The BEST episodes of Manifest

Every episode of Manifest ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Manifest!

A commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years. As those aboard reintegrate into society, they experience guiding voices and visions of events yet to occur, and soon a deeper mystery unfolds.

Last Updated: 11/21/2024Network: NetflixStatus: Ended
Final Boarding
star
7.90
594 votes

#1 - Final Boarding

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/2/2023

The Death Date has arrived. As tensions erupt and revelations emerge, the passengers of Flight 828 reunite and face the unknown together.

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Mayday (2)
star
7.73
1047 votes

#2 - Mayday (2)

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/10/2021

Michaela and Zeke race to stop a passenger before his actions turn deadly. Jared and Vance team up, but their partnership reveals secrets that could upend their lives.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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Pilot
star
7.71
3677 votes

#3 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2018

Returning to New York from a family vacation in Jamaica, the Stone family is separated when adult siblings Michaela and Ben, along with Ben's gravely ill son Cal are bumped to a later flight, while Ben's wife, daughter and parents fly ahead. When that later flight lands, the passengers are bewildered to discover that five and a half years have gone by. They attempt to reconnect with the loved ones who mourned their passing and moved on, and try to make sense of a mystifying phenomenon steering them to act in ways they don't understand.

Directors: David Frankel
Writer: Jeff Rake
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Icing Conditions
star
7.70
1379 votes

#4 - Icing Conditions

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/2020

Michaela and Ben put everything on the line to attempt a daring rescue. As the final hours of Zeke's life approach, Saanvi and Vance make a last-ditch effort to appeal to the Major, who may be the only person who can save him from his Death Date.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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Emergency Exit
star
7.68
1467 votes

#5 - Emergency Exit

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2020

The passengers of Flight 828 finally come to understand the meaning of their increasingly terrifying callings. Afraid of losing his daughter to the Church of the Believers, Ben confronts Adrian. Zeke challenges Michaela’s trust. Saanvi seeks help from an old flame.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
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False Horizon
star
7.66
1608 votes

#6 - False Horizon

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2020

The Stone Family struggles to unlock their mysterious wave of frightening 828 callings, while the person who may be key to solving them is trapped behind bars. A shocking and disturbing incident leads Grace to suspect a local mother is in danger.

Directors: Nathan Hope
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Estimated Time of Departure
star
7.65
1953 votes

#7 - Estimated Time of Departure

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2019

Ben and Michaela must confront a dire threat to the passengers’ safety when Griffin schemes to take the callings public. Meanwhile, tensions between Jared and Zeke reach a boiling point, and Ben, Grace, and Olive make a devastating discovery.

Directors: Dean White
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Vanishing Point
star
7.65
2125 votes

#8 - Vanishing Point

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2019

When Cal is discovered missing from his bedroom, Grace and Ben launch a desperate search which takes them to the remote mountains of upstate New York. A tantalizing trail of breadcrumbs leads them to a startling, game-changing discovery. Meanwhile, Michaela confronts the deceptive Autumn, and the shadowy "Major" finally makes an appearance.

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Reentry
star
7.63
3256 votes

#9 - Reentry

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2018

Passengers from Flight 828 find themselves under government scrutiny. Michaela is forced to confront the fact that Jared is married. Ben tries to help a fellow passenger reconnect with his son. Grace and Olive disagree on whether or not to reveal a devastating secret.

Directors: Dean White
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Course Deviation
star
7.60
1390 votes

#10 - Course Deviation

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2020

When Grace's pregnancy complicates the pursuit of a calling, Ben finds himself working alongside an uneasy new ally. Michaela tries to make amends with Jared. The Xers set their sights on Zeke.

Directors: Michael Smith
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Airplane Bottles
star
7.58
1393 votes

#11 - Airplane Bottles

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2020

As a storm rages outside the Stone home and anxieties boil over inside, Olive frantically searches for meaning in a centuries-old text. Michaela faces unexpected scrutiny at work. Zeke comes to Saanvi's aid when her lab research takes a dangerous turn.

Directors: Ramaa Mosley
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Fasten Your Seatbelts
star
7.57
1732 votes

#12 - Fasten Your Seatbelts

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2020

As the Stone family reels in the aftermath of a devastating shooting, they’re hit with their most foreboding Calling yet, sending Ben on a mission to locate two Flight 828 passengers who have mysteriously gone missing. Grace grapples with her new pregnancy. The Major attempts to tighten her grip on the unwitting Saanvi.

