And that’s a wrap on Part 1 of Manifest Season 4! Remember when I sad this season was forthcoming with answers, well, that same can’t be said for the midway season finale.

Manifest Season 4 Episode 10 was absolutely bonkers, in the best way possible, but I also have zero idea how to make sense of any of it. I was on top of it all until this episode where the confusion set in once again. Did we learn anything in these 10 episodes? Sure, we have a lot of the pieces of the puzzle, but they aren’t exactly fitting into each other right now. 

We know that Cal is definitely the dragon and Holy Grail as he seems to possess the powers of the sapphire within himself, but the rest is a little murky. It seems as though the final half of the season will be a battle between good and evil—Cal versus Angelina—to save the entire world. And while it’s clear that Cal is undoubtedly stronger as his powers come from within whereas hers were external from the Omega Sapphire she stole, she’s still a small sociopath that continues to rise from the ashes and keep finding ways to be worse than she was before. I don’t think I’ve ever hated a TV show character more in my life.

The sapphire seemed to be the key to unleashing the Callings, but in the wrong hands, it was a dangerous weapon that could bring upon the world’s destruction. The moment Angelina got her hands on it, she yielded a lot of power.

When Grace showed up in front of Ben as a what seemed to be a Callings, it was so good to see her. I disliked Grace initially when the series started, but it was nice to see Ben feel whole for a brief moment. And kudos to Athena Karkanakis for nailing Grace’s body infiltrated by Angelina because it was bloody brilliant. Ben wanted so badly for the moment to be true and believe that she came back to give him all the answers that he completely disregarded the obvious signs that it wasn’t actually her—Grace never said “my love” and she would never cryptically talk to Ben and urge him to bring Eden to her. She would also never tell him to hand Eden over to Angelina, which is what she did at the cemetery. That’s when Ben noticed Grace’s eyes weren’t her own, and it was very clearly a trap by Angelina. It was the first true moment that we saw the immense power that the sapphire possessed.

You can tell who the better and more loving parent is simply by how they interact with Eden. Angelina was all about manipulation, whereas Ben trusted that his daughter would do the right thing and choose him, which she did. Children are incredibly perceptive, and Eden finally understood what true love was by spending time at the Stone household surrounded by their warmth and care. This obviously didn’t sit well with Angelina, who let out a shriek so loud that it literally brought all the 828ers to their knees. 

And this is where the beginning of the end truly began for them. A new order to detain every passenger on U.S. soil was enacted, and they began rounding them up like cattle, much to Jared and Drea’s horror. The two of them couldn’t do anything but stand and watch the situation unfold. What a first day on the job for Jared, huh?

It wasn’t immediately clear why they were being detained, but when Gupta showed up at Vance’s HQ to seize all of their equipment, it started to make a little more sense. Saanvi and Vance don’t trust many people, and they were truly foolish to trust Gupta, who was worked for The Major and had a hand in those extreme experiments on the passengers using sapphire to reach a divine state and generate more Callings. Why wouldn’t they consider that she was the enemy or working against them? They divulged way too much to Gupta, who realized they located the Omega Sapphire and was there to shut it all down as she knew the immense power it possessed. 

The look on Saanvi’s face—and the way she completely exploded in anger—was so good. She didn’t mean to kill The Major before, but I truly believe this version of Saanvi wouldn’t hesitate to do some damage to Gupta. It’s a disappointing turn of events as it truly seemed like she was becoming an ally. People disappoint you, I guess. But what’s her end game? To simply hold passengers agains their will until the Death Date? 

The only person that they should be holding in lockup is Angelina, and it boggles my mind that she’s evaded capture this whole time when she’s a clear threat to about 8 billion people. 

With the sapphire in hand, Angelina saw herself as the most powerful being in the world. Or, as she informed Ben and Mick, an archangel sent by God. She was able to control Callings and manipulate people the way she manipulated Eden. Her perception of angels is skewed because if she’s anyone, I’m convinced she’s the devil incarnate. Yet she believed in her delusions that she was to bring vengeance upon the evil and to lead the righteous to salvation. All because she had a stone… a stone she was completely powerless without. The moment she lost it, she was aware of how absolutely pathetic she truly was. 

