ABBIE: Previously on Sleepy Hollow...
Our quest will not be without peril.
Crane, you and I can't have lunch without peril.
CRANE: There is the legend of Methuselah.
He was given a sword with the power to kill any being on Earth.
He used it to take down 1,000 demons.
The sword can kill Moloch.
(GROWLS)
The time has come.
The trumpet has signaled the starting of war.
Moloch shall not rise.
(HORSES NEIGHING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
CRANE: According to this map,
Fredericks Manor is approximately...
Exactly six point two miles away.
I told you, I have GPS.
Forgive me for not trusting an electronic device
during an apocalyptic storm.
You really think this is it?
End of Days.
Moloch has risen.
He sounded the trumpet.
Very little remains between now and his earthly reign.
There's Katrina, us
and a sword.
And that's assuming she can hold him off until we arrive.
If the End is upon us,
his use for her has likely passed.
Well, we just need a few more minutes.
(ENGINE STALLS)
No...
No!
Come on!
No, come on!
The problem is electrical.
Ignition module failure,
most likely from a surge.
How long will it take to redress?
Repair?
Not long. About an hour, once I have the parts.
You don't have them here?
No. Sir... You must understand
our situation is dire.
We must have conveyance immediately.
I'll call a cab.
MECHANIC: Whoa!
We've got to get over there, Crane.
Yes.
Lieutenant...
A motorcycle.
No electronics, just good old-fashioned machinery.
If ever there were justification to commandeer a vehicle
the Apocalypse would be it.
Grab the sword.
Okay, Crane.
Hop on and hold on.
Right.
Where do I buckle?
Arms around me.
Right. Of course.
But where do I buckle?
No buckle. Normally, you wear a helmet,
but again, you get a bye when it's the End of Days.
Perhaps, there's a stable nearby...
(ENGINE STARTS)
Don't worry...
I had a bike when I was a teenager.
I want one of these.
As soon as this is over.
There's no noise, no light on inside.
You think they're still here?
We forge ahead.
Katrina last contacted us from here.
Let's go.
Got to be ready for anything.
Clear.
The place is abandoned.
Hard to know what to make of the remnants they left behind.
There must be a reason for this model.
Details...
And these flags...
These are locations that Henry has struck.
Wait, wait, wait...
St. Henry's Parish...
Up there.
That's the carriage house...
To me, to me, to me...
ABBIE: The flower shop...
Tarrytown Psychiatric...
Fredericks Manor...
Son of a bitch.
It's a pentagram over the city.
We saw one just like it in Moloch's lair.
Washington's Bible
states that the start of the Apocalypse
will see a demon create hell on Earth.
We stopped Moloch the first time he tried to raise his demon army,
but this pentagram may let the rest of them in.
But where is Moloch now?
Katrina came to this place to kill him.
Are we too late?
KATRINA: No, please, no!
Katrina...
(KATRINA GRUNTING)
The binding ritual.
(WHIMPERING)
CRANE: He's going to make Katrina his bride.
Not if we stop him first.
You've got the sword.
Go get him, Crane!
(GRUNTING)
(YELLING)
(GRUNTS)
(ABBIE GRUNTING)
(CHAINS RATTLING)
(PANTING)
Tell me where Moloch is or you will die.
One flinch, and this sword will pierce your shell of a heart.
Katrina...
Can you still see this creature as Abraham?
As long as I'm wearing this amulet, yes.
I'm going to ask him some very simple questions.
I may have a way of extending the amulet's enchantment,
so you may see him for yourself.
(CHANTING SPELL)
Hmm.
Abraham.
This sword can slay any soldier in evil's army,
the Horseman of Death is no exception.
Yes, the Sword of Methuselah,
a sword of infinite, unstoppable power to man.
Does nothing seem strange about that tale to you?
All magic has a cost.
What are you saying?
The sword requires a sacrifice,
the life of anybody who wields it.
You're lying.
The moment a man uses the sword to kill,
his soul, and hence, his life
will be taken with it.
Enough deceit!
We have an Apocalypse to halt.
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
The runes on the sword's hilt,
they reference erelim angels,
agents of earthly justice.
Abraham may be telling the truth.
ABBIE: You cannot be serious.
Using the sword will kill us?
I need time
to prove or disprove Abraham's assertion.
