Seats are upright and tray tables are locked on the final season of Manifest. After being cancelled by NBC and rescued by Netflix, the mysterious series will return in November, picking up two years after the events of season three’s finale. The survivors of Montego Air Flight 828—thought dead for the five years in which their plane went missing—are nearing their “Death Date,” and things are getting very weird indeed.
Netflix’s summary for season four is full of spoilers if you’re not caught up:
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Two years after the brutal murder of Grace turned their lives upside down, the Stone family is in shambles as a devastated Ben continues to mourn his wife and search for his kidnapped daughter, Eden. Consumed by his grief, Ben has stepped down from his role as co-captain of the lifeboat, leaving Michaela to captain it alone, a near impossible feat with the passengers’ every move now being monitored by a government registry. As the Death Date draws closer and the passengers grow desperate for a path to survival, a mysterious passenger arrives with a package for Cal that changes everything they know about Flight 828 and will prove to be the key to unlocking the secret of the Callings in this compelling, mind-bending, and deeply emotional journey.
Compelling, mind-bending… or, as Vulture referred to it, “Netflix’s most unhinged show.” There is more in this trailer than a Manifest newbie can possibly keep track of, including yet more mysterious vanishings, a level of hard-to-take-seriously seriousness that reminds me weirdly of Torchwood: Miracle Day, and a reference to “a direct link to divine consciousness.”
Manifest was created by Jeff Rake, and stars Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Matt Long, Parveen Kaur, Ty Doran, Luna Blaise, Holly Taylor and Daryl Edwards. The ten-episode first part of the final season takes off on November 4th.