Cal, whose sample lit up as he was dying and whose dragon tattoo began to move, pulled her into a Calling back on Flight 828 and even tried to stop her from delivering more, but she still tried to manipulate him by conjuring up Grace’s image to convince him to give up and let go. It seemed as though it was working, but then Cal informed her that the whole time he was sick, the one thing his mother never did was tell him to give up. The nerve of Angelina to impersonate the woman she killed. He’s not a little boy anymore, and she needs to understand that.

The fissures of lava continued to open up the more Angelina used the sapphire, and we learned that it was the same as when Saanvi missed the Noah’s Ark driftwood. Missing these objects is what created the bubbling lava cracks, which had dire effects on the world. There were a lot of crazy and intense moments at the school/church as Angelina brought on the apocalypse with her carelessness. Flight 828 is just a backdrop at this point, which is unfortunate because the plane mystery is what drew so many people in in the first place. While I don’t mind the mystical, mythical, and Biblical references and inspiration, the the lengths Angelina took it to were a little much for me. However, it did occur to me that maybe Flight 828 returned because Angelina was never meant to experience the peace of the divine since she was rotten, and their mission has always been to stop her and save humanity. 

While Mick and Ben were battling Angelina, Zeke was trying to hold things down at home with Cal, who was seemingly fighting a losing battle. At first, their final day together started off pretty chill with a ball game and a game of Monopoly, but things escalated rather quickly. When Cal informed his brother-in-law that it was time and asked him to get Olive, Zeke was an emotional mess. When he heard Olive and TJ working to find a solution, he was inspired by something they said. Olive suggested that Cal can save all of them, but who can save Cal? That’s when Zeke realized he knew exactly what needed to be done—he needed to sacrifice himself for the kid/now teen who went above and beyond to save him in previous seasons. Cal did everything to help Zeke, and he now had to repay the favor. He finally understood why he was given the powers of an empath.

As he grabbed Cal’s hand and began to take away his pain, he started getting sicker. And his call to Mick absolutely broke me because it was so devastatingly beautiful and summed up their romance so well. They truly were soulmates from day one, and she made him feel alive and taught him what it was like to live. He said that she was his “breath,” his “blood,” and his “soul,” which is where I began sobbing harder than Mick. 

It was the most selfless decision, but one that was almost evident when Mick and Zeke shared their sweet morning kiss and when she left the house that day. There was something ominous looming in the air. Even if you’re a Jared and Mick shipper, this is not a time to rejoice. Calm it down, wait your turn.

Ben was able to save the children trapped inside the collapsing and lava-filled church, and they made it back home in time for Mick to say her final goodbye to Zeke. As she sat on the ground holding his lifeless body, Cal’s body regained color and he returned to life. 

But what now?

Surely, the registry is just moments away from getting Ben and Mick and locking them up. They don’t know Gabriel’s true identity, so he’s safe, and with Zeke gone, it’s in the hands of Cal, Olive, TJ, Jared and Drea now. And maybe Vance, who may still be free since he wasn’t a passenger though he definitely aided them.

While Ben surely thought that Angelina was finally no longer a problem, he’s about to find out just how wrong he is about that. As mentioned before, she rose from the rubble and ashes looking even more unhinged with her sapphire-infused arm and walked into the world proclaiming, “blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled,” as the world split open in lava fissures around her. 

This truly is the beginning of the end, but again, what does that even mean?

Other Thoughts

• It was nice to see Angelina’s Calling connect back to the shattered angel she had a few seasons back. 
• Olive and TJ determined that the sapphire, in the right hands, could help them balance the scales of Maat and save the Lifeboat, but it’s easier said than done, obviously.
• Mick’s been holding onto the guilt of Evie’s death, which Angelina was able to use against her. It was a low blow, but simply more proof that Angelina sucks.
• Also, the way she looked pleased with herself when telling Ben that Cal was dying was pure evil.
• Can anyone undo the damage that Angelina has done or is the world doomed?
• Where are Daly and Fiona and why can’t we know more about it?
• Is this what Adrian meant about the end of days and false prophets?