We don't have time. That's why he's trying to stall us.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
My mother and my ancestors
spent their lives looking for this sword.
If it turns out that we can't even use it...
Let's not hasten to conclusions.
Ms. Jenny will arrive shortly
with the research that Katrina requested.
Assuming that she can find some
obscure, lost chapter from the Alexandrian canon.
(SIGHS) Yes, well, until then,
it is up to Katrina to gather more intelligence.
(CHANTING SPELL)
I know this isn't easy for you,
seeing her with him.
Abraham knows we cannot use the sword.
Katrina must take a more personal approach.
ABBIE: And?
(SIGHS)
Our marriage has been under a lot of strain of late.
And now she's saved Abraham's life.
Only to save mine.
I know.
(KATRINA CHANTING SPELL)
I should hang the risk and kill him.
(SCOFFS)
Leave me with this mess all on my own?
No. No.
You're not getting off that easy.
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING) Oh...
That's Jenny. Let's move.
JENNY: I found the chapter Katrina told us to look up.
"God wrote the ineffable name upon Methuselah's sword.
"For a man to wield it
"would consume his soul in fire."
Abraham was speaking the truth.
Such a strange and singular weapon.
Exacting the cost of death for death.
It could take both of us to finish this.
Crane?
We die for the cause.
Maybe it's our job as Witnesses.
How so? My guess...
Is that when we find Moloch, the Horseman of War
will be standing beside him.
Two demons.
Two of us.
Perhaps. Crane?
I need to know that if your son
interferes with us killing Moloch,
you'll be able to use this sword against him.
You must be able to kill Henry.
Moloch is our target.
Everything else is secondary.
Moloch knows that your family is your weakness.
I will lay down my soul to stop this Apocalypse.
But are you willing to lay down your son's?
Guys, what if there's another way?
Jenny, you're not carrying the sword.
That's not what I was gonna pitch.
But thanks for thinking of me.
From what I can gather,
the moment you kill someone,
the sword consumes your soul.
So it says.
What if your soul has already been claimed?
Then the sword would be unable to consume it.
Irving.
Henry owns his soul.
Maybe he can wield the sword without dying.
Or it will kill him
and then Henry takes over his soul.
He has a wife, daughter, a family.
We don't even know where he is.
He left last night. He couldn't have gotten far.
Abbie, if there's a chance
no one has to die to win this war,
we have to try.
(LIGHTNING CRASHING)
HENRY: This is our genesis.
The very spot where you pulled me out of the ground.
(MOLOCH CHANTING SPELL)
My true birthplace.
Where you became my new father.
And now, together,
we will raise hell on Earth.
MOLOCH: Rise, Purgatory.
Come and see.
(CHAINS RATTLING) Abraham, please.
Moloch did not save your life. I did.
You have no reason to protect him.
Spare me, witch.
You were never anything more than a spy.
That is not true.
I had such plans for us.
A binding ritual is no future.
A last resort.
I fought for you,
and in return you tried to deceive and destroy me.
Not to destroy you.
Moloch.
Yes, I was a spy.
I stayed with you to gather intelligence.
But...
While I was with you,
I saw the real you, Abraham.
I saw a man I haven't seen in centuries.
I saw how deeply you cared for me.
And I care for you, too.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Ichabod!
I require your counsel.
Our friend, Captain Irving, his soul belongs to Henry.
Do you think he might be able
to wield the sword with impunity?
Captain Irving? Uh...
Yes, I believe so.
No being nor sword can lay claim on a soul
that has already been given.
In that case, we shall endeavor to retrieve him.
Maybe I should stay here
and guard Abraham.
I think I may be getting closer
to him telling us what he knows.
Of course.
Very well.
I am sorry
for going back to Fredericks Manor
without a proper farewell... I trusted your judgment.
I hope you still do.
Tell me this,
if Henry stood in the path of defeating Moloch,
would you be able to kill Henry?
Moloch is the enemy.
Not our son.
If we slay that beast,
Henry's soul will be released from Moloch's hold.
In the heat of battle, we may not have the opportunity.
There may be no other way.
My love, there's always another way.
(THUNDER CRASHING)
Have you discovered anything new about the sword?
Yeah, in the Alexandrian version of the Bible,
there's a reference in Genesis.
CRANE: Adjacent to the story of Abraham and Isaac.
