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- Previously on "Midnight, Texas."
- Bad things keep happening to Bobo
because our family is cursed.
The kind of dark magic that I warned you about.
- As long as Bobo loves me, he's gonna die.
It's over.
- My dad, he wasn't there when I was a kid.
The last person I let myself rely on was my stepmother.
- You're not turning. - I went to see Kai.
He cured me. I have to go.
It's time for me to leave Midnight.
- How you holding up?
- Creek and I have been through worse.
- I didn't know that you just had a break up.
- Oh, it's more of a... a break than a break up.
- Well, I just thought because she moved away...
- I think you and I should get those drinks.
- It's a date.
[Jade Bird's "Uh Huh"]
- [whimpering] - ♪ She got you
♪ On your knees like a little boy ♪
♪ Everybody sees that you're just a little toy ♪
♪ She's got a boxful that her daddy likely bought ♪
♪ She asks you if you love her and you nod and say... ♪
- [groaning]
[panting, crying]
[intense music]
♪
[screaming, gasping]
♪
[panting]
[screaming]
[whimpering, groaning]
[tearing]
- [sniffing]
[baby crying]
♪
- "Rev, her name is Mary. Please help her."
- [crying] - Okay, Mary. Okay.
- [crying]
♪
[Phosphorescent's "New Birth In New England"]
[both laughing]
- Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.
You were driving around the country in that old RV
with your dead grandma inside? - Doesn't everyone?
- No.
[both laughing]
- I'm glad we're finally having those drinks.
- Ah, I can't thank you enough for cleansing the hotel.
Hmm.
- You gotta lick it first. The salt.
- ♪ I was thinking about another beer ♪
- Mmm. - Ah.
- ♪ It had a lady playing on the piano ♪
- You all right?
- Oh, I was just thinking how much I needed this.
- The tequila? - A night out.
With someone who is actually interested
in what I had to say.
- ♪ I said well I'm sitting in a bar in New England ♪
- Wanna talk about it? - Look, don't get me wrong.
Kai's a good man.
But he's just got a demanding career.
And he's away a lot.
With a bunch of young, impressionable women.
- Lyric and Sequoia. - Yeah, to name a few.
It just makes me wonder what they're doing
when they're away working. - Yeah, that's gotta be hard.
- [sighs]
Well, no relationship is perfect, huh?
- I'll drink to that. - Yeah, me, too.
[chuckles]
Whoo!
You wanna talk about Creek?
- Um, there's nothing to talk about, really.
Midnight wasn't for her. - Hmm.
But is it for you?
- When people like me find a place like this,
we tend to stay.
- Well, we're lucky to have you.
- Yeah, well...
[both chuckle]
[cell phone rings]
Um, hey. What's going on?
- You need to get to the church now.
[dramatic music]
- Where's Chuy? - Paris.
Uh, Texas. At "Nail-A-Palooza."
- Hey, Fij, we need to talk.
- Oh, really, it's not a good time.
- Oh. Oh, my God.
What happened?
Well, I--I'm sorry to crash.
I just thought maybe I could help.
- Did something attack her?
- I believe it happened in childbirth.
- Well, maybe her ghost can tell us something.
♪
- Nothing.
- There's ligature marks on her wrist.
- From what? - Looks like shackles.
- What about that burn mark on her arm?
- Scars. My guess is a stun gun.
- So she was being held captive?
- Why come here?
- She was looking for the Rev.
- Any idea how he knew her?
- No, but I can tell you the child's name.
Mary.
[snarling, baby crying]
[crunching]
[knife clinks]
- What--I'm confused.
- What the hell is she?
[child cooing]
- [stutters]
- Hey, sweetie. Can we have a little talk?
Yeah?
She wants to feed. - On what?
- Meat.
I think we know why that woman was looking for the Rev.
Violent child birth, carnivore...
- Growling, accelerated growth...
[both] She's a were-tiger.
♪
- You really think it's safe bringing a were-tiger
into our home? - She's just a toddler.
She's harmless, at least until the next full moon.
