Manifest (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 13 - Cleared for Approach - full transcript

Previously on "Manifest"...

No matter what I do, I'm the bad
guy, and I'm tired of it.

So we're not doing this.

And I love him.
I just hope it'll be enough.

Listen, I discovered
something in Cal's blood.

It's a marker, and it wasn't
there before the plane,

and it turns out
that I have it, too.

Did you get a calling, buddy,
that told you to come here?

- He's coming.
- Cal.

He's almost here.

I was hiking.
There was a blizzard.



I had a vision of you.

I heard you.
I-I saw you.

I fell in some sort of cave.

I was burning
literally everything I had

trying to stay warm.

It was like you were giving me
your strength,

willing me to live.

How is it possible you're here?

What year did you leave?

2017.

Zeke, it's 2018.

That'll be it for you today?

Unless you got pork rinds
in the back.

Yeah, we
get more on Tuesday, maybe.



Then I'll be back on Tuesday, maybe.

You look familiar.
You been in before?

Something like that.
You a climber?

If you're gonna do Gunnar's Hill,

we got some great
new gloves you sh...

Nope.
Just a hike.

Crazy. Still no trace
after, what, four years?

Oh, that plane?
It ain't missing.

Oh, yeah?

The Russians took it.

Plucked it right out of the sky.

Makes sense.

Okay, you have a great day.

You bet.
See you soon.

The sleep did you good.
Your color looks better.

You want some hot chocolate?

Zeke.

Am I dead?

No, but...

that would be easier to explain.

A person can't freeze to death
in a cave

and then, a year later,
walk out alive.

Not on planet Earth.

This is Earth, right?

Yes, it is.

And you did.

How?

We're still trying
to figure that out.

Look, why don't you
walk me through

everything that you remember?

You said that you
were hiking, right?

And then this just monster
blizzard hit, came out of nowhere.

So then you took shelter
in the cave?

I was packed in.
I mean, I didn't have the tools

or the strength to break through
the snow and ice.

I tried.

That's where you got the cuts,
from trying to dig yourself out?

Mm. Didn't work.

Can I change those?

So, then you remember
two weeks passing?

Thought that was it for me.

How'd you get out of the cave?

Earthquake or avalanche
or something.

Whole mountain shook,
and the ice broke away

enough for me to crawl out

and make my way
to the first place I found.

And to the dead girl I kept
telling myself to find.

Except I wasn't dead.
And I heard you.

And my list of questions grows.

Well, we can talk about all
that on the ride back to the city.

Grace and Cal are loaded in.
Let's hit it.

I-I think I'm actually just
gonna stay up here for a while.

This place has great cocoa.

We're taking Cal
straight to the hospital.

We know someone there that can
have a look at you as well.

I'm fine, really.

I just need some time
to process everything

before I go back
to civilization.

Zeke, you need to come. We don't
know if that's infected...

Sorry. I'm not going.

Not yet.

I'll stay with him.

What?

Excuse us.

What are you doing?

This guy's got to come with us
so Saanvi can check him out.

He could hold the key to
everything that happened to us.

828 defied the known laws
of physics.

We've got to figure out how the
hell a cave did the same thing.

- There has to be a connection.
- Yeah, exactly.

And since he's clearly
not coming,

I'll stay here and figure out
as much as we can.

All right.
I-I-It... Just...

find out as many details as you
can about what happened to him.

Look for specific times,
locations...

Oh, you mean like a detective?

Ben, I got this.
Go take care of your family.

What?
Why are you hesitating?

What's the first thing
you wanted to do

when the plane landed
and we found out?

Contact our family and Jared.

Exactly.

We have been in a cabin
for eight hours with Zeke.

He hasn't even asked
to use the phone?

We don't know anything
about this guy.

He could be part of some
elaborate plan by the Major.

Cal and I had a calling
about him.

Ben, I think we can trust him.

All right.

I'll call Jared,
see if he can come up...

No. No...

I don't think
we should involve him.

It's complicated.
I just...

I don't want to be around him
right now.

Okay.

You sure you're all right?

Yeah.
Go. I got this.

Be safe.