Directors: Joe Chappelle
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Contrails
star
7.56
2070 votes

#13 - Contrails

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2019

Willing to follow any lead to keep his son safe from The Major, Ben heeds Cal's calling to help Captain Daly clear his name for what happened to Flight 828. The journey uncovers a seeming conspiracy that stems all the way back to the day the plane disappeared. Meanwhile, Michaela assists Autumn in her own journey of redemption - but has Autumn truly set out to redeem herself, or is she still working against the passengers?

Directors: Marisol Adler
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Dead Reckoning
star
7.56
2296 votes

#14 - Dead Reckoning

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2018

When Ben and Michaela put everything on the line to save the other missing passengers, the mission goes horribly awry and not everyone makes it out alive. The devastating result pushes Ben and Grace to a traumatic brink, while pulling Michaela and Jared dangerously close together.

Directors: Paul Holahan
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Tailspin
star
7.56
1158 votes

#15 - Tailspin

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2021

Ben and Saanvi join forces with Vance in his newest venture to understand Flight 828. Michaela and Zeke adjust to their new home life together, but they pivot to aid a non-passenger with a looming death date of their own.

Directors: Michael Smith
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Black Box
star
7.56
1489 votes

#16 - Black Box

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2020

Michaela is pushed into the midst of a high-stakes bank robbery perpetrated by a mystery assailant. Ben and TJ piece together an arcane set of mythological clues. Adrian draws Olive further into the world of the Believers.

Directors: Sherwin Shilati
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Upgrade
star
7.55
2012 votes

#17 - Upgrade

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2019

When Saanvi goes missing, Ben suspects a fanatical group who have become obsessed with the passengers from Flight 828. Michaela must face the consequences of her reunion with Jared. Zeke returns to New York and has an ominous calling.

Directors: Craig Zisk
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Crosswinds
star
7.54
2104 votes

#18 - Crosswinds

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2019

Michaela's mystifying, next-level calling launches her on a mission that brings her relationship with Jared to a head. Determined to protect his family, Ben explores an alternate meaning to Michaela's calling that leads him to a new alliance and a powerful new adversary. Cal's struggle with Ben's absence from home forces the Stones into an agonizing confrontation that could alter the family's fabric forever.

Directors: Michael Smith
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Grounded
star
7.54
1643 votes

#19 - Grounded

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2020

Ben forms an alliance with a student from Flight 828, whose callings either uncovered a violent crime or helped him commit one. Saanvi strives to further her research into the death date. Grace makes a startling discovery about her pregnancy.

Directors: Claudia Yarmy
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S.N.A.F.U.
star
7.53
2468 votes

#20 - S.N.A.F.U.

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2018

With the detained passengers secretly moved and subjected to painful experimentation - and Cal's health directly linked to them - Ben takes advantage of an old friend to find out where the passengers were taken. Meanwhile, a mysterious new version of the calling pulls Michaela into a murder investigation that has deep personal ramifications for her.

Directors: Michael Schultz
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Turbulence
star
7.53
2929 votes

#21 - Turbulence

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2018

Ben and Michaela investigate a shocking murder in fear that it's connected to Flight 828. Meanwhile, Ben struggles to accept the life Grace led in his absence, while Olive and Cal realize that being twins after five and a half years apart is harder than they thought.

Directors: Paul Holahan
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Inversion Illusion
star
7.51
631 votes

#22 - Inversion Illusion

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/2022

As the Stones race to find the Omega Sapphire, Ben finds hope in a Calling that reunites him with a familiar face. Zeke faces a difficult choice.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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Call Sign
star
7.51
1365 votes

#23 - Call Sign

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/2020

Ben is drawn to help absolve a passenger of his guilt while Saanvi enlists help in protecting herself from the Major. Jared and Drea must extract a confession from a trio of ruthless meth dealers who would do anything to exact revenge on Michaela.

Directors: Joe Chappelle
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Hard Landing
star
7.50
1983 votes

#24 - Hard Landing

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2019

When Michaela meets the mysterious James Griffin during a police investigation, the passengers learn what happens when the callings fall in the wrong hands. Jared finds out about Zeke, setting him at odds with Michaela and her trust in the callings.

Directors: Claudia Yarmy
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Tailfin
star
7.50
1291 votes

#25 - Tailfin

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2021

Ben heads on an international mission with Vance to seek a clue that may finally unlock the mystery of Flight 828. An intense calling leads newlyweds Michaela and Zeke on an adventure of their own. Saanvi attempts to forget her past sins.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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