And that's weeks away.
- It doesn't freak you out that she grew three years
in three minutes? - It stops at 18.
- Oh. [chuckles]
What is she doing here?
- It takes a village.
- Where's the rest of the villagers?
- They are trying to track down where the mother came from.
Joe is trying to track down the Rev.
Manfred and Patience are searching the truck.
Least I could do was take the night shift.
- Yeah, but that's another thing.
Why did Manfred bring Patience with him?
- Why does that bother you?
- Uh, for one, her name's Patience.
I don't trust her. - Fiji did a spell.
Her intentions are good.
- Uh, when did you become so paternal?
- We never talked about it before because we never had to.
But in my previous life, I wanted kids.
You ever think about it? - Lem, my dad abandoned me.
And my stepmom pimped me out to support her pill addiction.
So, no, I haven't really felt warm and fuzzy about family.
- I understand, but having a child
has a way of healing the past.
- [chuckles]
Yeah.
That is a hard no.
[country rock music]
♪
- [sniffing]
- So you dumped the big lug but you didn't tell him
the real reason.
- [sniffles]
If I told him that it was a family curse,
he wouldn't stop loving me, which means with or without me,
he--he'd be...
- A dead man walking.
- Exactly.
So this way he'll suffer some heartbreak now.
But he'll still be alive.
Eventually move on.
[Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" plays in the distance]
- ♪ Dress it up
♪ With the trappings of love
♪ I'll be captivated
♪ I'll hang from your lips instead... ♪
- [laughs]
♪ Of the gallows of heartache that hang from above ♪
- So much for moving on.
- ♪ I'll be your cryin' shoulder ♪
♪ I'll be--
- Go home, Bobo.
- Not until I get some answers.
One minute we're moving in together,
next minute you're breaking up with me?
It doesn't make any sense.
- I told you Aunt Mildred said we're not meant to be together.
- [stutters] That--that is ridiculous.
Hey, if this has something to do with my--
my string of bad luck...
we could figure it out together.
We're soul mates.
Please don't give up on me, Fij.
- I'm sorry, Bobo. It's over.
- Well, I'm never giving up on you.
- ♪ I'll be better when I'm older ♪
- Looks like you're gonna need a new plan.
[dramatic music]
- [grunts]
Any chance you have a crowbar?
- Uh, yeah.
We've got one in the storage room.
♪
Uh, there's nothing inside her glove box.
- Because this isn't her truck.
The ignition's hotwired.
I think she stole it to escape.
- Well, a trapped woman will do desperate things.
- [grunts]
♪
Think this is Mary's dad?
- Well, if it is, maybe he's still out there.
What was this poor woman running from?
♪
[electricity sparking]
- Let's go find the bitch.
Come on.
.
[tablet playing videos]
- [groans]
Here. Yeah?
Oh, yeah. That's...
Really--Okay. Whoo!
Look. Yeah.
Your new best friend. Okay.
[sighs]
[stomping]
Oh, Lem.
- I'm trying to get some sleep.
- Oh.
Well, I'm trying to keep my sanity.
- Just try and do your best until sundown.
- [chuckles]
I won't make it till sundown.
You don't understand.
This place is a pigsty and, I mean,
she's all over the place. And then there's the questions.
She treats me like I'm Siri.
- Olivia, She barely knows how to talk.
- [laughs]
Not so much.
See, she's been watching cartoons all day,
and apparently she absorbs language as fast as she grows.
Yeah. [laughs]
- [gasps]
- Lem?
- [coughing] - Lem?
[stomping]
Lem! - We're out of meat.
[dramatic music]
- Holy...
- Can I change?
It's too small.
And I hate purple.
- Here. - I don't like that.
- Well, you can put this on or you can stay in that shirt.
Your choice.
Good choice.
- Why am I growing so fast?
- Uh, it's complicated.
- Why?
- Because. - Because isn't an answer.
- Oh, my God.
- Olivia, where's my real mom?
- Look, kid, I'm not gonna sugar coat this for you.
Your mom's gone.
