Manifest (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 16 - Episode #1.16 - full transcript

Previously on Manifest...

Ben just moved out.
The couch is free,

so you can crash here for a bit.

Michaela, I know guys like Zeke.

I can practically smell
the junkie on this guy.

That is such a leap, Jay.
You don't know that.

- You've been busy. This is awesome.
- That petrograph...

It's a drawing of
the constellation Gemini.

From mythology,
like the peacock.

Danny...
You don't need to say anything.

When you're ready...



Next week, next month,
next year...

Just say the word.

I don't think your
drawings cause the future.

I think they predict it.

So, I'm not making things happen.

I just know about them first.

Until we're sure the boy
is our Holy Grail,

we sit tight.

- Alice...
- You're going to save him.

Heads up, everybody.
Here it comes.

- They're gonna die!
- It's a calling.

Griffin's blood work.

He's got the same blood marker.

Just like Zeke.



So, if I'm saying that a bomb's
gonna go off...

if I'm the only one
who knows where...

Do you know where, Griffin?

...then I'm the only one
who can save the day.

Looks like I got myself
a get-out-of-jail-free card.

♪ Smile ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whaa-ah ♪

♪ Smile for me, smile for me ♪
♪ Ooh, Lord ♪

♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ Yes, I, ah ♪

♪ Smile for me, smile for me ♪

♪ Ooh, I met a girl
this morning ♪

- All right, drink up.
- That looks great.

♪ She was love
at first sight ♪

We should pack it up, people.

Airport shuttle in two hours.

Mnh.

Mnh.

A few more minutes.

Okay, I got some water.

What if we didn't?

Pack it up.

What if we just stayed
forever on this beach?

Cal would not object.

Wait, wait, wait.

It's almost like
he forgot he was sick.

Even slipped my mind
once or twice.

You're gonna burn.

Um, hi.
Grown woman here, thank you.

You may be all grown up,

but you will never be too old
to need your mother.

Thank you.
Appreciate it.

Auntie Mick!

We're done.
Wanna be the destroyer?

No.
No way, buddy.

I can't destroy perfection.

- Hey.
- Thank you so much.

- Thank you. Thank you.
- Picture? Picture?

All right,
look, look, look, look, look!

- Cheese!
- Look, look, look.

Coming up,
the five-day forecast.

But first,
more of our continuing coverage

on today's top story.

Authorities and civic leaders
expressed shock and relief

in the wake of a deadly act
of terrorism averted

last night in Times Square.

The unlikely hero...

James Griffin,

the robbery-homicide suspect,

whose mystifying survival

after plunging deep
into icy-cold water

had been found...

Come and eat something,
please, baby.

No. I'm...
I'm not hungry.

What about you, honey?
You didn't even serve yourself.

- Can I get you...
- No. Thanks. Just...

Truth is, I've been feeling
sick to my stomach all morning.

We failed Michaela, and now,
a murderer is being released.

- It's...
- Terrifying.

The danger is amping up.

What do you think he's gonna do?

I don't know.

Wolves, peacocks...
It... it... feels like

some kind of answer
has to be in these symbols.

It's right in front of us.

Cal?

What are you doing?!

Cal, sweetie...

What's the matter?

Hey.

Come on, buddy.
We made a deal, right?

You've gotta tell us
what's going on.

I can't.

Cal, please.

Whatever it is,
we will figure it out together.

I can only tell Zeke.

♪ Reverse ♪
♪ Whoop ♪

♪ Let me see how you work ♪

♪ You boys smokin' dirt ♪
♪ On gelato ♪

♪ We smokin' Larry Bird ♪

♪ Saint Laurent straightjacket,
go berserk ♪

♪ Turn around,
and throw it in reverse

♪ Db11, it's a 'vert ♪

♪ Skrrt, skrrt ♪
♪ It goes "skrrt" ♪

♪ Keep her panty droppin',
ridin' shotgun like she Kurt ♪

♪ Weavin' through the traffic
with my ratchet in the purse ♪

♪ In a Saint Laurent
straitjacket ♪

You buying or window shopping?

