I am rapidly and predictably loving Sleepy Hollow

[frayadjacent]

I've now watched the first four episodes of Sleepy Hollow and am pretty well hooked. The fourth episode in particular deals with Abbie and Jenny's relationship in a compelling way. The two have great chemistry and their scenes have brought out some fabulous acting on Nicole Beharie's part.

I love that Abbie and Jenny get to have all the angst and complex history. Meanwhile, Ichabod is like "oh yeah I woke up 200 years in the future and everyone I care about is dead or trapped in a horrible mirror dimension but enough about me, I'm good, let's attend to *your* emotions and needs."

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I could really do without all the George Washington worship, though at this point it's getting silly enough that it goes with the general plot-holyness cracky fun. Kinda.

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[st_aurafina]

Abbie and Jenny's story through S1 gives me life. Tough little kids choosing different pathways for survival - argh, my heart.

[frayadjacent]

MY HEART AS WELL. They are great.

[grammarwoman]

I am just tonight watching the Sleepy Hollow pilot, based on everyone's enthusiasm for it. :)

One wonders if Crane, Steve Rogers, and Bucky Barnes could start a support group for "Fast-Forwarded Future Friends".

[frayadjacent]

Haha, though I like to think Ichabod would quickly be bored and want to get back to life coaching Abbie. Though he'd probably get along great with Steve.

[gwyn]

I have been rewatching the first season in anticipation of S2. The stuff with the founding fathers is always my least favorite, I'm pretty much in it for everyone else and the relationships, which are all so awesome. Abbie and Jenny are the best.

[frayadjacent]

Yeah, I have some moments where I'm shocked by how intense the patriotism and Christianity of the show is, but the characters are fantastic. I've now watched through maybe episode 7 and Irving has joined the team and gotten some badass moments. :D

[purplefringe]

ABBIE AND JENNYYYYYYYYY <3333 CRAAAAAAANE.

So we recently watched this show too and I pretty much immediately started vidding because I LOVE EVERYONE. It's cracky and ridiculous a and I just don't care because everyone is so complex and wonderful and has such interesting and developed relationships.

Also, really *really* good faces.

[frayadjacent]

Their faces are sooooo good. My favorites are angsty Abbie and amused Ichabod. Also I loved the exchange of smiles when Jenny talked about the importance of fighting for what you believe in. She and ichabod seem cut from the same cloth in many ways.

[beccatoria]

YESSSS I'm really glad you're enjoying it. I watched it just thinking it'd be cracky fun, AND IT WAS, but it also had a compelling level of characterisation and drama that really held my attention and held it through the horror type stuff.

The founding fathers stuff does get a little hilarious from time to time, although Abbie and Irving do throw some spectacular shade when he starts praising Jefferson by explaining to him the existence of Sally Hemmings.

That's one thing I really enjoy about the show - the way it doesn't erase African Americans from that time period. Yes, like the rest it's plot-holey and in places clearly avoiding realism so that we don't have to loathe everyone, but it makes it incredibly clear that they were an important social presence and as the series progresses, it roots Abbie's legacy and destiny just as firmly as Ichabod's, in a way that really starts to undermine the one reservation I had at the start: that this was the story of the Main Character Displaced In Time and his Plucky Sidekick.

Plus I'm pretty sure Jenny is a series regular in s2. EEEEE!

[frayadjacent]

Yes, the Sally Hemmings scene was great! I am excited to see more exploration of Abbie's history.