For now, with its slow-burn dispersal of plane-related “answers,” Manifest looks like it could go quite a while before vaulting over the proverbial shark.
If Michaela finds a lighthouse full of mirrors in the next few episodes, though, I’ll bite my tongue off.
Setting a potentially paranormal event atop a balanced foundation initially allows for proper development time for the characters’ stories.
But if Flight 828’s disappearance was one of four different complex mysteries embedded within Manifest’s pilot, then the show would likely have crumbled beneath the weight of its own insanity.