7 Things to Expect When ‘Manifest’ Returns for Season 4
As painful as it was after the finale cliffhangers, we thought our time with Manifest was done when it was canceled in June 2021. However, Netflix saved it for a fourth and final season (of 20 episodes!), so all that story left to tell? We’re going to get (at least some of) it.
Grace Stone (Athena Karkanis) gave up her life in an attempt to protect Eden. Angelina’s (Holly Taylor) obsession with the baby hit an all-time high when she stabbed Grace and kidnapped her tot. But in Grace’s final moments, she was reunited with her son, Cal, who had previously disappeared. In a further twist, he had aged the five years (with Ty Doran taking over the role from Jack Messina) he nor any of the passengers of Flight 828 had when the plane mysteriously returned after five years at the beginning of the series.
Speaking of that flight, Captain Daly (Frank Deal) returned in the finale’s last scene, in the cockpit of the wreckage in the government facility before disappearing once again, along with the plane.
And so when that Season 4 drops, we already know what we want — and expect — to see. Scroll down for more.
Manifest, Fourth and Final Season, TBA, Netflix
The Stones have to grieve for Grace.
At the end of Season 3, a Calling strongly suggested to Ben (Josh Dallas) that something might have happened at home, but he doesn’t yet know definitively that his wife is dead. And Olive (Luna Blaise), too, knew there was the possibility of something happening after Angelina locked her in the garage. Will we see the Stones discovering what happened? That loss will be the “driving force” for Ben for the rest of the series, creator Jeff Rake told TV Insider after the finale.
How will Olive and Cal process losing their mom, especially with everything else going on? Will they allow themselves to grieve in the way they need to, or will we see this lead to some questionable actions? Ben already got a bit darker in Season 3 — his actions landed him in court at one point — and Dallas admitted he didn’t know “if he [will] handle [losing Grace and Angelina killing her and taking his baby] within the letter of the law.”
Cal has to share a lot.
Really, Manifest could do with an entire episode of Cal just sitting everyone down and telling them everything he knows. (Just think of all the answers we’d probably get!) He did, after all, tell his mom as she died that he knows what they need to do. According to Rake, Cal was where Captain Daly has been and goes to again, with the plane. “What that place is I’m gonna let Cal speak to that,” he said. “I’m going to let Ben chew on that and use that information to try to navigate where to go forward.”
The Stones have to get baby Eden back.
Angelina really should be worried because the Stones will stop at nothing to get Baby Eden back. Even if she has Eagan (Ali Lopez-Sohaili), Adrian (Jared Grimes), and the rest of the anti-Stone 828ers on her side, we doubt that will be enough to stop the family from succeeding. It’s just a matter of when, not if, that family reunion comes.
The love triangle is resolved.
Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) may have married Zeke (Matt Long), but her ex, Jared (J.R. Ramirez) is very much still a part of her life — and their moment in the finale suggested their relationship isn’t just part of the past. Rake promised we’ll see “that conflict play out,” but added, “I would never expect Michaela or Zeke to throw the towel in on each other, nor would I expect Jared to throw in the towel.” That means “much more heartache and tension as we continue to play the sine curve of that triangle.” But that can only last so long and it felt like we were getting closer to the end of the triangle than we ever had been in Season 3.
We get definitive answers about everything, including what happened to Flight 828 (past and present).
For three seasons, it seemed like for every answer we got, we had five more questions. When Manifest returns, it’s time to start getting some definitive answers, especially about where Cal was and where Daly and the plane disappeared to and what that means for the passengers and everyone.
“Whether it’s purgatory, whether it’s the netherworld, these are terms and concepts that Ben and others will struggle to understand. That idea of the divine taking you away, but keeping you in a holding pattern — which is probably an apt flight analogy — as your ultimate fate is determined speaks to where Captain Daly has been,” Rake said. That place is where everyone was for those five and a half years Flight 828 had disappeared, where Cal was, and where Daly goes at the end of the finale. But we need that place to be given a name and we need to hear an explanation for why this group of people.
Saanvi may be on a new path after she was redeemed.
In the finale, Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) was seemingly redeemed after her accidental murder of the Major (Elizabeth Marvel). And with her experiencing Callings again, she appeared to be on a new path. But what will that mean for her and the rest of the passengers going forward? They are, after all, all connected…
We see if the lifeboat can truly be saved.
As we learned in Season 3, those who return are connected; all three Meth Heads died even though it was only Jace (James McMenamin) who failed his test. After that, we saw Ben and Michaela determined to make sure that the “lifeboat” of passengers wouldn’t sink due to the actions of one. There is time before their death date — the returned die as they would have after they’ve been back the same amount of time they’ve been gone — to see if they can stop that from happening. Zeke did manage to beat his — he followed the Callings — but he came back by himself.