♪ If I crash, I go berserk ♪

♪ Overseas, I need a visa,
breezin' in Ibiza ♪

♪ Tryna see me
when I'm speedin' ♪

♪ You get burnt
like Derek Jeter ♪

♪ And my Nina, she's a diva,
purty like Lupita ♪

Pint of bourbon.

♪ Peter Piper, pick a...
make her peck my millimeter ♪

♪ Yeah! Chilly on the chain,
but the seats is heated ♪

♪ Shawty wanna
race like I been believin' ♪

♪ Spent 3 G's on the sneakers ♪

Change of clothes
from your lawyer.

Let freedom ring.

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Larceny. D.U.I.,

possession a few times over,

even an assault.

How'd you get this?

- I ran his prints.
- How'd you get his prints?

Lifted them off his coffee cup.

Wow.

Come on, Mick.

It's not like you haven't
cut some corners

since you've been back.

Yeah, when it's important,
not as a fishing expedition.

Yeah. Well, I, for one,
I think this is important.

I asked you to back off
of the guy,

and instead, you're breaking
the law yourself

to prove to me
something that I already know.

Has he told you about
all these busts?

- No. Not all...
- I didn't think so.

...but he told me that
he's been in trouble,

that he's struggled with
drugs and alcohol.

No, no, no. Assault.
He hurt someone.

He could hurt you next.

Is that really what you're
worried about? Yeah.

Or are you letting your emotions
get in the way right now?

My emotions got nothing
to do with this.

Do yours?

Is there something going on
between you two?

It is not like that.

Please.
You have to tell me...

Zeke and I are just friends.

Okay?

Okay.

Scarecrow.

I think I'll miss you
most of all.

Yo, Diaz.

You want to skip the gym and
make a few extra bucks instead?

I'm not done with you, Griffin!

I feel you, Detective.

The thing is, I'm done with you.

- Yeah, I don't think so.
- Enough with the judgy looks.

Did you not get the memo?

I'm a hero.

Real heroes act for
the good of others.

The only reason
that you helped us

was because we let you
out of jail,

let you get away with murder.

That's obviously not what
the callings are for.

I know I'm new, but did your
callings come with a rule book?

'Cause mine didn't.

So, yeah, I think I'm gonna
use them however I want.

You didn't get immunity
for life.

You got lucky... once.

Now every cop in the city's
gonna be waiting

for you to cross that line.

I'm up for the challenge.

Don't think about following me.

That'd be harassment...

And fruitless,
given the fact that

I now, apparently,
have superpowers.

Go figure.

Stop him!

Stop him!

Stop him!

Stop him!

"Stop him" has to be about
Griffin, and we just set him free.

He was taunting me,
Like he was excited to see

what his next calling
was gonna be used for.

The guy who killed two armed
guards and stole $75 million.

His next move could be
off the charts.

Yeah, and there's no appealing
to his better nature...

He does not have one.

He's a classic lack of empathy.
He's sociopathic...

In which case,
how far are we willing to go?

Meaning?

If he doesn't have a moral
compass and is homicidal,

what if the only way to stop him
is to stop him permanently?

There's no way.

The callings have always given us
an opportunity to help people.

But the callings have never
met anyone like Griffin.

I almost got killed
because of the callings,

so forgive me if I don't believe

that they're all
sweetness and light.

- I don't know.
- I think Cal might be able to help.

He...
He knows something.

But he said Zeke's
the only person he could tell.

Really?

I was gonna swing by your place
and look for him.

No. I'll go. I have to ask
about something, anyway.

Um, let's circle back.

Hey.

How are you?

The swelling's gone.
I can barely feel it.

I wasn't asking about your face.

Uh, I'm fine.

Saanvi, it's... it's me.

You don't have to hide
what you're going through.

I'm okay.
Really.

You don't have to
worry about me.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Hey.
- Hey.

You okay?

Yeah.
Had a calling.

"Stop him"?

I guess I shouldn't
be surprised. You, too?

And Ben.
And Saanvi.

We think it's Griffin.