[dramatic music]
Which means that you have to grow up.
Fast. - Did you have to grow up fast?
- Yeah, but for different reasons.
- What reasons? - It doesn't matter.
I know what it's like to lose your mom.
Mine died when I was nine.
- Where was your dad?
- That's a good question.
Look, The point is,
the only person you can depend on is yourself.
- Are you mad at me?
- No.
It's not you I'm mad at.
[sizzling]
♪
[door opens]
♪
- Hey. - Brought you a coffee.
- [chuckles]
Thank you. Um...
[chair dragging across floor]
♪
- I know I've been cold.
- I don't understand.
- Yeah, I know, that--that's why I'm here.
You know, I've been thinking about us a lot.
We share so much.
Midnight. Friends.
I just want this to work for both of us.
- So do I.
- That's why we need to figure out
a way to consciously uncouple.
- Well, I have no idea what that means,
but like I said before, I'm not giving up on us.
Mmm. Yeah, that coffee tastes funny.
- It's artisanal. [chuckles]
Drink up.
♪
- All relationships face obstacles.
- Mm-hmm.
- And if we want this badly enough,
then we can find a way to make it work.
That's what people who love each other--
that's what they do. They...
They, um... - Bobo.
You need to--to let me go.
You have to forget about me.
- N--No, I--I could--I could never forget about you.
- You have to.
And the tincture I put in your coffee is gonna make you do it.
- What--Wait, what? Wh--What are you t--
Um... [chuckles]
I, uh...
What was I saying? - I'm sorry, Bobo.
It was the only way to save your life.
- Um, no, I'm sorry.
I completely lost my train of thought.
Who are you, again?
- [inhales deeply]
I am Fiji Cavanaugh.
It's nice to meet you.
- Well, it's good to meet you, Fiji Cavanaugh.
[clang]
- Looks like you've done this before.
- Skills of a misspent youth.
[rattling]
- What in the world are those?
- Shock collars.
And I don't think they're for pets.
- Not my kind of party.
- Django, I thought that bitch'd be in there.
- I don't care what you think.
♪
Look what some asswipe did to your lock.
- Damn.
♪
- I'll bet the bitch had the baby.
- Then let's find the damn kid.
- Yep.
[both breathing heavy]
- We gotta warn Olivia.
- Mary?
Mary?
[dramatic music]
[cell phone rings]
Yeah?
- We got trouble.
A couple of thugs looking for Mary.
♪
[door rattling]
[gun cocking]
[squeaking]
- Playtime's over.
- Who's--No!
Stop! No!
Get away from me!
[screaming, blows landing]
- Mary.
Mary!
♪
- [snarling]
- Mary?
♪
It's okay.
.
- It's okay.
It's me.
Olivia.
[suspenseful music]
- I don't know what happened to me.
[crying] I'm so sorry.
[crying]
[dramatic music]
♪
- Olivia, um...
Here.
- Here you go.
All right, come with me, okay?
- Any luck contacting the Rev?
- No. I followed every lead I could find.
Nada. - I don't understand.
What happened? - Me, neither.
It doesn't make any sense.
If--If Mary's a were-tiger, how can she turn when it's not
a full moon?
- Blame it on puberty.
I did a little research.
Apparently when a were is in development,
their cycles are all out of whack.
Just like in humans. It's hormonal.
- And I thought junior high was tough.
- It must have been scary for her to turn like that.
[approaching sirens]
- Damn.
Looks like we've got some 'splaining to do.
[emergency sirens blaring]
- Hotel guests heard screams. Called 911.
- What happened to those two men is just awful.
[all sigh]
- Hm. - Nobody saw anything?
- Just looks like an animal attack to me, officer.
- Always does.
Must be some real vicious animals here in Midnight.
- Must be.
- Load 'em up.
I wanna get outta here. Pronto.
- What are you looking at, dinlo?
- Romanichal?
- Yeah, I'm a gypsy. What's it to you?
♪
- Manfred.
Were you talking to someone?
- One of their ghosts.
But he just got away.
