T’Challa Visits “Black Jeopardy” on SNL
In one of the most hilarious sketches of the night, host Chadwick Boseman brought his Marvel alter ego King T’Challa of Wakanda (aka Black Panther) to NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
T’Challa struggles during the game until he finally gets the hang of it.
If you missed it, have a chuckle below:
SNL airs Saturday nights @ 11:30pm ET on NBC.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 110
Midnight, Texas returns one last time (at least this year), with the tenth and final episode of the season entitled “The Virgin Sacrifice” and in it, the so feared and anticipated Colconnar finally arrives to Midnight.
After surrendering herself to Colconnar’s minions, Fiji goes back to Midnight where she learns that the demon will rise at night, and until then, she must get ready. With nothing but wraiths in Midnight, Fiji has no choice but to obey.
Meanwhile, after realizing what she did, the team heads to Midnight to do whatever they can to save Fiji. They prepare some holly water and consecrated weapons to fight the wraiths, and divide in two teams: Bobo, Olivia and Creek went to find Fiji, while Manfred, Joe, Lemuel and Reverend Emilio went to Bobo’s pawn shop to find a way to kill Colconnar once and for all. “To kill evil, you must know evil”. This is what Catori whispered to Manfred’s ear in the end of last episode, and it now feels a bit disappointing because they these words don’t mean anything to us, the audience, so why did the writers made him whisper them? He could have perfectly said it out loud, since it isn’t exactly a secret, giving us something to chew while waiting for the finale. But anyway, knowing evil is precisely what Manfred attempts to do in Bobo’s shop.
Pawn shops are known to have all sorts of things from all kinds of places, and, if you believe the legends, some of those things may be even cursed. Of course that Manfred definitely believes it, since he can hear the spirits and the demons trapped inside the objects. After making sure Emilio is trapped in the cellar, Manfred calls out all the demons inside the objects he gathered, in an effort to use their power against Colconnar. I was very reluctant about this idea because it seems very dangerous and I really didn’t know if he would be able to not let all those demons control him, but in the end everything turned out well, because shortly after Colconnar ascended, Manfred started fighting him and brought him down. I was a bit disappointed by this. The showdown was great, but that is not what I mean. We have been hearing that a demon will rise since episode 2, I think, and when he did he was immediately brought down. Of course this is great for the Midnighters, I am just trying to say that it would have been cool seeing Colconnar bring some despair and destruction before he was killed for good.
Back at Fiji’s house, after everyone was able to enter safely, Olivia, who stayed behind to make sure everyone was able to get to the house, got hurt on the way there. Because she wasn’t able to heal her, Fiji told Creek to take her to a hospital. I am glad this happened because apocalyptical Midnight is no place for Creek because she doesn’t really know how to protect herself. At least this way she was more useful than she ever would have been if she had stayed. Alone in the house, Fiji tells Bobo about her past (at least the most important parts we saw in the previous episode), and tells him that she intends to do to Colconnar what she did to Jeremy, which really sounds like a very bad idea. Sure she would probably be able to kill any person she wanted, but Colconnar is a demon, and I think there is a big chance that wasn’t going to work on him. Fortunately, Bobo had a much better idea: if Colconnar wanted Fiji because she was a virgin, then all they needed to do was make sure she wasn’t one anymore.
With the apocalypse looming over Midnight, love was definitely in the air and I am sure in the end of the episode Emilio felt like a candelabra. Creek and Manfred shared their first I love you’s and got back together, Bobo and Fiji finally accepted the fact that they belong together, Joe and Chuy can finally be reunited again (since the vail is closed) and, in an unexpected turn, Olivia and Lemuel got married. I really didn’t see this coming. At first I thought Emilio was just being the hope speech deliverer, but then we found out that was a wedding. I am definitely very happy for these two, since they are my favorite couple of this show.
As usually happens with season finales, there was a twist in the end, but definitely not one I expected. I thought maybe we would have a glimpse of the next supernatural threat, but instead we learned that an old hotel is going to be restored, making tourists want to go to Midnight. This definitely feels like something that is far from good because this means that normal people with no idea about the supernatural will arrive, and that will complicate things if they need to fight another supernatural creature (which I am sure they will).
This was a good episode but I was kind of hoping for it to be a bit better. The twist in the end didn’t help much because it didn’t really seem like a season finale twist, but more of a twist that said “see you next week”. But the episode as whole was good and intense, and the scene of the battle between Manfred and Colconnar was really great to watch, and for that, I am giving this episode an 8.9/10.
