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Sleepy Hollow, Ep. 2.01, “This Is War”: a premiere that comes out swinging

Few shows are returning this fall with higher expectations than Fox’s Sleepy Hollow. What appeared last year to be an inexplicable pickup turned into the season’s most engaging new series, managing to successfully balance its utterly ridiculous concept with strong character work and a clever sense of humor. It was a win for quality that also translated into a ratings win for Fox, who made the interesting choice of bypassing a back-nine and ordering a second season right away. All of this was encouraging, but continued to raise the question of how long its brand of lunacy could be sustained, or if whatever energy the writers had grappled onto would dim in between seasons.

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Sleepy Hollow 1.02 “Blood Moon” Leans Heavily on Horror Cliches, But Adds Depth to Its Characters

Sleepy Hollow, Season 1, Episode 2: “Blood Moon″ Written by  Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Mark Goffman Directed by Ken Olin Airs Mondays at 9:00 PM ET on Fox In the second episode of Sleepy Hollow, Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie) and Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) hunt for a witch who is connected to the Headless Horseman …

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