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* When Lady Van Tassel is gathering the flowers for her injured hand, she is humming the same song as the witch in the woods.
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* When Lady Van Tassel is gathering the flowers for her injured hand, she is humming the same song as the witch in the woods.woods.
* Katrina is first introduced playing a party game, called "the Pickety Witch", that involves her reaching for other players with a blindfold. This serves as a double CallForward: Not only will Katrina herself later be revealed to practice ''actual'' witchcraft, but the witch of the wood is shown to be eyeless when under the possession of a familiar.
* Katrina is first introduced playing a party game, called "the Pickety Witch", that involves her reaching for other players with a blindfold. This serves as a double CallForward: Not only will Katrina herself later be revealed to practice ''actual'' witchcraft, but the witch of the wood is shown to be eyeless when under the possession of a familiar.
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* Ichabod is shown as an only child with his mother in the flashbacks. This is probably because his father was such a strict, religious man that he married as an assumed requirement of being a church leader, only had sex with his wife long enough to father a child, and once done (Ichabod), would never see the need to do so again.
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* Ichabod is shown as an only child with his mother in the flashbacks. This is probably because his father was such a strict, religious man that he married as an assumed requirement of being a church leader, only had sex with his wife long enough to father a child, and once done (Ichabod), would never see the need to do so again.again.
* When Lady Van Tassel is gathering the flowers for her injured hand, she is humming the same song as the witch in the woods.
* When Lady Van Tassel is gathering the flowers for her injured hand, she is humming the same song as the witch in the woods.
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** And Lady Van Tassel, after knowing Ichabod followed her to her tryst with the reverend, begs him not to tell her husband. She would have already been to Notary Hardenbrook to find out what Ichabod had been asking, and discovered that Ichabod was suspecting Baltus. So she played the part of a helpless wife in fear of her husband.
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** And Lady Van Tassel, after knowing Ichabod followed her to her tryst with the reverend, begs him not to tell her husband. She would have already been to Notary Hardenbrook to find out what Ichabod had been asking, and discovered that Ichabod was suspecting Baltus. So she played the part of a helpless wife in fear of her husband.husband.
* Ichabod is shown as an only child with his mother in the flashbacks. This is probably because his father was such a strict, religious man that he married as an assumed requirement of being a church leader, only had sex with his wife long enough to father a child, and once done (Ichabod), would never see the need to do so again.
* Ichabod is shown as an only child with his mother in the flashbacks. This is probably because his father was such a strict, religious man that he married as an assumed requirement of being a church leader, only had sex with his wife long enough to father a child, and once done (Ichabod), would never see the need to do so again.
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* The Church failed at holding back the Hell-powered Horseman... perhaps because it was headed by a not-so-holy Minister... thus negating any holiness that could've held back the Horseman.
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* The Church failed at holding back the Hell-powered Horseman... perhaps because it was headed by a not-so-holy Minister... thus negating any holiness that could've held back the Horseman.Horseman.
** Also it did prevent the Horseman from entering...because he was specifically summoned by Lady Van Tassel offering her soul to Satan. Katrina's magic however is benevolent, and not connected to the devil at all, which is why she drew the protective circle in the church.
* Why would Mrs Killian talk so casually about the Widow Winship's private business with Lady Van Tassel? Well, Lady Van Tassel used to be a nurse before marrying Baltus, so possibly they knew each other beforehand.
* Even as Ichabod figures out that there's more to the deaths than random chance, Lady Van Tassel never sends the Horseman after him. Well, after he visited Notary Hardenbrook, he was convinced the culprit was Baltus and Katrina then burned all his evidence - so Lady Van Tassel may not have known ''how'' much he knew or suspected, especially since he headed back to New York after Baltus's death.
** And Lady Van Tassel, after knowing Ichabod followed her to her tryst with the reverend, begs him not to tell her husband. She would have already been to Notary Hardenbrook to find out what Ichabod had been asking, and discovered that Ichabod was suspecting Baltus. So she played the part of a helpless wife in fear of her husband.
** Also it did prevent the Horseman from entering...because he was specifically summoned by Lady Van Tassel offering her soul to Satan. Katrina's magic however is benevolent, and not connected to the devil at all, which is why she drew the protective circle in the church.
* Why would Mrs Killian talk so casually about the Widow Winship's private business with Lady Van Tassel? Well, Lady Van Tassel used to be a nurse before marrying Baltus, so possibly they knew each other beforehand.
* Even as Ichabod figures out that there's more to the deaths than random chance, Lady Van Tassel never sends the Horseman after him. Well, after he visited Notary Hardenbrook, he was convinced the culprit was Baltus and Katrina then burned all his evidence - so Lady Van Tassel may not have known ''how'' much he knew or suspected, especially since he headed back to New York after Baltus's death.