What did you think of the final of Manifest Season 4 Part 1? What are your best theories? 

Manifest delivered yet another action-packed episode with Season 4 Episode 8, and at this point, it’s safe to just say the whole season was an adventure. 

As we near the end of the first half of the season, it’s clear that we’re going to make a lot of headway when it comes to figuring out how to tune into the Callings.

The biggest mistake that Saanvi made was trusting Eagan. He’s made it clear that he’s only ever willing to do the right thing if it benefits him. He allowed himself to be a lab rat to see if he could tune into the Callings, but Saanvi wasn’t willing to go to the extreme lengths that the Major did to get answers. As a passenger herself, she’s not interested in hurting anyone or risking their lives for the science. But she deduced that the Major didn’t have the right kind of sapphire to tap into the Callings, which Olive later realized was an ancient rock called the Omega Sapphire, which connected to Mount Ararat and was imbued in the Noah’s Arc fragment Saanvi threw into the fissure. 

While they have no idea where to even begin looking for the last remaining one, Eagan recognized Marko’s drawing and didn’t say anything before quietly slipping away and becoming a volunteer at the Masonic Temple of the Omega. Surely, you get where I’m going with this.  It’s frustrating to see Eagan once again do minimal work and reap the rewards—he’s such a pesky nuisance this season, and if it wasn’t for Angelina, he would surely take the villain crown.

Thankfully, TJ returns from Egypt with plenty of answers that can help Olive win her quest. After they share a sweet kiss, he informs her that they have a lot of work to do to find the sapphire. 

“It really is all connected,” Olive states, which, of course, is the ultimate catchphrase for our 828ers. While Eagan might have a leg up on them, it’s only a matter of time before they find him and realize that he’s only in it for his own selfish reasons. 

It’s nice to have TJ back, and he’s a welcome sight for Olive, who’s had a bit of a rough night. 

In fact, most of them had a rough night as Cal was arrested as a potential 828 murder suspect, Ben went to extreme lengths to get his boy back and found out about his cancer relapse in the process, and Olive and Zeke were forced to fend off that actual serial killer who was targeting Eden next. 

Mick and Jared were right about Angelina’s mother being the killer, but they failed to consider that she had a partner-in-crime: her husband and Angelina’s father. 

The writing was kind of on the wall for this one, and I’m kind of upset I didn’t see it either. Angelina’s parents willingly kept her locked away, which is all the proof we needed that they were unhinged and dangerous. They thought they were doing the lord’s work by protecting their daughter, and when they got her back, they decided to punish every single person who aided her and helped her stray from the righteous path. It was twisted and extreme. 

Angelina’s mom targeted Adrian, but even Angelina wasn’t spared from her mother’s delusions, as she was tied up alongside him to “watch” as they rid the sinners that led her astray from her life. And you know who else they considered a sinner? Baby Eden. 

This poor innocent child has been through so much, and now Angelina’s father tried to kidnap her once again to prove to Angelina that she’s no guardian angel and does not have god’s protection. 

Zeke risked it all to fend off Angelina’s dad while Olive got Eden to safety. Once Zeke was shot, it was up to Olive, who proved to be the heroic big sister by pushing him out of the window and to his death. It’s only natural that she was shaken up by it, especially since she unknowingly let him into the house. 

Meanwhile, Angelina managed to free herself, but she left Adrian behind to die because he “deserved everything” coming his way after he stole her guardian angel. Honestly, I’m a clown for thinking Angelina was redeemable in any way. And so is Adrian for consistently extending his help to a person who couldn’t be more ungrateful. This is a reminder that when people show you their true colors, you should believe them the first time. 

