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Hi, neighbor.

I'm Sharon Norman, and as head of the Neighborhood Welcome Committee, I

you with this welcome walnut pie.

Wow.

I feel very welcomed.

No sugar, dairy, or gluten.

So no flavor.

I'm kidding.

Oh, this is so thoughtful.

I'm Beryl. Oh, I know all about you, Beryl Nix, or at least what's public

record. So my reputation precedes me. We like to know who's joining our little

hamlet here.

We? We are a very close -knit community, and you lucked out living next door to

me. I am the head of the garden club, the PTA, the social committee. Social

committee.

So you know where I can get the good drugs.

Kidding again, Sharon?

Oh, I could tell you were going to be fun.

Guilty as charged. But I moved here to get away from all the fun of the city

its everything.

The quiet nothing of here will help me focus on my art.

You'll find there's a lot of life here.

This is...

Our community calendar, and while we do not have an HOA, I put together a list

of suggested guidelines that we like to follow.

Can't wait to meet this we.

It's things like outdoor light wattages, noise considerations, like the wind

chimes that you put in over the weekend on your yard. They haven't broken any

noise ordinances yet.

Just kidding.

You got me.

Landscape maintenance.

You know, that big old wild tree on our property line blocks a lot of the

natural light to my studio.

Again, these are just suggested guidelines.

This is our towering maple, and it has been sort of grandfathered in. Is it?

We find that very convenient.

Anyway, thank you for the pie, rules and hopefully drugs.

Just kidding, neighbor.

Do we have new blossoms?

Ugh, I am buying her shades.

Phil will open up his shop early for me.

It's not a big deal.

I was looking at the painting. It's not bad.

The 60s are dead, honey. She's not even a real artist. She's just rich and bored

and cold, apparently.

I see more nudity at work every day. The sordid life of an anesthesiologist.

Indeed.

Have a good day, please.

I always do.

Beryl is having a party. Again.

We're invited. Could be fun.

Oh.

Hard pass.

And she's again asking us to trim the tree. The towering is overpowering.

Rad.

Donuts. Absolutely not. No. This is bribery. Put that back.

Take an apple. Go upstairs. This is adult stuff.

Seems pretty childish to me.

The only thing worse than one chance.

Drum circles.

Keeping me awake on them.

Well, there she's on the beat.

Good night, Pat.

So, funny to you, you're gone all day and I'm dealing with this tension and

harassment. Honey, I'm in an operating room.

How many years have I come home to you?

Fired up about...

noise or too many cars parked on the street or the arbor rights fight.

The maple is a bit unruly. Do you remember when we found this house?

We walked up that drive.

We saw that tree.

And we both knew that we were going to make this house our home.

And under that unruly maple...

We'd lie there, and you'd read to me with my belly out to here.

That's where Avery took her first steps. That's where she tested her bravery,

and she climbed higher and higher under our watchful gaze. And when I see our

towering maple on the horizon, I know that

I am almost home.

It grows, and it grows with us.

I didn't realize how important that tree is to you.

It's family.

And no member of our family will ever, ever be touched by that woman.

Your tree's dead.

How? What happened?

Nature, man.

Sucks sometimes.

Oh, Sharon, I'm so sorry.

It was such a massive presence in all our lives.

Halloween event on the agenda is... The Haunted Maze. And this year it goes to

Beryl Nix. Woo!

I will email you the names of the high school volunteers who are going to help.

Well, Sharon, we've been talking.

We? The ladies and I think this year I should amp up the maze.

Make it really, really scary.

Unlike past, no offense, boring years.

No offense.

None taken.

But we don't want to traumatize the kids.

Brayden had to sleep in bed with you for a week after last year. That's because

he saw a real spider in the maze.

I think Beryl has a great idea to spice it up.

Okay.

What did you have in mind?

Oh, you know me. I take inspiration here, there, everywhere. So I haven't

settled on my vision just yet, but...

I do see me in the center in a fabulous display.

Where are you going to get your costumes, props, lighting, fog machines?

know, there isn't much time.

Oh, my brain.

I don't have the space to think of all the nuts and bolts.

To realize the horror and gore deserving of our community, I'll need help.

Anyone?

I'm very busy, but I live next door, and my event is locked in.

Well, you're the best of the best.