An unnerving test of faith.
Asking a father to sacrifice his son.
It's not the same, Crane.
Isaac was an innocent child.
Henry is... ...will die by my hand.
If necessary.
But do grant me the concession, Lieutenant.
It is an unreasonable request.
My mother had to sacrifice herself
to protect me from Moloch.
Nothing that we've come across has been reasonable.
Guys, listen to this.
It's Irving's message to me. (CLICKING)
IRVING: Sorry, Jenny. Thank you for trying
but I can't run and hide.
Not who I am. I'm gonna fight... (FAST-FORWARDING)
Signing off. 9-23-17-8-0.
"9-23."
Clearly, he's leaving us a code.
Some way to reach him?
A time or a date, maybe?
September 23rd?
September 23rd, 1780.
I think he left this one for you.
On this day, three patriots captured the British spy John Andre.
Andre was arrested and immediately taken to a garrison
in Sleepy Hollow.
"Stay underground."
The old military post is downtown.
Just around the corner from the tunnels.
Ms. Jenny and I shall investigate.
If you could go to Katrina and Abraham.
Mmm.
We'll find him and bring him back.
(DOOR OPENS)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
JENNY: The military post is right above us.
Halt!
Trip wire.
(GUN COCKS)
Hands up! CRANE: Captain?
It's us.
We need you, Frank.
This is it, isn't it?
It appears we can use Henry's curse
to our advantage.
Because he has claimed your soul,
the sword cannot.
You're the only one of us who can use the sword
without it killing you.
What if you're wrong?
What if I wield the sword and it kills me?
Then, I die...
And Henry claims my soul.
Two very bad things.
If we do nothing, we all die
and you rise by Henry's side all the same.
Before I do this
I need to see Cynthia and Macey.
There's no time. I wish there was.
But I'll talk to Cynthia and Macey...
You'll do more than that.
You'll promise me
you'll look after them.
Yes. Of course.
You have our word.
Let's go see the Horseman.
Abraham Van Brunt.
I never thought we'd see each other again, but here we are.
Face to face.
So...
Are you ready to tell us about Moloch?
Have you not sacrificed enough, former Captain?
Are you truly standing in front of me,
prepared to sacrifice your life to take mine?
IRVING: I am willing to make that sacrifice.
But I don't need to.
You can thank the other Horseman for that.
He has already claimed my soul.
The question is,
are you prepared to sacrifice
what's left of your life?
Haven't you
sacrificed enough?
CRANE: Tell us where Moloch is
and you'll be spared.
For now.
Headless...
Armless.
You know, I never studied fencing.
But this sword
does all the work for me.
How many demons did Methuselah kill with this?
A thousand?
CRANE: Where is Moloch?
The Four Trees.
The Four White Trees? Not anymore.
I'm afraid the trees and the forest have taken on a darker hue.
War and Moloch
have begun to merge Purgatory and this world.
With each tree that is burned black,
more evil may enter.
The blackening of the first white tree
brought lightning.
The second will bring blood.
The fall of the third tree will bring Moloch's demon army.
You may have seen them before.
(SNARLING)
And the fall of the fourth tree...
Will complete the formation of hell on Earth.
Swing your sword as you will.
Time
is not on your side.
Just say the word.
This is not the time.
He may have more information.
He might be of use later.
Spare him.
Moloch alone is our target tonight.
Irving's got the sword, but if we're all going to fight
a demon army, we've all got to weapon up.
What do you have in mind?
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
HAWLEY: Oh!
God bless Texas!
(LAUGHING)
There is freedom worth fighting for.
HAWLEY: What? Hey!
I didn't know you guys liked to party.
Uh...
I'm about to do something less fun, aren't I?
Still a party,
just a hunting party.
Moloch has risen.
We'll reconvene at the archives.
We need everything you've got. Every weapon in your arsenal.
Wait, come on, everything?
Everything.
Look, I know you think it's the End,
but do you know how many people have gotten burned
claiming the End is nigh?
Every person.
Every person in history
who's ever said that has been dead wrong, Mills.
Doomsdayers are zero for 10,000 years.
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(CLATTERING)
Okay.
Ugh.
Score one for the doomsdayers.
It's hailing blood.
You believe me now?
Weapons, Hawley.
I'll load up my truck.
According to dubious lore,
Blackbeard used these flintlocks
to sink a Leviathan.