** And Lady Van Tassel, after knowing Ichabod followed her to her tryst with the reverend, begs him not to tell her husband. She would have already been to Notary Hardenbrook to find out what Ichabod had been asking, and discovered that Ichabod was suspecting Baltus. So she played the part of a helpless wife in fear of her husband.
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He doesn't kill them because he needs them to be silent. Just snapping a twig is enough to alert the soldiers, and brutally hacking them to death would have been much louder.
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* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].
** Of course, he might not have hurt the girls because he needed them to be quiet. If he would've gone after one, the other most likely would've screamed and he cannot kill both at once without making a sound.
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* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].
** Of course, he might not have hurt the girls because he needed them to be quiet. If he would've gone after one, the other most likely would've screamed and he cannot kill both at once without making a sound.
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* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].
** Of course, he might not have hurt the girls because he needed them to be quiet. If he would've gone after one, the other most likely would've screamed and he cannot kill both at once without making a sound.Horseman.
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* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].
** Of course, he might not have hurt the girls because he needed them to be quiet. If he would've gone after one, the other most likely would've screamed and he cannot kill both at once without making a sound.
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* Lady Van Tassel's curiously un-emotional reaction to the news of [[spoiler: Hardenbrook's suicide]] takes on another dimension after the reveal. [[spoiler: She probably killed him herself.]]
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* Why does [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel]] murder the servant? [[spoiler: In addition to needing a female body to pass as hers, Sarah would also know that Lady Van Tassel busted her and the doctor having an affair and could give Ichabod vital clues if he asked her. Sarah notably 'disappears' before Ichabod can start asking any questions]].
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* Why does [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel]] Tassel murder the servant? [[spoiler: In addition to needing a female body to pass as hers, Sarah would also know that Lady Van Tassel busted her and the doctor having an affair and could give Ichabod vital clues if he asked her. Sarah notably 'disappears' before Ichabod can start asking any questions]].questions.
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She gives him a book on protecting yourself from witchcraft so he would be protected from witchcraft, and he doesn't read it right away because, as he says, he doesn't believe in witchcraft.
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* Lady Van Tassel getting hoist by her own petard in the end makes perfect sense if you follow modern Wicca, which holds that whatever energy you send into the universe comes back on you threefold, for good or ill--in other words, happy stuff goes in, happy stuff comes back... angry stuff goes in, angry stuff come back, and so forth. Lady Van Tassel uses witchcraft to send the Hessian on a bloody killing spree for her own revenge plot, and it snaps back on her so hard that she gets dragged, ''alive'', into the twisty Burton tree that the Hessian used as a gateway when he did her bidding.
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* Lady Van Tassel getting hoist by her own petard in the end makes perfect sense if you follow modern Wicca, which holds that whatever energy you send into the universe comes back on you threefold, for good or ill--in other words, happy stuff goes in, happy stuff comes back... angry stuff goes in, angry stuff come back, and so forth.ill. Lady Van Tassel uses witchcraft to send the Hessian on a bloody killing spree for her own revenge plot, and it snaps back on her so hard that she gets dragged, ''alive'', into the twisty Burton tree that the Hessian used as a gateway when he did her bidding.
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* Why does Katrina give Ichabod the book? [[spoiler: So that if he finds an unusual symbol drawn under his bed or anywhere else in the house, he can look it up and know she means no harm]].
** And the reason he didn't read the book sooner was because [[spoiler: he thought it was just a book about witchcraft, never suspecting it was actually a book on ''counter-acting'' witchcraft. It was only once he looked inside the book that he discovered the protection spell that showed Katrina's true, kindly nature. As obvious a pun as it may sound, it reflects his biggest flaw: he judges books by their covers.]]
** And the reason he didn't read the book sooner was because [[spoiler: he thought it was just a book about witchcraft, never suspecting it was actually a book on ''counter-acting'' witchcraft. It was only once he looked inside the book that he discovered the protection spell that showed Katrina's true, kindly nature. As obvious a pun as it may sound, it reflects his biggest flaw: he judges books by their covers.]]
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* Ichabod's "chemical test" which supposedly was able to tell him that the beheading was one clean cut seems incredibly bogus, as there's no way a simple powder reaction could give him such an answer scientifically. But when one recalls his mother was a witch, it makes more sense. Magic is in his blood, and he doesn't even know he's using it.
** Or the powder reacted to the blood, which would be hidden by the leaves, making it show up clearer, showing there was only enough spray for a single swing rather than a mess of hacking (it is harder to cut off a head than most media shows), you can tell alot about a crime scene by blood spatter.
** Or the powder reacted to the blood, which would be hidden by the leaves, making it show up clearer, showing there was only enough spray for a single swing rather than a mess of hacking (it is harder to cut off a head than most media shows), you can tell alot about a crime scene by blood spatter.
