Ep 1. Pilot

Manifest season 1 episode 1, titled "Pilot," sets the stage for an intense and mysterious new drama. The episode opens with a commercial passenger plane, Montego Air Flight 828, experiencing severe turbulence during a routine flight. The passengers and crew are panicked, but eventually the turbulence subsides and the plane lands safely in New York. However, things quickly take a bizarre turn when the passengers and crew exit the plane to discover that five years have passed, and everyone they know and love has moved on without them.

The central character of the show is Michaela Stone, a police officer who was on the plane with her brother, Ben, and his son, Cal. As they try to come to terms with the changed world around them, they also start to experience strange visions and voices that they can't explain. Michaela's fellow passenger, Saanvi, is a doctor who was working on a medical breakthrough before the flight. When they discover that her research has been completed and is now widely used, she is determined to figure out what happened to her and how she can use her experience to help people.

The episode also introduces a number of other characters who were impacted by the disappearance of the plane. Olive Stone, Michaela's younger sister, is now a teenager instead of a young girl, and is struggling to adjust to the fact that her sister has been gone for five years. Meanwhile, Grace Stone, Ben's wife, has moved on and remarried during the five years, and is trying to figure out how to navigate her feelings for Ben now that he has returned. Additionally, there are a number of characters from the passengers' lives who are now involved in a web of mysterious coincidences and experiences that suggest there may be a deeper reason why the flight disappeared and then reappeared.

As the episode progresses, Michaela and Ben both experience visions that seem to be trying to guide them towards certain actions or decisions. Michaela hears a mysterious voice telling her that she needs to "save him," though she has no idea who or what that refers to. Meanwhile, Ben has a series of seemingly random experiences that eventually lead him to predict a car accident and save a life. The two siblings start to realize that they may have returned for a reason, and that they have some kind of connection to the strange occurrences that have been happening since their plane disappeared.

Throughout the episode, the tension builds as more and more questions are raised about what happened to Flight 828 and why the passengers have returned. The show hints at a larger conspiracy or supernatural force at play, as the characters struggle to make sense of the inexplicable events that have befallen them. Overall, Manifest season 1 episode 1 is an intriguing and exciting start to a complex and emotionally resonant drama that explores the themes of fate, family, and the unknown. Viewers will be left eager to find out what happens next and to uncover the truth behind the mystery of Flight 828.