Thank you, Sharon.

You're welcome.

Great. I'm so excited.

Do you know what I'm thinking? Some found objects and material.

Congratulations. You're halfway there.

Collect your candy.

The maze is closing for the costume contest.

Hurry, or the headless horseman will catch you.

Mom!

You do this every year.

has Jump Scarecrow Works every year. Hey, where's your costume?

Um... See?

Are you happy?

Perfectly. Okay, go have fun. Be safe.

Sharon?

Good morning.

Hi. Can I help you?

I'm good.

Classic Beryl. After a wild night, she usually isn't awake or home until later.

Well, we're just... You here to clean up the maze props?

We got a schedule.

Oh, go ahead. I hereby grant you permission as president of the

Events Committee.

A signature would be better.

You got it.

Happy Halloween.

Why do we have an extra head?

Oh, my God.

You're a genius.

Not my design, but I'll take it.

Hey, Rivers, check this out. If you hold down the space bar, you can move the

cursor wherever you want.

How did I not know that?

You know, I'll be impressed with IT when you guys upgrade our Wi -Fi.

IT? Desk duty wouldn't be half as bad if our Internet wasn't Stone Age dial -up.

Well, you know, in IT, we say that patience is a virtue. It builds

Something someone on desk duty...

May need.

Adam R. White. Look, Adam R. White. I love it.

Hey, Julia.

So what do we owe the honor?

You know, just here helping the old man.

Hi, hon. Right on time. Hi, Daddy. And you're not?

Head into my office. I'll be in there in a second.

Oh, not without me.

Thank you, Eliza.

We got a call. It's a case outside the city. They found a... Halloween is over.

What's going on?

Captain, Halloween ain't just one day.

And here it is.

Okay, the truth is, my costumes arrived late.

But how do you pick just one My Fair Lady costume? You can't. So, I'm doing

Halloween. I thought you were from Newsies.

Either way, you're going to love this. They found a severed head.

Ow!

Oh, cool.

But you're never going to guess where.

Great Neck?

I thought we'd picked up all of our props. We just kind of scoop and then

them later at our warehouse in the city.

Well, with the owner dead, who let you in to do all the scooping? Who's in

charge here? Oh.

Her.

Well, if you'll excuse me, these nice suburban ladies freak me out.

Where is Sheriff Pete? Why is BNYPD here? We are all terrified.

Well, I'm Detective Donnelly, and this is Elsa.

Eliza. Thank you.

But really... Elspeth Tassioni.

And you are?

Sharon Norman. I live next door, and I am president of the Neighborhood Safety

Committee, so I demand to know what is going on here.

Well, we found a body in Manhattan, which is why we're covering the cave,

that body appears to have come from this maze.

Beryl Nix?

Not Beryl.

I knew that she should not have hired those outsiders.

Who are those men?

Well, he goes by Chop.

Enough said.

He said it's because he likes chopped salad.

Did you know how Beryl died?

Because you didn't even ask before going straight to blaming Chop.

Well, it is simple math.

Somebody died with people like that around. I was not raised to be nosy, but

I... I have to know.

What happened?

We found her head.

Then her body. How long have you been neighbors?

It's, um... Let's see. It's, uh... It's hard to think.

She moved in May 3rd, 2022.

Were you friends?

Were you close? No. But we were neighborly. And let's just say she had a

different lifestyle. But I respected her. And she respected me.

So sorry. I'm just on edge. This is very, very scary.

I have to alert the neighborhood that there is a killer on the loose.

Can you believe it?

Someone beheaded in Sleepy Hollow.

That's a blooming loop.

All right, Dad. So, once again,

we're going up here. I got it.

Okay, let's see.

Oh, what the... I did everything right. Because you went to print, but you have

to choose save as PDF.

Well, how does that make any sense?

Come in.

Captain, I have an update on the, um... I'm sorry, I can come back if... No, uh,

I welcome the interruption. This is my daughter, Julia. Julia Cameron. He's one

of our M .E .s. Hi. Hi.

You were saying?

Yes, so we established Beryl Nix's exact time of death from her wrist fitness

tracker's heart rate monitor.

Exact. That's helpful.

The PPG tech with optical heart rate sensors used at fitness trackers is

accurate. Certainly makes my job a lot easier.

