Sleepy Hollow (TV Series)

Pilot (2013)

Nestor Serrano: Polygraph Technician

Quotes 

• Polygraph Technician : Tell me about the Horseman. Would you admit cutting off his head, yes or no?

  Ichabod Crane : No. First I shot him, then he rose back up. Beheading him seemed the next logical step.

• Ichabod Crane : Now I have questions, several thousand questions, but I'll spare you the indignity of strapping you to a damn chair. Now where am I?

  Polygraph Technician : The question isn't where, but when. The good news is you won the war, the bad news is... it was 250 years ago. Welcome to the 21st century, Mr. Crane.

• Polygraph Technician : Now tell me your name and where you're from.

  Ichabod Crane : My name is Ichabod Crane. I was a professor of history at Merton College, Oxford, when I was enlisted in the Queen's Royal Regiment and sent to the American colonies to fight the patriots. It didn't take long for me to have a change of heart and I defected.

  Polygraph Technician : You're saying you're a... spy?

  Ichabod Crane : I'm saying the rule of tyranny betrayed the weight of my conscience and I couldn't allow myself to give my life for anything less. So, yes, I became a spy under the command of General Washington.

  Polygraph Technician : General George Washington?

  Ichabod Crane : Do you know him?

• Polygraph Technician : [while studying the computer polygraph]  Tell me about the Horseman. Would you admit cutting off his head? Yes or no?

  Ichabod Crane : [resolved]  No. First I shot him, than he rose back up. Beheading him seemed the next logical step.

• Polygraph Technician : Now tell me your name and where you're from.

  Ichabod Crane : My name is Ichabod Crane. I was a professor of history at Merton College, Oxford, when I was enlisted in the Queen's Royal Regiment and sent to the American colonies to fight the patriots. It didn't take long for me to have a change of heart and I defected.

  Polygraph Technician : You're saying you're a spy?

  Ichabod Crane : I'm saying the rule of tyranny betrayed the weight of my conscience and I couldn't allow myself to give my life for anything less. So, yes, I became a spy under the command of General Washington.

  Polygraph Technician : General George Washington?

  Ichabod Crane : Do you know him?

• Ichabod Crane : Now I have questions, several thousand questions, but I'll spare you the indignity of strapping you to a damn chair. Now where am I?

  Polygraph Technician : The question isn't where, but when. The good news is you won the war, the bad news is...

  [placing a one-dollar bill in front of Ichabod] 

  Polygraph Technician : it was 250 years ago. Welcome to the 21st century, Mr. Crane.