He's out of jail.

Ben needs to see you.

We should actually
get you a phone.

Ah. Not really anybody
I need to call.

Yeah, but there will be
when you reconnect.

Your mom?

Yeah, she's not interested.

- Did you go see her?
- Did it right this time.

I... I rang the bell,
like you told me.

She wouldn't let me in.

I shouldn't have told you to...

No. It's not on you.

Some families aren't meant
to be together.

We can fix this.
What if we... Don't.

Sorry.
I'm sorry.

It's just, not everybody
deserves your compassion.

There's things you don't know.

Like the assault charge
on your record?

You ran my sheet?

Jared did.

Of course.

Go ahead, Detective...
Question me.

No. I respect your privacy,
and I don't... No, it's fine.

I'm living in your apartment.
You have the right to know.

I got in a fight.
In a bar.

I didn't like the way
this guy was treating

his supposed girlfriend...

and I was drunk off my ass...

and pow.

Broke his jaw.

The way you're
looking at me right now,

that's why I didn't tell you.

I didn't want things
to change between us.

Hey, nothing has changed
between us.

Everything that happened before,

maybe that's the guy
that you were, but that is...

That is not who you are now.

Okay?

So, you said...
you said Ben was looking for me?

Yeah.

Excuse me.
You're Dr. Saanvi Bahl, right?

Yes.
What can I do for you?

And you're
the treating physician

for a pediatric oncology patient...
Cal Stone?

Yes. Is something wrong with Cal?

I don't know about wrong, exactly.

A little weird, maybe.

I was running some routine labs

on the guy who was in the river...
James Griffin.

A blood marker I've never seen
before popped up,

so I ran it through the archives.

Turns out, your cancer patient has it, too.

Really?

No other
hits in the whole database.

I'm thinking we should run it
by the department heads.

Maybe we have some sort
of a discovery.

We can write an article.

Or you can, and I could,
you know, help.

Uh, I'm sorry.
And you are...?

Oh, my bad.
Uh, Troy Davis.

Oncology lab tech.

Okay. Troy, why don't you
send me those labs?

I'll go over them
before we go any wider.

It might be a false positive.

I thought so, too,
so I ran it twice.

I think it's legit.
- Just send me the labs.

Thank you.

Will do.

Deep breaths.

Good. Keep it up.

We have to stop meeting like this.

Mnh.

My therapist.

Started seeing her a few years
back for anxiety...

Which is why I could see yours
from a mile away.

She's really helped me
get it under control.

No.

No. People already
have concerns about me,

with the plane
and everything else,

and I've worked really hard
to prove that I'm stable.

No, I-I'm not saying you're not.

But you've been through
a traumatic ordeal.

She's very good,
and very discreet.

Just... think about it.

Physician, heal thyself.

Hey, man.
Can I come in?

Heard you wanted to see me?

You got a drawing to show me?

Come on.

Remember what we talked about?

You don't cause the future, Cal.
You just see it.

I know.

But what I see...

How do I stop it
from coming true?

I don't know.

But I can't help you until I see
what we're dealing with.

That's why I'm here.

You saved me.

I owe you one.

We're supposed to
keep each other safe.

Promise you won't tell my dad?

Or Auntie Mick?

I don't know, man.

They can't know.

You have to promise.

All right.
I promise.

How can I tell my dad
we're all gonna die?

- How's Cal?
- He's tired.

- Says he's gonna rest for a bit.
- What did he say?

He's... He's worried something's
gonna happen to you...

To all of you.

Must be about Griffin,
to what we heard... "Stop him."

Stop him from doing what?

I don't know.
Neither does Cal.

I think I do.

James Griffin, the mystery man
who was underwater

for 3 1/2 days,

then back good as new.

He'll be joining us
in the 11:00 hour

to answer our questions,

starting with
why the NYPD has released

the accused killer.

Some sensational details
about his return

and his amazing abilities.

"Amazing abilities"?

He's gonna reveal the callings.

- Why would he do that?
- Fame, fortune.

Once he breaks the news
on national television,

he's bound to make millions.