It is now time to say goodbye, hopefully not forever but at least for a while because if Midnight, Texas comes back (Which I hope it does), it will probably only be next summer. This show definitely still has a lot of story to go through and can be developed a lot more, so I hope the writers have the chance to. Next season seems like it may focus a bit more on Olivia’s family, since we learned in this episode that Madonna is working for her father, so he already knows where she is. Now all we need to do is keep our fingers crossed and hope that NBC will renew this show (which I think it will).
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 109
Midnight, Texas returns for its second episode this week, this one being the ninth of this first season, and it has “Riders on the Storm” as its title. It is definitely safe to say that this was a very Fiji episode.
The episode had some flashbacks to Fiji’s early days in Midnight and these were very enlightening, not just to Fiji’s past, but to witches and magic in general. Flashbacks begin with Fiji’s arrival in this strange town where she went to stay with her aunt, Mildred. This aunt definitely had dug into Fiji’s past and that allowed her to say with some certainty that Fiji is a witch, just like her. Throughout the flashback scenes, Mildred trained Fiji to control her magic, which comes from emotions, while Fiji found a love interest, Jeremy. Mildred warned Fiji to be careful about this little crush, because she is too powerful and so she most protect her heart from strong emotions. Fiji didn’t listen, which led to her accidently killing Jeremy when they were about to have sex. This totally explains why Fiji doesn’t want to be with Bobo. She has been trying to protect him from herself.
In present day, Colconnar’s rise is closer and closer, so he sends a spirit to make Fiji surrender to him willingly. This spirit brought with him a sandstorm which made everyone evacuate. It was later revealed that the spirit was in fact the Jeremy from the flashbacks, and that was definitely a great choice, because he reminds Fiji that no one is safe around her. Today she is protecting everyone, but tomorrow she might accidently hurt them all (and she almost did).
Meanwhile, Joe and Manfred keep working on a plan to close the vail. Knowing that that isn’t the first time the vail opened and that once a man named Catori was able to close it, these two, with the help of Revered Emilio, go dig up the body to try to find out how he did it. Unfortunately, all they found was a bag of nothing, and when they came out of the cellar, the storm had already arrived.
After making sure that everyone, including Creek, had evacuated Midnight, the heroes of this small town used the vampire bus, featured in the third episode, to escape, leaving only Manfred behind, while he searched for Mr. Snuggly. I really have to say that this was definitely not the brightest idea they had, because there were wraiths everywhere and he couldn’t get to a car. Fortunately, Creek was smart enough to not listen to him, and so she came back to see if they needed help, giving Manfred and Mr. Snuggly a much needed ride.
After Manfred and Creek caught up with everyone else on the bus, they realized that they would never be able to escape the sandstorm because it was following them, or more specifically, it was following Fiji. They stopped in a building with no windows to try to work out on what to do next, and that was when we all learned why Colconnar is after Fiji specifically: she is a virgin witch, those are very powerful, and power is what this demon is after. Of course we later started understanding the reason why Fiji is a virgin: after what happened to Jeremy she was probably never able to start seeing anyone again, until Bobo of course.
In an effort to find out how to stop the upcoming apocalypse, Manfred and Fiji put together two ancient spells from both their ancestors, forming a new very dark spell. But of course magic, especially dark magic, comes with a price and this new spell required a life. This is the part where I was starting to grow very concerned, since I didn’t want anyone in that room to die. After Reverend Emilio volunteered, Mr. Snuggly decided to step up instead and gave himself to the spell. It was very nice seeing that everyone was just as surprised as I was (or maybe even a bit more) to find out that the cat talks. Glad to know I am not alone.
But apparently Snuggly wasn’t good enough for a sacrifice (not sure why), and the spell took Manfred instead. In the afterlife, the psychic was able to speak to Catori and he told Manfred what he needs to do. Or at least I hope he did, because we didn’t hear him saying much, since, even though there was no one around, Catori whispered it to Manfred’s ear. Right after this, he woke up.
But of course no one knew Manfred’s death wasn’t a permanent thing and, seeing that Colconnar was right, everyone around Fiji dies, she surrendered herself to him in an effort to save everyone else’s life.
This was definitely a great episode. It was very intense, the action moved quickly and, as I said, the flashbacks gave us a very important glance into Fiji’s life. This is, in my opinion, the best episode so far and so I am giving it an 8.8/10.