While the whole Angelina storyline really went to the next level this season, I’m kind of glad they rolled with it and showed us why she is the way she is. It would’ve been so random if Angelina was simply someone who went off the rocker, but tying it back to her family made it all more believable. But it’s also terrifying because despite everything, she’s still out there, which means she’s still a threat to the Stone family.

Zeke eventually confided in Mick about his relapse, and he didn’t even have to say anything for her to understand the pain. Her response was comforting as she simply hugged him, proving that she’s in his corner no matter what. They made a vow to each other, and she doesn’t plan on breaking it. And this is why we love Mick.

Ben went to great lengths to try to save Cal, who was the last person seen with Violet and thus, the number one suspect in her murder. 

Of course, the cops only knew him as Gabriel, so Ben couldn’t risk Cal getting fingerprinted or getting his blood drawn. If they figured it out, he would become a lab rat, which wouldn’t have been ideal. Drea helped as much as she could, but there were limits to what she was able to do without getting caught. 

Ben followed a Calling that led him to one of the first passengers he helped, Radd. This time, Ben’s son needed help, and together, they figured out the melody that Ben kept hearing over and over was a phone number for Alex, Saanvi’s ex and Cal’s doctor. The moment he heard her voice, Ben realized that Cal’s cancer had come back. I think part of him knew for quite some time, but he was simply ignoring the facts and hoping they would go away. It was an unfortunate way for Ben to find out the truth, but it was the leverage they needed to secure Gabriel’s release in the knick of time. 

I’m surprised the cops didn’t put two and two together when Alex informed them about the cancer considering Cal was also ill, but I’ll just let that oversight go. 

Ben realized he’d been so preoccupied with his grief and finding Eden that he pushed his son aside, and now, he might lose him forever. I truly feel for Ben at this point because it’s just one thing after another. 

Dr. Gupta made an appearance to help Saanvi with her research. Since Gupta worked with The Major and the passengers that were experimented on, she understood what was necessary to generate a Calling. The Major didn’t know when to stop, intensifying the subject’s pain in order to get a clearer Calling, but as mentioned previously, she needed to resort to extreme measures since she couldn’t acquire the supercharged sapphire that would minimize and limit the risk.

Saanvi wanted to replicate the findings without making the same mistakes since it left those that were experimented on in a constant state of Calling, or, to everyone else, braindead. Playing god is a dangerous role, Gupta informed her, but while Saanvi is desperate for information, I know she’s not going to be as negligent as the Major. And knowing how determined she is, she’s the only person capable of getting this done. But will it be enough to save the Lifeboat from the death date?

It’s also not lost on me that the Omega Sapphire is a one of the seven most powerful stones. The Stone family… it just can’t be a coincidence. 

In the end, Mick and Jared were able to save Adrian and arrest Noelle, and Jared’s chief recognized that he was wrong for telling Jared to stay in his lane when he’s great detective. The Chief then offered him a job with the 828 registry, noting that he was too good and skilled for patrol. Honestly, having another man on the inside is definitely going to be beneficial for the passengers, but will Jared accept the job?

Will they find the Omega Sapphire? And will it help trigger more Callings? Is that even the answer? Will it be enough to save the Lifeboat from the looming Death Date? Why did Cal’s cancer come back after he was given another shot at life? Is his health deteriorating like Zeke’s when he was facing a Death Date? And will Gupta’s dragon constellation story from season 3 ever come into play with Cal’s dragon mark?

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When I say that Manifest is pulling out all the stops this season, I truly mean it. 

There wasn’t a calm moment on Manifest Season 4 Episode 7 unless we consider Cal/Gabriel’s karaoke date night to be the lull in the action, but even then, the whole thing imploded right before our eyes in the most unexpected of ways. 

I’ll admit, I definitely thought there was something off with Violet. She seemed like a great girl, but because I’ve seen my handful of shows, I know the moment that things seem too good to be true, they probably are. 

Cal and Violet’s love story gave straight 90s rom-com vibes, which honestly—hats off to the creative team for transporting me into that joyful world amidst a serial killer chase with Mick, Jared, and the rest of the Flight 828 passengers. And don’t even get me started on what Ben and Saanvi uncovered. 