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He's gonna be fine.
Slight cold symptoms.

Nothing a good night's sleep
won't knock out.

Thank you for coming in
on your day off.

It's no problem.

I wanted to check on
some patients anyway.

Don't you ever take a vacation?

Well, I went to Jamaica.

Right.

I guess that kind of
went sideways.

Actually, it went sideways

even before the plane
disappeared.

The person I was
supposed to go with...

Just didn't work out.

Right. 8B.

The seat beside you was empty.
I can't believe I never...

Yeah. Okay, um, Cal,
I think you're ready to go.

Although I think Bernadette
just refilled

her famous candy jar
at the nurses' station.

- Come straight back.
- One. Only one.

I just... I can't believe
it happened again.

- What's his name?
- Zeke.

Okay. I need to run
the tests on him

to see if he has the same
blood marker that we do.

I was hoping you'd say that

because I don't normally carry
things like this around with me.

I hope it's enough to test.

Just please be careful.

We have no idea if
the Major's watching us.

If she finds out how Cal led us
to the cabin and Zeke...

S-She can never know that.

- No one can.
- Know what?

Uh, nothing.

Do you want to get going?

Yeah.

Thank Danny for the truck.

If I see him, I will.

Aren't you coming home with us?

I'm sure Mom would be okay
with that. Right, Mom?

Yeah, I could hang out
for a while.

That works
with your plans, right?

Yes, of course.

What does that mean?

Just that there are some very
ignorant people in the world.

So, if years went by

and we didn't feel it,

where were we?

In some kind of
suspended animation?

Uh, we are still waiting
for the official handbook

to come out on that.

But there are theories, right?

About the plane?
Oh, yeah. Tons.

Um, aliens, wormholes,

cryogenic freezing,
mass hypnosis...

Honestly, no one knows.

Hm.

And you just stepped
right back into a life

that had moved forward
half a decade?

Slammed back in, maybe.

I came back to a world that had
completely moved on without me.

But I had my family
to ground me.

What about you?
Do you have anyone?

Nope. No family.

Tale as old as time.

Someone then?
Friends, co-workers?

And what? I just...

call them out of the blue
and say,

"Hey, remember me?
I went on a hike,

but then a dead lady
from a picture

told me I skipped ahead a year.

You want to go
to Olive Garden?"

Zeke, look.

I know that
it's a lot to process,

- but you have to trust me...
- Look, you're amazing,

and I appreciate everything
you've done for me.

But right now,
I have two options.

Either you're insane or I am,

and right now,
I prefer the former.

I know that this sounds crazy,

but something happened to you
in that cave,

and something happened to me
on that plane.

Zeke, somehow, we're the same.

Go back.

Go back.

Did you just hear "Go back"?

What the hell was that?

That was a calling.

You and I, we were both...

Yeah, under the night sky,
filled with stars. I know.

And you... you heard
my voice say, "Go back"?

Yeah, I heard your voice, which
isn't usually how these work.

Usually?
There's a usually?

Ever since the plane came back,

a lot of us have been
experiencing... callings.

Callings?
You mean voices in your head?

Voices, visions.
They lead us to uncover things.

That's how Cal knew
where to find you

and how I heard you say,
"Find her."

Right, there is that.

But we both heard it,
which I think means

we're supposed to figure
this out together.

"Go back"? W-What does
that even mean?

- Go back where?
- I don't know.

Maybe you're supposed to
go back to the cave.

How far away is it?

Probably about an hour hike.

But I almost died in that cave.

I think I m-might
just sit this one out.

No, we both heard it, which
means we're both gonna go.

Can I rest for a bit first,
tough guy?

Yeah, of course.

And we're gonna
need some supplies.

Okay, I'll go.

Like what?

Water, compass,

um, flashlights...

pork rinds...

I'm sorry. What?

Pork rinds.

Delicious salty snack.

They still make those, right?

Yeah, unfortunately.

Um, your first craving
back is...

I'm a man of many mysteries.

Yeah, I don't think I can
handle any more mystery.

Olive?

Cal!

Oh, my gosh. I'm so glad
that you're back.

Ow. But I'm mad at you
for scaring me like that.

