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‘Sleepy Hollow’ Interview: Mark Goffman and Sakina Jaffrey on a Mid-Season Surprise and the Apocalypse

Oct 20, 2014
Buddy TV

Ready for more twists on FOX’s Sleepy Hollow? Executive producer Mark Goffman teased that another hopefully “suspenseful” surprise is coming at the mid-season finale during New York Comic-Con when he and Sakina Jaffrey chatted with reporters.

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Check out the video interview with Mark Goffman and Sakina Jaffrey:

Here are a few highlights from the interview:

Goffman thinks the character of Henry was a “fun” “mastermind” and wanted to do more of that in season 2. “He’s in every one of the first 11 episodes,” he reveals. “Getting to have a character who thinks so far ahead and is so brilliant is a lot of fun to craft and weave into our story.”
Goffman wanted Ichabod and Abbie to “get a little bit more ahead of the game” in season 2 after season 1 was about catching up to this crazy world.
“As crazy as it is or became in season 1, it gets crazier and they try to get a jump on that” in Sleepy Hollow season 2.
Jaffrey says that Reyes thinks she’s taking care of the community and Abbie and Jenny.
Jaffrey likes “playing these very ballsy women.”
She praises the hard-working cast and “smart” writers.
Jaffrey wants the fans to know that her character thinks she’s doing the right thing and she’s on a mission “that has merit” like everyone else is.
“I think that introducing her as somebody who’s not in that world also gives us an access for the audience,” Goffman explains.
The fact that Reyes knew Abbie and Jenny’s mother will factor into the rest of the season.
Will we see any more horsemen of the apocalypse this season? “Two’s a lot,” Goffman says. “So I feel like let’s explore them for a while.” However, remember, “we are ramping towards an apocalypse.”
Goffman hopes that they surprise viewers “with the way this apocalypse plays out.”
They came up with Henry’s twist early.
“We know how [season 2 is] going to end,” the EP promises. “We knew before we started the season, so getting to plan that really helped us lay in these Easter Eggs throughout the season.”
Goffman teases “another surprise coming at our mid-season finale in December.”