We gotta get to the morgue.
- What's wrong with me? - Nothing.
- Am I some kind of freak or something?
- No. You're special.
And you're smart.
And you're very strong. [chuckles]
- But special means different.
And I don't wanna be different.
- But being different is really cool.
- Yeah. He should know.
- Olivia's right.
You'll understand when you're older.
- Then why did those men wanna hurt me?
- [sighs]
I don't know.
Some people are just-- they're just bad.
- And what's important is to surround yourself
with people that are good.
- Like you guys? - Yeah.
Like us.
We're gonna take care of you.
- We'll make sure that no one hurts you.
Again.
- Thank you, Olivia.
- Oh.
♪
[chuckles]
Okay. Let's get some rest.
♪
- That felt... - Good.
[NEEDTOBREATHE's "Don't Bring That Trouble"]
♪
- Hey, here you go.
- When do you think I'll grow again?
- Well, if you keep downing burgers like that,
you'll be as tall as me by dinner.
- [chuckles]
- Hey.
- Don't we know each other?
- Nope. [chuckles]
I just have one of those faces.
- One of those beautiful faces.
- Oh. Look.
I live alone with my cat, and I like it that way.
- Well, that's one lucky pet.
[both chuckle]
Oh, come on.
Can't blame a guy for trying.
- Are you two into some kind of weird role playing now?
- Hardly.
I found out there's a curse on my family.
Anyone I find real love with dies.
- Wait, what?
- I had to make Bobo forget me.
I put a tincture in his coffee.
I figured if he doesn't know me,
he can't love me and then if he doesn't love me,
he won't die.
- So you "Eternal Sunshined" him?
- I didn't have a choice.
Let's just hope the spell's strong enough.
- Wait, did he forget about us, too?
- No. Just me.
- But what if he falls in love with you again?
What if it's fate?
- Can--Can we talk about something else?
Like, uh, how is Mary doing?
- Oh, she's great.
I'm the one that's a mess.
I keep telling her I'll protect her.
I don't know what I'm protecting her from.
- You think someone else is after her?
- No.
I mean, I--I have that covered, but I am worried about why
someone would be after her.
- I'm looking for my daughter, Sheila Barrone.
Have you seen my daughter?
Oh, no. Wh--What happened?
[dramatic music]
- I--I'm so sorry.
Your daughter died.
- No. - In childbirth.
- No, no, no, no.
- I'm sorry. - What about the baby?
- Grandma?
♪
- [gasps]
.
- How is this even possible?
- I know it's hard to believe.
- [sigh] It's just--
It's a lot to take in.
Last week my Sheila was still pregnant.
And now my granddaughter's a teenager.
Because she's a werewolf? - Actually, a were-tiger.
[dramatic music]
- And why is someone after her?
Who are these men?
- Uh, we don't know. Yet.
But she's safe here till we figure it out.
- This is all so crazy.
I just can't believe it.
And yet you look so much like my Sheila.
You must be my granddaughter.
- Can you tell me more about my mom and dad?
- Oh. [laughs]
- Fiji and I will get refills and let you two catch up.
- When was this taken?
- Oh, when they first got married.
And they were on a road trip.
They went to Canada because your mother
had always wanted to go.
- I want you to do one of those magical DNA tests.
Lipstick from Grace's mug and a hair from Mary's sweater.
- Uh, I think you're letting your personal feelings
get in the way.
Mary's got a family. That's a good thing.
- [sighs]
One photo and a sob story doesn't prove anything.
People are after her.
- And you think that that little old lady's one of them?
- [sighs]
[rock music playing]
Do the test.
- All right.
- Hello?
Can somebody--Can somebody help me?
Can you help me with my car?
- I'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't leave my desk.
- Well, somebody's gotta give me a jump.
My battery's deader than road kill.
- As much as I'd love to jump you,
it--it's against state regulation for me
to abandon my post. - Oh!
If I'm late for court again, they're gonna take custody
of my twins. [sniffs]
And Jayden and Brayden, they need their mama.
