- "No one knows the Dark Rider better than Crane, and if he can use J Street to trap the Horseman, then we will be able to bargain from a position of strength."
- —Malcolm Dreyfuss
"Heads of State" is the third episode of Season Four of Fox's Sleepy Hollow. It was written by M. Raven Metzner and directed by Kellie Cyrus. It is the fifty-second episode of the series overall, and debuted on January 20, 2017.
Synopsis[]
When one of Crane's greatest foes comes to town to threaten the safety of Washington's highest officials, the team must work quickly to find a solution. Jake's extensive knowledge of the tunnels become an important piece of the puzzle as they uncover a secret from the past that could lead to answers.[1]
Recap[]
Crane peers into a closet in an apartment that he is looking at with Jake and Jenny. The landlord explains that the last tenant disappeared two months ago owing two months' rent. The apartment is not as advertised, but Jake insists that it's an edge neighborhood and the rent is a quarter of the other places Crane saw. Crane takes it and thanks Jake for his assistance as he departs. Jenny then asks Crane when he is going to tell Diana about Molly. She warns that the road isn't going to get any smoother if they wait, and thinks that it's better to tell her sooner than later.
At home, Molly is making a sketch of Diana, and shows mother sketches of herself, Diana, and "Mr. Crane." There is also one sketch of a forest with four white trees, and Molly doesn't remember where she saw it. Diana finds it curious because Molly usually does portraits, not landscapes.
Malcolm is receiving an explanation about a new app, and tells the designer that he can get him funding, but won't. He explains that he is investing in the future of the human race and the designer doesn't have a vision of the future. Jobe enters and tells Malcolm that "he" has arrived, and Malcolm dismisses the vendor. Jobe says that the Horseman will be active once the sun sets, and Malcolm assumes that death will follow.
That evening, the President's entourage is heading through DC and a police officer on a horse fires on them and shoots one of the escorts. He gallops after the President and fires on her limo. When one motorcycle cop stops to provide cover, he fires and shoots off the attacker's head. The head falls off and the Horseman and his Horse transform to their normal appearance. They reach a mystic barrier and are unable to pass, and after a moment ride off.
The next morning, the officer reports what he saw. Diana and Crane watch the security video. Diana says that the whole city is on lock down, and everyone thinks the officer is concussed or crazy. Diana is the only one who believes him, and Crane is the only expert that she has. Crane confirms that the assailant carried an axe, and says that it is an abomination. He warns that if the Horseman is after the President than nothing will stop him.
At the Vault, Crane describes his encounters with the Horseman and warns that it is a single-minded engine of destruction. Alex asks for details, and Crane says that the Horseman's intent in the past has been to reacquire his head. Jake points out that the heads of powerful people have been considered relics of power, and Crane realizes that the Horseman wants the President's head. They investigate the street where the Horseman hit the barrier, and Diana warns that she can't get all of them into the crime scene. Jake asks Alex take to the tunnels so they can be there.
On the crime scene, Diana and Crane examine the area. Jake, Alex, and Jenny go through the tunnels and keep in contact via radio. Jenny points out that Jake is standing on a glyph and Alex finds another one. They are centuries old, and Jenny realizes that they're Druidic. Crane and Diana find a manhole and the trio in the tunnels finds a disk bolted to the underside of the cover, surrounded by magical glyphs carved into the tunnel walls from different ancient cultures. Diana warns that they have six hours until the sun sets, and Crane realizes that the ward was intended to repel the Horseman and his ilk. The trio remove the disk and take it back to the vault, and Alex determines that it contains an Egyptian ward. Crane says that he has seen the combination of glyphs before, in the work of a highly skilled city planner, Benjamin Banneker.
Banneker is Jake's hero, and Crane relates a visit by a "Colonial officer" in 1777. Crane traveled to Banneker's workshop on Washington's orders and ends up strung up from a snare. Banneker finally lets him down but tells Crane to get off his land. The engineer isn't interested in Washington's invitation, and points out that the people Crane serves are little better than the British. Banneker chooses not to ally with either side and walks away.
Jake had never heard of the meeting, and says that all of Banneker's papers were burned in a fire in 1826. He tells Crane to admit that he's a time traveler, and Alex says that, "I lifted a hair follicle off your jacket and sent it to the lab for carbon-14 dating. The lack of fluoride, pollutants, radiation, iodine, all suggest you're from a time long before ours." Jenny and Crane exchange a look and she admits that he is technically 265 years old. Crane sighs, "Very well. I was born in 1751. I was an officer in General George Washington's Colonial Army."
Diana orders Crane outside and wants to know why he's been keeping secrets from them, why her expert on the supernatural is supernatural. He points out that she had a lot to accept already, and Diana tells him he has to be straight with them. They go back inside and Crane finishes his story; he explains that he followed Banneker into his workshop and found plans for a city. The engineer says that the city he is designing doesn't exist but it will, and it will guarantee equality and justice for all men and women, but, Banneker points out that the founders allow slavery to continue. Crane agrees that all men deserve to be free, but the revolution must play out on the streets rather than the papers. He tells Banneker to speak and the founders will hear him. Banneker warns that if the issue isn't resolved then it will tear the new nation apart, and wishes Crane well.
