- Ichabod and Abby discover the shocking truth behind George Washington's death, while Irving makes a rash decision for the sake of his family that affects his future.
- Examining George Washington's Bible and its invisible ink messages, Ichabod works out that the general must have written those four days after his death and taken crucial secrets in the supernatural war to his unknown grave. Pondering any oddities in the light of his independence war experiences and freemasonry traditions and invoking the sin-eater's help, Crane manages to locate and enter the tomb. Inside, he saves his party from its boogie traps and deputy Andy Brooks's demonic form under Moloch's imperfect control to collect the secret writings.—KGF Vissers
- Abbie returns home, leaving Ichabod a voice mail suggesting they can send the page from Washington's Bible for carbon dating. He texts back, clumsily.
Abbie senses something in her kitchen and wheels around to see her dead colleague Andy waiting for her.
At the cabin, Ichabod tries to figure out the significance of December 18, 1799.
Ichabod remembers back to sharing a drink with General Washington, who told Ichabod he would be called upon to continue the fight in the future. "Good will always rise, like Lazarus from his grave," Washington said.
Ichabod flips to a passage in Lazarus and finds something that means something to him.
Back at Abbie's, Andy tells her Moloch wants the Bible for directions it contains to something. Andy says if Abbie gives him the map, she will be spared in Moloch's new world order.
"Please don't risk your life to save Ichabod Crane. Crane will give your soul to Moloch, it is prophesied," Andy tells her.
Abbie remembers Ichabod having a vision that said the same thing. Andy, the rotting dead guy, tells her that no one loves her like he does. When Abbie turns her back, Andy breaks his dead fingers to escape her cuffs and sneaks off.
Abbie joins Ichabod in the archives. She tells him to answer his phone when she calls. He complains that it's an out of date flip phone. He goes on a mini-diatribe about the constant ads about upgrades being an abuse of capitalism, but he still wants a smart phone.
She agrees to let him borrow her phone for a few days and get him one just like it if he likes it.
She tells him about Andy's message, and that she was a little unnerved how Andy mentioned everyone else in her life leaving her.
Ichabod points out his find -- an extra 10 verses in Lazarus. He uses his solution to reveal the invisible ink.
The message is dated December 18, 1799 and is from Washington to Ichabod. "Dear Sir, if you are reading this now then the war has resumed and your destiny to bear witness made manifest. Four days ago I was diagnosed by Dr. William Thorton with a fatal case of croup. As the end came, I drafted a plan. I asked that my body be kept in state, preserved by Virginia's natural winter air so that supernatural forces might aid me in a final mission. Four days ago, I died, but through the cursed prayer beads of these occult forces, I was resurrected...."
He goes on to explain that because he existed between the worlds of the living and dead, he was able to draft Ichabod a map from earth to purgatory. Ichabod realizes that with the map, he can free his wife Katrina from purgatory.
Abbie reminds him that defeating Moloch is the primary goal, which he knows.
There's a list of names that participated in the resurrection in the Bible, including Rev. Alfred Knapp, who until recently lived in Sleepy Hollow and protected the Horseman's head. His prayer beads used in the resurrection would be full of sin from the ungodly act of resurrection. Ichabod suggests they call Henry Parrish, the sin eater, to see what he can tell from the bead's history, possibly information on the map.
Captain Irving sits in an interview with Tom about the threat to his wife and daughter that lead to the death of a detective and a priest. All he can offer is that "evil" was responsible.
Down in the tunnels, Andy pleads to Moloch to make him a warrior in his fight, but Moloch scoffs at him. Then he sends hundreds of tiny insects which spin a web of sorts around Andy, mummifying him.
Later, Parrish meets up with Ichabod and Abbie in a cemetery. Rev. Knapp was buried with his beads wrapped around his neck, at his request. They dig up his body and Parrish can feel that the beads were used for something unnatural. The beads burn Parrish when he touches them, there's a hex on the beads. He doesn't care about the pain, he thinks it's important for the war against Moloch.
He grabs the beads again but is knocked to his feet after a moment. He saw Washington come to life and a map and Knapp in a boat along a shoreline, carrying something.
The pain to Henry makes Abbie question their current course. She wonders if during the time Ichabod was in the ground, the plan changed, and maybe entering Purgatory now will have serious consequences, like bringing about Armageddon.
