move.
(hissing)
Is that what I think it is?
I was gonna ask you
the same thing.
(screams)
I'm orion.
Are you friend or foe?
Abbie:
Wow.
So you're an angel.
Yes, I am.
And you are witnesses.
Our reputation
precedes us.
My name
is ichabod crane.
This is my partner
lieutenant abigail mills.
A soldier?
Abbie:
A cop.
And I need you to drop that.
I mean you no harm.
Okay, good. Prove it.
We lower our
weapons together.
♪
We'll be taking leave now,
abraham.
I don't like that you're
bound here any more than you do.
I've spent weeks
searching for a solution.
A way to kill
the unkillable?
A way for you to return
to your former self.
Separate you
from the avatar of death.
I am the horseman,
and the horseman is me.
You were transformed,
And transformations
can be reversed.
Even if it were possible,
Why would you consider
attempting it
After all I have done to you?
'cause I had time to think
of the past, abraham.
How you, ichabod
and I ended up
On opposite sides
in this war.
Your jealousy was the spark
That lit the flame
of your anger.
It makes me responsible
For your taking on
the mantle of the horseman.
Think on it, abraham.
With moloch gone, you are a
horseman without an apocalypse.
Let me try and repair
what has been broken.
It pains me
to see you like this.
The last thing I want
is your pity.
If your job strengthening
the bars of my cage is done,
Leave me.
You are witnesses.
Yet you fought
these creatures?
You battle against evil?
Ever since we found out
that we were witnesses,
We've been fighting creepy
crawlies when they pop up.
We've not met anyone like you...
On the same side as us.
Are you alone?
Sadly, I am the only one
of my kind
Who has chosen to meet
the forces of evil head-on.
Up until six weeks ago,
I was held prisoner in purgatory
by the demon moloch.
Crane:
Six weeks ago.
So you were liberated
the night moloch died?
When he came to an end, a great
quake shook all of purgatory,
Allowing me to escape.
You... You escaped?
Were there others
that did the same?
The creatures we were hunting.
They were amongst
those that fled.
My first mission
is to find them
And anybody else
that escaped
From purgatory and end them.
(phone chimes)
Ah.
From katrina.
She has
A rather pressing matter
to discuss.
You guys haven't spoken
in weeks.
This is good. Go.
We can't just
leave him here
Until we know
what his deal is.
So, you take the car,
find out what katrina wants,
And I'll keep an eye
on our new friend.
How can we be certain
he is as he says?
Wings are kind of
a dead giveaway.
Can't trust an angel,
who can you trust?
Lucifer was an angel.
Noted.
I'll stay on my guard.
(phone ringing)
Jenny?
Where are you guys?
Oh. We're supposed
to meet you at mabie's.
Yeah. Mike's shift
just started.
I'll look so obvious sitting
at the bar all alone.
I need my wing woman.
Abbie:
Yeah? Speaking of wings,
You'd never guess
what we just found.
There are some creatures that
have escaped from purgatory,
So crane and I need
to put a lid on that.
Just when you thought it was
safe to get back in the water.
So it's not over?
No. There are demons
on the loose,
So we got to track them down.
I'll give hawley a call,
see if he's got something
That could help.
Yeah?
Okay. I'll catch up
with you later.
Yeah.
(crickets chirping)
Is something wrong?
Quite the opposite.
I was locked in purgatory
for over 200 years.
Since I've been free,
sunrise, the call of a bird--
Rare pleasures indeed.
How are we even talking?
Do all angels speak
perfect english?
To me, all language
sounds the same.
That's got to be pretty handy
on a european vacation.
You're clever.
Mostly curious.
I would kick myself
if I didn't ask this.
What's he like?
If he is a he and not a she.
By "he" you mean...
Mm-hmm.
The almighty, yahweh, jehovah,
or whatever name you'd use.
The concept of names
does not apply.
Neither does the concept
of gender.
All there is, is what is.
You'll never be satisfied
by my answers.
No, not if you answer like that.
