- "In the war between good and evil, the Witnesses will always be drawn to the site of conflict in order to... witness it. What we do at that conflict is entirely up to us; the lieutenant and I chose to battle the forces of darkness. Miss Molly may choose an entirely different path."
- —Ichabod Crane
"Blood from a Stone" is the fifth episode of Season Four of Fox's Sleepy Hollow. It was written by Theo Travers and directed by Marc Roskin. It is the fifty-fourth episode of the series overall, and debuted on February 3, 2017.
Synopsis[]
As Dreyfuss gets closer to making progress on his mission, important parts of his past come to light. His former partner returns to settle the score from years before and it becomes evident that Dreyfuss' involvement in the supernatural is not something new.[1]
Recap[]
People arrive at a tent revival, the Church of the Ever Living Rock. A man in a wheelchair comes up to the talisman and touches it, and discovers that he can walk again. In the audience, a woman passes out. Meanwhile, the preacher says that only those who give and give generously will receive. The money soon comes pouring in. That night, the preacher meets with the "healed" man and pays him off, and the preacher counts his money. Jobe appears in the tent and says that the preacher doesn't realize what he has. He picks up the talisman and says that the preacher doesn't recognize that he's in the presence of true power. When the preacher punches him, Jobe casually grabs his fist and says that in the end, power can never remain hidden. The preacher starts bleeding from the nose, and after a moment drops dead. Jobe walks out and calls to tell Malcolm that he's secured the third talisman. A hooded figure hits Jobe and tells him to surrender to the pain, and hits him again with a club inscribed with mystic runes. He tells Jobe that he said it to him once before and knocks him out, and then takes the talisman and touches a blood rune on his arm. Fire bursts out, and the figure says that he learned much from Jobe in Hell and it's time to put the lessons to use.
The next day, Crane gives Molly's soccer team an historic and gruesome pep talk. Diana wraps it up as the questions start flying, and he wishes them a swift victory. As he and Diana walk away, Crane says he thinks that Molly is the most gifted of her teammates. Diana wonders if it's because Molly is a Witness, but Crane explains that being a Witness is no different from any other person - no super powers. He admits that Witnesses will always be drawn to the site of conflict in order to witness it, but what they do is up to them. He assures Diana that Molly may choose a different path from him, but first she must know who she is. Diana admits that she hasn't figured out how to tell her daughter the truth, yet. Crane tells her that he never had a chance to have an honest moment with his son.
Later at the Vault, Jake reviews Malcolm's history, and Alex points out that their supernatural encounters all lead back to Malcolm. They think that he is collecting mystic artifacts. Crane says that they have to determine why. The guard that Jobe incinerated in the museum is officially a missing person, and Diana points out that it gives them grounds to question Malcolm. Crane agrees to go with her, and suggests that Jenny determine what was taken.
Malcolm is giving a presentation to an entrepreneur program when Crane and Diana arrive. He's running a video of himself and his partner Ansel in younger days. Malcolm then takes the stage and says that moment on screen was the moment when his company was born. He explains that he needed Ansel to inspire him, and says that Ansel still teaches him every day by reminding him that their lives can be cut short. A delivery van pulls up to Malcolm Industries without an ID. When the guard approaches the driver, the figure inside gestures and kills the guard with a mystic incantation. The figure then drives into the facility.
At the Vault, Jake asks Alex to help him out with Jenny, but Alex says that Jenny isn't into him. He still wants her to pave the way for him. She agrees in return for lunch for the rest of the month and his parking space. Alex approaches Jenny who is working and offers to help her hack the carriers who delivered to the Smithsonian. Jenny asks what is up with Jake. Alex says that she said that she'd talk him up to Jenny, and offers to cut Jenny in on the month of lunches as she advises a smile at Jake. Jenny does so and Jake smiles in satisfaction.
Diana and Crane meet with Malcolm and say that an eyewitness placed Jobe at the scene of the museum guard's disappearance. Malcolm says that Jobe is on a special assignment. Crane counters that Jobe is Malcolm's personal demon. Malcolm claims that he has no idea what Crane is talking about, and wonders why he would tell Crane anything anyway. Crane suggests Malcolm wants someone to witness his triumph, which is why he told them that he sold his soul to the Devil. Malcolm dismisses it as a joke, and Crane accuses him of taking the talismans to personal benefit. Malcolm says that the lives he's taken aren't innocent, and asks if Crane has lived an innocent life. A security guard enters and says that they have a situation. Malcolm excuses himself.
Once they're alone, the guard tells Malcolm that they had a breech. Malcolm is surprised to learn that the intruder disabled his security procedures. Shocked, he orders a security lock down and calls the server room... which is filled with the bodies of the technicians and guards. The figure is accessing the computer as the alarms go off. He realizes that the building has gone into lock down. Malcolm returns to office and brings up a monitor with the security feed from the server room. The figure removes his hood, revealing Ansel. Diana points out that Ansel is dead. Ansel holds up the piece of the talisman that he took, and then smashes the camera. Diana demands answers from Malcolm, and Crane suggests that Ansel doesn't want Malcolm dead... yet. Ansel wants Malcolm to come after him to get the talisman back.