What isn’t as amazing is that the season is very close to the end. Episode 10, which will air next Monday, is the season finale and it is entitled “The Virgin Sacrifice”. Even though I said this episode was the best, I am expecting the finale to be even better, so I hope I don’t come out disappointed.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 108
Midnight, Texas continues with its season, and now gets to its final few episodes. Yesterday’s episode was the eighth and it was entitled “Last Temptation of Midnight” and with the vail being more and more fragile, both supernatural creatures and humans start to feel the effects of this.
The episode introduced a new supernatural creature: a faceless monster who can wear anyone’s face, quite literally actually. I think I don’t have to say that it was on its way to Midnight, because that crosses the line of obvious. But turns out that this monster is working for the Demon who is trying to ascend in Midnight, and so, on its way to that town in Texas, it kills multiple people and wears their faces as a disguise.
Meanwhile, Manfred continues to refuse to go back to Midnight, even after Xylda said that she told him to go there, not because he would be safe, but because it is his destiny to save it. This actually seems to make much more sense because if Midnight is a beacon for supernatural creatures, and if Hightower had powers, it was just a matter of time before he found Manfred, not to mention that he actually did. When fate calls upon you, there is no way you can run, and Manfred learned this in a very rough approach, when his RV died in the middle of nowhere.
I think the relationship between Xylda and Manfred, their bond as grandmother and grandson, was a bit ignored up until this point, but this episode gave us some flashbacks and I really loved them. And with Xylda’s departure to hopefully a better place, this was definitely the perfect episode to include these flashbacks. Unfortunately, they didn’t get to say goodbye, but like Xylda said, they already had, when she was dying.
At the same time, tensions begin to rise in Midnight. With the demon tormenting Fiji, a woman shows up at her house asking for help with her depression. It was later discovered that her dark thoughts and this woman’s actual attempt to kill herself, were all being caused by the same demon which was tormenting Fiji. The demon feeds on death, and so it is driving the weak to kill themselves. It is a shame that we didn’t get to see this sooner. Apparently the demon has been doing this for some time and the Revered even said that a few days back he had found a few dead bodies. It would have been cool to have shown these bodies in a previous episode and now we would all make the connection between that and this.
But the humans aren’t the only ones being affected. Reverend Emilio, who was a vegetarian, started eating meat, probably trying to prevent himself from easting human meat. For Lemuel, feeding on emotional energy started to not be enough and he began to get hungry for blood, making Olivia have to defend herself against him. It was really amazing that fight scene between the two. I was very impressed by how long Olivia lasted against a powerful vampire who wasn’t pulling many punches. I knew she was badass, but not that much. It was great how the conversation they had last episode popped up, making Lemuel wanting to turn Olivia, which made me realize that she would definitely be unstoppable as an immortal, since she is already such a fighter as a human. Lemuel loves her, and deep down he simply wanted to live with her forever. Is that such a bad thing? Fortunately Fiji made a potion that made people return to their own selves, but nothing was going to take back what Lemuel tried to do, so seems that Olivia broke up with him.
Getting a “ride” from the faceless beast, Manfred returns to Midnight, where the creature plans to sacrifice the bodies it gathered on the road trip in the name of the demon that is tormenting Midnight. And it was finally in this scene that we learned the demon’s name: Colconnar. But even though they stopped the creature from burning the bodies, making them sacrifices to Colconnar, the ground opened and the bodies burned anyway. Enjoying this queue, Manfred called for some spirits to help him and drag the creature back to hell, proving that he does have the power to lead an army against this demon, as the prophecy says he does.
This was definitely a great episode, and I really enjoyed that last scene I described, because it shows that Manfred might actually have the power to stop what is coming, with everyone else’s help of course. I am giving this episode an 8.5/10.
The good news is that we won’t have to wait another week for a new episode, because “Riders on the Storm”, the ninth episode, will air tonight, so don’t miss my review tomorrow.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 107
Midnight, Texas is once again back, this week with episode 7, which was given the title “Angel Heart”, an episode that added a lot of mythology to the show.
