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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#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.
#15 - 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?
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Deadhead
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2021
A threat to the Stone family tests Michaela’s commitment to play by the rules and forces Grace to make a difficult decision. Ben enlists the aid of an old rival to save an old friend. Olive helps a new friend solve a calling that unearths a startling connection.
#25 - 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.