Yes, you read that right. This fall Fox will be combining the worlds of Sleepy Hollow and Bones for two crossover episodes.
Update (August 6): We now have official confirmation from Fox that these episodes will indeed air on October 28. They also revealed the synopsis for the episode(s):
“On Bones, the grisly discovery of human remains lead Brennan and Booth on a hunt for clues, during which they encounter Ichabod Crane and Abbie Mills, searching for answers of their own. Realizing that they are after the same evidence, they team up to solve the mystery.
“Then, immediately following on Sleepy Hollow, the intrigue continues as Ichabod’s old nemesis is back from the dead. Ichabod and Abbie need advanced forensic help and expertise to stop him and turn to Brennan and Booth to unlock 18th century secrets using 21st century science.”
Update (August 4): We’ve now learned when these episodes will air! Despite having reported that the episodes will air in the later half of the season, aka 2016, TV Line has learned that these are going to be airing around Halloween – October 28 to be specific.
While no new details about plot have been announced it makes sense that this would be the season’s Halloween episode for Bones, since that would make these vastly different universes come together more easily.
Original story: (July 17) Fox has announced that it will air two crossover episodes of Bones and Sleepy Hollow, one episode for each show, where the supernatural antics of Ichabod and Abbie will somehow get the team at the Jeffersonian involved, or vice versa. We still don’t know the specifics, but this is one crossover we have to think hard about because we’re still not fully comprehending the concept.
These crossover plans were initially slated for early this fall, so around the first few episodes of each show. Unfortunately due to the logistics of the matter the creative teams have pushed back the crossover until later in the 2015-16 season.
The only idea that makes sense to us is having Bones and Sleepy Hollow run back-to-back on a Thursday night.
Given that these shows happen in two completely different universes, this crossover is hard to wrap our minds around. Of course the same problem didn’t stop Fox from doing a Bones crossover with Family Guy, but the plot there at least made a little sense …barely.
In the Family Guy crossover with Bones, Booth had a brain tumor which made him hallucinate/dream the characters of the show in his head. It’s quite possible that someone from Bones will be influenced in a similar way to interact with Ichabod or Abbie.
However, Bones is no stranger to the supernatural. Cyndi Lauper has appeared several times as Avalon Harmonia, a psychic that claims to have connections to spirits and has actually been scarily accurate with her predictions. If the show continues to go with the small supernatural thread it spun in those episodes we can easily see a 200-plus-year-old Ichabod mingling with Booth and Brennan only to have them shrug off his impossible existence.
If you’re a fan of either show these episodes are going to be a crossover you definitely don’t want to miss.
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Both shows return Thursday, October 1.
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