lonnie
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Post by lonnie on Nov 14, 2018 5:16:06 GMT
I wasn't that into episode 6, but episode 7 was good imo.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 14, 2018 6:10:31 GMT
Season 1 Episode 7 - "S.N.A.F.U." - November 12, 2018 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)I liked that Michaela didn't panic and realized there was more going on with the calling then first meets the eye. I didn't like the continuation with Michaela spending time with Evie's mom. Ben had an interesting journey intersecting with Vance, and Vance taking the USB drive with all the SP data on it. They interwove everything very well. I am still up in the air if the lady who was on the speaking tour is actually helping United Dynamics or not. The preview for this episode was kinda misleading in that regard.
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Post by cablejockey on Nov 20, 2018 16:48:55 GMT
It appears that someone is killing off people who the plane passengers talk to. I hope I got that right. Its nice to see Olive and her brother getting along. But the pain is starting up again as "they" have set up a new lab with the guinea pigs.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 21, 2018 1:27:47 GMT
Season 1 Episode 8 - "Point of No Return" - November 19, 2018 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)Michaela jumps to conclusions, it has been very obvious from the beginning episode that the "callings" are easy to misinterpret or maybe it is an on purpose from the sender. There is the initial interpretation that looks so simple at first and then the true underlying reason is revealed later. It is too soon to evaluate what "don't lose him" means. What I don't understand is how this mysterious Laurence even knows what is happening to the 828 passengers and somehow managed to diverse this worldwide enterprise to kidnap 11 of them and keep them hidden and experiment on them. What do they hope to achieve?
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Post by Imperfect1 on Nov 26, 2018 10:01:12 GMT
I'm very confused as to why there's such a focus on 'good guys' vs 'bad guys' --- and yet the actual CAUSE and FACTS around the 5 year disappearance of the plane are not the real focus of the search. Does anyone have a theory about what REALLY happened?
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Post by Bearcata on Dec 5, 2018 7:07:20 GMT
Season 1 Episode 9 - "Dead Reckoning" - November 26, 2018 - the midseason or winter finale en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)I thought Grace was being unreasonable. I don't think Grace realizes yet that she cannot protect Cal. Surprised they killed Vance or is he really dead? Interesting place to end.
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Post by MissScarlet on Dec 28, 2018 21:48:06 GMT
I don't know if I was just busy on the show's nights, or if it was being pre-empted or moved toward the end, but I've been wondering what ever happened to this show & hoping for it's return. It returns on Monday January 7.
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Post by Bearcata on Jan 14, 2019 16:46:21 GMT
Season 1 Episode 10 - "Crosswinds" - January 7, 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)Picks up nicely from the previous episode except I always have a hard time with the "bad guy" being all knowing, all powerful. Are the really? Are the houses and phones bugged. How are these folks being tracked? How are they finding the con artist girl?
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Post by MissScarlet on Jan 14, 2019 19:48:17 GMT
I agree. To me the downfall of a lot of these ongoing drama shows like this is that the show always has to introduce a "Big Bad", a sort of supervillain who is, as you said, "all knowing" and totally evil and can't be stopped. Then they go on for years with the big evil negative hanging over the story. I loved the show in the beginning, and still like it & watch, but I can see this is the way they plan to take it.
I liked the earlier episodes that were more realistic with the weird plane situation thrown in, and weird effects on the passengers, and the authorities not knowing what to do, and everyone trying to figure it out & cope. I don't like shows with "Big Bad's".
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Post by Bearcata on Jan 20, 2019 4:26:25 GMT
Season 1 Episode 11 - "Contrails" - January 14, 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)Really they just had to kill the meteorologist? Why? That was stupid and after the fact. So will the Big Bad kill Autumn now that Ben and Mick kinda suspect she is the mole?
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Post by beerbelly on Jan 20, 2019 6:44:18 GMT
I'm getting less and less interested in this show. I find 'God friended me' much better as far as these shows go.
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Post by Imperfect1 on Jan 20, 2019 11:36:33 GMT
Yeah, I'm getting less interested too --- especially since, as you've all been saying, there's really no end in sight, and the bad guys keep on coming. (And, to what end?????)
And the long holiday break from the series didn't help either. It was already getting to be hard to follow before the break -- and now it's even harder, and I'm caring less and less.
Too bad, cause in the early episodes this show really had me intrigued and CARING about the characters. Now, I don't feel either.
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Post by beerbelly on Jan 20, 2019 17:54:27 GMT
And the female NYPD officer has no personality - so I don't see why her partner is so in love with her. Esp. he has a wife at home who seems normal.
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Post by Bearcata on Jan 20, 2019 22:18:44 GMT
And the female NYPD officer has no personality - so I don't see why her partner is so in love with her. Esp. he has a wife at home who seems normal. Thank you I needed the laugh.
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Post by Navybelle on Jan 21, 2019 20:24:52 GMT
I'm getting less and less interested in this show. I find 'God friended me' much better as far as these shows go. Me too! Manifest has such terrible acting, I can't even watch anymore! What a great concept, interesting start, that has completely gone downhill and lost me now. GFM is one of my new faves!
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Post by kiz on Jan 22, 2019 15:16:36 GMT
I'm on the same page having lost interest in the show. I've added God Friended Me, The Neighborhood and recently FAM to my DVR, so something had to give anyway. Bye bye Manifest. It had an interesting concept but failed to deliver after the first few episodes.
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Post by beerbelly on Jan 22, 2019 23:37:50 GMT
I tried to watch the latest episode...but realized I didn't care about any of these people. Except maybe the boyfriend. But he's not in it as much.