The guards check in and Malcolm tells them to make sure that Ansel doesn't escape. As they enter the server room, Crane warns that Ansel is wielding dark magic and the guards don't stand a chance against him. A frightened Malcolm offers to let them stay in his office, but Crane says that they won't stand by while innocent men suffer for Malcolm's sins. As they go to the server room, Diana calls Jake and lets the others know what's going on. Alex gets them access to the lower-level systems so they can get Diana and Crane out. When they reach the server room, they find the guards' bodies, their eyes burned out. Ansel has burned a hole in the wall leading to the infrastructure. Alex brings up the footage from the security cameras, revealing Ansel killing the guards with an incantation. Jake realizes that the markings on Ansel's arms are demonic sigils and each one casts a different killing spell. Once a sigil is activated, it burns itself out. Jake goes to research sigil magic.
Crane and Diana follow the service corridor, and Diana insists that she can't expose Molly to such death and destruction. Before he can answer, Crane smells something familiar. There are jars of Greek fire fastened to the wall, and Crane realizes that Ansel plans to destroy the entire building. Ansel appears in Malcolm's office. Malcolm tries to make out as if he is happy to see him. Ansel tells him to shut up, and says that Malcolm has gotten overconfident. Malcolm says that he's always been better than Ansel, and Ansel agrees, but he says that Malcolm had to find a way to get rid of him. Malcolm replied that no one took him seriously while Ansel was around, and he was the brains behind everything. The sigils on Ansel glow red, and Ansel says that he suffered in Hell when Malcolm banished him there. Each day a new demon burned its name into his flesh. Ansel escaped and learned how to use the sigils, and he magically chokes Malcolm with one of the sigils.
Malcolm asks what Ansel wants, and Ansel says that he wants his life back. He grabs Malcolm by the throat and demands the other pieces of the talisman. Crane and Diana arrive and Diana orders Ansel to drop Malcolm. He releases Malcolm and turns to face them. Crane says that they found the Greek fire. Ansel chokes Malcolm again as Malcolm tries to crawl away, and stops Diana's bullet in mid-air when she shoots him. He then invokes a sigil against her, and Crane hits him with a sculpture to disrupt his concentration. As Malcolm gets to the elevator, Crane picks up Diana and escapes to the elevator. The doors close just as Ansel revives, and they take the elevator to the basement vault.
Jake finds an incantation that can disrupt the connection between the sigils and the incantations used to invoke them. If someone recites it when the warlock activates the sigil, it will deactivate it. Jenny is unable to reach Crane's phone, and suggests that they tell the system that the primary air supply has run out. It will then switch to backup mode and pull in air from the outside, letting Jenny get in through the shafts. Jake says that he should go in with her in case she needs backup, but Jenny suggests that he stay behind to do research. Satisfied that Jenny cares about him, Jake high-fives Alex once Jenny leaves.
Diana wakes up and worries that if she dies, she won't have told Molly everything that she should have. Crane assures her that she is a superior parent and that she will find the words when the time comes. Malcolm takes mystical weapons, and Crane suggests that they give Ansel the talismans. Malcolm refuses, and says that when they were starting off, he became Ansel's shadow. Malcolm drives off, sensing that someone is telling him to do it. He crashes the car while drinking and crawls out of the wreckage just before the car explodes, destroying his life's work with it. The next morning, Malcolm wakes up the next morning in his workshop garage. Jobe is there and says that he's a messenger, and hands Malcolm a contract to sign. It gave Malcolm the life he was meant, but demands his soul upon death as payment. He realizes what will happen if he doesn't agree, and Jobe says that he'll see that Ansel is taken care of. Malcolm takes Jobe's pen and signs.
Malcolm insists that he didn't ask for anything bad to happen, but Crane says that he knew what would happen. He figures that Malcolm is trying to cheat his way out of the deal and asks how. Before he can respond, Ansel burns through the elevator door and takes the other two talismans. He assembles them and realizes that one piece is missing. Malcolm says that he doesn't know, and Ansel tells them that once the artifact is restored, his life can be restored. He explains that the artifact is the Philosopher's Stone, the most powerful artifact known to man, and it will give him life eternal. Crane realizes that Malcolm was trying to cheat his deal by cheating death, and Ansel invokes one of the sigils.
Ichabod grabs one of the weapons but Ansel immobilizes him. Jenny arrives and utters the incantation to stop the sigil activation. Ansel screams in agony and collapses, but pulls out a vial of Greek fire to throw it. Crane grabs a dagger and throws it, and Diana runs forward and catches the vial as it falls from Ansel's hand. Malcolm slips away in the confusion, taking the Stone with him.
Back at home, Diana tries to make supper for Molly, but fails utterly. Molly takes over, and Diana claims that she has workout injuries. She finally tells Molly that Crane was chosen for a special mission that has to do with everything, and they think Molly has been selected as well. The mission is to make the world a better place. Mr Crane and Molly are Witnesses. Diana says that a lot of people are counting on Molly, and she will do important things. Molly realizes that her talking to Crane during The People versus Ichabod Crane was part of the mission, and her mother assures her that she did very well. The girl says that she wants to help people like Diana does, and says she knows that Diana got hurt stopping bad people from doing bad things. Molly tells her mother that she can always tell her the truth, and Diana agrees.
At the vault, Jenny tells Alex and Jake that Malcolm has disappeared. Alex has determined that Jobe stole a map of ley lines and Jenny brings up a scan of the map she made. It shows convergent points where the mystical energies peak, and each talisman was at an intersection. The last piece will be at the remaining intersection: Sleepy Hollow.
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- Dreyfuss' goal and his true colors were revealed. In order to save his soul from damnation, as a result of signing the demon's contract, he decided to put together the Philosopher's Stone. He will then have eternal life.
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