Give Me My Remote #1 featured SLEEPY HOLLOW: Heather Kadin Previews Season 3’s Big Bad, Mining Abbie/Ichabod’s Relationship, and More

SLEEPY HOLLOW: Heather Kadin Previews Season 3’s Big Bad, Mining Abbie/Ichabod’s Relationship, and More

While we’re still months out from SLEEPY HOLLOW returning to our television screens, the writers are currently hard at work crafting the upcoming third season. And though the second season went through a few rough spots, the writers are aiming to go back to what worked, versus trying to completely reinvent the show.

“I don’t think it should feel as much as changes, as a return to what we loved in season 1,” SLEEPY HOLLOW executive producer Heather Kadin shared. “Obviously there are changes in the sense Katrina’s not there, Henry’s not there, Irving’s not there. But we really want to bring back the fun in the relationship between Abbie and Crane.”

“I think the big focus is going to be, how do we get back to what people love?” she continued. “How do we give Abbie a real journey? How do we give Crane a real journey? How are those things both independent and complimentary of one another? And we also have to expand the world, so what are we saying about Sleepy Hollow as a place, as a mythology, but also telling closed-ended stories?”

Though there were indications earlier this year SLEEPY HOLLOW might end up more episodic, Kadin indicated there shouldn’t be any sort of drastic shift coming.

“I don’t know if it’s going to be more [episodic], because if you go back to season 1, there’s definitely a case of the week element,” she pointed out. “The ideal is to find the balance we found in season 1. It’ll probably be a little more case of the week [at times] because we have more episodes. But it should never feel like — and I’m actually a fan of GRIMM, so it’s not a dig — but it shouldn’t feel like GRIMM; we want to be distinguished. There were some episodes we did this past season that felt like it could have been on any monster of the week show. And that’s always the trick: putting it through the SLEEPY HOLLOW filter of why is it weird, why is it out there?”

The series will once again also have an expanded season — 18 episodes, matching the total for season 2 — which in itself can be a challenge.

“I think 18 was more difficult, yes, because a show like that is hard to do with 18 episodes,” Kadin said. “But I also think in season 1, we knew in the pilot, he was going to have a son who’s older; we knew all of that. And in season 2 — I think season 2 of a lot of shows is harder. I’m not making excuses, because we definitely lost our way. I think what’s great is our first baby, who we love so much. We were actually all in the room today — [SLEEPY HOLLOW co-creators] Alex [Kurtzman] and Len [Wiseman], and I were there with the co-EPs, and [new showrunner] Clifton Campbell, and it’s so much fun there, and there’s so much great stuff. I think fans will be happy. I think towards the end [of season 2], fans got happy again, because they realized we course-corrected.”

And like last year, the season will lead up to a midseason finale event. “I think what we did last year, where we had a midseason finale, we’re going to do that again,” Kadin said. “We’re writing towards that.”

With Abbie and Ichabod’s main foes taken out last year, season 3 will present an opportunity for a new enemy to make itself known.

“There is going to be a Big Bad,” Kadin previewed. “It’ll have a couple of entities [working for it]. But you’ll definitely have a very clear understanding of there being a Big Bad. Obviously, the plan will be a little bit more of the history of what that [big bad] is up to, but we’ll peel that back as we go.”

Who Abbie and Ichabod have on their side during that fight is still a bit up in the air. With Orlando Jones’ (Irving) exit — “We tried really hard to have him be present,” Kadin lamented. “I don’t know if it’s going to happen, which is a huge bummer.” — Lyndie Greenwood’s Jenny “is going to factor pretty prominently, and there’s going to be some new people coming in.” And the show will take its time figuring out who to bring into the mix.

“I think right now we’re focused on how to mine the Crane and Abbie relationship as much as possible,” Kadin shared. “That’s going to be the focus. And then before we bring people into their lives, make sure it’s people we have a really good reason to bring in.”

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