Sleepy Hollow season 3, episode 7 just aired, and of course some crazy stuff went down.
We start out with Crane and Abbie playing a game of chess. It’s pretty much a metaphor for their lives where it’s all strategy, thinking ahead, outwitting the opponent, and even relying on a bit of luck.
"Know thy self. Know thy enemy." is a concept Abbie is all too familiar with. #SleepyHollow pic.twitter.com/pIXapsTz3w
— Sleepy Hollow (@SleepyHollowFOX) November 13, 2015
The Shard retrieval continues to be a priority. Sophie doesn’t realize just how complicated things are yet. On the other hand, Nevins thinks nothing of conjuring up Pandora’s Box even though every incidental story in history would lead any semi-rational person to believe this would be a horrific idea. Cue the awakening of red, Voldemort-looking demons.
Jenny, meanwhile, is a badass in the fighting ring, and then she goes from badass to scaryass super fighter who is glowing red. Ichabod figures out it is the crystal connection. They were actual binding stones. The Shard is in Jenny, and it’s literally consuming her alive from the inside out.
Jenny Mills is a true fighter, in every sense of the word. #SleepyHollow https://t.co/li0p4l2Qhh
— Sleepy Hollow (@SleepyHollowFOX) November 13, 2015
There’s lots of discussion on how they are going to deal with Jenny’s Shard problem, with solutions ranging from consulting Nevins to doing nothing. The discussion doesn’t last long as the group is attacked by the demons Nevins awakened. The main question is if the creatures were sent to kill or capture Jenny? She is now feeling the physical affects of the Shard in a debilitating way.
As part of the post-attack discussion, Crane recalls from an off-handed comment the “single-minded mission” of the Norse berserkers. They were a legendary tribe of warriors who stopped at nothing in their missions’ main goal. This is who they are fighting, and apparently their only weakness is mistletoe.
Mistletoe #SleepyHollow fun fact: In Norse legend, Loki tricks Hoder into killing Balder w/ mistletoe. So be careful this Christmas, y'all.
— Joe Webb (@JoeWebb13) November 13, 2015
Things go from bad to worse. Jenny is definitely in a desperate situation as the Shard is destroying her, as well as possessing her. Ichabod and company get ambushed by the berserkers, and their ammo is ineffective. So much for that mistletoe theory. On top of that, there are eyes. Eyes are everywhere. Apparently factions in the bureau are watching Nevins and Jenny with keen interest.
If you are ever going to take Crane's advice, now would be the time. RUN. #SleepyHollow pic.twitter.com/zUCHqfWXAb
— Sleepy Hollow (@SleepyHollowFOX) November 13, 2015
Abbie hands Ichabod a set of lock picks that he uses to break into Nevins’ compound after Abbie reroutes the surveillance detail. Ichabod discovers the pad that Nevins used to write the berserker spell, and he is about to grab it when he’s interrupted by Sophie, but in the end he gets what he wanted. He now knows how the spell was adapted with a Pandora spin.
Once we are back at the house, in this week’s Ichabod history lesson, Ichabod tells Abbie about Daniel Boone, and how he supposedly bamboozled a bunch of British and Hessians to turn against each other. While that’s going on, Joe and Jenny ponder their situation, but why talk it out too much when a passionate kiss says it all.
Time for some mountain climbing gear as Abbie, Joe, and Ichabod decide to summon the berserkers. They rappel down and ambush the berserkers from above. The berserkers, in an almost shark-like feeding frenzy, turn on each other and are defeated. Ichadod sends them back to Pandora. Unfortunately, our heroes get distracted in a heart-to-heart, and Sophie and Nevins sneak up on them and hold them at gunpoint demanding to know Jenny’s location.
Nevins and Sophie want Jenny because she is important to their unnamed superior. Nevins points a gun at Joe’s head, and just before he fires, Sophie reveals that she is an undercover agent and takes Nevins out. Abbie, Joe, and Ichabod race back to check on Jenny because Sophie tips them off that others are interested. However, when they get home, Jenny is gone. She is with Pandora and in the control of the Shard.
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