At the heart of Manifest season 2 is the building suspense over the ominous “death date” that was revealed in the season 1 finale. Apparently, the passengers of Flight 828 have an expiration date, which means that all of them are expected to die at the same time, but one character in particular, Zeke (Matt Long), is fated to die earlier than everyone else.
Manifest season 1 primarily dealt with the passengers of Flight 828 returning after a five-year absence and struggling to reintegrate into their old lives. There was also the shady government organization known as Unified Dynamic Systems that was secretly experimenting on the passengers, and the strange, prophetic “Callings” experienced by Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh), Ben (Josh Dallas), and others. The season 1 finale set up the next big mystery by having the main characters uncover a startling truth about their return. It would seem that the passengers are living on borrowed time.
In the season 1 finale, the death of a new character named Griffin made the passengers realize that they all have a “death date”. Like the passengers, Griffin mysteriously disappeared, but he was only gone for four days. When he died four days later, the characters began to realize what Griffin’s fate means for the rest of them. Thanks to a vision from Cal (Jack Messina), the passengers have discovered that they only get to live as long as they were missing from the world. Based on this knowledge, it was calculated that since the passengers disappeared in 2013 and returned in 2018, their shared death date is June 2, 2024.
This doesn’t apply to Zeke, though. Zeke disappeared while Flight 828 was still missing at some point in December 2017, and he was only gone for about a year. Zeke went missing while caught in a blizzard. He reemerged in January 2019. Specific dates aren’t known, so exactly what Zeke’s death date is hasn’t been determined. However, if the death dates are legitimate, Zeke should meet his end sometime in season 2. Two months have passed since the end of season 1, so Manifest season 2 likely still takes place in early 2019. If so, Zeke’s death should be coming up very soon.
Another concern about the death dates is how the characters will die. If what happened to Griffin is any indication, they’ll die in the same way that they should have died in the first place. Griffin drowned, which is the fate he was saved from when he disappeared. This could suggest that the passengers will die from another plane crash or some other tremendous impact, and that Zeke will freeze to death. Either way, viewers should have to wait too long to find out. What Manifest decides to with Zeke in season 2 will prove whether or not the death dates can be avoided.
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