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I jumped on starting a petition as there were SO MUCH LEFT THAT NEEDED ANSWERS. I really hope the show returns to Netflix's as I watched it there. The characters and the plot is great. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I am crossing my fingers for its return! It is a great show!!
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I will sign any petition out there for them to be back. The best show right now!
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I really hope they renew the show or it gets picked up my Netflix! I am so hooked on it and I need answers!!! The cast is awesome and the story line definitely keeps you on the edge of your seat.
#savemanifest
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Manifest was one of my favorite programs. #SAVE MANIFEST!!!
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I want Manifest to come back on. My daughter and I would watch it every week. We couldn’t believe how they ended it.
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I was thinking the same thing. It could happen!
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Not everyone has Netflix (including me). Please N B C Admit you were wrong in canceling this great show and take it back! PLEASE!!
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I agree! As a senior on a fixed income, not everyone can afford all of these extra streaming channels. $5 buck here or $10 bucks there, adds up.
Come on NBC admit you screwed up and keep Manifest on it's original home.
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Peacock has it too which is free for basic.
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Some of us don’t even have access to wi-fi where we live. PLEASE bring Manifest back to NBC!
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Or cable
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I really want more seasons of this show.
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I really hope for a new season. Would really miss “Manifest”!
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I hope we get more!!! We must have closure.
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I hope a new series is made? A great story with Amazing people
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We need to get answers on Manifest. Please RENEW. Find a new home for it. Please.
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I love the show but I hope they save Grace . She should be in it to the end . She’s done some wonderful acting in this character , I just don’t want her killed off
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I hope they renew the show. I am hooked and seriously need answers. Great story and fantastic actors..
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I don't have Netflix, so I would prefer to see Manifest return to NBC or perhaps its streaming service, Peacock. In any event, once it does return, the producers might want to rethink the six season plan and try to wrap things up in four or five, that is if a fifth season can be guaranteed. Or perhaps continue with the fourth season and a two-hour movie or mini-series in place of the fifth and sixth season. The bottom line is we fans deserve closure. and answers.
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I agree. If it's renewed, it must be with the guarantee that if it doesn't go the full six seasons, it must have the 2-hour movie to wrap things up so that its fans can have closure.
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Yeah I agree if they do renew it I hope that NBC picked it up because I don't have Netflix
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Can't believe NBC canceled best show on their network.
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Come on NBC don't be afraid to admit that you made a mistake in canceling Manifest. Renew it so that we fans can have our answers. #Save Manifest
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No thanks. I'm glad is on Netflix. Never watch NBC for anything. I discovered Manifest on Netflix and I'm happy it will be there. No commercials. No waiting, etc. And Netflix is just 9.73 per month you can watch the whole season in a month and then cancel it.
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Manifest really needs to be continued. The show's main creator envisioned six seasons. Netflix and NBC need to listen to loyal viewers and get on with it!
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NBC needs to admit their error and renew Manifest. No more juvenile reality shows please.
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I really hope we will get season 4, 5 and 6. Please, please bring Manifest back!!!!!
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You have to bring back Manifest. You can't let us hanging like that. I am not a Science Fiction person, but I love this show and the characters.
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Please, please, don’t leave us hanging! This show is so good!!
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This show is so great! I hope it comes back so we can finish the story!!!🙏🏻
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I can't wait until it come back on, I love this show.
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RENEW and CONTINUE the Manifest series. I enjoyed watching it and it stopped with many unanswered questions!!
BRING MANIFEST BACK!!
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Please bring manifest back for one more season and give us all the answers! We need to know about what happened to flight 828! You can’t make a tv series like that and end it with so many unsolved answers
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I'm rewatching it again. Please make a new series. #savemanifest.
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LOVE THE SHOW, MANIFEST! Don’t leave us in the lurch. Someone renew the show, PLEASE!
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At least give a a final episode that answers everything
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Let Grace live. That’s so sad.
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I will go nuts with all these questions! Don't stop Manifest! It's one show I enjoy watching with my kids.
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I think you should quit teasing us. Just do it!
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Start solving the mystery and stop having more callings.
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I have binge watched all the seasons!!!
I love this show! I would watch until my eyes started to close, which was about 2:30 in the morning!
Hopefully it will get season 4 and season 5 if they need more time to play out all 5 years till the death date.
Keeping my fingers crossed that they succeed!
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For the love of God, we need closure! #saveManifest
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Love this show!!! I hope there is a 4th season or even more beyond that as it can’t end like it did. I know most are for Michaela & Jared to end up but feel the opposite! I love Zeke and Michaela together but writers need to add more passion with them! They need to show more chemistry. If writers don’t do this, then she might as well be with Jared.
