Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
Returning after a short holiday hiatus for the back half of season two everyone in Sleepy Hollow finds themselves wondering, in a sort of meta way, if that was it. “The Akeda” might have ended abruptly, but it felt more like a season finale rather than a midseason one—Henry made his bold choice to stick with family (sort of), Irving died (more on that later) and Moloch was finally defeated (we're pretty sure). But rather than answer our most burning questions—where’s Henry? Did the Witnesses win?—“Paradise Lost” wisely slows things down, giving everyone a chance to catch their breath.
The best scenes in the episode were, as usual, the ones where Nicole Beharie and Tom Mison are left on their own to play off of each other. The Abbie and Ichabod scenes were largely them simply taking stock of where things stand; wondering if they’ve already won and what that would mean to their lives. It sure doesn’t sound like much on paper, but it’s a vital conversation for the show to have after all their energy had been devoted to defeating Moloch. I also enjoyed the B team, Jenny and Hawley, off on their own for a while. Lyndie Greenwood and Matt Barr have very good chemistry themselves, as they’ve demonstrated before, and they’re a great pairing for the writers to have in order to not put too much of the show on the backs on the leads week after week.
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