But since Cal’s first date was so perfect, despite the meet-cute literally being the Flight 828 safe house that Angelina almost blew up, I was almost 99% certain that things to take a sour turn. And I thought that it was going to be somehow revealed that Violet was killing the passengers, especially after she explained that she once took Angelina in and helped her without knowing the full story. 

By that point, I should’ve pieced it all together, but I was honestly too consumed by the feel-good vibes, and I never expected the series to throw Gabriel as the murder suspect into the mix. I did not have that on my Manifest bing card.

However, the moment Drea’s eyes locked with Jared’s, and when he came pounding on the door looking for Cal as Mick informed Ben that a third passenger had been killed, I knew it wasn’t good.  

Jared has said over and over that he doesn’t want to be involved in 828 business, but he has no choice since he cares about the Stone family so much and is a good cop at heart. I don’t truly know how Mick and Jared went months without seeing each other and crossing paths because he’s been roped into every single situation with the 828ers since Manifest Season 4 began. 

Anyway, Jared immediately told Gabriel that he needed to run—there’s no other option—or they would take him down to the station where they would fingerprint him, which would lead to the realization that he’s actually Cal, and when no one would be able to understand how he aged five years, they’d start running science experiments on him.  And well, we all know how that ended: see—Ben and Saanvi following a Calling that leads them to all the passengers that were victims of The Major’s experimentations. More on that later. 

All of this is happening while poor Cal is literally just trying to process that the girl he had feelings for and shared an epic first kiss with was murdered… while he’s still grieving the death of his mother. It’s a lot for anyone, but especially a kid also trying to figure out where he disappeared for five years, make sense of the miracles of the universe, and deal with a potential cancer diagnosis. Honestly, can they just leave Cal alone at this point?! The poor kid has gone through enough. 

Ben was furious that Cal left the house, implying that this whole mess was his fault, but thankfully, Jared shut it down immediately because, at this point, none of that mattered. The reality was that they needed to find a way to clear Gabriel’s name.

And how could anyone even hold it against a teen who just wanted to feel normal for one day? Cal is a teen who will behave like a teen. For one day, he wanted to enjoy a normal teenage experience with his first love, without all this 828 stuff hanging over his head. 

The real problem is that the Stone family doesn’t communicate anymore. They are all being pulled in several different directions, but if they had just sent a group text to each other about what was going down, Cal might have been able to save TKTK because he would have known that the common denominator between the other two 828 murders was that they also helped Angelina and Eden. 

And you know what that means… Adrian is next. 

In the final moments, right before Jared drops the “Cal, you’re being arrested” bomb, Mick has another vision of the X that they found painted on both 828 victims, and she immediately realizes that they’ve been looking at this all wrong—it isn’t an X at all, it’s a cross. A cross that leads right back to Angelina’s mother, who is just as unhinged as her own daughter. She blatantly lied to Mick and Jared about not seeing her daughter since they saved her from the island, but we know that she helped her hide after she was booted from the 828 safe house.

It actually makes sense if Mick’s right and the murderer is Noelle. We’ve been so focused on how deranged Angelina is but that kind of behavior has to come from somewhere, and the source of it all is her good Christian mother. And my guess is that she’s cleaning up her daughter’s mess so that no one that helped her can testify against her. If there are no witnesses, you can’t prove she ever kidnapped Eden.

I hope the Callings lead Mick and Ben right to Noelle and Angelina so they can finally answer for what they did. Ben was right, Angelina is dangerous and no one should associate with her. She’d likely gladly let Cal take the blame for the 828 murders in order to save herself. 

When I mentioned the Stone family communication, that extends to Zeke as well. I know he’s willingly kept the relapse from Mick because he’s ashamed and afraid of her reaction—and I’m actually glad he’s working through it and seeking out help on his own—but it’s also kind of telling that Mick is just running around town with Jared and not even available to be a source of support for Zeke. She doesn’t know the extent of what’s going on, but her gut has to tell her that something is wrong.