Come on. Does heaven exist?
Why are we here?
Did creation really take
seven days?
No.
"no" to creation taking a week,
Or "no," you won't answer?
How about dinosaurs?
You ever seen dinosaurs?
Before my time.
But I didn't always
walk the earth.
I served in the angelic
host for a long time.
Served, as past tense?
So you're off the reservation?
I broke ranks.
It was not an easy decision.
I can't begin to imagine.
Katrina.
It's good to see you.
And you.
Thank you for coming so swiftly.
Your message was... Urgent.
It's a favor I seek.
Since you and abigail have
sought my help in the past,
I now ask yours
in return.
Of course.
It's abraham.
I believe I've found a way
To separate him
from the horseman of death.
What were the demons
searching for?
They're called "daevoli"--
Lesser demons who live
to serve a greater evil.
With moloch gone, they
search for a new master
To pledge their
allegiance to.
I've been following
them for weeks,
Waiting for them to lead me
to the one they have chosen.
One of the other creatures
that escaped purgatory?
A servant of moloch.
One of the four horsemen
of the apocalypse.
The rider known as death.
Headless.
Save abraham?
Even if it were possible,
he is our sworn enemy.
And how much of that was him?
He made a choice out of anger.
All of his actions since
May have been influenced
by the dark spirit
He was joined with.
He was your trusted ally.
He is an abomination, katrina.
Orion:
The horseman is
Immeasurably powerful
And immortal.
But my weapon will
bring him to an end.
This is as much about you and me
As it is about him.
It was our love for each other
That drove him
into this terrible state.
And I believe our love
could bring him back.
But if you want no part in it,
I will continue alone.
It is not a decision
to be made lightly,
One I must consider.
Abbie:
The horseman of death--
I know where he is.
He's our prisoner.
Take me to him.
I will prevent him
from gathering the daevoli
And any others
that escaped purgatory.
Take me to him,
abigail,
And I will destroy him.
So I got a 120-pound
bull mastiff
And an eight-pound maltipoo.
(laughs)
and they're just
the best of friends.
Bourbon neat.
And some privacy.
Donnelly is so not your guy.
Okay. Who's donnelly?
Mixology and muscles
over here.
Oh, mike.
(chuckles)
Apparently, we're on
a first-name basis.
He wouldn't last a day
Before you turned him
into a plate of jelly.
Thank you.
First of all, it's
none of your business.
And second of all, what makes
you think I'm into mike?
Oh, come on, dressed to kill.
Those aren't exactly
demon-hunting shoes.
I'm just saying,
you can do better.
Oh, that's sweet of
you to have noticed.
Next time, don't.
Seriously, he can't handle
a woman like you.
Guy serves spirits.
You hunt them.
I would be if you'd brought the
egg of haggis you said you had.
Egg of asag...
(sighs)
Asag is a sumerian
rock demon, okay?
Legend has it he was so ugly,
He couldn't find a wife,
So he mated with mountains,
begat baby rock demons.
This is how he keeps track
of his baby demon pebbles.
Hence, demon tracking device.
How does it work?
Well, the glory of asag
is supposed
To light the way to the location
of nearby demons.
Nah, not so much
right now though.
You don't know how to use it.
Well, it's ancient sumerian,
mills.
Would you believe
the manual's lost?
Well, we got to figure it out.
I got a few ideas.
Why don't we get
out of here?
You sure we shouldn't try
to round up those daevoli first?
This creature, the horseman--
he is who they seek.
By removing him, we strike
at the heart of the issue.
Oh. I wish
you were backing us up
The day we went
against moloch.
We lost people--
people I care for.
Our friend,
captain frank irving.
No!
Harsh realities
of a soldier's life.
Doesn't make
it any easier.
It is good to meet someone
Who has given everything
to their cause,
Redefined their role.
Redefined? I don't follow.
You were called to bear witness
to the apocalyptic tribulations
Visited on man,
asked to observe.
Yet you chose to fight.
