I don’t get the “sequel to “Midnight”” thing, though.

I haven't finished it yet, but the YT video I just shared to the community is shedding some light on how it came about.

TL;DW, they were having trouble getting their original idea (involving actual Nigerian gods) to work, scrapped it, noticed the similarities between what they had left and "Midnight", and leaned into it.

I don't really have a big issue with the entity's shifting motivation - and they did handwave it a bit by saying it was "leaning" during that first episode - but I think it's incredibly risky to do a sequel to an episode that's basically perfect.

Nowhere to go but down, even if you name something that's very good.