She really should've scarfed down a bit more of that bread first, though. She's gonna need the carbs.

I'm worried about her taking on a greater role in the show because the chemistry between the 2 leads is so perfect and a 3rd person would really divert that energy away from the center. I guess that, if they're going to give Abbie a boyfriend this season, it makes sense that Ichabod should also have a SO. I will trust…

Oh, absolutely! Did you see that laser-sighted fucking crossbow??? At first I thought they were overdoing the weapons-as-time-period bit, with Abbie using an automatic something and Ichabod going old-school, but the fact that his shit was uber-modern was just awesome.

"I was looking forward to watching the headless try to communicate."

Yeah, but that whole shaved chest thing was anachronistic…notice Ichabod's hairy chest, as would be accurate for an 18th century guy. I realize that making the villain hypermuscular and buff to contrast with the skinny, un-manscaped hero is logical, but that torso just looked photoshopped out of Men's Fitness magazine…

I think Ich/Ab (sorry) are bonded like siblings, from their conjoined destiny as Witnesses, in much the same way that Abby & Jenny were as children in the woods. (And, speaking of woods, LCB…isn't it cool that Purgatory in this show looks just like Purgatory in "Supernatural"? Could you almost imagine a crossover?…

I noticed that too!

Yeah, it makes him kinda Junior-y (from "Under the Dome, in case everyone else is lucky enough NOT to be watching that crapfest).

Yeah but…flaming sword. FLAMING SWORD!

It was an echo of Angel having Thanksgiving dinner instead of being, in reality, buried at sea by his ungrateful spawn.

It was wonderful to see Marlo get the big smack-down from John Reese as a kind of retroactive mashup of justice.

I can see how that would totally pay for medical school. I love that a guy who puts so much energy into constantly disavowing his own hotness, running from it this whole episode, demolishes that resistance (and hers, and ours) with a few perfectly fluid moves in a pair of black jeans.

But the BELT was off, and that's all that matters.

…that other thing wasn't a song, just a collection of sound effects culled from every Ford Pinto commercial from the 1970s.

Agreed. I had to rewatch that 4-5 times, in the interest of accuracy in what I am about to say: Diamond Dan is hotter than any human man dancing to a dirty guitar that has ever been. Playing it straight has never served Chris Messina so well. Kudos, good sir. And please come dance at my house next.

Just as in SPEED:

At least Forehead Girl successfully talked dipshit teen guy out of taking the gun to the lake. Him saying that Barbie's dad could be "dangerous" (with private armies and shit) and thinking that his skills with firearms could, in any way, offer protection to Norrie was absolutely hilarious. Dude's decision-making…

That's the Dome equivalent of soap opera head injury when they just wrap a white bandage around the person's head and their hair is coiffed and perfect, not shaved off as it would be in reality. Julia at the very least should've been sporting a bit of blood seepage on her outer-jeans bandage. Just ridiculous.

What's sad - among many things about this show - is that the kid, Joe, is played by an actor I used to think was pretty good when he was younger (especially in SUPERNATURAL) and I just watched the last half of WE BOUGHT A ZOO or whatever that movie is called and he's decent in it, like he has some clue about how to do…

Thanks for that mental image Zoe Butcher — it made me instantly think of "Big Jim" in a truly unpleasant manner.