It never presented itself
as a choice.
I just assumed that...
A testament to your strength
of character.
Thank you.
Should you ever need my aid,
Hold this charm
and think of me.
I can find you.
I always wanted
a guardian angel.
Abbie:
Katrina, this is orion.
One of the angelic host.
Here?
You're a witch.
She's my wife.
And you're not
of this time, are you?
You or ichabod crane.
No, we are not.
Did you find any
of the creatures?
Jenny and hawley
are looking for them.
But something else came up.
Orion has a way
to kill the horseman.
(sighs)
Don't get excited
all at once.
My husband was put into an
enchanted sleep in 1781.
Then shortly after,
I was sent to purgatory,
Where I remained prisoner
until a short while ago.
Purgatory?
Then we have much
to talk about.
I was also held captive there.
Crane: Katrina believes
she can separate
Abraham from the horseman.
Back up.
Save abraham?
He's one of the horsemen
of the apocalypse.
What did you tell her?
I expressed my concern.
Told her I'd consider it.
I was imprisoned near
the time that you were
In a forested redoubt
called valley forge.
You were the angel general
washington claimed he saw.
His men thought
he'd lost his mind.
The horseman killed corbin.
A whole cell of masons.
How long before he puts
you and I in the ground?
For real?
I faced a mighty foe
on the field of battle.
He came at me with an axe that
glowed with the fires of hell.
And I fought my best,
but he got the upper hand.
An axe?
This enemy, was he a horseman
of the apocalypse?
Your prisoner.
He beat me.
And his master moloch
chained me in purgatory.
But I'm free again.
And soon my enemy
Will taste
the edge of my blade.
All katrina asks
is that we let her try.
If she fails, we have recourse
in our new angelic ally.
What if she fails
and the horseman kills someone?
That's on us.
I'll tell her myself
if you won't.
Where's katrina?
Your wife took leave
a moment ago.
The enchantment
I suggested earlier
To separate your spirit
from the avatar of death,
Would you allow me to try it?
Why the hurry, katrina?
I need you to tell me now.
If it were possible to
be human again, mortal,
Yes, of course.
I need you to promise me
that you'll cease from killing
While I attempt
this transformation.
If you hold to your word,
katrina, I will hold to mine.
I will not take a life
while you seek a way
To return me to my former self.
An angel has come.
I fear he means to do you harm.
(heavy footsteps)
Orion:
You let him go.
I believed you were
worthy allies.
I was wrong.
He will kill abraham.
Which is what you brought him
here to do.
Uh, we were yet
to make that decision.
It's crazy,
Because we're talking
about a murderous monster.
Katrina: And if abraham
was one of your friends?
You would not condemn him
to death so easily.
August corbin was my friend,
And the horseman murdered him
in front of me.
He is death personified.
Please, both of you.
There is no need
for tempers to flare.
Are you kidding me?
When we waver in our duty,
Monsters get loose
and people die.
We are not jailers,
we are not reformers.
We are soldiers, and I think
that we all understand
What the stakes are here.
I can't believe you let her
talk you into this.
I did not.
I recognized the sliver
of the man I once knew
Before katrina told me
of her plan.
Though it was deeply
unfair of you
To use our marriage as leverage.
Ichabod, you have
to understand, it's not...
No, you must understand.
This is neither the time
nor the place to discuss it.
Please help me
to make this right.
We must find abraham
and bring him here.
If katrina can help him,
you and I need to know.
If not...
Then we cross
that difficult bridge.
Okay, fine.
The horseman
can't bear daylight.
He'll go to ground
before sunrise.
I know you think
this unfair.
I know you feel the angel
is in the right,
But there is something
about him I mistrust.
He's quick to action,
quick to anger.
Abbie:
Wouldn't you be?
He's been searching for
the horseman for how long?
And we let him go.
We have a lot
to talk about.
But no, now is
not the time.
Not with the
headless horseman,
An angry angel
and two demons on the loose.
