I just finished season 1. I never wanted to watch it at first because I thought it was going to be like Lost and I didn't want to get involved in something like that. This was different than Lost though. But what do I know?! I didn't really watch Lost anyway. I like Manifest, it is pretty cool. People get off an airplane and get told that they were gone for 5 years. Everyone else went on with their lives, thought they were dead etc etc the people come back with powers that help them prevent tragedies. The government seems to be involved and is torturing people. Some groups believe the people who came back are angels, some believe they are terrorists. People are fucking wierd. It matches with today's society and how I could expect them to act.
Because it's difficult for me to work my way through an entire series that I won't even start watching one, it still sounds like a good concept. I would like to see something like this as a stand-alone movie however.
Good show, although it can be quite a bit melodramatic at times. Robert Zemeckis (of Back to the Future fame) is involved, and I like his stuff.
I had it recorded on my DVR but when I saw that it was available on Hulu I deleted it. Haven't gotten around to seeing it yet.
Can anyone summarize what we know about what happened to the passengers and crew of the airliner for those five and a half years. Wrap spoilers around it if you wish.
We don't. That's the primary mystery of the show. From the passengers' perspective, no time has passed at all. But for the rest of the world, five years passed.
What We are Borg said. There are theories from characters in the show however. Some think the people are imposters and possibly terrorists. The pilot thought it was a weather phenomenom- and it is beginning to look like some sort of government involvement- but nothing about where the people actually were for 5 years. Especially since their bodies had not aged.
Okay, then after the first half-season. The ep where they found the missing passengers and NSA Director Vance got killed. After that, it seems like it got tooo soap-opera-y.
