Plot Synopsis

Executive produced by Robert Zemeckis, MANIFEST is a one-hour scripted drama series that centers on the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828, which landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight. Yet in the span of those few hours, the world had aged more than five years and their friends, families and colleagues, after mourning their loss, had given up hope and moved on. Now, faced with the impossible, they're all given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible. The series opens with the Stone family returning to New York from a family vacation in Jamaica, where 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 long ago, and try to make sense of a mystifying phenomenon steering them to act in ways they don't understand. The passengers from Flight 828 find themselves under government scrutiny as they struggle to resume their lives. Michaela is forced to confront the fact that Jared is married to her once-best friend, while Ben tries to help a fellow passenger reconnect with his son. Cal is approached by an obsessive stranger, as Grace and Olive disagree on whether or not to reveal a devastating secret.
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On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Warner Brothers Home Entertainment released MANIFEST Season 1 on DVD with all 16 exhilarating episodes. In this hit NBC series a plane inexplicably disappears on a trans-oceanic flight and returns five years later after being presumed lost at sea. While no time has passed for those on the flight, years have gone by for their loved ones who have learned to live with their loss. In addition to the outward mystery of what happened on that flight, there's also an inward mystery of what has happened to the passengers -- and why. Nothing will ever be the same as you follow the unexpected journey full of hope, heart and destiny! Before they fly off the shelves. Buy and binge now. (Click the red "Buy DVDs" button on this page.)

Season 2 of MANIFEST will debut in Winter/Spring 2020.