Crane:
I shall search through
Apocryphal sources
for our angel orion.
I'll try the old-fashioned
approach-- feet on the pavement.
It's not solar powered.
We've tried electricity,
fire, water.
We're still nowhere.
Not to mention,
Donnelly was the early
shift last night,
So, you know,
that bird has flown.
You're being very weird.
I'm not.
It's nothing.
It... It doesn't matter.
Nothing can't not matter.
Only something can.
(sighs)
I still think
about us, mills.
I should've said
something to you.
I didn't, and then
it became a thing
Because I didn't
speak up, so...
Oh, my god.
You're jealous?
You don't get
to be jealous.
I know.
You burned that bridge
with napalm.
I said it, okay?
(scoffs)
I came clean.
Wow.
You're shiftless, hawley.
You're always moving.
And anything you have
that starts to get real,
To mean something,
you bust it into pieces,
Break it apart
and then run for the door.
Oh, very mature.
No, no, no. When you said,
"bust it into pieces,"
I remembered this detail
about that sumerian demon.
Kept his greatest treasures
inside common clay pots
So no one would guess
their worth.
Son of a gun.
I can see it.
Ugly bastards.
Okay, we got trees.
A wooded area.
Dirt road leading to
a stone building
With an old wooden carriage
missing a wheel.
The carriage house.
Of course.
Hawley: Okay, there's
someone else there.
Oh.
It's your friend with no head.
The horseman?
He's out.
Jenny, tell me
you got something.
Jenny:
The demons you were looking for.
They're with the horseman
at his place.
Should I come meet you?
Don't worry. I got backup.
(phone beeps off)
That was fast.
I wanted to apologize to you
about what happened.
We are fellow soldiers, abigail,
But if you seek to bar my way...
No, I'm here to help.
I was worried you might
let your fellow witness
Dissuade you from the path
we must follow.
It's complicated.
There are personal issues
at stake for him.
There is no room in war
for half measures.
And I understand that
in a way that crane can't.
Especially when it comes
to the horseman.
He killed a man who was
like a father to me.
So, my sister found out where
that monster went to ground.
I had a feeling
when we met, abigail,
That it would be portentous
for both of us.
(phone ringing)
Crane, what's up?
Crane:
It is as I feared.
This angel may not be
as benevolent as we believed.
Yeah? What makes
you say that?
I have found reference
to the angel orion
In a number of
apocryphal biblical sources.
In each, he arrives in the weeks
before great catastrophes.
In pompeii, before the eruption
of vesuvius in 79 a.D.
In syria, at the site
Of the antioch earthquake
in 526 a.D.
In 541 a.D., in byzantium,
In the weeks
before the justinian plague.
And that means what exactly?
Was he there to prevent
these events...
Or to bring them about?
Crane...
I'm actually with orion
right now.
We're heading to
the carriage house.
Let me get back to you, okay?
(phone beeps off)
(heavy footsteps approaching)
Abbie:
With moloch dead,
It must feel good to see the
light at the end of the tunnel.
It is a victory
that gives me hope
In the many battles to come.
But if we kill
the horseman
And we hunt down the others
that escaped purgatory,
Won't we have won?
The battle but not the war.
I don't just seek
to destroy, abigail,
But to rebuild, remake
And reinvent this world
as a paradise.
How do you accomplish a
global change like that?
Evil has taken deep root
in men's hearts.
It must be lanced
like a sickness of the flesh,
Burned out before it
corrupts completely.
You mean that
metaphorically, right?
I wish I did.
My weapon will end the horseman
and give me his power.
With it,
I will bring a great judgment,
Like the one visited
on adam and eve
When they ate
of the forbidden fruit.
(chuckles)
getting biblical.
Judge mankind? By what criteria?
By their capacity
to visit evil on each other.
And you'll be the judge
and carry out the sentence?
As the angel of death
passed over egypt
And took
the pharaoh's firstborn.
As the cities of
sodom and gomorrah
Were burned
for their wickedness.