Do you have one? No. I'm a software engineer who avoids exercise if at all

possible.

She's here to help an old man with some tech issues.

I'm the most patient of all his kids. I don't like the way the IT guy's here.

Talk to me like I don't know what I'm doing. No, I get it.

I've been trying to update my department's software, but, I mean, I'm

ask. And I don't even know where to start.

I can help.

If you're looking for a better CMS, there's some good COTS options.

Right.

How about this?

Let's grab lunch today.

We're having lunch.

Right. Well, how about coffee before work, day after tomorrow?

Great, yes. I will brush up on my acronyms before then.

Here's my number. Just text me.

Okay. Will do.

Thanks. Julia? Mm -hmm?

Captain?

What?

Come on, back to it, Captain Luddite.

Come on. Thank you so much for letting me talk to you.

Everyone says you're the person who'd know when it comes to the neighborhood.

I do like to stay connected. Your yard is...

Oh, so loverly.

Thank you. I have one green thumb of the year, six years running.

Congratulations. My grandmother had a green thumb.

She adored violets. I'm more of a seller than a grower.

Well, it relaxes me, which is what I need at a time like this. Have those

roustabouts been arrested yet?

Roustabouts?

You were really convinced it was them. Well, all I know is that one day our

community is safe, and the next day there's a loose head, and the only thing

that changed.

So, the sooner you arrest them, the sooner we will be safe again.

Well, Chop and his crew were on break when Beryl died. Getting high, no doubt.

On cheese.

They were sharing the coyotest little Halloween -themed charcuterie board on

their truck. One of the workers is in culinary school and had these little

eyeballs, little teeth.

Anyway,

we are looking local now.

Where were you on Halloween?

Wow, those wind chimes carry, huh?

I don't even notice.

Um, if you need to know, on Halloween, I was doing my customary jump scare crow,

which everybody loves.

I sit on my front porch, and then when kids come to trick -or -treat, I jump.

I scare them.

I got you. So you can ask any of the kids who are brave enough to visit my

porch. Oh, right.

Speaking of your porch, I noticed the plaque towering maple.

Was that the maple?

Your home's namesake?

You must have been devastated to lose that.

It's nature.

It sucks sometimes.

You know, things...

Come and go and live and die, but our house will remain towering maple with

or without that tree.

Well, that's sweet.

Speaking of coming and going, as I said, I am not one to be nosy, but have

the police talked to any of the many men that would visit Beryl at all hours of

the night?

Some marriages may last longer now that she's gone.

Well, we'll definitely look into that.

Because I am nosy.

Lots of neighborhood husbands, according to Sharon.

Yeah, lots of suspects, according to me.

You know, Sharon knows everything about her neighbors. And meanwhile, I haven't

even met one of mine.

How does that work?

Well, that's the beauty of New York, is everyone minds the business.

You're only separated by a wall or floor. In these small towns and suburbs,

get more space but less privacy.

I suppose.

But I'd like to know who I'm sharing walls and floors with.

I accidentally dropped one of Gonzo's favorite toys in the hall. I put up

notices, and no one reached out.

Well, just because you don't know your neighbors doesn't mean that they're not

looking out for you. You'll see.

That's very optimistic.

Look at you.

Must be all the Halloween candy.

No costume today?

Never mind.

Do we have any leads?

Maybe too many.

Whittle them down and keep me posted.

Oh, uh, Captain?

Captain?

I've been trying not to ask, but any update on Kaya?

Oh, no.

But I'm sure she's fine.

She's probably on her next case.

This is the life of undercover work.

I understand. I just miss my friend.

And I'm worried about her.

Well, I know one thing.

Kaya would love your costume.

What costume?

Me and Abe would hang at Beryl's. We could eat, watch, smoke what we wanted.

parents are uptight as hell.

Abe? Avery.

Avery Norman.

Sharon Norman's daughter?

Queen uptight herself.

Are you supposed to be Cruella DeVille?

Oh, come on. We have footage of you running from Beryl's and her chasing

you and yelling. You're the only person that left Beryl's unhappy.

Lovers quarrel? Dude, no.

She caught me taking her pain pills.

She had so many I didn't think she'd notice, but she did, and you saw what

happened. We certainly did, Xander.

What do you mean?

Detective Donnelly is under the assumption that whomever stole

their pain pills did make them meet their demise.