In the beginning, this episode seemed like it was going to be similar to the third episode, Lemuel’s centric, meaning that I thought we would see flashbacks of Joe’s early days, since the first scene took place a thousand years ago. But apparently this scene was just a standalone flashback, which makes me wonder why it was even showed. It was definitely a very small scene and the only things we learned from it was that angels hunt demons and that Bowie was older than Joe, things that could have been explained in present day. Not that I have anything against flashbacks, out of the contrary, I usually find them very enlightening, but if you want to make an episode with flashbacks, you better do it right.
It seems like the “them” that Joe mentioned last episode turned out to be a “she”, and Bowie really seemed very focused on finding and killing Joe. Sure that he would need him, Chuy came back and convinced his boyfriend to ask for help, which seems like a reasonable thing to do. By now they are all a team, and Joe already helped them in numerous occasions, so I was sure they wouldn’t mind lending them a hand. And turned out they absolutely didn’t, some of them were just a bit disappointed that Joe hadn’t told them about everything sooner.
As I said, this episode added a lot of mythology to the show, and Know we now a little better how some things work. Chuy is half-demon, so that is why he can control his demon self most of the times using strong connections between him and others (used to be his mother, and now it is Joe). Angels can’t be killed by humans, only by other angels or demons. I actually thought that Joe was the one who was going to kill Bowie when they started fighting, making him realize that he is stronger than he thinks, but turned out that Chuy lost control and let his demon out, making him the one who killed Bowie. I have to say that the way the she angel died was a bit weird. All Chuy had to do was bite her and she just exploded.
It is never as easy to imprison your demons as it is to let them go, and for another part of the episode everyone was trying to stop Chuy, and in the end Joe was almost forced to kill him, if it wasn’t for the bond that they both share. Speaking of bonds, some people may still think that it is weird and unacceptable watching a relationship between two people of the same gender, so now imagine a relationship between an angel and a demon. That would definitely blow those people’s brains out, because it definitely almost blew mine. And this is most likely to be the reason why Joe was kicked out of Heaven and was made Fallen.
But this relationship was far from the only one that was featured in this episode. In fact, all current relationships were, one way or another, discussed in this episode. Olivia is sure that the relationship between her and Lemuel is one with and ending in sight, because she is mortal and doesn’t want to be turned into a vampire. She plans to enjoy her boyfriend for a little while longer, but not too long. Fiji and Bobo started to bond again after their breakup (?), and I am looking forward to see them back together again.
The couple that, as usual, had more screen time in this episode was Manfred and Creek. Even though no one agreed with her decision, Creek started working again at the bar. But things didn’t take a nasty turn for them until Creek was kidnaped by Bowie. After reading her mind, the angel said to Manfred that Creek kind of blamed him for what happened because even though he is a psychic, he didn’t warn her that her brother was a serial killer and that her father was just as crazy as he was. This definitely is not fair for Manfred. Sure he is a psychic, but he can’t see the future, all he can do is talk to the dead. It isn’t his fault that any ghost of the dead girls told him who the actual killer was.
Last but not least, Joe finally told Manfred about the prophecy and how he thought that the psychic who was going to save Midnight was him. Manfred didn’t seem very convinced at all, but Joe tried to persuade as best as he could that that is in fact his destiny. Unfortunately, after losing the one thing that was keeping him in town and not wanting to be a part of any of that anymore, Manfred left Midnight. But don’t sweat too much over this people, because I am sure he will be back very soon.
Overall, this was a nice episode. Seems like the show is done with fillers for the rest of the season and I am very glad about that. I am giving it an 8.1/10.
Brace yourselves, because next week there will not be one episode of Midnight, Texas, but two. That’s right, both episodes 8 (“Last Temptation of Midnight”) and 9 (“Riders of the Storm”) will be released next week, one on Monday and the other on Tuesday, so don’t forget to check up both my reviews.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 106
Midnight, Texas returns this week for another episode, the sixth, entitled “Blinded by the Light” and answers started to pop up while a manhunt was organized by our favorite midnighters.
Everyone’s got secrets and in this episode the characters took most out of the way and that will definitely help in the upcoming war. Fiji revealed that the demon wasn’t quite as gone as everyone hoped, Joe revealed his angel self to everyone and an enemy between the allies was unmasked. Maybe it isn’t very fair to call Connor an ally, since he wasn’t quite on the team, but he sure as hell wasn’t considered an enemy. It was great that there was only one storyline in this episode. Usually there are more than one (in pretty much every show, not just this one) but I think it feels more relaxing a bit to follow an episode with only one storyline because you know that nothing else will be introduced.
