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Extraordinary and supernatural beings stand their ground in ‘Midnight, Texas’
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By Shona Dustan
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Hollywood has been turning nov- els into big- and small-screen sensations for decades, and while specialty cable channels may seem to have that market cornered at the moment (see “Game of Thrones,” “Outlander” and oh so many more), NBC is about to give them a run for their money.
The peacock network has chosen a series by author Charlaine Harris as their subject matter, which is a pretty great way to hedge their bets — Har- ris’s addictive Sookie Stackhouse novels (also known as the Southern Vampire Mysteries) served as the ba- sis for HBO’s incredibly popular “True Blood,” so this new series should come with a built-in and very eager audience.
“Midnight, Texas” premieres Mon- day, July 24, on NBC, and is based on the literary trilogy of the same name. Once again, Harris uses her novels to weave a complex web of mystery and drama, using characters with super- natural qualities as her protagonists. The series stars broody Canadian hunk Francois Arnaud (“Blindspot”) as Manfred Bernardo, a man on the run from his mysterious past. Ber- nardo is a psychic who, through his dead grandmother, Xylda (Joanne Camp, “Manhattan”) can communi-
cate with other deceased individuals, sometimes with terrifying results.
Led by Xylda to a tiny Texas cross- roads town called Midnight, Ber- nardo is told by his ghostly gram that he’ll be safe there. “Safe” probably isn’t the right word, but he certainly finds a sense of purpose and belong- ing. Midnight, Texas, you see, is a haven town for others like Bernardo — supernatural humans inhabit the hamlet, and they take care of each other, protecting one another from interlopers and prying eyes, not to mention mortal danger.
It’s Midnight’s most prominent vampire who declares Barnardo the be “one of us.” The striking Peter Mensah (“Sleepy Hollow”) plays Lemuel Bridger, an old and very wise vamp whose opinion holds a lot of sway in the Texas town. He works
at the local pawn shop (the night shift, of course) and is one of the old- est local inhabitants. Mensah is no stranger to sci-fi and supernatural roles, or roles originating in Harris’s novels, for that matter — he had
a significant character arc in “True Blood” back in 2012.
The rest of the town’s residents are just as interesting. Fiji Cavanaugh (Parisa Fitz-Henley, “Jessica Jones”) is the owner of The Inquiring Mind,
a witch with a Wiccan shop who has some serious unrequited feelings for her neighbor. That neighbor is Bobo Winthrop (Dylan Bruce, “Orphan Black”), who owns the pawn shop and employs Mr. Bridger; though
he seems to be a regular hu- man, his past is mysterious, and he’s an integral and stalwart part of the eclec- tic town.
Arielle Kebbel (“The Vampire Diaries”) stars as Olivia
Charity, a deadly
and eerily ef-
fective assas-
sin with a deep emotional and physi- cal connection to Mr. Bridger. Sarah Ramos (“Parenthood”) plays Creek Lovell, main love interest of Ber- nardo and a writer whose family harbors a deep, dark secret. Yul Vázquez (“Blood- line”) is Rev. Emilio Sheehan who watch-
es over the town and oversees the Midnight Chapel and Pet Cemetery, while not-so-mysteriously disappear- ing every month during the full moon (werewolf alert!). Rounding out the cast is perhaps the most interesting character: Joe Strong (Jason Lewis, “Sex and the City”) is a literal angel. He’s been on Earth for thousands
of years and lives with his husband, Chuy (Bernardo Saracino, “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”), while he watches over all the citizens of Midnight. His is a sacred mission: to await the arrival of “The One,” an enigmatic stranger who is destined to save Midnight and all humanity from a great evil.
Upon his arrival in Midnight, Ber- nardo has no idea what he’s walking into, but wins over the townspeople one by one. It isn’t long before the town is threatened by outside forces, and Bernardo finds himself fighting alongside the strange inhabitants. The series is shaping up to be an ex- cellent mix of weekly mysteries and threats, as well as long-running story arcs — a combination that has been network television’s bread and but- ter for years — and while “Midnight, Texas” is by no means the raunchy, envelope-pushing, sexy extrava- ganza that “True Blood” was, it’s safe to say that the new series can scratch a lot of the itches fans were left with when the latter series ended back in 2014.
With three of Harris’s novels to pull from, writers have plenty of
fodder for a good few seasons of this show, and when they run
out, they should have a handful of well-developed and already
beloved characters to work with — plenty of material for many
seasons to come, though the longevity of the series will be largely determined by the viewership numbers. Summer series almost never do as well as those that air in the fall and winter, but NBC has a lot of faith in this
quirky sci-fi drama. Whether you’re a sci-fi
or fantasy fan, or even just a mystery buff, tune in to “Midnight, Texas” when it premieres Monday, July 24, on NBC.
Parisa Fitz- Henley as seen in “Midnight, Texas”
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