Crane wonders what else was in Banneker's arsenal, and Jenny remembers seeing Banneker's folio at a black-market auction months ago. She finds an online reference to it and discovers that Malcolm bought it. That has to be the next stop. Jobe tells Malcolm that Diana and Crane want to see him. Malcolm agrees to see them and tells Jobe that he may need him to improvise. Diana and Crane enter and Malcolm jokingly surrenders himself. He talks about the DHS "losing their heads" over the attack on the President, and Diana says that they're looking for the Banneker folio. Malcolm tells Jobe to get it from the vault, and says that he's always been intrigued by the occult. He talks about how DC has a reputation as a hot spot for supernatural activity.
Crane suggests that Malcolm's success relies on the preternatural, and Malcolm says that he sold his soul to the Devil at age 25... and then claims that he's kidding. Jobe returns with the folio and takes out the plans. Malcolm points out that J Street, which was supposedly eliminated from the building of DC, actually exists and was meant to be a trap for supernatural threats to the seat of government. Jobe reminds Malcolm of an important board meeting, and Malcolm says that they're free to borrow the plans. Once they leave, Malcolm points out that he doesn't have a board. Jobe wonders what he's playing at, and Malcolm thinks that if Crane can trap the Horseman using J Street, then they can bargain from a position of strength. His aide advises against the plan, and Malcolm says that his objection is noted and appreciated.
At the Vault, the team goes over the plans and realize that J Street exists. Crane thinks that if they can lure the Horseman in, they can use the disk to block his way out. They check the secret histories while Jenny brings in her heavy weaponry. Diana asks how Jenny got pulled in, and Jenny explains how she and Abbie encountered a demon raising a warlock in front of four white trees when they were girls. Diana remembers the four white trees in Molly's drawing with concern. Crane and Jake find a reference to J Street's route, and Crane says that they will lure the Horseman there, using the irresistible bate of Crane's head.
Diana goes home and confirms that the nanny Clara is picking up Molly. She then opens her daughter's sketch book, looking for the sketch of the four white trees. She also finds a sketch of the Horseman, and of Crane dated from before she ever met him. That night, the Horseman, using the severed head of a motorcycle policeman, takes on his form. He then rides off to find the President. Diana meets Crane near J Street and tells him that the DHS has sent out decoy motorcades and Air Force One, and the President is locked up in the White House. The Horseman's only unwarded route is down Pennsylvania Avenue, and Crane confirms that the others are in the tunnel beneath the bricked-over entrance to J Street.
Jake directs Alex and Jenny through the tunnels and they find more glyphs. Diana asks Crane about Molly's sketches, and points out that they are dated. The sketch of Crane was made weeks before she met him. Diana demands the truth, and Crane explains that the sketch was of when he first met Abbie - the other Witness. He says that he and Jenny believe that the Witness mantle has been passed on to Molly. Before Crane can explain further, the Horseman arrives on a motorcycle. He sees Crane and pulls over, drawing his axe. Crane tells Diana to have the others open the way. Jenny recites the glyphs while Crane invites the Horseman to come at him. The doorway doesn't open, and Jake realizes that he has to translate the glyphs. He starts doing so and the first glyph glows. The Horseman advances on Crane, who retreats. Jenny and Jake translate the remaining glyphs, and the entrance opens. Crane runs in with Diana, and they hear something moving. The Horseman follows them and Diana circles around him and goes back the way they came. Crane attacks the Horseman and steps in a puddle that adheres to his booth. The Horseman grabs his neck and hoists him into the air. Alex rigs the entrance with the disk. Diana fires at the Horseman, forcing him to release Crane. Crane yells at Diana to run and then follows her.
Alex finishes attaching the disk, and Crane and Diana get through the entrance just in time, trapping the Horseman in J Street. Diana is angry that Crane kept crucial information from her about Molly, and says that she's not going to let him take her anywhere near the supernatural. The agent says that she's done with all of them and starts to leave. Crane warns that she can't escape Molly's destiny, but Diana isn't impressed.
The next day, Diana asks Molly where she saw the things that she drew. Molly explains that they came to her in dreams, and she hasn't had the dreams since she started talking again. Diana promises that they're going to go back to the way things once were.
Malcolm and Jobe visit the Horseman and Malcolm offers him the President's head. He offers to release the Horseman and give him Ichabod Crane, and Jobe says that he removed the disk and the way is clear.
Crane is at his new apartment and prepares to assemble some Ikea-type furniture. He hears something in his closet and looks inside, but finds nothing. There is a puddle forming from his boots, however, it slowly grows and then jumps onto his face.
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- Diana doesn't understand that being a Witness isn't a choice; simply bearing the mantle will attract demons and the like.
- Ichabod Crane and Jenny Mills tell Diana Thomas that her daughter is the new Witness. The new Witness was first discovered in "In Plain Sight".
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