The Internet's
already blowing up

about his return being
the next 828.

If he tells the world
about his callings,

people will assume
we have them, too.

Yeah. And they'll come for us.

God, Cal...

He'll never be able to lead
a normal life.

We're screwed either way.

The Believers now have proof
of the miracles,

and the Xers have proof
that we're dangerous, so...

Not to mention the government.

We're not gonna let this happen.

So, what's the plan?

We know where he's gonna be.

We go to the TV studio,

find Griffin
before he goes on camera.

- And what?
- And we stop him.

How are you gonna do that?

We have to convince him somehow.

You already talked to him
for hours...

Then, we try again.
...and Griffin still got what he wanted.

I know guys like that.
They don't listen to words.

They only understand
brute force.

It's hard to believe
theveryone's lives ruined? Ntss

- Yours? Cal's?
- No, I agree with Ben.

- We can't cross that line.
- Then what?

What... What if
he doesn't listen?

I don't know.

- What?
- Where are you going?

- I've just got to go.
- Zeke, wait.

What's up with him?

I feel like I'm supposed to
be helping solve this.

But I... I can't figure it out.

It's not your responsibility
to find all the answers.

Yeah, I know.

But ever since Dad came back...

we haven't had something
that's ours...

Until this.

And for the first time,

I feel like we're finally
connected again.

Yeah.

It's been hard for me, too.

We weren't on the plane.

We're not having the callings.

Yeah, you get it.

I do.

I feel the same way.

They're off saving the world,
and all I can do is...

glue a wooden dragon back together.

Which you are crushing,
by the way.

Excuse me. NYPD.

Griffin!

Come to join me?

Adding a few 828 passengers

would certainly
pump up the crowd.

- Hard pass.
- Suit yourself.

Yeah, it seems like that's all
you know how to do, Griffin.

We know more than you.

We've seen what happens when the
callings are abused or ignored.

Am I gonna catch
a case of bad karma?

You know, for a guy who
only thinks about himself,

you are doing a lousy job

of looking out
for your own interests.

You're a free man, Griffin.
Take the win.

Don't reveal the callings
and ruin all of our lives.

Not my life.

I'm about to become
a rich man...

No armored car required.

Oh, you're gonna
need protection.

- From you?
- No.

From people more ruthless
than you can imagine.

The government
will stop at nothing

to find out about the callings.

Well, I guess it's
the government's lucky day.

Stop him!

Stop him!

Stop him!

Griffin!

- Oh!
- Oh!

- Oh!
- Oh!

- Oh, my God!
- No!

- Oh, my God!
- James Griffin!

The Medical Examiner said

Griffin had all the signs of drowning,
but can't be sure without an autopsy.

- It doesn't make sense.
- Any ideas?

None of my own.

But Saanvi has that friend that
works at the M.E.'s office.

Maybe she can get
some inside information.

That sounds like a plan.

Hey, one sec.

Zeke!

Hey, Zeke!

What are you doing here?
- I don't know.

The calling said,
"Stop him."

I knew there was nothing
you could say to convince him.

And I thought... I-I thought,

if it came right down to it,
then I could...

- I thought I was supposed to...
- You're supposed to what?

Never mind.
Doesn't matter.

I mean, I-I didn't see
everything, but I saw enough.

All that water... what...
I mean, what the hell was that?

I don't know.

Zeke, I... I can tell you're
really upset right now.

I'm okay... I think.

I mean, I... I think I just
didn't sleep well last night.

I just think I just need
to get some rest.

Hey, why don't you go back
to the apartment?

You know, shower, nap.

Just chill.

Yeah, yeah.
You're right.

Thanks.

James Griffin just out-spewed
the girl in "The Exorcist."

And?

T-That doesn't seem
peculiar to you?

The man is dead.

When you've been doing this
as long as I have,

peculiar is just a signal
that we have got work to do.

So, what's our play?

The same as it was
an hour ago...

Find out everything we can about
Cal Stone and his abilities.

You finally ready to approach him?

I'm still collecting data.
Shouldn't be long now.