But we can’t hold too much against her as Mick is out here doing her best to keep the Lifeboat afloat and keep the passengers safe from a serial killer.

I’m proud of Zeke for acknowledging that he fell off the wagon and going to AA on his own; it shows that, despite the setback, he’s committed to getting the help he needs to get back on track. And he’s also realizing that while taking on everyone’s pain, he failed to confront his own and make time for himself, which led to his relapse. The pressure of the world’s problems simply began mounting and the dam broke. I’m wondering if part of this self-reflection will include analyzing his marriage and Mick’s feelings for Jared. Zeke was all too cool about the fact that she still loves Jared, and he’s also very understanding about letting Jared back into her life, but honestly, I don’t think that’s healthy for either of them. She can’t have the best of both worlds, and, at some point, she’s actually going to have to make a choice. 

I hope this is the start of some honest conversations between them, especially if they never find a way to beat the Death Date and Mick is really living on borrowed time. There were definitely moments and sparks between her and Jared, and while they seem dedicated to working the case together, there’s no denying that she likes being back in this place—in the job, in her life with him, in what used to be normal. He even put extra avocados in her sandwiches because he remembered it was her favorite. There’s something there that can’t continue on as pure friendship. 

Saanvi explored her sapphire theory further. In short, sapphire was at the center of all the miracles, so she believes it could be used to tune the frequency into the divine and provide unlimited Callings, which she thinks could save the Lifeboat. To be quite honest, all of this is starting to sound very far-fetched, even for Manifest. Is the point of their return to beat the Death Date and have divine consciousness? Are they supposed to prevent something from happening? Ensure something happens?

I don’t truly know, but Ben’s lead, via Eden’s Calling, brought them back to the passengers that were experimented on, and after sweet-talking their way into looking at their files, Saanvi realized that the Major went to extreme and painful lengths to figure out how to connect them to the God frequency. The files indicate that all of the patients are brain dead, but the glowing light—pointing up like antennas—and the fact that Marko cried when Ben apologized to him, means that they are conscious on some level. Maybe their bodies are here but they are back on Flight 828. This could definitely further Saanvi’s research, and I’m curious to see what will come of it. 

We also have to talk about that moment between Saanvi and Ben! It was almost thrown in there to appease all the Ben and Saanvi shippers who have been praying that these two will get together as a couple but don’t get excited just yet because it was immediately followed up by flashback footage of Saanvi, at her lowest before Vance reached out to “get back to work,” pining over her ex, which is a reminder that Ben isn’t exactly her type. While there’s a possibility that Saanvi is bi, we’ve only ever known her as a lesbian, so it honestly wouldn’t even feel authentic if she were just to fall in love with Ben now. They are good friends, and the fact that neither of them even addressed the spontaneous kiss proves that they didn’t think twice about it—they are just that comfortable with each other. 

There’s also a subplot with Saanvi’s ex, Alex, who is helping Zeke and Cal/Gabriel by running tests to see whether his cancer has returned. Cal didn’t want to worry any of his family members since they just got Eden back, and with it a sense of relief and happiness, so Alex is their off-the-book doctor, who even agrees to run them under the name Gabriel. 

By the end of the episode, Alex contemplates adding Saanvi as a friend on social media, which means that she’s likely interested in being part of her life again and that her marriage is no longer an obstacle. 

Saanvi has been through a lot and she deserves a shot at real love with someone who won’t disappoint her. While the Stone family has become her found family, the truth is, without them and Vance, she’s been going through all of this all alone and without a partner or anyone to lean on when the going gets tough. 

In some other reality, I actually ship Saanvi and Drea!

How do you think things are going to pan out next? Will Saanvi figure out what the Major knew by running wildly dangerous experiments on the returned? Also, I’m so glad they addressed the whereabouts of the patients that were experimented on because I’ve been wondering what happened to them for quite some time. Season 4’s motto seems to be—no stone left unturned, no plot line left unaddressed! 

Will Ben save Cal? Will Mick find a way to prove who the real 828 serial killer is?

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