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So yeah, I took a break from blogging Sleepy Hollow for 2 reasons: 1) I was trying to finish my Ph.D. applications (done!) and 2) Thanksgiving in Arizona.
And in retrospect 3) these two episodes are basically a two-parter, with ep 8 picking right up on the cliffhanger ending of ep 7 and finishing out the story.
These episodes were great. I got the feeling that they were setting up for what would have been the ending if the show hadn't been renewed for a second season, but it was, so they ended up just being a really tightly written adventure.
However, since this blog series is all about the problems with the show, let's get to criticizing!
UV lights can substitute for the sun in magic. What? It's magic. There's something special about the sun, daylight, and good and evil. While it was awesome to see the headless horseman start to smoke from the lights, replacing magic with science and technology is always uncertain ground to walk on, and I wasn't convinced that GE can project anti-evil.
Also, those are totally not Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
One thing they got very right, although I don't know if it was on purpose, was Captain Irving's emphasis on the word "scientifically" when explaining to Ichabod that DNA evidence had established that there are descendants of Sally Hemmings and Thomas Jefferson. An educated man from the 18th century Enlightenment would definitely respect anything backed up by "science." But then, our own culture is so heavily influenced by the Enlightenment, it's hard to know if the writers had to even take Ichabod's cultural moment into consideration.
On the other hand, it was so awesome seeing Abbie teach Ichabod about what a fist-bump means :)
And watching Ichabod try not to be seduced by an internet porn popup is characteristic of why I love this show! To say nothing of his voicemail to Abbie.
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