Sleepy Hollow: 9 Reasons I Can't Wait for Season 2
Before it premiered last fall, I thought Sleepy Hollow was going to crash and burn—and that I would be there to dance around it while laughing maniacally. The premise sounded ludicrous on paper, and I wasn't entirely sure that Fox wasn't playing a prank on all of us. I wondered if the series wasn't created after one too many shots of tequila at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights—and to be honest, I'm still not fully convinced that wasn't how it came to exist. But I also don't really care about what went in to developing this show, because it turned out to my favorite new drama of last season.
Every week, I counted down the hours until the next new episode, and not just because it meant spending an hour with Tom Mison, although that was certainly a plus. Sleepy Hollow successfully meshed together several of my favorite things—supernatural phenomena, suspense, mystery, and plenty of humor—while also keeping me on my toes. John Noble's addition to the mix midway through was just a bonus, one that got even better when his true identity was revealed in the season finale.
Now, after nine long months, the series will finally return for Season 2 on Monday, September 22, hopefully bringing with it the same fast-paced, exciting, and capable storytelling that made it so worth watching in the first place. To celebrate, here are the nine things I'm most looking forward to in Season 2.
9. Ichabod vs. technology
What does Ichabod think about the iPhone 6? No, seriously, I want to know.
8. Seeing the dead return
I doubt anyone was as excited as I was when Evil John Cho returned from the dead after dying in the pilot, so here's hoping that he'll once again rise from the ashes to grace us with his flabby neck skin.
7. Those awesome opening credits
In a world where most title sequences have been replaced by single title cards or done away with all together, it's nice to have Sleepy Hollow's fun, creepy intro and theme music to get us in the right frame of mind each week.
6. Ichabbie's friendship
The duo's buddy-cup dynamic is the backbone of the show, and it's the little moments—like that time they celebrated trapping the Horseman with an awkward fist bump—that make it one of the best relationships on TV.
5. More cool baddies
Look at these fun guys! I bet they're a real hoot at parties! But if I can be serious for a second, Sleepy Hollow already has such a great villain in the Headless Horseman that I'd be willing to forgive the show if the rest of its monsters were subpar. The fact that it goes above and beyond with each new baddie, taking great care to make them look cool AND creepy, is like a delicious donut hole you didn't know you wanted.
4. Yolanda
Never has a disembodied voice been so important to a television show. Here's hoping Yolanda officially joins the team in Season 2.
3. Action! Adventure! Jokes!
Halfway through Sleepy Hollow's freshman season—yes, only halfway—Abbie and Ichabod captured the Horseman by using fake skulls to lure him into a trap and then immobilize him with artificial sunlight. They eventually interrogated him (via Evil John Cho, a necromancer) and it was AWESOME. If the show continues to pull off ballsy moves like that while keeping its tone light and its stakes high, we're in for another successful season.
2. Shocking surprises
Season 1 ended on a high note when we learned that John Noble's Henry Parrish was actually Ichabod and Katrina's son AND the Horseman of War. I'll just be over here cleaning up the bits of my brain that splattered across the wall when my head exploded.
1. The Horseman of War
The only thing better than John Noble is Evil John Noble.
Sleepy Hollow returns Monday, September 22 at 9pm on Fox.
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