""These nice suburban ladies are freaking me out." This wisdom comes from a character named Chop (so called because he likes chopped salads, not for any hatchet or chainsaw-wielding tendencies), and he is not wrong. Poor Chop (James P. Reese) isonly thrust into the turbid waters of Sleepy Hollow's social scene because his company furnished all the props for the town's annual Halloween maze, which is unfortunately the scene of a murder."
"Nice suburban-lady-on-nice-suburban-lady violence is nothing to laugh at, but I do find something very amusing about Elsbeth's investigation of Sharon Norman (Annaleigh Ashford) for the murder of Beryl Nix (Kate Jennings Grant). Her style and approach are, as always, dogged, thorough, and relentlessly cheerful. What has me chuckling in admiration this week is how Elsbeth scythes her methodical way through Sharon's thicket of lies and misdirection, all while wearing one of four different Halloween costumes honoring Audrey Hepburn's film performance as Eliza Doolittle."
Chop, nicknamed for his love of chopped salads, becomes involved when his company furnished props for Sleepy Hollow's Halloween maze, which becomes a murder scene. Elsbeth investigates Sharon Norman for the killing of Beryl Nix with dogged, thorough, and relentlessly cheerful methods. Elsbeth cuts through Sharon's lies and misdirection while wearing multiple Halloween costumes referencing Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle, creating a recurring fish-out-of-water gag. Sleepy Hollow's social rules are framed as Sharon's rigid preferences, compiled in a three-ring binder presented alongside a Welcome to the Neighborhood walnut pie. Sharon's obsession with control and status contributes to her unraveling.
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