The episode started with yet another missing girl and it didn’t take long for the team to find a connection between this and Aubrey’s death. The team divided to conquer and instead of the girl they were searching for, they found another one, which made me realize that they had a serial killer in their hands. I actually thought that Aubrey’s death had already been solved, that Lowry did it, but apparently that was just the official story. Not sure how I missed this, but well…
It was nice for a change to see that the big bad of the week wasn’t a supernatural threat, but a human one. Sure that most of the times human threats are boring but I don’t think this was the case. Of course that this is a supernatural show, but humans can be monsters too, and in this episode this was the case. What wasn’t so nice was how they developed Connor’s new persona. Of course that there are psychopaths and sociopaths, but I think it is common knowledge that they are not born this way (especially psychopaths), they usually go through some sort of traumatic event that changes them forever. The writers could have made that to be the death of Connor and Creek’s mother, but Connor said, while Creek thought they were talking about their father, that he was always wired differently. That is the only thing that felt off in this episode. However, it was still great to see this twist, I definitely did not see this coming, but at least Connor won’t be around to stall any longer like he did in episode 4.
This episode had more focus in Creek’s family, and it was surprisingly good. I don’t really like any of them since I think humans don’t really fit in these kinds of shows (expect Olivia, she’s awesome), but the way it was played made it enjoyable to watch. Creek’s brother is gone now (in a way that was so smooth that it almost made it feel like we had never seen Connor before), but her dad is still around. I don’t think he will stay for long, though. Creek is the one that looks like will stick around, but I guess that is fine since she seems to be the less of two evils.
But things took all kinds of turns and in this episode we learned that the enormous amount of ghosts in Midnight is making Manfred sick. This was later announced to be another consequence of the vail being very fragile. In fact, that is why all kinds of creatures have found their way to Midnight recently. I do love it when a show explains why they are always dealing with different threats. Sometimes monsters just pop up, and though they have their reasons, creatures showing up one after the other doesn’t often seem very realistic.
It appears that Midnight, Texas is back to what seems to be its main storyline: the demon and the prophecy. With Joe linked to this prophecy and with a Joe centric episode next week, it looks like this focus will continue. I don’t know why, but I really like Joe’s character, and in this episode he definitely helped to save the day. But now that he revealed himself it looks like “they” will come for him. It is unclear who “they” are but I think we will found out soon. Another great twist was that final scene. Joe made it seem like Chuy may not be human. I am not sure if that is what he meant, but it looked that way. Can’t wait to have answers.
This was definitely a really amazing episode, the best so far in my opinion, and so I am giving it an 8.3/10.
The seventh episode of this first season is entitled “Angel Heart” and it is due to air next week, so don’t miss my review.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 105
Midnight, Texas is back again this week with the fifth episode of the season entitled “Unearthed”, and in it we finally met the so mentioned and feared Hightower.
This was in fact an enlightening episode. Finally we saw Hightower. Finally we realized the true reason why he was after Manfred. This was a storyline that we have been waiting for to unfold since the very beginning of the show. I think this was perfect timing to show the audience this piece of the story. If it had been sooner, it would have had less impact. If it had been later, it would have felt a bit boring to hear them mention this Hightower many times and not yet have seen him.
It was nice seeing the Midnight Team be split in 2 teams: Olivia, Manfred and Creek; Lemuel, Bobo and Fiji (kind of). We have been seeing them all working together, but this shows that they can handle more than one problem at once, since it all was solved by the end of this episode. It was just a pity that Joe wasn’t a part of any of the teams. I think he is one of the characters with most potential, and he is also the most sidelined one. We still don’t know pretty much anything about him, except that he is a fallen angel and that he has a boyfriend. But there seems to be a Joe-centric episode coming (episode 7, “Angel Heart”), and so I am looking forward to it.
It was great knowing more about Manfred’s past, since he seems to be the lead character. We knew he was on the run, we knew who he was running from, we thought we knew why, but it is sure know that we didn’t know the whole reason. Hightower blamed him for his daughter’s death. This may seem a bit unfair, which is, but it is understandable that he needed to blame someone, and of course he wasn’t going to blame himself. We also learned that Hightower was kind of the reason why Manfred’s grandmother died, but that still didn’t make things even for him, because Manfred can still talk to Xylda whenever he wants. One thing that didn’t make much sense was that we never knew what exactly Hightower was trying to accomplish by going after Manfred. We first thought it was about the money, that he wanted his money back, but that wasn’t Hightower’s biggest concern. So, did he go to Midnight to kill Manfred? I am not sure if I missed that, or if it was never explained, but if the second option is the correct one, then the writers should have made a better job.