Come here.
Oh, God, you really scared me.

I love you very much.
You know that?

You sure you're okay?
I know.

Well, we made
Rice Krispie treats.

Yep.
Don't eat 'em all.

Well, we had to do something.

Ben.

Are we gonna tell Olive
about Cal's callings?

We can't take that risk.

Right, but keeping
Olive isolated

from the rest of the family,
that has its own dangers.

I know, Grace.
But people died.

Until we know for sure
it's unrelated, I...

Wait. The people who died...
that happened right away?

Within a few days of learning
about the callings.

Okay, so...

let's just make sure this theory
is definitively disproven.

All I have to do is...

live, right?

So now what?

I wish I knew.

Do you have any pork rinds?

Yeah. Check over there.
There might be one or two left.

Can I take this?

Sure.

Real tragedy.

Body's never been found.

'Course, I got a pretty good
idea what really happened.

What?

He offed himself.

Yeah?
Why do you think that?

His sister, Chloe, died on
this same mountain in 2006.

Cursed family, I guess.

Zeke?

How'd you get that many letters?

- Wait a second.
- This... Excuse me.

Mind your own letters.

Peel.

No. What?

You guys keep playing.
I'll get the door.

- Jared.
- Hey, Grace.

Sorry to just show up.

No, not at all.
Come on in.

How's Cal?

See for yourself.

Jared.

Hey.

Hi, guys.

'Sup, little man?
How's it going?

Ugh. I have a "Q."

Other than that, he's great.

Hey.

Thanks for what you did
yesterday.

Of course.

Have you guys heard from Mick?

I'm starting to get
worried, actually.

Uh, she's fine.

The cell service up there
is pretty spotty.

Why's she still up there?

Said she wanted some
alone time, decompress.

Really?

Freaks!

Everyone okay?

Stay inside!

Just... don't get up.

Hey!

Hey, stay here.
I'm going after them.

Hey!

They were out of pork rinds.

Figures.

Look.
I get it, okay?

The first time that
I had a calling,

I wanted to pretend that
it wasn't happening, too.

But you can't just
run away from this.

I'm not.
I just sort of walking away.

To go where?
Your family?

I told you.
I don't have any family.

What about Chloe?

My sister?
Yeah, she was family.

She was the best version
of family.

And she's dead.

How did you...

This was still hanging
at the bait shop.

Guy there really likes to talk.

Oh, I remember.

Look, Zeke, I'm sorry, okay?

I know how hard that
kind of loss can be.

No, you don't know.

After Chloe died,

my family was ripped apart
from the inside out,

and this whole area is
a constant reminder of that.

So what I'd really like to do
right now

is to leave this place
and to go find the nearest bar.

Look, I'm sorry, Zeke.

I need you to show me
where the cave is.

I can't explain why exactly,

but I know that we need
to do it together.

I'm trusting you.
I'm asking for you to trust me.

Fine.
I'll take you to the cave.

But then I need to get the hell
off this mountain, okay?

Okay.

Oh, and, uh, by the way, I lied.

And that's all it recorded

before they ruined the camera.

We got the brick
and the paint can.

Hopefully we can get
the prints off them.

Hope so, 'cause we can't I.D.
them from the footage.

They knew what they were doing.

Yeah, they had a getaway plan.

I mean, I lost them
pretty quickly.

Kids are coping all right,
I think.

And we'll post a car outside,

make sure these punks
don't come back.

Thank you.
I mean, who would do this?

Do you think it could be those crazy
people who stand around, holding up signs,

like that woman who came up
to Cal on the street?

No, they think
we're practically deities.

They're trying to,
I don't know, worship us.

I just don't see them throwing
bricks through our window.

But we need to find out who did.

Let us do the police work, okay?

Guys, we'll get them, all right?

How much farther?

We're close now.
It's just ahead.

Here it is.

It's amazing.

I'm not a big fan.

Got a thing for rocks?

I'm sending it to my brother.

Ah. He's got a thing
for rocks?

He's got a thing for puzzles,

and this cave
just so happens to be

part of a really,
really big one.

Come on. Let's see what
the calling wants us to find.

