"Necromancer"

"I slayed your Mason brethren; I hung their heads like lanterns. I killed her partner; and I will kill you."

"Necromancer" is the eighth episode of Season One of Fox's Sleepy Hollow. It was written by Mark Goffman & Phillip Iscove and directed by Paul Edwards. It is the eighth episode of the series overall, and debuted on November 18, 2013.

Synopsis[]

Crane, Abbie, Captain Irving, and Jenny Mills join forces and face the Headless Horseman. While confronting this nemesis, Crane is shocked by game-changing information about the Horseman's true motive.^[1]

Recap[]

Abbie and Crane interrogate the Horseman through Andy Brooks, the Horseman's Necromancer, despite Brooks' warning not to do so. During the interrogation Crane realizes the Horseman has been acting out his own agenda, that it was somehow personal between him and Crane. The Horseman stuns Crane by revealing himself to be Abraham Van Brunt, Katrina's former fiancé and Crane's former friend.

Crane tells Abbie the story of the breakup of Bram's engagement, Crane's involvement, and the subsequent destruction of their friendship. When Abraham tried to challenge Crane, he was killed in a surprise attack by Hessians, and turned into the Horseman by Moloch.

Brooks, under control of Moloch, smuggles a druidic relic into the chamber where the Horseman is being held, and uses it to dispel the magical bindings of the chamber. This allows Moloch's hellish minions to be summoned into the chamber. The Horseman breaks his bonds and attacks Crane, Brooks warns him not to kill Crane as Moloch wants him alive. The demonic minions then flee, leaving Crane alive.

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Cast[]

Starring[]

Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane
Nicole Beharie as Lieutenant Abbie Mills
Orlando Jones as Captain Frank Irving
Katia Winter as Katrina Crane

Guest Starring[]

Co-Starring[]

Jeremy Owens as Headless Horseman
D.J. Mifflin as Moloch
Neko Parham as Fuller
Jayson Warner Smith as Carlton
Mark Jeffrey Miller as Jesse Adams
Stephen Shelton as Hessian
Matt Mercurio as Duty Officer
Kenneth Strong as Acolyte of Moloch #3
Bradley Johnson as Acolyte of Moloch #4
Alexander Bryant as Acolyte of Moloch #5
Jim McKeny as George

Trivia[]

Title[]

The US title refers to Andy Brooks, acting as the vocal medium for the Headless Horseman while the Japanese title referred to the Headless Horseman.

Production Notes[]

Tom Mison who plays Ichabod Crane was unavailable when the sword fight choreography was worked out. Before shooting the scene, however, he was able to learn the entire fight sequence in about 20 minutes.

Body Count[]

Unnamed Hunter - Shot by a Hessian soldier.
Unnamed Hessian - Neck broken by Irving.
Abraham Van Brunt - Shot by Hessians (later resurrected as the Horseman of Death/Headless Horseman)