I'm close to having
all the answers I need.

I saw you with Zeke just now.

Yeah.
What was he doing there?

Why are you
so obsessed with him?

I'm not obsessed with Zeke.

I'm worried about you.
You're not seeing straight.

If you're gonna lecture me
on Zeke's past again, I...

It's not his past.

Right now. Today.

Yeah, he's using again.

You followed him?

That's not the point, Mick.
This guy's just like Griffin...

No, he's not!

I keep telling you, Jared,
he's like me, okay?

He needs my help.
And if you wanted to help me,

you'd be helping him, too.

I couldn't care less
about this guy.

All I care about is you.

Look, Mick, I know we're not
in a good place right now,

but I haven't given up on us.

Jared, I haven't given up
on us, either.

But this isn't about us.

Are you sure?

I promise.

I need to be there
for him, okay?

Zeke needs me. I have to
listen to the callings.

The callings...
That's what's blinding you.

This guy's a junkie.

He's not gonna quit using
unless someone stops him.

If you won't, I will.

Hey, Saanvi. I got your text.
What's the emergency?

I need James Griffin's
autopsy report.

You know I can't give you a copy.

A case this high-profile,
we can't afford leaks.

Alex, c'mon.

I carried you through Cell Biology.

That was med school.

Yeah, and failing that class

would've been
the end of med school.

Instead, you got an A.

You owe me.

Can I help you?

Priscilla Landon?

- Yes.
- Um, Detective Stone, NYPD.

I'm here about your son, Zeke.

Uh, whatever he's done,
I can't...

I-I'm sorry, but I just... I can't.

No, he hasn't done anything.

I know he came to see you
yesterday.

- Mm-hmm.
- Why'd you turn him away?

I'm also a friend.

I love my son,

and I will never stop loving him.

But for an entire year, he can't
be bothered to show his face.

And then, he shows up, on drugs,

with excuses and lies, and...

nothing's changed.

I think it's different now.

He went through something...

life-changing.

Yes, yes. I-I heard it.

Um.

About being in a cave,
dying, coming back to life.

A clean slate...

He's an addict.

And addicts will tell you
whatever you want to hear.

I know that it sounds crazy,
but it is true.

I know because it happened
to me, too.

I came back,
and my mom was gone.

Wait.
I-I-I recognize you.

You... You were on, uh,
that flight, uh...

Flight 828.

Like I said, it sounds crazy...

But... But Zeke, he...
He wasn't on the plane...

It's not just about
the airplane...

Not... not anymore.

I sent him away.

I said horrible things to him.

He'll come back.

When he does,
this time, let him in.

You know, I thought coming back

and finding Mom gone
was the worst.

But I... can't imagine coming home

and having the door
slammed in your face.

But, I mean, it's gonna be okay.

I'm fixing it...
Or at least starting to.

Hey. You've got enough
on your plate.

You don't have to
fix things for Zeke.

No, I think I'm supposed to.

I...

On the beach, in Jamaica,
Mom told me,

"You're never too old
to need your mother."

Of course she did.

I can still feel her.

- Mom?
- Yeah.

It's like she's still here,

like she's been watching over me
ever since I got back,

helping me figure this out.

I like that theory.

James Griffin's death,
it's a game-changer.

The autopsy shows unequivocal
evidence of death by drowning.

He drowned on dry land?

Which is, of course, impossible.

What about secondary drowning?

I mean, I've heard stories about
kids being pulled out of pools

- and dying hours later.
- Well, this was days later.

And the video... he appears to
expel more water than body mass.

I don't think science can explain this

any more than it can explain us.

Yeah, well, I've got
an explanation for it...

He abused the callings,
and that's what got him killed.

Wait till the Believers
find out about this.

Yeah, you're right, but...

they're not our only problem.

The blood marker's
been discovered.

In Griffin's blood?

And in Cal's.

Look, there was always a risk
that someone was gonna notice

the anomaly in Cal's labs,
but until Griffin,

no one had a reason to look.

