Jayla Nartatez
Staff Writer
Originally on the NBC Network, the show Manifest aired its first episode on Sept. 24, 2018. The show is set in New York City and stars Melissa Roxburgh (Michaela Stone), Josh Dallas (Ben Stone), J.R. Ramirez (Jared Vasquez), Athena Karkanis (Grace Stone), Jack Messina (Cal Stone) and Luna Blaise (Olive Stone).
The story is introduced in the first episode as a family, the Stones, are taking a flight home from Jamaica when Michaela, Ben, and Cal decide to take a different flight than the rest of the family. During the flight, the passengers of 828 experienced turbulence, but landed safely. When the plane lands, everyone receives the news that they have been missing for five and a half years, presumed dead. The passengers are reunited with their families, but realize while on the plane, they haven’t aged at all while their family members are five years older than when they left.
As each character battles with their own conflicts before flight 828, they begin to face even bigger problems as their loved ones’ have changed and the passengers begin to hear and see things that they refer to as callings. With the help of each other, the passengers discover and follow their callings, experiencing the unknown and helping those who are in danger.
Manifest aired on NBC for three seasons before getting cancelled, but when it made its way to Netflix, the show quickly gained popularity. For several weeks, the show took the number one slot in the top 10 TV shows on Netflix all around the world, creating the hashtag #SaveManifest.
All over social media, supporters of the show expressed their love for the characters and the overall plot of the series as they created posts and described why the show should be saved. As viewers continued to watch the show and signed petitions, Manifest was saved by Netflix and will be airing a new season of the show on Nov. 4, 2022.
Season four of Manifest will be divided into two parts with a total of 20 episodes. With season three ending with a cliffhanger, the show picks up two years later with mysteries needing to be solved and questions needing to be answered.