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I definitely want to see it renewed, but I hope part of the story ends with Jared and Michaela together. Happy endings are under rated! I got hooked on the show waiting for them to get back together. In this whole sort of far fetched scenario, the thing that never made sense to me was Zeke and Michaela in love. Sharing a common bond, yes! In love, no way!
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What network kingpin decided cancelling was the best option?? My husband and I wait anxiously for each new episode. Now you cancel with THE worst cliffhanger status. This is one of the few shows that we would wait excitedly for the next episode and always wish there was more.
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How do you get season 3??
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Its on Hulu
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I watched it online on NBC site
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I love this show, I’m tired of watching detective show, this is something new and unique.
I have been watching this show with my 3 daughters and we have our fingers crossed that we get to see season 4. Keep the show please!
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I have watched this show from day 1 and I hope that NBC puts it back on. I really love this show. I love the characters and I want to know how the show ends. #savemanifest
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Please bring Manifest back. It’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in a while. There are too many unanswered questions. #lovemanifest
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Netflix is cheap and easy to get. I hope they would bring it back there. Watch those last episodes and then cancel the subscription. At least netflix is something everyone can get, easily.
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OMG I love Manifest, I have no more nails. Can' wait for season 4 and answers
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I’m super happy we got the 4th season they left it on such a cliffhanger though. I think the year 2002-2004 we don’t really know when cal and olive were born but I can assume it was 2002, 2003 or 2004 which would also be around the same year Zeke killed his sister which he is around the same age as the guy who’s name i totally forgot the one that was using the callings for bad at 15 he killed is best friend so i think one of those years will come into play in season 4.
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#SaveManifest the journey isn't over! NBC follow your calling renew our show!
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I want Manifest back! I hate when a series just ends leaving questions that will never get answered!
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It's a wonderful series would love to see more we deserve to know how it ends.
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REALLY would like to see Manifest continue. Was my FAVORITE show and was SHOCKED and SADDENED to see it was ending…….especially with all the cliffhangers.
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I've just finished watching season 3 of manifest and I cannot believe how the show ended,what a cliff hanger !!! I love this show and there definitely has to be a season 4 as there is so much more where the story can go and we never really got any answers. I've got to be honest to say that I binge watched the entire season in 2 days as I couldn't stop watching and needing to know what happens next but I'm totally gutted that Grace may have died by the way the season ended,who knows she might still survive or come back like the others did. In manifest anything can happen ! #Everythingisconnected
#SaveManifest
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Can't believe after so much hardwork by the fans and creators there is something finally happening, Manifest is my favorite show of all, can't wait for Season 4,fingers crossed.
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Love manifest i hope that it comes back.# savemanifest.
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@polyeurocalian here! I love Manifest! I've watched it twice and the second time was better than the first! We need to #SaveManifest #828Rideordie I love all of the cast and @jeff_rake is an amazing director! All good things to come I hope! Let's #savethepassengers by keeping #Manifest alive!
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I find this show so interesting. It's like new things are happening every week.#SaveManifest
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I love watching manifest. It keeps me on my toes what’s going to happen next. I really didn’t think that Grace would end up dying, but maybe she’ll come back a life? Really hope it continues for more seasons please.
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Team ZeMick here.. Jared is ok, as a friend -hope he will end up with Sarah. im sad that Grace died.. her intensity in her acting as a protective & loving mom is awesome. i like TJ & Olive too, hope TJ's coming back on S4.
Manifest should not end on Season 4 only, but maybe until 2024?
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I want closure..why Plane is disappeared? why all had these calling after return??
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Agreed
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Please bring grace stone back...for what is all worth of Ben's dedicated efforts to passed Death Date?...to be with his family for longer time right?..
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I hope so too, save manifest
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Thank you, thank you for bringing Manifest back with more episodes! Great show, great actors.
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I’m so sad about grace she lost a lot it’s really not fair for her.I was on angelinas side but not I hope she dies like really bad. I just hope it comes back on Netflix 🙁
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I watched every episode of each season and hated the way season 3 just left us hanging. Now, it's only coming back on Netflix...😤 NOT HAPPY AT ALL with that, since I don't have Netflix. Sure doesn't seem right that those of us who have been loyal to the show so far will now not be able to see how things are explained, wrapped up, have questions answered, etc. just because we can't afford to have Netflix. Totally ticked off with how this is working out. Grrrrrr.
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We need closure to flight 828 even if it is a mini series we need closure I will sign any petition I have to !!!!!!!!!
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I hope they don’t kill off Grace.
