Midnight, Texas needs a second season pickup

Now that the season finale of freshman supernatural drama Midnight, Texas has come and gone, it’s time for NBC to announce a second season pickup.

Summer television has an uphill battle. The weather is nice and reality television reigns supreme, which makes the fight for viewers even harder. But every now and then a show emerges from the summer that deserves a lot more attention. Midnight, Texas is one such show, and that’s why Midnight, Texas needs a second season.

Timing aside, as television consumers it’s hard these days to invest time into new shows because there’s always the threat of cancellation two episodes in. Many people choose to record shows and then bing watch them later on, which is a lot easier (and oftentimes more satisfying) than watching in the traditional weekly format, but banking episodes for later consumption messes with ratings, which can ultimately be the nail in the coffin.

That brings me to Midnight, Texas. There was a lot of buzz and excitement about Midnight, Texas ahead of its debut, but after being pushed from late season to summer there were doubts about its viability even before it aired. That wasn’t helpful.

However, now that the freshman season has aired it would be a travesty to let a show like Midnight, Texas go without getting another season and a chance to show more people how awesome it is.

The premise, in a nutshell, is that there is a small town in Texas where a group of people with supernatural abilities live and work. They’re a close knit community and they take care of their own. Their newest resident, a psychic named Manfred, comes into town in time for the thin veil between the real world and hell opens up. The hellmouth itself is located smack dab in the middle of Midnight, which means that much of season 1 was spent meeting the characters and building up to this battle royale.

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Midnight’s biggest strength is the cast. The showrunners did an amazing job with their cast. Not only do the actors truly enjoy each other, but they mesh well on screen so that their characters are instantly relatable, likeable and memorable. The cast’s diversity is a strong part of the show’s success. Given that the characters are supernatural, they’re also very diverse and this adds another layer to the story, something common to Charlaine Harris’ writing. (Harris is the author of the series that Midnight, Texas is based upon, and she also wrote the books that inspired True Blood)

The women in the show are as strong and powerful as their male counterparts. Arielle Kebbel’s Olivia is an assassin who leads the men into battle with her vampire boyfriend Lem (Peter Mensah) at her side. Parisa Fitz-Henley’s witch Fiji is powerful and capable of taking on almost any foe. Watching them fight to protect their friends is fun and entertaining because these are women who don’t need to be saved. They’re the ones doing the saving.

While True Blood was able to be as decadent and jaw-dropping as it wanted with its home on HBO, Midnight, Texas delivers action and the hot and heavy stuff in a more muted but still enjoyable, made-for-NBC way. Midnight’s central theme is not based on how much sex and gore it can show in an hour, but rather the message it seeks to convey. The show is about unity, community and family. Don’t think for a moment there aren’t jaw dropping action sequences or some of network television’s sexiest moments in recent memory because they’re all there, and while they help drive the plot they aren’t the show’s focus.

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Midnight, Texas is about so much more than vampires and witches, and that’s why the show needs another season to grow the already passionate fan base and to secure itself as the torch bearers for a strong message about unity and inclusion. So hurry up, NBC, and announce a second season for Midnight so we can ramp up the speculation about what is going to happen next!

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