Hey, Ollie.

How you... holding up
with all this?

I'm okay.

You know, it's kinda hard
to believe

that there are people out there
that hate you and Cal.

They don't hate us.
They... hate an idea.

The idea that you came back...

different?

But w-we didn't. We're the exact
same people who left.

I know.
Except for the callings.

Olive, how did you...

Cal told me...
a long time ago.

And here you are, living.

He said it was like trying to
keep a secret from himself.

And he couldn't do it.

The twin thing.

Dad, you could've told me.

You could've trusted me.

No. Honey, this has nothing
to do with trust.

I trust you infinitely.

I was trying to protect you.

Look, I know I don't get
the callings like you and Cal.

But this?

This is happening to all of us.

Okay.

Starting now, it's a wide-open
book between you and me.

No more secrets. Deal?

Deal.

Doesn't look like
a time-space portal, does it?

No, it looks like a cave.

This is where I decided not
to burn your picture.

Oh, thank you.

No, thank you.

Your photo was the one thing
that kept me going.

I'm, uh, not totally sure
what we're supposed to find.

Yeah, me either.

Hey, Zeke, you can't just...

Go back. Go back.

What the hell?
Why again?

I don't know.
Maybe I was wrong.

Maybe it's not about the cave.
I don't know.

The calling said to go back,
but to go back where?

The stars.

We were hearing your voice.

Zeke, what do "stars"
mean to you?

Zeke.

I gave it to Chloe
for her 9th birthday.

She loved it so much.

And after s...

I've worn it ever since.

The calling wasn't
about the cave.

It was about your sister.

You came back here
because of her.

Step 5.

I don't...

Alcoholics Anonymous.

12 steps?

I was stuck at 5...

"Admit to a higher power,
to ourselves,

and to another human being
the exact nature of our wrongs."

Zeke, what did you come here
to admit?

That I killed her.

I didn't mean to.

But I killed my little sister.

Hey.

- Hey.
- Oh.

- Sorry.
- Hi.

Thank you for coming.

Uh, if you couldn't say it
over the phone,

I assume you have news.

He's one of us.

Zeke has the same
eschemic blood marker.

So he wasn't lying.

Whatever happened to us
on that plane

also happened to Zeke
in his cave.

Okay.

Okay, w-we need to look
for any common properties

between the plane
and the cave...

Uh, size, dimensions,
uh, I don't know,

mineral composition,
ley lines, anything.

I've already started
cross-referencing maps of the area

with weather data from 2017.

There was an electrical storm

in the center
of this blizzard, Ben.

It's extremely rare,
but it can happen.

Dark lightning?

I can't prove it, but it tracks.

Zeke said he felt something
like an earthquake.

Maybe that was the terrestrial
equivalent of the turbulence.

This is so huge.

We have an entirely new
data point.

So, we can focus
our research on finding

any similarities between
the two events, maybe more.

Meaning what?

Aftershock theory.

The plane was the earthquake.

This is the aftershock.

Jared got 'em.

Got who?

Uh, some people spray-painted
an "X" on our front door

and then threw a brick
through our window.

Ben, oh, my God.
Is everyone okay?

Yeah, for now. But these people
seem to really hate us.

They don't even think
we're human.

Please be careful.

I worry about you.

Kind of wishing that 8B
was still around.

Ben, the world as we know it,

from a scientific standpoint,
has changed.

I am neck-deep in it.

This is exactly where
I want to be.

This is my happy place.

Just please be careful.

What do you mean you killed her?

I was 15.

I thought I was too old to come
camping with my family.

Chloe wasn't allowed to go
to the ravine,

so I said I would take her.

But then...

then I got a phone call
from some girl I barely knew.

I should've said,
"I'll call you back in an hour,"

but I was stupid...

and selfish.

And I told my little sister,

"Stop bugging me.
I'm on the phone."

Those were the last words
I ever said to her.

Less than an hour later,
they pulled her dead body up.

There's a memorial
in her honor where she died,

but I've never had the guts
to go see it...

let alone tell my parents
what I did.

I destroyed my entire family.

I've never told anyone.

