Watching Mon- Tuesday

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Sleepy Hollow
2.13
I actually really loved this episode! It was great! :D It's sad that such a thing should be so shocking, but here we are. Still: awesome episode, I'm not complaining. The creepy painting that leaks blood was a great supernatural villain, and I really enjoyed the flashbacks, a) because I love Michelle Trachtenberg and b) because I love Abigail Adams. I hope she shows up more often and wasn't just around for one episode. The whole plot with the Cranes was just the right sort of light but creepy monster of the week. And meanwhile! The plot with Abbie and Irving! Great, weighty, and so interesting. Sneaky Abbie lying to people! Making harsh decisions! Everything is beautiful. And the sheriff was around after disappearing for ages! AND CYNTHIA. CYNTHIA HI I MISSED YOU SO HAPPY TO FINALLY SEE YOU AGAIN. And Abbie busting in at the last minute to save the day! Ahhhh, wonderful.

2.14
Aaaaaaaaaaand we're back to terrible episodes. Okay, no, not entirely: I did like the karaoke scenes, and Crane and Abbie trapped together in a vault and forced to talk about their feelings is just the sort of fanfic trope-yness that I adore. But Jenny seemed weirdly OOC this episode (probably to abruptly emphasize her relationship with Hawley, but if that last scene means he's really gone for good, I will forgive anything), and I was also confused by the Cynthia/Irving relationship. I thought they were divorced? Apparently not. I'm okay with it either way, I just need to know what's happening. I also thought it weird that the Mills and the Cranes weren't at his trial, or apparently involved in any other way with his plot. Which... it does seem to have all happened very quickly, but still weird. I'm not sure where this storyline is going; clearly something creepy was happening at the end, but whether Katrina was fooled or lying or some other option, I have no idea.
But the worst thing in this episode was the crappy racist monster. I can't believe the phrase "thugee death cult" was actually uttered in all seriousness in 2015. It's the sort of dumb misuse of other culture's mythologies that Sleepy Hollow had so far avoided (hmm, maybe not with the golem stuff, but at least that wasn't focused on in its episode) and it's so disappointing to see it go there.
At least Hawley seems to be gone!

Farscape
1.19 ("Nerve")
I still can't take Crichton's faux British accent seriously. I know it's such a minor detail, but it really bothers me, and I can't get past it. Hey, it's the tech girl from earlier in the season! Aw, I like her and never expected to see her again. I also like Chiana the sexy spy. There's a lot of "leave me behind and save the others!" in this episode, which I always approve of.

...I feel like I watched something else last week, but I can't remember what it was.