What? I didn't make anybody meet their demise.

What is that accent?

If anybody, it was Abe. She wanted to kill her.

Why don't I believe you? I swear. Look at these texts.

Oh, God. If that bitch calls the cops on you, I'll kill her.

Gone.

Save ass.

You wanted to see me? Yes.

Close the door.

I know you can't tell me much, but how's Kaya?

Correct. I can't, but as far as I know, she's fine, and I'm sure she'd

appreciate you asking.

Oh, that's good to hear.

Out of sight, but not out of mind, right?

Because some other people are in sight.

You know what I mean?

Sir?

There are two people that I care about.

that I don't want to see hurt.

Kaya and Julia.

Sir, no, our coffee, it's purely professional. I know my daughter.

That may not be true on both ends, so... Why don't we simplify things for

everyone involved?

I understand, sir.

Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Not at all.

We all got ring cameras because you said more eyes, less crimes. And look how

that worked out. And you found the maze crew. The call is coming from inside the

house, Sharon. That's very interesting, Sharon.

She has nothing to say. How dare you?

I have dedicated my life to this neighborhood.

And it was safe.

Until now.

So what changed?

Hmm? Exactly.

I think we have all learned a very valuable lesson.

Have the police made an arrest?

I can't say, but I'm in close communication with them, and it should

Don't pardon our intrusion.

Ladies, we need to talk to Sharon alone.

Well, we're in the middle of a meeting, so... We're going to need to talk to you

about some texts.

And Avery.

Avery. Avery? I swear I was not at Barrel's on Halloween.

But you did write those texts?

Well, yeah, but I didn't mean anything.

You went to Barrel's?

When? Avery, where were you on Halloween at 8 .47 p .m.? It's okay.

You can tell them you were volunteering at the costume contest.

But I wasn't.

Avery, were you with that Xander boy? I'm going to make you go upstairs right

now. Oh, my God, I was with Dad.

I hate costumes. I don't even like Halloween. I haven't liked it since I

That must have been so tough for a girl growing up in Sleepy Hollow.

Again, where were you?

My dad and I go out to eat on Halloween.

Excuse me, your father was supposedly working late.

Do you have proof of this?

You were at Splits' diner?

By the mall? You never let me do anything fun.

Why is the photo album titled MFT?

Go ahead. It's not like it could get any worse.

Mom, free time and stuff my dad and I do together without Mom.

Sorry, Mom.

Well, the metadata on the photo shows it was taken around the same time that

Beryl died, but it is possible that Avery could have been involved.

With a few minutes to spare.

No, it's not possible.

She doesn't know the maze.

It would take too long.

Well, there's only one way to find out.

Take me through it.

I'm going to stay here with Avery.

I am great at puzzles, and do you see how long this is taking me? There is no

way that my daughter did this. I knew that sander boy was trouble. He only got

into state school. Oh, we actually cleared him.

Yeah, he has a shoulder injury from lacrosse, so he couldn't have lifted the

murder weapon.

And that would be?

Oh, right.

It was the chainsaw.

Yeah. We found it in Beryl's art studio.

So Xander started stealing Beryl's pain pills for his shoulder pain when his

doctor wouldn't prescribe more.

Unbelievable. It just goes to show you have no idea what's going on in your

neighbor's house.

Yeah, or your own.

That's all the look of pain on your face when you learned about mom free time.

You think you're in control.

You think you know things.

But most things are outside of anyone's control, especially as a parent.

Don't you agree?

Not at all.

That is a lazy excuse for not being involved. I have dedicated my life to...

Being involved?

Caring.

Now, is it left or is it right?

Oh,

wait. Hold on. Hold on. The call is pausing the timer.

Cellutations.

They're going to charge her?

But she's a minor.

Avery? They're cuffing her now? On camera?

Wow! You move, bloody fall!

Avery? Where is she? Is she under arrest?

Avery?

Oh, you mean the call?

Oh, no, no, no, no. Detective Donnelly and I were catching up on my favorite

reality show, Lavish Ladies.

The drama never ends.

No, Avery's fine.

Oh, thank God.

Let me just catch my breath and we'll resume the maze.

Uh, no. Not necessary.

I got what I needed. You navigated your way in and out of that maze.

No problem.

