Sleepy Hollow (TV Series)

The Art of War (2015)

Tom Mison: Ichabod Crane

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• Ichabod Crane : When I pledged my allegiance to this country in 1776, I had a very clear vision of what my future would hold. Nowhere in that vision did I imagine waking in the 21st century, and yet... More and more, I feel this desire to acculturate. But the idea of losing the archives, of losing my fight for citizenship for a country that I, in part, founded, the idea of losing you... to some wretched federal promotion to... I don't know, Dallas or to Los Angeles or... Sometimes, it seems as though the unbeatable enemy is the 21st century.

  Abbie Mills : Yeah, but the thing is, Crane... Joe, me, Jenny... we are the 21st century. And every day, we take you a step further in that direction. That is the unbeatable enemy beating itself. And we ain't going nowhere.

• Ichabod Crane : Nevins' important belongings were locked away, but I managed to retrieve this.

  [he shows Abbie the spell Nevins used] 

  Ichabod Crane : The spell Nevins cast was from the Ynlinga saga, but he changed something. Whereas the Norse mystics called upon the power of Odin, Nevins invoked the power of Pandora. Presumably, the mystical source he was tapping was Pandora's box. It is slight, but a significant alteration.

  Abbie Mills : And that's why the mistletoe didn't work. We have no way of figuring out their weakness. We're fighting an unbeatable enemy.

  Ichabod Crane : [something she says clicks]  "When faced with an unbeatable enemy, you must make the enemy beat themselves."

  Abbie Mills : More Sun Tzu?

  Ichabod Crane : No. A thinker of a more Western ilk. Daniel Boone.