And it is eating me
alive with guilt.

Zeke, you were 15 years old.

No. P-Please, don't...
Don't do that.

Don't try to tell me
it wasn't my fault.

No, it was.
It was your fault.

My best friend was killed
in a car accident.

I was driving,

and I had...

I'd been drinking.

So, yeah, no matter what
the world wants to tell me,

it was my fault.

So, how do you move forward?

Step 5.

I think I might know
what this voice wants.

Maybe I'm supposed to go back
to Chloe's memorial,

to where she died.

Okay.

So, why am I being interrogated
and not these passengers?

Two of them stole
a damn airplane

and were gonna fly into
who knows what

till the military finally
shot it out of the sky.

This guy's prints are
on the paint canister.

He sells 'em,
and he touches all of 'em.

And he says he has an alibi.
We'll look into it.

So you don't think
he's involved?

Oh, he's involved.

Look at this.

A few days ago, he registered
an anti-828 website.

So, what do they do?

They released these passengers,
these imposters,

send them off
like seeds in the wind...

Seeds of hate, destruction,
terrorism.

We need to track down
every one of them

and stop them
before it's too late.

If the government won't do it,
the people will.

900 people on this site.

Can we have it shut down?

It's not the only one, Ben.

Ever since Daly
stole that plane,

the idea that 828 passengers
are terrorists

is starting to spread, and fast.

We're the terrorists?

Nine of us, who were
experimented on like lab rats,

are laying catatonic
in a facility

under false identities
for their own protection.

Kelly Taylor was murdered
for coming back.

Harvey Stein
jumped off a building.

We're not the bad guys here.

We just want to be
left the hell alone.

Hey, Vasquez, got an update
on the armored car homicide.

Give me a sec.

Sorry.
Different case.

Look, Ben.
Why don't you go home?

There's nothing you can do here
right now.

Sounds like there's nothing
anyone can do.

We might have to let him walk
today, but we'll get him.

Just give us some time.

Chloe, I, uh...

I...

No, I can't do this.

Okay. Okay.

Why don't you just tell me
about her instead?

Oh, this is where I talk
about how sweet

and kind and smart
she was, right?

I don't know.
Was she?

No.

I mean, she was smart.

But God, she was bossy.

She used to get this look
on her face,

and I swear we would all
just step aside.

One time at dinner, my parents
were onto me about my grades,

not living up to my potential,

and Chloe summoned
this massive burp.

I mean, like, the mother
of all belches.

Everyone was laughing,
but my mom was like, "Chloe,"

a-and Chloe turned to answer,
but instead let out another one.

And she leaned over to me, and
she said, "You owe me big-time."

And she was right.

I do owe her.

After my parents put this in,
they kept wanting me

to come up here
and build a cairn.

It's a little stone monument.

I used to build 'em with Chloe.

She called them
"fairy towers."

Let's build one.

Yeah?

Okay.

Can't just use any old rock.

We need flat surfaces,

starting with the biggest,
flattest rock we can find.

- Okay.
- And the stacking is precise.

All right.

Well, my plan may not be much,

but the new doorbell kicks ass.

Oh, you're crushing it.

Here. I'll get that.

What's this peacock?

It's for my mythology class.

I think it may be
more than that.

What do you mean?

Okay.

A few weeks ago,
I had a calling...

A vision... of a peacock.

This... This can't be
a coincidence.

Well, what do you want to know?

All this ancient symbolism stuff
is kinda my jam.

Well, I've done some research,

and peacocks are
an early Christian

and Byzantine symbol
for resurrection.

Well, they probably adopted it
from the Greeks and Romans,

who thought peacocks
represented immortality.

They were also messengers
for the goddess Juno.

Messengers.

This is a message.
Tell me more about Juno.

Ben?
Have you seen your phone?

- No. Why?
- Jared just texted.

They let Cody Webber go.

You know who I am?

Yeah, I do.

What the hell
are you doing here?

You came to my home
to deliver a message.

Now I have one for you.

Stay away from my family.

Sure, we'll stay away
on one condition.

You explain to us exactly
why you came back.

- I had no control over this.
- Uh-huh.