Meanwhile, we also saw that the Sons of Lucifer came back and kidnapped Fiji. I didn’t know that they knew about the supernatural and I thought that kidnapping a powerful witch was far from being the brightest idea, but they were actually more than ready for it. Good for them! It was weird that they kidnapped her to get revenge on Bobo for something that they are probably the ones responsable for (Aubrey’s death), but stupid people can only do stupid things. Plus, they also wanted guns and money, and that is more logical. With Fiji’s life on the line, Bobo did not hesitate for a second to give up a lot of what he had to save her. Lemuel didn’t also think twice about offering his help, and this definitely shows that all members of the Team are willing to risk their lives for each other, and to help one another in dark times. Taking Lemuel was totally a super great idea, because he is now the reason why the Sons of Lucifer are dead (at least most of them), and that Bobo and Fiji survived to tell the tale. Lemuel and Olivia are without a doubt the most badass couple on the show, and they continue to prove this, episode after episode.
It seems to be taking a lot of time to continue what they started on episode 2, with that demon that wasn’t so much exorcized and which seemed to have an interest on Fiji. With 3 episodes after those events, that wasn’t even mentioned again, and that is the least they could do in order for us to fully realize and expect that that is coming back. In the end of this episode it seemed like the floor was opening near Manfred’s house, so maybe that was because of that same demon. This show seems to have potential, but it appears they are wasting it a bit. I know this is still the beginning, but as I said, they could mention the demon and that prophecy we never heard of again, to make sure that the audience still remembers it when they decide to bring it back.
This was still however a good episode, and so I am giving it a 7.6/10.
Midnight, Texas will return next week, and so will I with my review of episode 6, “Blinded by the light”, so don’t miss it.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 104
Midnight, Texas is back this week with the fourth episode of its first season and we got to meet a “Sexy Beast”, which was the trouble-bringer of the episode.
There were, fortunately, a few developments in this episode and Manfred and Creek continued their “relationship” (not sure if you can call it that, but why not?). It is nice that the writers have made it normal by now to watch more intimate scenes between these two (especially because the pilot didn’t make it seem like we would get scenes like this anytime soon). It is also nice to see that mundane things still matter (sometimes supernatural shows forget the most natural things), and Manfred still obviously needs money. What he didn’t expect was that it would be knocking on his door. And with a new client, came a new case. Manfred started working on it but soon realized he couldn’t do it alone, so he brought the team back together again. I really like to see this team in action. We got to see them joining forces on last episode and now again in this one. On episode 3 it was definitely more badass and each one of their skills was required. This didn’t happen as much this time, but it is understandable, because last episode they were fighting many vampires at the same time.
Speaking of monsters, this week we met a new one: a succubus. In folklore a succubus is a demon in female form that appears in dreams to seduce men. The myth of this creature evolved and, as we saw in this show, it doesn’t always appear in dreams. Considering this, the show did a great job creating it. It was also nice seeing a creature that is a bit more unknown, rather than other classic creatures we are used to see in supernatural shows (like ordinary demons, shapeshifters, ghosts…).
I am liking Olivia more and more, and she was amazing in this episode. It was great seeing her perform that little job, and also watching her do it like it was an ordinary Wednesday. We even got to know a little bit more about her and her origins. It would be to expect that a girl as badass as her came from a broken home, but it was still heartbreaking hearing what she went through. But she doesn’t have to worry about it now because she has Lemuel and he is not going anywhere (at least I hope he doesn’t). The dynamic between these two has been great from the beginning, but it was especially amazing in this episode. They looked like two partners in crime and it was funny seeing the looks they exchange while torturing that poor guy.
Speaking of relationships, it was also nice that Bobo and Fiji finally accepted that they were in love with each other. It took a while, but nothing we couldn’t wait. It appears that they bring out the best in each other and that was clear as water when Fiji convinced him to stop going after the Sons of Lucifer (not the first time, but the second). I just hope they continue this dynamic instead of lying to each other and saying it was a one-time thing and they can’t ruin their friendship.