As the waters
Of the great flood
washed the world clean
Of man's iniquity.
My blade will cleanse humanity
of its ills.
The horseman is first.
Along with that witch
that sided with him.
Wait, katrina is not evil.
There is no room in this world
for those that harbor it.
All wickedness must be culled
from the flock.
You and I, abigail,
Together we can bring
about a golden age.
It begins here,
As we burn this haven
Of evil to the ground.
You were right about orion.
He's a zealot.
He doesn't just want
to kill the horseman,
He wants to steal his power.
And if the apocryphal
texts are correct,
Create a disaster.
Sleepy hollow will
be the epicenter
Of a conflagration
of biblical proportions.
(gasping)
Crane!
Lieutenant!
(grunting)
(hissing, snarling)
(hissing)
(grunting)
Crane.
Can you feel that?
My blade gathers your power
for my use.
Your death will
burn bright,
Cauterizing this
festering wound,
Turn this area
into a smoldering crater,
End the evil
that escaped purgatory.
Crane (quietly):
We must destroy that blade.
How good is your
aim with an axe?
Good enough.
All right.
Go around the back
behind them.
I'll distract orion.
Orion.
You know this is wrong.
This is just and right, abigail.
When you first came out
of purgatory,
You said you couldn't help
but see the beauty around you.
But now you want to destroy it.
Precisely because this world
is so beautiful.
Evil has taken hold
in men's hearts.
Abbie: What about the good?
The innocent?
Mixed up with the evil
and the corrupt, the wicked.
What are they?
Acceptable casualties?
This is war, abigail.
All wars have costs.
No.
You find another way.
What have we here?
You have no hope of beating me
with that weapon, witness.
I have no intention to.
Lieutenant!
(gunshot)
No! Do you know
what you've done?!
Little more of a fair fight now.
How could you side
with the enemy?
Abbie: We decide
what side we're on.
In this case, the enemy
of my enemy is my ally.
You forgot what you're
fighting for, orion.
Abraham, stop.
If you strike me down,
the chance will be lost.
The chance for you
to become the hero
You always thought
you could be.
I will let you try and return me
to the man I once was.
But in the interim,
I am no man's prisoner.
Leave this place.
Now!
Abbie:
Let's go, crane.
I'm disappointed.
We share a mission,
But we also swore
to share a life together.
You did not attempt
to reach me with logic
Or fairness last night.
Rather, you used our marriage
as a bargaining tool.
I simply wanted you
to support me,
Believe in me. Is that so wrong?
When have I not, katrina?
Henry is our son. Our blood.
Abraham was my friend.
And your fiancé.
They are not the same.
You want to save him out of
guilt and lay it at my feet.
You said you saw something
in him that you recognized.
I did.
His pride. His ego. Anger.
Our past...
Weighs so heavily upon us,
katrina.
As miss mills and I have
redefined our role as witness,
So you and I
Must redefine our marriage.
If we are to give life
to our marriage...
...Why not start today?
One small step at a time.
So things are still upside-down
on the home front?
Mm, sideways.
Which is an
improvement, at least.
Though I feel
I should apologize
If it seemed I was
siding with katrina.
Maybe I should apologize
if it seemed like I was...
Siding with a winged zealot
Who wants to cleanse
the world of evil.
Hindsight's always 20/20.
Katrina was right
to let abraham go.
You think orion's
gone for good?
He is defeated,
His weapon shattered.
Let us hope
he takes ample time to recover.
Playing field has changed,
but the war isn't over.
May never be.
But... What happened today
was important.
What? That we disagreed?
Mm. We pushed each other.
We need that.
Checks and balances, right?
No matter what obstacles
we face,
No matter how many disagreements
we have...
Our bond cannot be broken.
Witness represent.
(sighs)
(doorbell jingles)
Can I help you?
You can't be in here without
shoes. It's store policy.
You have cash for that?
Sir.
(weakly):
Where am I?
Is this heaven or hell?
Neither, man.
It's sleepy hollow.