Which is why the final moments of the episode are so spine-tinglingly good. As Grace says while constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop with Ben in the field, “You’d think we’d have run out of shoes by now.” And then there’s the overwhelming guilt that Saanvi is feeling, torturing herself with the recordings of her time with the Major. Besides the story arcs previously mentioned, there’s the foreboding nature of Cal’s mental unease, even though the shadow visions are gone and the death dates have an apparent solution. Was his fake faint to help Michaela find the imprisoned Angelina was intuition, or was it something even deeper than the callings that is now innate to Zeke’s nature? It feels like there’s something there…īut what’s really remarkable is how much new story Manifest is able to introduce in a single episode. Despite leaving the callings behind, Zeke is shown to be a solid contributor while supporting Michaela. It was a little upsetting to see Vance hand off his wedding ring to Ben before blocking the Cuban authorities given the lack of explanation of why they’d even care or why a sacrifice is necessary, but Vance has survived much worse than this.Īnd as much as we might sympathize with Michaela and Zeke for having their honeymoon interrupted, there was something very refreshing about seeing Zeke so calm and confident in his post-death date existence. The sudden realization that he was operating under Vance’s direction was a fun twist, as was seeing Saanvi drop off a lollipop for the analyst in the clandestine spy office situated in the middle of the hospital. Honestly, it was just nice to be dropped into the middle of Ben’s search for the San Antonio with no explanation Manifest admirably trusts its audience to figure things out.

It seems likely he will begin to investigate the disappearance even if doing so works against Michaela and her band of psychics and mystics.

Although we in the audience know that Saanvi killed Kathryn Fitz in a misguided attempt to extract information, Jared has no clue how dark things have gotten in the far corners of the Calling Club. One arc that holds a lot of promise is the more subtly presented one involving the Major’s daughter, who seeks police help to find her missing mother. Despite continuing to rely a bit too heavily on the narrative conveniences the callings provide, the action continues to move forward, and this opening episode in particular sets up several compelling storylines in very solid fashion. To no one’s surprise, Manifest jumped right back into the action in the season 3 premiere, “Tailfin,” and to its credit, it didn’t spend a lot of time explaining changes that were made to the dynamic of the investigation into Flight 828, opting instead to just show us.

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