‘Manifest’: Major Nonsense

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“Crosswinds”
January 7, 2019

TL;DR version: The rescued passengers are holed up at a fancy beach house where Michaela picks up a calling from one of them urging her to “FIND HER.” She thinks it’s about the wife of one of the passengers, but the passenger in question turns out to be an abusive asshole. Meanwhile, Ben meets a podcaster obsessed with 828 and who confirms there is a “Major” behind all of this — whatever this is — who is looking for the “Holy Grail.” They somehow decide that the Major is a woman; the Holy Grail is Pre-Pubescent Son; and the Major is in New York looking for them. Also, Michaela and Ex-Boyfriend make the sex.

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‘Manifest’: The greatest trick this show ever played was convincing people it was any good

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“Dead Reckoning”
November 26, 2018

The TL;DR version: Our heroes find the poor guinea pig passengers and save them from the bad guys, but in the process, Beleaguered Federal Agent is killed and Ex-Boyfriend is TV injured (i.e.: he slips into a coma that he comes out of 5 minutes later). Grace kicks Ben out the house because he sucks and the writing sucks and everything sucks.

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‘Manifest’: (I Am Reaching my) Point of No Return

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“Point of No Return”
November 19, 2018

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‘Manifest’: The heart of the matter (is that this show is dumb)

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“S.N.A.F.U.”
November 12, 2018

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‘Manifest’: Bulgaria hysteria

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“Off Radar”
November 5, 2018

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‘Manifest’: Since you’ve been gone

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“Connecting Flights”
October 22, 2018

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‘Manifest’: ‘Doctor Who’ called. It wants its angels back.

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“Unclaimed Baggage”
October 15, 2018

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‘Manifest’: And the truth is, this show is bad.

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“Turbulence”
October 8, 2018

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‘Manifest’: Arrested development

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“Re-entry”
October 1, 2018

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‘Manifest’: Who let the dogs out?

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“Pilot”
September 24, 2018

Hang on …

… Alright, you monsters. This is what you wanted, so let’s do this thing.

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