So this was a test?

Of course.

Of what?

My mama bear adrenaline?

Is that all?

You helped Beryl organize that maze. No doubt you had a copy of the plan. You

know every square inch of that maze.

You big city cops are unbelievable.

I'm not a cop. I'm a lady.

You come to our town, and you accuse one of our innocent high school boys, and

then you accuse my innocent daughter, and then you accuse me,

the one person that cares the most about the safety of this neighborhood. Well,

you know, why not? Let's just throw it on Sharon.

Because everybody blames everything on me anyway.

That's what I get for trying to help.

That's not true. A lot of good can come from helping.

So, help.

Show us big city cops how wrong we are so we can focus elsewhere.

How can I help you if you don't believe me?

Well, you said you were on your porch all night.

Right? So don't tell us, show us.

It's in your control to prove your innocence.

There's a ring camera at your house, isn't there?

Yeah, whatever's so funny?

Nothing. I will get you that footage, and you will see that I was there.

All night.

We saw you on Sharon Norman's ring camera footage looking very comfortable

a chainsaw.

Well, yeah. I hope so. I cut down trees for a living.

Was one of those trees Sharon's towering maple?

Yeah. Why did you cut that down?

It was dead.

How did it die?

Old age?

I don't know.

How did Sharon feel about it?

Feel? Fine. Listen, I don't get into stuff like that. It's bad for business.

So if you spend your day sawing through big trees, it wouldn't take you long at

all to saw through something a little bit easier, like... Whoa.

What?

Did a lady really get her head cut off?

And why are you dressed like that? Is this a prank show?

It can feel like that sometimes.

Why did you say it was bad for business? Look, I like dealing with earth stuff,

not people.

I don't want to get called in for lawsuits. I cut, I dispose, and I don't

questions. What kind of questions would there be?

A lot of trees that suddenly die of old age are on property lines.

Sorry to tell you this, but...

Your towering maple may have been poisoned.

Poisoned? No, unlikely.

Weren't you ever suspicious?

It died so suddenly, according to your tree doctor.

If Beryl poisoned the tree, then I'm sure it was an accident. Why are we

about this? Didn't my ring cam footage show that I was here?

I never said Beryl, did I? Well, who else could it possibly have been? She

chemicals in her art. If the tree was poisoned, then let's just say...

It was Beryl. Okay, let's.

Then I forgive her, because there are more important things in life.

I'm just surprised, because if someone poisoned the namesake of my home, I...

You'd have to learn to let things go, Eliza.

Like you said, not everything is in your control.

Now, if you don't mind... Oh, of course.

I have a ball to get to anyway.

I just hope the poison doesn't affect the rest of your beautiful yard.

I appreciate your concern, but I'm not worried.

What I am worried about is there's a killer on the loose.

Me too.

But it shouldn't be much longer.

You warned Cameron off of me, didn't you?

What are you worried about? You're the boss, right?

Cameron has work to do.

How it affects his social life is up to him. I knew you would do this. You never

missed a chance to throw your power around to mess with my life. Oh, is that

Yes. It's your life. With this precinct and these people, it's my world.

That is so classic.

You know I'm the only one of your kids you'd do this to. Oh, come on. Be real,

Dad. If one of them came in here and hit it off with one of your officers, you'd

pull that officer in and warn them off?

Huh? Look at me and tell me that's true.

I only ever want to protect you.

I'm 27.

I'm not this kid you keep framed in your desk. I don't need your protection.

I may one day want your approval, but only when I ask for it.

Got it.

You're 27.

You know everything.

Well, hotshot, why don't you tell me why I saved this file to my desktop and

it's not there, huh?

I can't with you.

Julia.

Damn it.

Any updates on Gonzo's toy?

Oh, no, not yet.

This whole case has me thinking maybe I don't want to know my neighbors.

Eh, don't get cynical like the rest of us. Not yet.

So far, Sharon's alibi checks out.

It's not helpful that she's off screen, but still.

Isn't that convenient?

I just know she did it.

I watched her dig up her plants and replace the soil the day after the

My grandma used to let me help her in the garden. There's no reason to do all

that unless she knew the poison from the tree would spread.

But how did she kill Beryl?

There's the time of death, and we haven't seen Sharon move.

So it seems.