I will do what I can
to bury the findings,

but if I can't, it's not
gonna be much longer, Ben,

before the larger medical community

catches wind of it,
and then they will...

And they'll want to
examine Cal more closely.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'm sorry to dump and run,

but I have an appointment...
with a therapist.

If you're worried about
what I'm gonna say...

No, no, no, of course not.

Nothing's more important than
you getting the help you need.

I'll call you later.

Even after his death,

that son of a bitch
is still a threat to us.

I can't let Cal
become a guinea pig.

Stop him.

Did you not hear that?

No.

The calling again?
"Stop him"?

I don't get it. Why did I
just hear it, and you didn't?

I don't know.
Maybe...

we all were supposed to
stop Griffin, and...

you still have
something left to do.

Zeke.

Jared said that he made a buy.

Ben, what if Zeke
is using again?

What if he's the one
that I'm supposed to stop?

Go. Go.

Mom!
Dad's home!

- Ben...
- J-Just give me one second.

Dad... what is it?

You're... kind of
freaking me out.

No secrets, remember?

According to the police report,

Griffin was underwater
for 82 hours and 8 minutes.

8-2-8.

That's... That's really weird.

Hold on. According to
the Medical Examiner's report,

his death was exactly
82 hours and 8 minutes later.

So, the exact amount of time
he was gone is the same...

...the same exact amount of time...

...he was alive again.

No, that has to be
a coincidence.

- Right?
- Just...

Are you saying
Griffin had some kind of...

expiration date?

What does that mean?

Does that mean that you
could have one, too?

No. No.

No. Griffin was evil.

He was a criminal.

Tell her, Ben.

Dad...

Okay. We were gone for 2,037 days...

Add that to our date of return...

June 2, 2024.

How did you get that so fast?

It's been right in front of us all along.

The peacock goddess Juno...
June.

The petrograph of
the constellation Gemini, twins,

represents the number 2.

June... June 2nd.

H-Honey, those could be representative

of any number of... No, no, no.
I'm not done.

Cal's dragon?

Like you said, a wooden dragon.

It's a craft project.
Art the Dragon...

The year of the wood dragon
in the Chinese zodiac?

2024.

I got the exact same date.

June 2, 2024.

She's right.

No.

No.

I just... I just got you back.

I ca... I can't lose you.

I can't lose you.

We can't tell Cal.

He's spent five years...

waiting to die.

Please, just promise me
you're not gonna tell him.

He can't go through this again.
It's not fair.

It's okay, Ollie.

I know.

I just... didn't know how to tell you.

Hi, Doctor.

Please, come in.

Okay.

Have a seat.

Come on, Zeke, pick up.

- What the hell?
- Where is it?

- Where's what?
- The drugs.

What are you talking about?
I'm clean.

Yeah, sure you are.

Maybe we should just...

go.

Go where?

Back to that beach.

Jamaica?

Just...

be together.

The four of us.

There's something
I have to tell you.

What is it?

Hey.

Come on. It's not like this day
could get any worse.

I'm pregnant.

That is amazing...

beyond amazing.

So, it'll be the five of us,
a new beginning.

How far along are you?

Not very.

Six weeks, maybe.

So, right when the plane came...
back...

Or just before.

It could have been.

- Clean and sober, huh?
- I didn't touch it.

Not one drop of that is gone.

Yeah, no, you went straight
for the hard stuff.

I know you made a buy.

Where is it?
Or did you use already?

You want to blood test me?
Go ahead. Do whatever you want.

That's the last thing
I want to be doing!

I have a job, busted marriage,

and dealing with your crap
is destroying everything!

Then, why the hell are you here?

Because Michaela's the most
important person in my life.

And you... I don't know
what your deal is.

But I want you out of here
before she comes back.

That's what you want!

You ever think Michaela
might think differently,

or is it always Jared knows best?

Here's what I know...

Michaela and I,
we're meant to be together.

Maybe, maybe not.

Who? You? Huh?

A busted junkie?

Back off!

Zeke... put the gun down.

This is what I bought!

To stop Griffin!
To protect Michaela!

Stop him.

Stop him.

Stop him.

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