I suppose your pilot friend
had no control

over the airplane he stole.

All of you are just
a ticking time bomb.

It's a cute kid.

I wonder if he bleeds.

If you come anywhere near
a member of my family again,

then you will know exactly
what someone

who has already died once...

...is willing to do.

Officers.

Look. Look at what
they're posting.

These are innocent people
they're threatening.

Is that right?

You come into my place
of business,

threaten me,
destroy my property?

And it was all live-streamed.

Hey, love?

You should really stay inside
like we talked about.

How long are they
gonna protect us?

I don't know.
A while?

What's up, Calamander?

Sweetie, talk to me.

What is it?
Are you scared?

What's wrong with me?
Am I a freak?

No.
Of course not.

Cal, you can't listen
to those people.

They don't know you.

I don't know me, either.

I do.

I know you.

But you don't know where I went
or how I came back.

How do you know I'm still me?

Yeah, you're right. There are
a lot of things I don't know.

But I know exactly who you are.

You're the little boy

who spent the first three weeks
of preschool

peeking out from behind my leg.

The kid who once put his hand
into this metal grate

to pull out a Matchbox car

and cut his arm...
right here.

- It was my third...
- Third-best Matchbox car?

I know.
Because I know you.

I would know if you weren't you.

A mom would know.

I can see

right into your heart,

and you're you.

You're my little boy,

my very same little boy.

But now I can do
some weird stuff.

Some pretty awesome stuff.

You want to know what my favorite
awesome thing you can do is?

Make a killer lasagna.

What do you say?
You want to help?

We were monitoring his website.

I had a squad car
posted a block away

just waiting for him to slip up.

But instead...

If you ever come anywhere near
a member of my family again,

you will know exactly
what someone

who has already died once
is willing to do.

Because of
your little performance,

his website's doubled
its traffic in the last hour,

and it's growing by the minute.

Ben, you played
right into their hands.

And you used me to get
his information, didn't you?

Took it right off
my police report.

I'm sorry, Jared,
but you know me.

I'm not gonna just sit back
and wait

for the next bad thing
to happen to my family.

You can't go looking for it,
either.

This is a desk appearance
ticket.

They're letting you walk,
but if this happens again,

I can't help you.

Neither can Michaela.

I think this is exactly
what I needed to do,

and yet I don't feel any better.

Yeah, it's not magic.

It's not gonna change
right away.

But it begins to feel
less heavy.

It's a start.

I don't think there's anyone
else who can understand this,

could understand me.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Go back. Go back.

- Your voice.
- My voice.

We're not done yet, are we?

Last time, we heard your voice.

But this time we heard mine,

so maybe you're supposed
to come back with me.

Go back where?

I don't know. Back home?
Back to the world?

I'm not sure the world
wants me back.

You have no idea how miserable
I made everyone.

They do not want
to see me again.

Zeke, your parents lost
both of their children.

Could you imagine what they
would do to get one of them back?

Maybe.

But just not yet.

I need to do
a little work first.

If this truly is my second
chance, I want to make it count.

I'll go back with you.

But me going back
into the world?

That's for another day.

Okay.

Goodbye, Chlo.

I love you.

Sorry.
I should've knocked.

No, it's fine.

Besides, I saw you on
the new camera you installed.

Thank you.

You don't have to do this.

I do, actually.

'Cause it's the only thing
I can do.

Can't stop people from hating us
for no reason.

I can't tell my son how or why
this is happening to him.

So... the only thing
I can do

is to try to take this ugly mark
off my family's house.

So, please, just...
let me do it.

It's our family.

We're supposed to be a team.

This is your home.

And I need you here.

I need you here.

I love you so much.

It is beautiful up here.

I have an idea.

How 'bout we just stay up here
and forget the world?

I'm starting to like
this place again.

But I'm assuming you have
something to get back to.

I'm not exactly sure.

But, yeah, I should
probably go deal with it.

I just keep wishing that I could
redo my whole re-entry,

but I'm not sure
what I would've done

to change the way
that it turned out.

Maybe that's why I was
supposed to find you...

To help me change mine.

Thanks.

Hey.