Originally aired December 9, 2013
Teleplay by Mark Goffman & Jose Molina
Story by Alex Kurtzman
Directed by J Miller Tobin
Ichabod and Abbie enlist the help of Henry Parrish to find information about Ichabod's son. Henry sends Ichabod to purgatory to confront Katrina. When Ichabod returns, he, Abbie, and Henry search for the Golem that was created by his son Jeremy as a means of protection. Ichabod and Abbie receive a threatening message from Moloch.
Tropes present in the episode:
- Anti-Villain: The Golem is a Type III or a Type IV.
- Asshole Victim:
- The abusive priest who ran the orphanage that Jeremy lived in for a time.
- The Four Who Speak As One count as well, since they're the ones who banished Katrina to Purgatory and later stopped Jeremy's heart and buried him alive.
- Blood Magic: Jeremy's blood turned his doll into the Golem.
- Buried Alive: The Four Who Speak As One magically stopped Jeremy's heart and buried him underground.
- Guardian Entity: The Golem served this role for Jeremy.
- Golem: An atypical example in that it was grown from a doll.
- The Power of Blood: Since Jeremy's blood turned his doll into the Golem, his blood (or that of his father) is the only thing that can stop the Golem, as Henry points out to Ichabod.
- Villain of the Week: The Golem.