Just you wait, Sharon Norman. Just you wait.

Hi.

Hi.

Oh, I thought you didn't notice. Sparrow's wind chime.

This is starting to feel like harassment.

And it was cute at first with the costumes, but you're doing a lot.

Even for Sleepy Hollow. Halloween is over. Oh, it's not over just yet. We

one more scare.

We solved the...

A fingerprint.

Come on. I'll show you.

In there?

I never got a chance to go through the maze when it was all dressed up.

So... It's hot.

No, this chainsaw's from Chop's crew.

It doesn't have a chain.

See?

None of their chainsaws had chains. You assumed that those outsider roustabouts

didn't care about safety.

But that was their top priority.

So I'll give them a good Yelp review. What do I care?

You thought with all of their chainsaws, they'd be blamed for Beryl's death.

Don't be ridiculous. Why would I care who was blamed for Beryl's death?

Why, indeed.

Shall we?

This is a murder weapon.

Beryl's chainsaw.

You used this to kill her. And then you stashed it back in her art studio.

And then you gave Chop's crew permission to clean up the crime scene.

Your framed job complete.

You assumed your role of concerned neighbor.

I am a concerned neighbor. You hate it, Beryl.

Everyone knew it. Your own daughter had to hide that she spent time with her.

Hating your neighbor does not make you a murderer.

Beryl was a nuisance to this neighborhood. Ask around.

Everyone will agree. We could not stand her. Now, where is this damn

fingerprint?

I did ask around.

What are you all doing here?

Hi, Sharon. Hi, Sharon.

Oh, honey.

Are you free?

Mom, Beryl was cool. She let me be myself.

And we loved her. She had us trying fun new things all the time. What are you

talking about? She was sleeping with all of your husbands.

She wasn't sleeping with them. She was teaching them pottery to surprise us.

We've all gotten ashtrays for our birthdays. And anniversary.

He could have done better.

We should have known when you wanted to help Beryl with something actually fun

for once.

For once?

I don't deserve this.

Show me the evidence now.

We did find a fingerprint.

But it wasn't on the chainsaw, and it wasn't the murderer's fingerprint.

Okay, that's Tommy Forrest. Keep watching.

And brave little Tommy was dared by his friends to hold your hand.

But the time stamp shows it was the exact moment that Beryl was murdered.

And you didn't move.

I don't scare everyone. Tommy is a sensitive boy. I did not want to

him. We found your jump scare crow dummy in the back of your garage.

and on its rubber glove, Tommy's fingerprints, proving that you weren't

porch at the time of the murder.

I probably went to the bathroom and changed out the dummy.

That's a perfectly reasonable explanation, but the fingerprint was

to get us a warrant.

We tested the pipes of the washing machine where you washed the scrubs that

wore when you killed Beryl, and, well...

We found a little bit of Beryl.

Why didn't you just say that from the beginning?

I hate mazes.

Because it's the perfect end to Halloween.

And it really brought the neighborhood together.

How could you all love Beryl?

She was a killer. She was my tree killer.

Actually, honey, that was me.

I thought that removing the tree would...

end your petty feud with Beryl, but no matter how perfect our life was, you

could never be happy.

You're all gonna miss me.

You're gonna regret this. Oh, I think Sleepy Hollow will be just fine without

Sharon Norman.

That was my last one. I promise.

I'll write up the report.

How's this?

Trice amounts of blood of the slain stayed mainly in the drain.

Needs work. Oh, no.

It's perfect.

You deleted your cloud?

No.

I don't even know what that is.

But I knew it would get you here.

Good boy.

I'm sorry, kid.

I know it's a cliche, but it's true.

It's hard.

for parents to accept their kids as adults.

Well, me, at least.

Every day, I looked at this photo on my desk

of my little girl, the girl I was

raising to be independent and to make her own choices. Don't take all the

credit. Mom did most of it. Hey, no.

But here in front of me is that adult.

Inserting myself as if I know best was me being a bad dad.

I'll know better moving forward.

How did you get this picture printed?

It wasn't easy, let me tell you.

You can never be a bad dad.

That's for me. I have a dinner date.

Don't worry, it's not Cameron.

Good night, Daddy. Good night, Dad.

Captain.

Sure. You know, I... Love you.

Oh.

Damn.

Damn, damn, damn.