A katana sword from the Jokoto period.
You have a deep bench, my friend.
Yeah, said to imbue its wielder with the strength
of all its previous samurais.
(CHANTING SOFTLY)
Whoa. Hey, uh, Ms. Crane... (STAMMERS)
It's okay. She's a witch.
Oh.
Nice work.
Some of these weapons do possess ancient magic.
I may be able to revitalize them,
but it might require a moment.
(THUNDER CRASHING)
One moment may be all we have.
As Purgatory merges with the real world,
my power weakens.
We must hurry.
Where's Abbie? She's with the Horseman.
Horseman?
Yes. Mr. Hawley,
we may have one more favor to prevail upon you.
Wow.
This ain't no Wendigo.
ABBIE: The Horseman of Death.
One of the Four Horsemen.
(STUTTERS) You sure he can't get out?
This cell was designed by Thomas Jefferson
and a coven of witches to hold him.
And others like him.
So you want me to babysit this guy
while you and the A-Team go stop
the Horseman of War and his boss, Moloch.
May be more than just babysitting.
Demons may try to break him out...
Wait, really? Yeah.
He could.
Our world is merging with Purgatory. All bets are off.
That's why, as soon as Katrina's done
enchanting those weapons,
we get out there and stop Moloch.
Okay. Yeah. Why not?
(SCOFFS)
So, we're clear?
I need to trust you
to watch over the Headless Horseman until we get back.
It's not a party,
you cannot have any friends over.
Mills, I get it.
The world's gonna end.
You gotta stop that.
And if you don't, I imagine
I'm gonna hear about it pretty quickly.
CRANE: I overheard you today.
Talking to Abraham.
You said you cared for him,
and somehow I'm certain you mean it.
Ichabod... I understand
your relationship with him is complicated.
He was your captor.
What are you trying to say?
I'm trying to understand...
To understand your experience as a captive.
Whether it somehow tainted me.
I love you, Ichabod,
but I cannot fight two wars at once.
Despite your words to the contrary,
clearly, you've lost faith in my judgment.
As you have in mine.
You left to the enemy den without so much as a note.
To kill the demon Moloch...
Which you did not do.
Everything I have ever done
has first and foremost
been to ensure our very survival,
so that one day,
you and I could return to husband and wife!
"Husband and wife"?
You're a spy,
you're a witch,
you lied to me about Mary's death.
Sometimes, I question the very idea of our "marriage."
Perhaps, then,
until our mission is complete,
we are both better off considering ourselves
in the roles we have to play in this war.
Soldiers.
And nothing more.
Then we are but comrades in arms
until Moloch is defeated.
(DOOR OPENS)
The weapons are readied.
MOLOCH: The third tree burns
and we still await the Horseman of Death.
The witch created weakness in Abraham.
She must have delayed him.
MOLOCH: The sword.
You should have prevented this.
But, Moloch,
Abraham's failure is not my own.
I shall send the first of my army,
and War.
(SNARLING)
ABBIE: I take it you two spoke.
We agreed.
We share a single focus,
Moloch. (GUNSHOT)
We got company!
(SNARLING)
(SCREAMING) CRANE: No!
(GROWLING)
(GRUNTS) (KATRINA GASPS)
Ichabod!
(GROANS)
(GROANING)
Get her to safety!
Crane! Finish it!
(GRUNTS) (GROANS)
(GUNSHOT)
(DEMON GROWLING)
(HORSE NEIGHING)
War.
I got this.
(YELLING)
The sword...
(YELLING)
(GRUNTING)
(SCREAMING)
(WHIMPERING)
(GASPS)
No.
Katrina!
(GRUNTS) Captain.
All right. Captain?
Captain, Katrina is going to work her magic. Yes?
(CHANTING SOFTLY)
CRANE: Look at me.
Look at me, Captain. Look. Look.
All is well.
The merging of the worlds, I cannot stop the bleeding.
Keep trying!
Captain...
Captain, look at me.
Look at me!
You hold on...
(CONTINUES CHANTING)
You fight.
You're a captain, you fight.
Yes, you fight.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(INAUDlBLE)
We lost him.
JENNY: Is he really gone?
KATRINA: He saved our lives.
He died a hero.
And in his name, we soldier on.
I swear to you,
his sacrifice will not be in vain.
