Scripted series · FOX
Sleepy Hollow
Carry on.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tom Mison
Ichabod Crane
62 eps
Janina Gavankar
Diana Thomas
13 eps
Nicole Beharie
Abbie Mills
49 eps
Lyndie Greenwood
Jenny Mills
57 eps
Jerry MacKinnon
Jake Wells
13 eps
Rachel Melvin
Alex Norwood
13 eps
Nikki Reed
Betsy Ross
18 eps
Zach Appelman
Joe Corbin
19 eps
Oona Yaffe
Molly Thomas
13 eps
Lance Gross
Daniel Reynolds
18 eps
Shannyn Sossamon
Pandora
18 eps
Orlando Jones
Frank Irving
31 eps
John Noble
Henry Parrish
25 eps
Jeremy Davies
Malcolm Dreyfuss
13 eps
John Cho
Andy Brooks
7 eps
Nicholas Gonzalez
Detective Luke Morales
6 eps
Katia Winter
Katrina Crane
33 eps
Laura Spencer
Caroline
2 eps
Matt Barr
Nick Hawley
9 eps
Jill Marie Jones
Cynthia Irving
6 eps
Amandla Stenberg
Macey Irving
4 eps
David Fonteno
Reverend Boland
2 eps
Patrick Gorman
Reverend Alfred Knapp
4 eps
Reginald Lashaun Clay
Officer #2
2 eps
Robin Strasds
Daniel Boone
2 eps
Jeremy Owens
Headless Horseman
14 eps
Braden Fitzgerald
Young Jeremy Crane
2 eps
Christy Grantham
Front Desk Nurse
2 eps
Matt Mercurio
Deputy
4 eps
D.J. Mifflin
Moloch
5 eps
Neil Jackson
Abraham Van Brunt
11 eps
Jahneé Wallace
Teen Abbie
3 eps
Michael Roark
Devon Jones
3 eps
Derek Mears
Moloch
9 eps
Judd Lormand
Vendor
2 eps
Karen Beyer
Woman
2 eps
Clancy Brown
Sheriff August Corbin
10 eps
India Scandrick
Teen Jenny
2 eps
Sakina Jaffrey
Sheriff Leena Reyes
6 eps
Richard Cetrone
Headless Horseman (Weapons)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sleepy Hollow actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sleepy Hollow reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 62 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20131 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201313 episodes
7.0IMDbIn this update of Washington Irving's classic tale, Ichabod Crane wakes up in the 21st century but finds his 18th-century nemesis, the Headless Horseman, has also come along for the ride.
Best episode · S01E13 Bad Blood
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201418 episodes
6.6IMDbPicking up immediately after the spellbinding events of the Season One finale, Ichabod finds himself buried alive in a coffin; Abbie is trapped in purgatory; Ichabod's wife, Katrina, has been kidnapped by the Headless Horseman; Capt. Frank Irving is behind bars for a murder he did not commit; and Abbie's sister, Jenny, is among the wreckage of a horrific car crash.
Best episode · S02E01 This Is War
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201518 episodes
5.6IMDbNine months after Henry Parrish and Katrina Crane's demise, Abbie Mills receives a message from Ichabod Crane after not hearing from him for several months. They now become aware of a new evil that must be addressed, and join forces with old friends, and new allies to face this new threat to Sleepy Hollow - a mysterious woman named Pandora.
Best episode · S03E09 One Life
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201713 episodes
5.7IMDbFollowing the climactic events of last season, Crane’s world was turned upside down. He was then led out of town by a mysterious group promising to put him in charge of an evil-fighting organization created hundreds of years ago by none other than George Washington. He now finds himself in an all-new city working with all-new allies, as he embarks on his most important mission yet: To save our nation’s capital from otherworldly threats that promise harm, not only to our country and our people, but to the soul of democracy itself.