[sighs]
- Where's your car? - Over here.
Oh, thank you so much.
♪
[door closes]
♪
[whooshing]
- Damn, it's cold in there.
[exhales sharply]
[spooky music]
What are you doing here? - Nice to see you, too.
Why were you after Sheila?
And what did you want with that little girl?
- Why should I tell you?
- Because-- [clears throat]
I'm one of you.
- Ah, Bernardo Clan, eh?
- You got it.
Play your cards right,
I can help you cross over.
- Piss off, bengalo.
- [chuckles]
You know how long a John Doe can lie in that drawer?
You think you're cold now?
Wait till you've been on that slab for six months.
- Okay!
I'll tell you.
My client runs a traveling fight ring.
Super underground. With supernaturals.
- Is that why you wanted the girl?
- She came from good stock.
Her old man's a prized fighter.
Big were-tiger.
And his owner wanted the girl back.
- Who's the owner?
- Ah. Hmm.
[chuckles]
Baddest bitch around.
- [laughs]
[rock music plays]
- Hey. What'd you find out?
- Grace is definitely Mary's grandmother.
- [sighs]
- Oh, you okay?
- Just because someone's blood doesn't mean they have
your best interests in mind.
Trust me, I know.
[cell phone rings]
[beeps]
Yeah? - Gypsies are after Mary.
They run a supernatural fight ring.
Force them to fight to the death.
It's run by this evil old woman named--
- Grace? - Yeah.
How'd you know?
.
[distant cheering]
- [laughs]
You get used to the smell.
Hideous, aren't they? - [grunts]
- The only way to control them is their collars.
Silver for were, gold for banshees.
- [screeching]
- And iron for demons. - [groans]
- [screeching]
- Why are you doing this?
- 'Cause you can turn a pretty penny when you get them
to battle to the death.
- Is that what you're gonna do to me?
But I'm your granddaughter.
- Your mother was a traitor.
She shacked up with one of these animals
and defiled our gypsy bloodline.
When I found out what she did, I locked her up.
Just like them.
But she escaped.
- [groans]
- There will be no escape for you, Mary.
- [groans] - Mary.
Is that you?
I'm Mike. Your father.
- Dad?
[electric buzzing] - [groans]
- No!
- [heavy breathing]
- [grunting]
- I'm so sorry. - [grunts]
- [laughs]
- We're gonna need a distraction.
- [sighs]
You feel like going in the ring?
- Nothing I like better than a little rage in the cage.
- That should give you and Joe cover to sneak in,
find Mary, and get out.
- Not quite sure what I bring to the game.
- Honey, there's nothing more distracting than a pretty girl.
[suspenseful music]
- All right.
- You work here.
- Well, it's my--it's my shop. [giggles]
I have a feeling you already knew that.
- [laughs]
You got me.
Full disclosure, I was asking around town
about you.
- Well, the shop's closed.
- Well, uh, the door was open.
- I'm sorry, Bobo, but I don't have time.
I'm working on a protection potion for Mary.
[sighs]
- Well, I can help with that. - No.
[both moaning]
♪
You remember.
- Fiji, we...
We were--We are--in love.
[crowds cheering]
- Hey, you gotta know somebody to get in.
- Bernardo Clan.
[gun cocks]
- Wanna see my tattoo?
Yeah? Right here.
[gasps]
Better yet, why don't I show you on the way out?
[giggles]
Trust me, it'll be worth the wait.
- I'll be right here. - All right, baby.
[giggles]
[crowds cheering]
♪
- Hey.
Uh, I have a new fighter here.
Ready to take on anyone.
[crowds cheering]
- Okay. Once more with gusto.
- Yeah, you might just wanna lean into it.
[bell dinging]
- I've got a grand that says my vamp here
can take down any of you!
- Hey, who wants a piece of this, huh?
- He's a vampire?
We never get vamps around here.
How'd you manage to capture a vampire with no shock collar
or silver chains?
- Well, you don't need collars and chains when you know how
to break down their spirit.