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Post by JosephD on Jan 23, 2019 0:55:00 GMT
I stopped watching a couple of months ago. I tried to stay interested, hoping that some big reveal was coming soon that would tie everything together, but nothing seemed to make any sense and the more I watched, the more confused I got. I eventually got the feeling the writers had no clue where they were going. It's like they had a great idea with the first episode and the whole concept of 5 years having passed, but to the passengers it was only minutes. It all felt kind of watered down after that.
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Post by Bearcata on Jan 23, 2019 3:37:20 GMT
There was a great twist in this week's episode.
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Post by Jamie5632 on Jan 23, 2019 20:01:56 GMT
I bailed after the first one back from winter break. Rather than "oh yeah, what's going on!?!?" it was more "oh. this one is back. sigh" I liked the concept and the premiere then it went nowhere. I agree that it feels like they are making it up as they go with no idea what's happening or why, plus the acting, especially with the 'lead', is blah.
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Post by Bearcata on Jan 26, 2019 1:26:50 GMT
Season 1 Episode 12 - "Vanishing Point" - January 21, 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)Nice to see that "Find Her" referred to the missing hiker looking for Michaela. I am thinking that this black lighting might be some event or experiment gone bad that the government is covering up and that the passengers on flight 828 were just a large group of folks who got caught in some time jump that appears to have been happening in other area via our missing hiker. What next sharknado? That was a bit of a jump was all of a sudden Grace jumping on board when lets face it she has been totally opposed to believing anything Ben had to say and she was thinking all along that he was nuts. For series like this that run a shorter season the networks need to be careful keeping them off the air too long as it is obvious from other posters comments they lost interest over the holidays. Part of the problems may have also been that the original season was to be 13 episodes and that was extended to 16 and there appears to have messed up a bit with the pacing of the show.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 24, 2019 20:49:19 GMT
Season 1 Episode 13 - "Cleared for Approach" - January 28, 2019 www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/manifest/s01/e13With the introduction of Zeke last episode and a continuation of his story this episode, it is clear the writers have thrown in a twist to where the story was going. This is not just about a plane load of passengers who went through a strange experience together. While I did think some folks starting to worship the 828 the writers had to throw in those who are terrified and want to kill them, on top of that mysterious corporation who experimented on them and the government who wants to use them. All in all a good reason never to tell folks if something weird happens to you and you end up with powers. I think this episode was the original season finale as "on October 18, 2018, NBC ordered an additional three episodes of the series, bringing the first season total up to sixteen episodes".
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 25, 2019 0:31:26 GMT
Season 1 Episode 14 - "Upgrade" - February 4, 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)Glad to see Saanvi back seems as if she has been missing for a couple of episodes. After last week's web site demanding that someone take care of the returned flight 828 passengers because they are terrorists, this episode does a 180 to having a 828 passenger (an entrepreneur? con artist?) creating The Church of the Returned, preaching that the passengers are saints. Well one believer kidnaps Saanvi to heal her terminally ill husband. The secondary plot revolves around Zeke getting to know Ben's family and convincing Cal he does not cause events he just predicts them. The tertiary plot revolves around Michaela's friend Lourdes finding out that Mike and Jared slept together resulting in Lourdes packing her bags and leaving clearing the field for M and J to be together. Does anyone care about couple being a romantic couple? Me, not really feeling the love.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 25, 2019 0:37:20 GMT
Season 1 Episode 15 - "Hard Landing" - February 11, 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)Episode 14 and 15 feel a tad filler to me. I do think they could have condensed the story lines a bit but I guess with the Networks asking for additional episodes it can mess up any plot line a bit. I did like the plot twist that blew up Mike and Ben's Stone premise that they returned where sent to do good. Well, yeah, Ben may not believe it, maybe a little, but you could see the folks were trying to convince themselves that was the reason. While I appreciate the acknowledgement of PTSD in any story was Saanvi really under that much stress to even experience that type of condition considering she is doctor and works with dying patients.
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Post by lonnie on Feb 25, 2019 0:48:11 GMT
I was kind of half watching the last few episodes. Is she pregnant from her boyfriend and not her husband?
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Post by Critical on Feb 25, 2019 1:05:56 GMT
That was the implication. Or at least that it COULD be the BF. IIRC, it sounded like she probably got pregnant right around the time the plane reappeared.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 25, 2019 3:59:22 GMT
Season 1 Episode 16 - "Estimated Time of Departure" - February 18, 2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)I liked the symmetry of the episode with Griffin dying 82 hours and 8 min, the time the truck was in the water. Nicely done. Liked how Olive figured it out with the symbolism and her dad doing math. Jared was being such a dick. Anyone think Michaela got shot? Well it will be one of three people. That was such a set up getting Saanvi to go to the Major for therapy. Nice twists and tension in the season finale episode.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 25, 2019 4:05:36 GMT
I was kind of half watching the last few episodes. Is she pregnant from her boyfriend and not her husband? Ben mentioned that Flight 828 have been back for 6 weeks and Grace (Ben's wife) says it is very early about 6 weeks, leaving it up in the air that it could be Ben's or Grace's former boyfriend Danny's.
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Post by MissScarlet on Mar 11, 2019 0:05:17 GMT
Is this over 'till next Fall? It just kind of went away awfully early.
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Post by razorbacker on Mar 11, 2019 10:25:42 GMT
Is this over 'till next Fall? It just kind of went away awfully early. It is over for this year, but I don't believe it has been confirmed that it will be back next year?????
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