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‘Sleepy Hollow’ Boss Talks ‘Bones’ Crossover: ‘They’re Two Sides of the Same Coin’
Here, “Sleepy Hollow†showrunner Clifton Campbell discusses what the crossover means for the two teams, which kicks off when Ichabod and Abbie visit the Jeffersonian to try and recover some fittingly headless remains from Booth and Brennan.
“That’s the inciting incident that brings their case to our attention; once we get there, things aren’t quite as they seem, which is a theme both in their show and ours in terms of the procedural of it all,†Campbell tells Variety. “Pairing them up together is something that I think our fans and their fans will enjoy seeing as they process the same case together. At a certain point midway, when we pass off from their episode to our episode, the supernatural really kicks in and it’s like looking at two sides of the same coin – you see what we were starting to sense in their hour get on its feet and come to life in our hour, and it requires a reunion of this brand new coupling to take us to the conclusion that we need on our side, and it reveals a lot about both characters.â€
Despite the seeming incongruity of both shows — one rooted firmly in reality and one focused on the fantastical — the crossover highlights many similarities between the two teams when the duos pair up with their counterparts on the case, Campbell promises.
Because Brennan and Crane are both scholars of their time and “share a common love of knowledge and a curiosity, it’s interesting to see the two very different versions of that,†Campbell says. “There’s a moment in our hour, once we go back to them for some forensic help, where we really get to break that down … Certainly this isn’t the first time Crane has interacted with somebody who is that high level of intelligence, but the experience and the crystallized emotions Crane has had, being a man out of time, allows him to peel apart a little bit of what Brennan is saying. When she breaks it down in very concrete terms, which is her comfort level, and asks very simple questions about the case, that lets us look into how she really does feel about life and humanity.â€
According to Campbell, the experience will also show viewers a rare side of Brennan: “Being in proximity to somebody like Crane and having her brush with someone who is much more poetic in his approach to the concrete lets us see a little glimmer of ‘well, she does have a romantic side’ — it’s just her version of a romantic side.â€
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Here, “Sleepy Hollow†showrunner Clifton Campbell discusses what the crossover means for the two teams, which kicks off when Ichabod and Abbie visit the Jeffersonian to try and recover some fittingly headless remains from Booth and Brennan.
“That’s the inciting incident that brings their case to our attention; once we get there, things aren’t quite as they seem, which is a theme both in their show and ours in terms of the procedural of it all,†Campbell tells Variety. “Pairing them up together is something that I think our fans and their fans will enjoy seeing as they process the same case together. At a certain point midway, when we pass off from their episode to our episode, the supernatural really kicks in and it’s like looking at two sides of the same coin – you see what we were starting to sense in their hour get on its feet and come to life in our hour, and it requires a reunion of this brand new coupling to take us to the conclusion that we need on our side, and it reveals a lot about both characters.â€
Despite the seeming incongruity of both shows — one rooted firmly in reality and one focused on the fantastical — the crossover highlights many similarities between the two teams when the duos pair up with their counterparts on the case, Campbell promises.
Because Brennan and Crane are both scholars of their time and “share a common love of knowledge and a curiosity, it’s interesting to see the two very different versions of that,†Campbell says. “There’s a moment in our hour, once we go back to them for some forensic help, where we really get to break that down … Certainly this isn’t the first time Crane has interacted with somebody who is that high level of intelligence, but the experience and the crystallized emotions Crane has had, being a man out of time, allows him to peel apart a little bit of what Brennan is saying. When she breaks it down in very concrete terms, which is her comfort level, and asks very simple questions about the case, that lets us look into how she really does feel about life and humanity.â€
According to Campbell, the experience will also show viewers a rare side of Brennan: “Being in proximity to somebody like Crane and having her brush with someone who is much more poetic in his approach to the concrete lets us see a little glimmer of ‘well, she does have a romantic side’ — it’s just her version of a romantic side.â€
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