[crowd murmuring]
- You got that vamp on lock!
- You're on.
[suspenseful music]
- All right, let's do this!
♪
- Yeah!
♪
Yeah! Come on!
- Whoo-hoo!
- I think we need to up the stakes.
A vampire versus an unturned were,
that's not a fair fight!
Now that's more like it! The reigning champ returns.
- [snarling]
♪
[crowd cheering]
[dramatic music]
♪
- I know where Mary is.
♪
- [grunts]
[kick lands]
♪
- Mary!
- Olivia.
- We're getting you out of here.
[clanging]
♪
Are you okay?
- I'm sorry I left with her. - It's not your fault.
- We have got to go.
♪
- Wait. I can't leave without my dad.
♪
[crowd cheering]
[grunting] [blows landing]
[intense music]
♪
[crowd cheering]
♪
- Come on! I got real money on the line!
[snarling]
♪
- Lem!
- Lem?
- Lem! Hammer time.
- [shouting]
[crowd cheering]
[grunting]
[bell clanging]
[chanting] Vamp, Vamp, Vamp, Vamp!
- We don't have much time.
- Let's get out of here.
[suspenseful music]
- Dude, we gotta let them out.
They're victims. We all are.
- Please.
[electric shocks] [both shouting]
- Get the hell out of here!
Or I'll push this button until they all fry!
- Okay! Okay.
- [screaming]
- [screams]
Get that bitch!
Get her!
♪
[all shouting]
[metal clinking]
[groaning]
[screaming]
.
- Thank you so much.
- Mmm.
You're safe now.
[dramatic music]
- Dad, we have to go back to Midnight.
We'll be safe there.
- Yeah, actually, sweetheart, I was kinda hoping
you'd come with me.
There's a were safe haven in Nevada.
They'll protect us.
- Can you come with us?
- Midnight's our home.
- But, uh, you and your dad are welcome there anytime.
- Yeah.
But right now you need to be with your dad.
If I had a second chance with my father,
I wouldn't think twice.
Remember what I told you?
Girls like me and you...
[exhales sharply]
We're strong.
- And special.
[chuckles] - Yeah.
♪
- [chuckles]
♪
[Annie Lennox's "I Put A Spell On You"]
- ♪ I put a spell on you
- That was amazing. [laughs]
- Another day in Midnight.
- I've just never seen people support each other the way
you all do. [laughs]
- Mmm.
Yeah, we're kind of like family.
- Kinda? No.
No, you are family.
- ♪ You better stop the things you do ♪
You are amazing, Manfred Bernardo.
- [scoffs]
You're not so bad yourself.
- ♪ I ain't lying
♪ You know I can't stand it
- I ca--I can't. - Uh...
- Um... - Of course.
Um... - Uh, it's been a long day.
I'ma get some sleep. I'll s--I'll see you around.
- Okay, goodnight.
- ♪ I put a spell on you
- Unacceptable.
[hisses]
- It's only temporary.
[sighs]
I am so sorry, Bobo.
I really didn't have a choice.
It's the only way to protect you.
- [hisses]
- But I promise it's only until I figure out what to do
about this curse.
Oh.
Please don't hate me.
♪
- Mmm.
- ♪ I love you anyhow
- [sighs]
Did you mean what you said?
About giving your dad a second chance?
- No, not in a million years.
[sighs]
- ♪ Because you're mine
- It's okay to cry.
- [scoffs]
I'm fine.
- I miss her, too.
- It's so stupid.
For--what--two days? [scoffs]
I don't know but it's like we had a family.
- ♪ I love you
♪ I love you anyhow
- [sighs]
[cries] It's just been such a long time since I had that.
[crying]
♪
- ♪ Because you're mine
[quiet knocking]
♪
♪ You know I can't stand it
♪ Your running around You know better daddy ♪
♪ I can't stand it 'cause you put me down ♪
♪ Ooh
♪ I put a spell on you
- ♪ Because you're mine
- [moaning]
- ♪ Because you're mine
[both moaning]
♪
♪ Because you're mine
♪