Another thing that was nice to see was Creek working with the team and not being afraid to make a stand. Alone in the parking-lot and seeing the succubus escaping, she could have stayed hidden (which was something I was afraid she would do), l but instead decided to not be afraid and injected some magic gas into the succubus. What was not nice to see was that there are people (and by people I mean Connor) who are a liability, but still always get in the way, even though they don’t know how to deal with the situation they are getting themselves into. He was trying to protect his sister, but it is clearer every episode that she can, unlike him, take care of herself, and so he should just stay home and do whatever it is he likes to do (that or toughen up and help). I hope he chooses the second, because he seems like a nice and smart kid.
Overall, this was a good episode, but I feel like the previous one was a bit better, and so I am giving it 7.5/10.
I will return next week with my review of episode 5 entitled “Unearthed”.
REVIEW: Midnight, Texas, Episode 103
Midnight, Texas is back for another episode, the third of its first season entitled “Lemuel, Unchained”, where we learn more about this incredible town’s vampire.
After diving into werewolf mythology (or weretiger to make things clearer), the time has come to learn more about vampires. Visiting Lemuel’s past, we find out how vampire are turned: they need to drink blood from another vampire. I find a bit weird that this is all there is. Vampires are supposed to be dead creatures (that is something they say a few times in this episode), so how come that there is nothing in this process that kills them? But it was still nice to see these flashbacks and find out about Lemuel’s beginnings as a slave. It is always great finding out about people’s past in order to understand why and how they are the way that they are. And it seems that this show won’t pull back explanations.
We also find out that not all vampires are like Lemuel, he is actually more of a one of a kind creature. He is the only vampire (at least that we’ve seen so far), who doesn’t need to drink blood to survive. But more importantly (at least for the Midnighters) we learn what is a myth (garlic, holy water and the need for invitations to get into a house) and what isn’t (sun and wooden stake to the heart kill them, and silver weakens them). I am glad that at least garlic is a myth. TV vampires have evolved and I don’t think there is a recent show that actually uses it to pull vampires away. That would be a bit weird.
We didn’t get to see much of Joe (I am hoping he will get a centric episode eventually), but we saw a little bit of him. It seems that very few people know he is an angel, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone find out about him. He said in this episode he is going to leave, but I think (and hope) that he doesn’t. It seems like trouble is coming and it will definitely be nice having an angel around.
I am also starting to love Olivia. She is a total badass and it was awesome when she killed that vampire with her heels. She is also very loyal and she will definitely go to distant to protect her friends. She doesn’t seem to have many (so far), since she is very suspicious, but I bet that once she makes more, she will totally die for them.
It was really nice seeing all of the main characters join forces to take down the vampires and save Lemuel. Supernatural team-ups are great because every creature has different abilities, and when they join those abilities, they can accomplish anything, as impossible as it may seem. The only thing that seems to not belong is Creek. In a supernatural show, humans are usually a liability, a burden and not often very contributive. In this show that is different when it comes to Olivia, but definitely true when we refer to Creek’s family. It seemed like they were ready to help when they were sharpening wooden stakes, but in the end they just stalled a bit and endangered Manfred’s life.
I said on my last review that I was relieved the writers didn’t turn the obvious connection between Manfred and Creek into a real big drama in which it would take them a long time to finally embrace what they feel, but it seems they will do that after all, not with these two, but with Bobo and Fiji. It was to suspect from the beginning that Fiji liked Bobo, and it became more and more obvious throughout the scenes with them. Now it is also clear as water that Bobo likes her too, but it doesn’t seem like they will start a relationship soon. I understand Bobo just lost his fiancé, but just kiss already!
This episode seemed a bit like a filler one, since nothing major happened, but it was nice, as I said, learning more about vampires and seeing the Midnighters working together to bring them down. It was a good episode but not as good as the last one (at least in my opinion), so I am giving it a 7.8/10.
Midnight, Texas will be back next week with episode 104 “Sexy Beast”, and so will I, so don’t go anywhere.
Midnight, Texas: “Lemuel, Unchained” Sneak Peeks
Angels, vampires, psychics, witches, assassins, racist biker gangs, ghost grandmas and a talking cat! Welcome back to Midnight, Texas.
The cast of NBC’s sexy supernatural summer series attended San Diego Comic-Con a couple of weeks ago. TVLine sat down with the cast and chatted with the cast about what’s to come.
Here are two sneak peeks from episode three titled “Lemuel, Unchained”:
Midnight, Texas airs Mondays at 10pm/9c on NBC.