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Manifest is the best show on television! I really hope it comes back and we see soulmates Michaela & Jared reunite! I also want TJ to come back to be with Olive. I'm hoping Zeke and Angelina leave! I want to know what happened to the passengers and the Captain and I want the passengers to beat the death date! I hope NBC or Netflix brings Manifest back!
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Absolutely love this show and have ever since first episode!!! Very interesting and not like very other show that come out. This is definitely one that has kept my attention since the beginning but leaving it with so many unanswered Questions and cliffhangers is not fair at all to us fans!!! So please please please netflix, nbc, Hulu or whoever just give us the ending we deserve!!! I will pay whatever just to get answers leaving it all up in the air is not okay, ALSO GRACE DYING IS SUPER SAD SO PLEASE keep her!!! Love these actors and actresses their amazing!!!!
Love manifest
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I just know that Mick and Jared are meant to be together ❤ Zeke knows her feelings about Jared! Vise versa! Please, please let them finally be together! #teamJaredandMick
I love them together!
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I hope we get to see young Cal in flashbacks type scenes showing us where he went. It would be wrong not to include the younger actor in the final season.
I hope the show wraps up on NBC and then streams on Netflix like the first 3 seasons.
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We need at least a true final season to pull the pieces together. The ending left to many unanswered questions. It was a good series and we watched it in less than two weeks. My daughter did as well and was not aware it was canceled l, her mouth dropped and said it can't be, not with all the questions..hopefully someone will pick this up. There is obviously a "Calling" for the return!!
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This is related to real life and I can relate to some of the things like follow the callings even if it feels like you shouldn’t. That’s really a hard part in life once you find your calling or should I say it finds you but you must follow them but its hard sometime to know which way to go and it can be draining and emotional sometimes.
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All need to contact NBC and tell them how much we want the show back. It worked for an extra season of Timeless!
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I hope NBC keeps the series so there will not be an extreme jump to raunchy like Netflix did when they took over "Designated Survivor"
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Bring it back. Thats what i think. I love this show there are too many unanswered questions. It is a really good storyline and they made a mistake by cancelling the series. They need to own up there mistake and bring it back. Especially since the show it was cancelled for isnt even coming...
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Want 4, 5, 6 and 7th season love Manifest can't get enough
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I’m sick and tired of getting involved in a terrific series, and the network pulls the plug❗️
Manifest and Good Girls.
We the viewers should have some, SAY‼️
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My husband and I watched every week. We just can’t believe with all the unanswered questions it can just end this way. With all the trash on tv these days why would they cancel such a great show that has such a huge following?
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I want it to go on but on same channel. I don't have netflix
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I won't Manifest to come back I love it
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I want Grace BACK! By any means necessary!
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We need a season 4!!!!!!!
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#SaveManifest !!! I don't think they knew they would be cancelled the way the season finale went, ahhh,come back!! let's make this like lastan standing where so many people signed a petition that they brought it back!!!! I need manifest, it was one of my favorite shows and it was one of 2 reasons I couldn't wait til monday
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Love love watching Manifest. I hope they bring it back. I watched every season, every episode...
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love this show!!! Please bring it back…..too much undone!! And Jarad and Makayla are meant to be!!! Zeke and Makayla don’t make sense…..they met in a cave??? And he doesn’t WORK,!! SMH……..
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I really want there to be a Season 4!!!
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I'd really like to see them continue this show and bring it to a finish with the questions all answered. I typically do not care for TV, but this show was so interesting.
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Please,please don't cancel Manifest!!! I really love that it keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat. By the way, believe it or not, not everyone has Netflix or all the streaming things! Bring it back to network TV! I have already lost Prodigal Son and Evil. Save Manifest!
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Manifest NEEDS to come back. It's my favorite show! Never a dull moment. We all need answers!!! Please please please Netflix, change your mind
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I'm so glad to hear Manifest is coming back. It will be interesting how they explain some things.
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Save manifest
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Are they going to put Season 3 on Netflix any time soon
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I would like season 4 to come out I love this show.
I was up for hrs 😩 watching it now inhave my husband watching it 🙃we need 4 please.
Best show of my life.
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I was shocked grace died also! I cried even. It does keep you on your toes. Love the show and hate it was cancelled . Hope another network will pick it up at least so we can get some answers. Please!!!
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I’ve been a fan since it originally started to air. I hope they work it out!
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#SAVEMANIFEST
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I love this show. I want to know what happened to Violet? She was in the house & ran when she heard Grace scream. Was Violet hurt also? Did she follow so she can rescue her sister?
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I want makayla woth jarred an zeke to dissapeare
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Zeke is awesome and a nicer overall character than Jared, even though I like Jared.
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I want Mich and Jared back together but I wouldn’t say I want Zeke to disappear. I believe the character is important to the plot.
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