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* The Church failed at holding back the Hell-powered Horsemen... perhaps because it was headed by a not-so-holy Minister... thus negating any holiness that could've held back the Horseman.
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* The Church failed at holding back the Hell-powered Horsemen...Horseman... perhaps because it was headed by a not-so-holy Minister... thus negating any holiness that could've held back the Horseman.
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** And the reason he didn't read the book sooner was because [[spoiler: he thought it was just a book about witchcraft, never suspecting it was actually a book on ''counter-acting'' witchcraft. It was only once he looked inside the book that he discovered the protection spell that showed Katrina's true, kindly nature. As obvious a pun as it may sound, it reflects his biggest flaw: he judges books by their covers.]]
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* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].
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* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].boy]].
** Of course, he might not have hurt the girls because he needed them to be quiet. If he would've gone after one, the other most likely would've screamed and he cannot kill both at once without making a sound.
** Of course, he might not have hurt the girls because he needed them to be quiet. If he would've gone after one, the other most likely would've screamed and he cannot kill both at once without making a sound.
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* Why does Katrina give Ichabod the book? [[spoiler: So that if he finds an unusual symbol drawn under his bed or anywhere else in the house, he can look it up and know she means no harm]].
* Why does [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel]] murder the servant? [[spoiler: In addition to needing a female body to pass as hers, Sarah would also know that Lady Van Tassel busted her and the doctor having an affair and could give Ichabod vital clues if he asked her. Sarah notably 'disappears' before Ichabod can start asking any questions]].
* Why does [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel]] murder the servant? [[spoiler: In addition to needing a female body to pass as hers, Sarah would also know that Lady Van Tassel busted her and the doctor having an affair and could give Ichabod vital clues if he asked her. Sarah notably 'disappears' before Ichabod can start asking any questions]].
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* Lady Van Tassel's curiously un-emotional reaction to the news of [[spoiler: Hardenbrook's suicide]] takes on another dimension after the reveal. [[spoiler: She probably killed him herself.]]
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* Lady Van Tassel's curiously un-emotional reaction to the news of [[spoiler: Hardenbrook's suicide]] takes on another dimension after the reveal. [[spoiler: She probably killed him herself.]]]]
* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].
* The Hessian clearly had [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]], given that he wouldn't hurt two little girls he found in the woods. [[spoiler: Lady Van Tassel forced him to behead an unborn fetus and a little boy]].
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** Or the powder reacted to the blood, which would be hidden by the leaves, making it show up clearer, showing there was only enough spray for a single swing rather than a mess of hacking (it is harder to cut off a head than most media shows), you can tell alot about a crime scene by blood spatter.
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* Ichabod's "chemical test" which supposedly was able to tell him that the beheading was one clean cut seems incredibly bogus, as there's no way a simple powder reaction could give him such an answer scientifically. But when one recalls his mother was a witch, it makes more sense. Magic is in his blood, and he doesn't even know he's using it.
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* Lady Van Tassel getting hoist by her own petard in the end makes perfect sense if you follow modern Wicca, which holds that whatever energy you send into the universe comes back on you threefold, for good or ill--in other words, happy stuff goes in, happy stuff comes back... angry stuff goes in, angry stuff come back, and so forth. Lady Van Tassel uses witchcraft to send the Hessian on a bloody killing spree for her own revenge plot, and it snaps back on her so hard that she gets dragged, ''alive'', into the twisty Burton tree that the Hessian used as a gateway when he did her bidding.
* The extreme flammability of the windmill might have seemed like typical Hollywood special-effects overkill to some, but in fact it's very realistic. Flour mills are subject to the same problems coal mines are: the flammability/explosive qualities of combustible dust suspended in the air. These can cause very serious explosions, with one flour mill explosion in 1878 having killed 18 people. Even today with all our modern technology, there's roughly a dozen dust explosions per year in the agricultural sector.
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* Lady Van Tassel's curiously un-emotional reaction to the news of [[spoiler: Hardenbrook's suicide]] takes on another dimension after the reveal. [[spoiler: She probably killed him herself.]]
* The extreme flammability of the windmill might have seemed like typical Hollywood special-effects overkill to some, but in fact it's very realistic. Flour mills are subject to the same problems coal mines are: the flammability/explosive qualities of combustible dust suspended in the air. These can cause very serious explosions, with one flour mill explosion in 1878 having killed 18 people. Even today with all our modern technology, there's roughly a dozen dust explosions per year in the agricultural sector.
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* Lady Van Tassel's curiously un-emotional reaction to the news of [[spoiler: Hardenbrook's suicide]] takes on another dimension after the reveal. [[spoiler: She probably killed him herself.]]
