Midnight Mass: 10 Best Characters Ranked

10. Sturge

While Bev Keane, who we will get to later, is the undisputed despicable antagonist of Midnight Mass, her lackey Sturge is almost more easily loathsome. At least Bev had convictions, bad ones yes, but she stood for something. Sturge on the other hand was nothing more than a complicit coward who, for whatever reason, refused to stand up Keane, allowing her plans to eventually mostly come to fruition.

However, like every character on the show, Sturge can be looked at in more than one way. You could see him as a pathetic follower without an ounce of courage in his body, which would be valid, or you could view him in a slightly more sympathetic light. It could be that instead of lacking a backbone, Sturge simply just wanted to be part of something he saw as special. Maybe in the end all he desired was an escape from his deep rooted feelings of insignificance. After all the time on the island making nothing of himself, Sturge may have realized that he was a nothing person, and it could have been because of that realization that he stuck to Keane like glue.

The great thing about his character is that it could go either way, or even be a mix of both. You may hate the guy, but you cannot deny his complexity.