"The Vessel"

Abbie: "I'm going to steal it."

Jenny: "I guess those social workers were right. I really am a bad influence."

"The Vessel" is the eleventh episode of Season One of Fox's Sleepy Hollow. It was written by Mark Goffman & David McMillan and the teleplay by Melissa Blake and directed by Romeo Tirone. It is the eleventh episode of the series overall, and debuted on January 13, 2014.

Synopsis[]

Captain Irving's daughter is targeted by evil forces, so he pleads for help from Crane and Mills, and looks to Washington's bible for answers. A frightening chapter of Jenny's past is revealed.^[1]

Recap[]

Ancitif, a minion of Moloch, who has the ability to jump from body to body and possess its victims via physical contact, returns to Sleepy Hollow after a seven year absence, and delivers a dreadful warning to Captain Irving: unless he delivers George Washington’s Bible – a valuable resource in the war against Moloch - great harm will befall his daughter, Macey.

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Cast[]

Starring[]

Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane
Nicole Beharie as Lieutenant Abbie Mills
Orlando Jones as Captain Frank Irving
Katia Winter as Katrina Crane (credit only)

Guest Starring[]

Lyndie Greenwood as Jenny Mills
Nicholas Gonzalez as Detective Luke Morales
Jill Marie Jones as Cynthia Irving
Amandla Stenberg as Macey Irving
David Fonteno as Reverend Jason Boland
Nydia McFadden as Possessed Macey Irving
Clancy Brown as Sheriff August Corbin

Co-Starring[]

Michael Roark as Devon Jones
Garrett Graham as Gary Weaver
Craig Stark as Chase Weaver
Matt Mercurio as Duty Officer
Judd Lormand as Vendor
Gray Hawks as Specialist
Karen Beyer as Woman
Jon W. Sparks as Benjamin Franklin

Trivia[]

Title[]

The US and Japanese title both refer to the people possessed by Ancitif.

Production Notes[]

Jenny's age was hinted in this episode. August Corbin says she is 19 years old in the recording he made which shows her being exorcised. The recording was taken 7 years prior to the episode, and Jenny repeated the same to Ancitif while negating possession. Additionally, Jenny was 13 when she and Abbie had that incident in the Pocantico Grove plus 13 years of having been institutionalized at the Tarrytown Psychiatric Hospital.
In the episode, it is said a notation was made by Washington on December 18 1799, however, Washington died 14 December 1799, four days earlier. There is a mystery of the "immortal count" who appears in and out of history, one of the appearances believed to be George Washington.