NBC’s Midnight, Texas returns October 26 for a second season many fans thought might not ever arrive. Like another much beloved NBC genre show Timeless, Midnight, Texas lingered in limbo for months after the first season ended with hashtags and fan campaigns before we finally got an answer on its fate.

Spoiler warning: If you wish to remain completely unspoiled, stop now.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the show, Midnight, Texas is based on the Charlaine Harris (True Blood) novels of the same name. Like True Blood, Midnight, Texas dives deep into the supernatural against the backdrop of a sleepy southern town, but there’s only one vamp this time around and the lead character isn’t telepathic – he’s a psychic who can see and talk to the dead.

Also, the vampire and the lead aren’t boning. But, not to worry, plenty of other people are.

Like Bon Temps, Midnight is populated by a number of people who aren’t run of the mill. Aside from our lead psychic Manfred (François Arnaud), there’s the previously mentioned vampire Lemuel (Peter Mensah), his assassin lover Olivia (Arielle Kebbel), good witch Fiji (Parisa Fitz-Henley) who also happens to have a talking cat named Mr. Snuggly who, let’s be real, is the star of the show, an angel, a were-animal, and a few humans who are definitely more than they seem.

Midnight, Texas also boasts one Hell of a tourist trap — the veil between the real world and the spiritual is thinnest in Midnight. Who wouldn’t want to visit?

If you haven’t seen the first season of Midnight, Texas, here’s a quick recap to get you caught up on the major events. And before you worry about spoilers, even if I tell you this, the first season is awesome and I’m leaving a lot of major events out so you’ll still be surprised.

Okay, got that? Basically, Manfred had to save Midnight from a powerful demon named Kolkonar who was coming after Fiji because she’s a very powerful witch. In order to do that, Manfred made a deal with six evil spirits; they inhabit his body to give him the strength to fight and he releases their trapped souls so they can finally go to Hell.

Eating six demon souls has GOT to leave a bit of a strange aftertaste.

The other big thing that happened in the season 1 finale was the reveal of a new hotel being built in Midnight. That hotel and its new owners are about to make a big splash in town.

It’s funny to think that a town populated by supernatural people would find a faith healer immediately suspicious, but here’s the interesting thing about Kai and Patience Lucero (Nestor Carbonell and Jaime Ray Newman); they do provide healing. Their spa and resort may seem over the top with its over-priced crystals and hipster clientele, but Kai truly can heal people.

The big question, it turns out, is how.

But that’s not the only thing going sideways in Midnight and there’s plenty of drama, both human and supernatural, to go around. The good news is there’s no Vampire Bill*.

Nope. Midnight, Texas is filled with characters who are going through stuff, but it’s managed to stay out of the heavily depressing weeds incredibly well. Which is pretty amazing given you have a bunch of people who don’t feel like they fit in anywhere. The big difference, I think, is that the inhabitants of Midnight aren’t fighting against each other. It’s frankly refreshing. I mean, if you’re going to have a show where demons rise and threaten the future of humanity or ghosts are killing people, it’s better if everyone isn’t busy fighting one another.

That’s not to say there’s no conflict. There’s conflict. Lots of chewy, conflicty, angsty-goodness conflict. But Midnight, Texas keeps it’s tongue firmly in cheek while also giving their actors a lot of room to play — case in point, Manfred mediates a lovers quarrel that involves François Arnaud playing three different personalities in episode two and it works beautifully.

If you haven’t watched season 1, you have time to catch up before diving into season 2. If you’ve seen the first season, season 2 (at least what I’ve seen so far) won’t disappoint.

In other words, you should watch it. I think you’ll like it. If you don’t, feel free to come back here and yell at me.

Besides, the world is sort of a mess these days. Vampire strippers and plant-killing sex is a lot more fun than anything happening in the real world, right?

Midnight, Texas premieres Friday, October 26 at 9/8 c on NBC.

*Not a slam on Bill or Stephen Moyer, per se, but you have to admit that Bill was kind of a downer. It’s not like he got to be happy much.