High Flight
Eden experiences a Calling and begins drawing. Michaela and Call experience a Calling of their own, with thunder rumbling overhead. Interestingly, Ben does not hear this.
Jared shows up to the attic and sees all the evidence that Ben has collected in the attic. As a result, he decides to try and spearhead this case, giving it to the Registry in a bid to find Angelina. Cal meanwhile, heads to see Saanvi and as she plays the Black Box recording for him, he overhears all the Callings bleeding through; they also inexplicably move Cal’s scar too. It seems they’re onto something.
Michaela is at the Registry, waiting for her flight to leave, when she hears a rumble of thunder. She knows it’s connected to the co-pilot Amuta, so she goes outside to question him. However, he doesn’t want to talk to her and quickly gets in a taxi. ..
Last episode’s librarian also has a lead for Ben. She saw Angelina and Eden while at the library, and she’s got a drawing of a flower that they uncover.
The librarian reveals that Angelina definitely matches the portrait picture he has of her, and Ben has another lead to go on. It’s not much, but up in the attic he sees someone (Eden) drawing a flower up on the roof. It would appear that Eden’s connection is actually with Ben, not Angelina. Ben decides to draw over her chalk outlines with his own.
Michaela sabotages Amuta’s flight and forces him to meet them at the Nest. He’s not happy but soon changes his tune when he learns Michaela and the others have the Black Box. Amuta hears the Callings and reveals that it seems impossible. He’s convinced they all died that night. ..
The group of people flew into a bright light, which could be something else. Amuta has been living with guilt for a while, believing he should have saved Daly and that he wasn’t capable of flying that night. Since then, he’s had a weight hanging over him.
Olive Stone noticed that her son Ben had been drawing nursery rhymes on the roof of their house, and she realized that it was the same rhyme she and her husband Cal were singing this morning. Ben wrote “Dad” on the roof, but when Angelina saw it, she immediately went on the offensive and threw the bowl across the room. Angelina also went on to tell Eden that she didn’t have a father.
Cal is telling the co-pilot about his own Calling, which he says happened when he saw Daly in his earlier visions. The co-pilot has been having similar Calls, and they think that the storm flew into the plane, not the other way around.
After revealing what he knows, Amuta receives a ping on his phone confirming his flight is back on. He leaves after giving some compliments to Michaela and giving the group a solid amount to work with.
Elsewhere, Saanvi begins looking through details regarding ULFs online and there appears to be connections with different animals – including peacocks. As the episode closes out, Eagan rings Ben and tells him he has news. He knows where Eden is.
The Episode Review
Manifest returns with an intriguing revelation that confirms the peacocks are very much a part of what’s happening and it seems to be linked to these ULFs. That’s a nice touch and something that helps reaffirm that the mystery does actually have some connections and isn’t just some random parts with no correlation to keep you watching. ..
This episode has some answers too, which is surprising. The ending certainly hints that we’re getting closer to uncovering the truth, while the series continues to dabble in character drama too. Manifest is just starting to pick up and get interesting.
