TVLINE | Moloch is no longer! Can you tell us about the decision to end that character and to have Henry do it?
GOFFMAN | From the pilot, Moloch has been this mysterious big bad, and incredibly frightening and terrifying — a creature we’ve often kept in the shadows. We set up very early in Season 1 his goal: Moloch shall rise. He wants to come to Earth and begin his earthly reign. That’s really the next step of the apocalypse… Everything this season has been gearing toward his rise. But this time, [as opposed to in the Season 2 premiere], we felt like he should accomplish it. To make an unexpected twist on that, he should die. Then the question was how.
TVLINE | Is Abraham’s humanity salvageable? Will we see that play out?
GOFFMAN | This season is really about family, redemption and duty versus family. It’s interesting that a lot of our characters and Katrina, at various points — especially given her relationship with Abraham — is always looking for redemption in people and looking to find what’s good or what could still be good, even in the most horrific of monsters. And so that’s still to be determined. But I think we’ll get an answer to that by the end of the season.
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John Cho has proven that death isn’t exactly final on “Sleepy Hollow,” so do you think there’s a chance we could be seeing Frank again at some point down the road?
I certainly would like to think so. I would like to see how his death has impacted Abbie and Ichabod and Jenny and Katrina and Macey and Cynthia and the host of other characters that are on the show, so if it’s an impetus to really get down to the nitty gritty of what happens when you lose a loved one and what happens when you lose a comrade in the war, that’s awesome. I don’t know, I’ve been a fan of the show since I’ve been on the show so I’m hopeful, certainly, about it, but not well-educated.
How integral do you think social media is for a television show’s success or longevity in the current pop culture climate?
I think it’s essential. We live in a digital world and a connected world. And the belief system that the primary portal is a movie screen or a television screen is just simply not true anymore; that’s 1980s-1990s thinking, that’s just not where we are. I don’t know how much Hollywood is aware of that, because as you say, what I do, what Misha [Collins of “Supernatural”] has been doing, there’s just not a lot of that around. And we’re not interacting with the fanbase as agents of the show, we’re interacting with the fanbase as members of the fanbase, so that’s a very different thing. How much of that has taken root in Hollywood remains to be seen. If I’m looking for examples of it, there aren’t a lot.
I certainly would like to think so. I would like to see how his death has impacted Abbie and Ichabod and Jenny and Katrina and Macey and Cynthia and the host of other characters that are on the show, so if it’s an impetus to really get down to the nitty gritty of what happens when you lose a loved one and what happens when you lose a comrade in the war, that’s awesome. I don’t know, I’ve been a fan of the show since I’ve been on the show so I’m hopeful, certainly, about it, but not well-educated.
How integral do you think social media is for a television show’s success or longevity in the current pop culture climate?
I think it’s essential. We live in a digital world and a connected world. And the belief system that the primary portal is a movie screen or a television screen is just simply not true anymore; that’s 1980s-1990s thinking, that’s just not where we are. I don’t know how much Hollywood is aware of that, because as you say, what I do, what Misha [Collins of “Supernatural”] has been doing, there’s just not a lot of that around. And we’re not interacting with the fanbase as agents of the show, we’re interacting with the fanbase as members of the fanbase, so that’s a very different thing. How much of that has taken root in Hollywood remains to be seen. If I’m looking for examples of it, there aren’t a lot.
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Is he “good” now? I know that’s a silly question—but is he on Abbie and Ichabod’s side at this point?
That’s worth watching to find out, right? To me, just because he killed Moloch in that moment doesn’t make him good. We don’t know why he did it. It could have been purey because he felt betrayed by Moloch. It could be because he just couldn’t summon the strength to kill his mother. It could be because he found good within him. It could be something wholly unexpected, and he has his own plan. We don’t know yet, and that’s something that we’ll find out over time.
I was also wondering whether Irving’s death opens a space for Hawley to become more of a member of the team.
We have a great core, a fantastic ensemble. Hawley, I think, has joined in a really interesting way—but he is a character that by nature is a loner, and has really learned to fend for himself. And so while I think there’s a great and terrific bond that’s starting to form—this is Sleepy Hollow, anything can happen. We have an episode coming up in the back half that really features him, and we get to learn a lot more about his history. I think people are going to understand him a lot better after that episode.
Is there anything else you think people should know?
You know, the season finale, which I’m working on now, is a real mind-bender, and I think we listen to our fans—we love that they’re so passionate about our show, and we really aim to a high bar for their standards and our own. I think when we get to the end of the season and you see how it all comes together, and what Abbie’s arc ends up being at the end, it’s really mind-blowing. I hope we get to have this conversation in about two months, because I’m really curious to see what people think.
That’s worth watching to find out, right? To me, just because he killed Moloch in that moment doesn’t make him good. We don’t know why he did it. It could have been purey because he felt betrayed by Moloch. It could be because he just couldn’t summon the strength to kill his mother. It could be because he found good within him. It could be something wholly unexpected, and he has his own plan. We don’t know yet, and that’s something that we’ll find out over time.
I was also wondering whether Irving’s death opens a space for Hawley to become more of a member of the team.
We have a great core, a fantastic ensemble. Hawley, I think, has joined in a really interesting way—but he is a character that by nature is a loner, and has really learned to fend for himself. And so while I think there’s a great and terrific bond that’s starting to form—this is Sleepy Hollow, anything can happen. We have an episode coming up in the back half that really features him, and we get to learn a lot more about his history. I think people are going to understand him a lot better after that episode.
Is there anything else you think people should know?
You know, the season finale, which I’m working on now, is a real mind-bender, and I think we listen to our fans—we love that they’re so passionate about our show, and we really aim to a high bar for their standards and our own. I think when we get to the end of the season and you see how it all comes together, and what Abbie’s arc ends up being at the end, it’s really mind-blowing. I hope we get to have this conversation in about two months, because I’m really curious to see what people think.
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