Seriously, we’re just as surprised as you are.

It really shouldn’t be any good. Yet another ‘rebooting’ on an old legend — a legend that’s not only kind of goofy to begin with, but has been permanently (or so we thought) damaged by Disney-rape, decades ago.

And yet …

This Ichabod Crane (apparently living in a world where Nathaniel Hawthorne never existed) is dead sexy. And his sidekick is not only just as smart as he is, but even more beautiful. And hey — Clancy Brown is in it, for Chrissakes. The man’s a living legend in pop culture (Shawshank Redemption, Carnivale, Cowboys & Aliens, and the best voice of Lex Luthor ever in a thousand or so WB cartoons over the last decade).

Let slide the fact that the backstory is the biggest damn mishmosh of cockeyed Biblical prophecy, National Treasure Dan Brown-like secret histories, and, you know, just made-up shit. The fact is it’s kind of fun to follow the bouncing plot-device, and the man-out-of-time rap is pretty much worth the price of admission. (He had us forever when we brought the OnStar lady to joyful tears).

Monday nights. Nine p.m. Given the absolute absence of any other worthwhile scary program (and no, we don’t count American Horror Story)…you could do worse.