Pandora tells Ichabod that Abbie was “his hope, his everything”, and thrills over taking Abbie from him Jenny tells Ichabod that Abbie “sacrificed herself so that could be here and win the day” Abbie says that she and Betsy were “here to carry him forward”, and finally, after all that, Ezra Mills comes out of nowhere to tell Ichabod that he needs to find the next person to inherit Abbie’s “eternal soul” and be the next Witness. Instead, we had Abbie and Reynolds kiss, and as we didn’t even get a scene with Reynolds mourning Abbie’s death, it reads as if Sleepy Hollow only made them kiss to detract from the chemistry between Ichabod and Abbie.īut of course, Abbie’s death ultimately didn’t work as a personal character thing because it wasn’t, and quotes from Pandora, Jenny, and Abbie herself brought her death into context as a death written in entirely for Ichabod- and show-serving purposes. And if we had had an Ichabbie Season 3, it likely would have driven ratings up and given Beharie more to do as an actress, possibly convincing her to stay on the show. Considering their chemistry throughout the seasons, there must have been a part of Abbie that didn’t think their bond as Witnesses was yet complete. If they really wanted to sell Abbie being satisfied with where she was in life, they could have given us a whole season of Ichabbie instead of having subtext dripping from every line the duo shared. However, like Saika said last episode, I don’t know anyone who isn’t watching this show for the eventual resolution of Ichabbie.
The writers tried to sell Abbie’s death as the completion of her own character arc-Abbie tells August Corbin and Ichabod that she’s done what she’s set out to do, she’s made peace with her sister and father, and she’s had a good life. Killing off Abbie in another sacrifice play isn’t a “shocking twist”, it’s just repetitive and unoriginal even within the confines of this same show. Instead, Abbie was sidelined in Season 2 while Ichabod’s manpain was pushed to the fore, and in Season 3, Abbie had already sacrificed herself for Ichabod and the rest of Team Witness once in the mid-season finale when she took the Shard into Pandora’s death tree. In this particular situation, you can’t have Abbie Mills go off to Europe for a few seasons-she’s a Witness and she and Ichabod are linked to each other and to the fate of the world, so it’s not like she could say, “I’m not really into this supernatural business anymore, I gotta go chill somewhere else for a bit.” That wouldn’t fly with Abbie or with Ichabod.īut why kill off Abbie in this way? First of all, if what the “insiders” say is true and Beharie had already wanted to leave after Season 2 (and considering Season 2, who would blame her), then the writing team would have known they had a whole season to do something worthwhile with Abbie’s last days. This is a common excuse that show creators tend to use when they kill off characters, particularly female characters, but assuming that said “insiders” are telling the truth, it’s not implausible for the creators to choose to kill off Abbie instead of leaving it open for a potential return. Though Nicole Beharie, Abbie’s actress, hasn’t mentioned it herself at the time this article is being written, “insiders say” ( according to Variety) that Beharie wanted to leave the show. Jenny shoots the Hidden One, Ichabod pulls some nonsense to kill Pandora, and Abbie gets to see Joe and August Corbin in an afterlife-like place before appearing in a vision to Ichabod, telling him that “my job is done”. They’re able to fight the box off in the Catacombs, but once they bring the box to Pandora, Abbie makes the sacrifice play. When Ichabod and Abbie restore Pandora’s box in the Catacombs, Ichabod finds out that for the box to truly regain its powers, it has to claim the soul of a Witness. There’s only one thing worth discussing this episode, and that is, of course, the disgraceful death of Abbie Mills. Have you all seen the Sleepy Hollow finale? I have, and I’m not pleased.
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