Abbie asks Ichabod again if it comes down to it, can he sacrifice Katrina for the greater good.
Henry looks at his hand and it starts to heal, but a demon runs out of the dark and attacks him. Abbie and Ichabod fed off the scampering all black, hairless, long nailed demon.
Back at the archives, Parrish says something about a grave, which reminds Ichabod that Washington was a Mason and Masons were taught to take things to their grave. They think the reverend buried the map with Washington.
There are two Washington grave sites, one at Mt. Vernon and a tomb at the capital that has never been used. Ichabod thinks Washington would have wanted to be buried near Sleepy Hollow.
Parrish remembers seeing Knapp on a boat near a shoreline transporting something -- a body. There are 21 islands along the Hudson River. "We find Washington's grave -- his real grave -- and we shall find the map buried along with him," Ichabod says.
Down in the tunnels, mummified Andy is reborn as a slimy, creepy, oblong-headed demon. He announces himself as Moloch's servant and swears that his enemies shall fall.
Abbie, Parrish, and Ichabod head to an island that was used as a penal colony. Ichabod is annoyed his smart phone map won't update, but he is still getting Abbie's Facebook updates.
Abbie brought maps from the archives, but Ichabod thinks his Mason's tricks will help him locate it.
Abbie checks again that they're going to discuss how to best use the map once they find it.
As Ichabod goes searching, Abbie asks Parrish if he's ever heard about a prophesy in which one witness renounces the other. He tells her about a passage written for John that says the two witnesses will prophesize for 1260 days, but "when the beast comes up from the abyss, a witness will surrender a witness and neither will survive." He reminds her it was rejected by those who transcribed the Bible. "Sometimes a story is just a story," Parrish says.
Ichabod calls, he found a stone in the woods. He and Abbie slide it to the side and a secret grave opens in the ground.
Frank comes into the interrogation room at the station to find his ex-wife there and Tom overseeing as DNA is taken from his daughter, Macy. Forensics found DNA on the dead priest's neck. (Macy strangled him while she was possessed.)
Down in the elaborate tomb, there's a Masonic pyramid in the middle bearing the phrase "I am the indispensable man," attributed to Washington. But Ichabod thinks the pyramid is not only too obvious to contain Washington, but also booby trapped.
He sees a circular plaque saying "Cincinnatus," on it -- a Roman who was given power then relinquished it. He was Washington's hero, representing the idea that power should only be given to those who want it least.
Ichabod fits his Mason's ring in a small hole in the plaque and a secret wall opens and out slides Washington's casket. The angel statues around them suddenly suddenly light with fire, filling the tomb with light.
Washington's body, complete with his fake teeth, is in the casket. His skeleton is holding the map.
Ichabod gets only a minute to enjoy the discovery when demon Andy comes down the tomb stairs. Abbie fires at him but he easily grabs and crushes her gun. He tosses Ichabod aside and grabs Abbie around the neck, demanding the map.
Parrish lays a hand on him and Andy crumples, the demon side temporarily at bay. He tells Abbie to destroy the map because Moloch needs it to win the war. He begs Abbie to kill him as the demon starts to return. She picks up an ax and jams it through Andy's skull.
They hear something outside the tomb and head for another exit, out through the secret vault where Washington's casket lay.
As they're making their escape, supposedly dead Andy rises up and starts after them. Ichabod tells Abbie to shoot the booby trap on Washington's tomb. She does and the pyramid breaks apart, caving in on Andy as the other three run for it.
They escape to safety through another secret door that comes out in the forest. Abbie tells Crane what Andy said about Moloch using the map. As Ichabod stares at it, he debates. Finally, he apologizes to his wife as he lights the map on fire.
"If using this map meant betraying your trust, that's something I cannot do. Not for the world," he tells Abbie.
Crane tells Abbie they have free well and he chooses to forge his fate with her. "I promise you, we are going to save her," Abbie says.
At the station, Frank walks purposefully as he thinks of his wife and daughter. He goes to Tom and confesses to killing the priest and Detective Jones. He turns over his badge and gun and they take him into custody.
Back at the cabin, Ichabod thinks of his wife and remembers her begging him to find her and free her, and him promising to do so. He grabs a notebook and pencil and, with his photographic memory, sets about recreating the map he just burned.
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