No, it will not.
Frank was our friend.
Our family.
We owe it to him.
I'm taking out Moloch.
Lieutenant, you cannot possibly carry the sword.
It is not up for debate.
No, it is not!
Do not make me wrest it from you.
I cannot lose another friend
by Moloch's hand.
Ichabod...
I am sorry, my love.
But I have been on borrowed time
for far too long.
I awoke in this
strange time
for no reason
other than this moment.
It ends now, with purpose. No.
It's not just you.
All of us, here,
we chose to be here.
You, me, Katrina, Jenny and Frank.
We're in this together.
That is how we will win.
We found the sword together.
Only one can wield it.
And it'll be me first.
And when I fall, you can pick it up.
And if we don't finish the job...
I shall pick up the sword.
Then me.
ABBIE: Until today, we've only been asked
to make sacrifices of ourselves.
But now?
We've got to be willing to sacrifice others,
the ones we love.
I am not gonna let Moloch
take another soul from this earth.
Never again.
You are right.
Thank you.
Don't thank me yet, you haven't heard my plan.
(MOLOCH ROARING)
Go. It is not done yet.
You must retrieve the sword.
Father, how?
They have destroyed my armor.
I am vulnerable.
You will delay them.
I don't understand.
I am the Second Horseman!
You would have me die?
There were Horsemen before you,
there will be Horsemen after.
Be grateful for the chance
to sacrifice yourself for my glory.
Today begins my reign.
You will find them at the church.
Now, go.
Father... (GROWLS)
I will obey.
ABBIE: War is hell.
Or, more accurately,
we sent War back to hell.
Planning on coming for you,
but this'll work, too.
How pathetic.
Ichabod is hiding.
Forcing his injured partner to face me alone.
I volunteered. Well...
Let's see what you're made of,
Lieutenant.
You think you can hide?
You've already lost.
You brought roots to a sword fight?
(WHIMPERING)
(GROANING)
(LAUGHING)
(GASPS)
(GROANS)
(KATRINA CHANTING SPELL)
Do not move.
Put the sword down.
Our quarrel isn't with you, Henry.
Step aside and let us meet Moloch.
It won't be that easy.
If you want to leave here,
your only option is to kill me,
Father.
So here I am.
Kill me.
You see it.
Life, pulsing in my throat.
Make the slightest of motions
and humanity will be saved.
What will it be, Father?
Crane, you know what you have to do.
In Genesis,
God commanded Abraham
to sacrifice his son, Isaac.
The binding of Isaac, yes.
I've read this tragic little story.
Abraham was willing.
But at the very last moment,
God provided him with a ram
to sacrifice in Isaac's stead.
Crane!
I will give my life
wielding this sword against you, if I must.
But we have another way.
A mighty ram.
Moloch... Moloch.
My son,
let me pass
and I will dispatch Moloch to hell
and you will be free
to live a life of your making,
not a pawn in his game,
but as a loved one
in a world of free will.
You...
You would let me live
while you go face Moloch and die?
That is what sacrifice is.
Allow me to fulfill my duty as a Witness
and end this madness.
Henry, let us pass!
You never gave up on me.
You never will.
(GRUNTS) (ABBIE SCREAMING)
(HENRY GRUNTS)
(CRANE GROANS)
As an immortal,
I can wield this with impunity.
Faith, hope and charity,
the Holy Trinity has brought you to your knees again, Father.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
Come.
Moloch is waiting.
MOLOCH: Kill the witch.
Then the final tree will burn.
But she is Abraham's.
Abraham failed. He gets nothing.
The witch dies first.
But Abraham is awaiting the bargain you made with him.
He is nothing.
You are nothing but what I made you.
Sacrifice your mother.
Now.
(THUNDER CRASHING)
Very well.
Take me!
Take me.
Ichabod, it's me he wants.
Enough.
You tell me of Abraham's sacrifice.
The Akeda,
the story of a cruel and merciless God
who designed a cruel and merciless world.
Who could worship a deity
who commands a man to sacrifice his own son?
Those days have come to an end.
(SNARLING)
The true lesson of the story
comes not from Abraham,
but from Isaac.
The chasm between father and son
was never bridged.
They never spoke again.
And, justly so!
For any man
willing to sacrifice his child
should die.
As should any god!
(ROARING)