Best episode · S04E11 The Way of the Gun
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E13
Bad Blood
The battle between good and evil comes to an explosive head – sacrifices must be made, worlds collide, loyalties are tested and the town of Sleepy Hollow will never be the same
- Directed by Ken Olin
- Written by Alex Kurtzman, Mark Goffman
S01E12
The Indispensable Man
Ichabod and Abbie discover a massive secret buried within the pages of George Washington’s Bible and unearth the shocking true nature of the founding father’s death. Meanwhile, Captain Irving makes a near-impossible decision for the sake of his beloved family that drastically changes his future.
- Directed by Adam Kane
S01E01
Pilot
Ichabod Crane finds himself 250 years in the future and realizes that evil accompanied him to modern-day Sleepy Hollow; Ichabod forms a bond with Detective Abbie Mills after the Headless Horseman murders the sheriff.
- Directed by Len Wiseman
S01E06
The Sin Eater
When Ichabod Crane goes missing, his wife, Katrina, appears to Lt. Abbie Mills in a vision warning her that the Headless Horseman will return to Sleepy Hollow by nightfall. A frantic Abbie seeks help from the mysterious Henry Parrish, who holds vital clues about how Crane can vanquish his dangerous blood tie to the Horseman. Meanwhile, an encounter from Crane's past weighs heavily on him, and details about his first encounter with Katrina are revealed.
- Directed by Ken Olin
S02E01
This Is War
Henry sets out to find the Gehenna Key, which will allow his master Moloch to escape from Purgatory with an army of the damned. Meanwhile, Ichabod tries to free himself from his buried tomb, and Jenny must escape the Hessians holding her on Henry's behalf.
- Directed by Ken Olin
- Written by Mark Goffman
S01E09
Sanctuary
When Ichabod and Abbie investigate a missing persons case, the search leads to a colonial-era house which holds secrets from Ichabod’s past...and unleashes a long-dormant evil.
- Directed by Liz Friedlander
- Written by Chitra Elizabeth Sampath, Damian Kindler
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E11
The Way of the Gun
- Directed by Russell Lee Fine
- Written by Bryan Q. Miller
S04E10
Insatiable
- Directed by Steven A. Adelson
- Written by Keely MacDonald
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Alex Kurtzman
Showrunner
Phillip Iscove
Creator
Roberto Orci
Creator
Len Wiseman
Creator
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Clifton Campbell
Executive producer
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Mark Goffman
Executive producer
Ken Olin
Executive producer
Heather Kadin
Executive producer
Damian Kindler
Executive producer
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Albert Kim
Executive producer
M. Raven Metzner
Executive producer
Russell Lee Fine
Executive producer
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Chitra Elizabeth Sampath
Writer
Donald Todd
Writer
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Shernold Edwards
Writer
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Melissa Blake
Writer
Keely MacDonald
Writer
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Joe Webb
Writer
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Heather V. Regnier
Writer
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Theo Travers
Writer
Nelson Greaves
Writer
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Francisca X. Hu
Writer
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Bryan Q. Miller
Writer
Leigh Dana Jackson
Writer
Zoë Green
Writer
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Joey Falco
Writer
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Sam Chalsen
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shernold EdwardsProducer
- Alex KurtzmanExecutive Producer
- Melissa BlakeProducer
- Clifton CampbellExecutive Producer
- Neal Ahern Jr.Producer
- Mark GoffmanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Chitra Elizabeth SampathWriter
- Donald ToddWriter
- Shernold EdwardsWriter
- Alex KurtzmanWriter
- Melissa BlakeWriter
- Phillip IscoveWriter
Direction
- Liz FriedlanderDirector
- Douglas AarniokoskiDirector
- Dwight H. LittleDirector
- Marc RoskinDirector
- Michael GoiDirector
- Wendey StanzlerDirector
Cinematography
- Robert LaBongeDirector of Photography
- Kramer MorgenthauDirector of Photography
- John R. LeonettiDirector of Photography
- Bing SokolskyDirector of Photography
- Tod CampbellDirector of Photography
- Glen KeenanDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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