Manifest (2018–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - Tailspin - full transcript

Previously on Manifest...

The three guys who kidnapped
Cal, they're alive again.

For 84 days, we just keep
Cal far, far away from them.

I need help.

Troy Davis, Oncology lab tech.

This is a picture of me.

Boy staring at the girl
with the slushy, that's me.

Pete, I need your help
finding Jace and Kory.

Take me back to my cell.

Michaela saved me. I think
I'm supposed to save you.

- Glen's dead.
- We would like you to have the house.



Zeke and I will
take care of her.

I think you know Major
General Kathryn Fitz.

Apparently, she's gone missing.

I think the government
is behind this.

You're going to want to
do something to help me.

Do not. I'll handle it.

- You are hereby reinstated.
- I'm out.

Bob, I know you said nothing
would change your mind,

but what if I show you
something I know will?

Everything okay?

It's happening again.

Lighting up like Christmas.

What do you think?

It sounds insane, but...



I can feel the tailfin...

beckoning me.

I've got to see it again.

Are you calling, or am I?

Nine weeks' radio silence and
suddenly Vance is sending you a car?

Yeah, well, I told
him about my hand.

Sort of.

Are you sure that's a good idea?

Ben, he's officially NSA again.

Yeah, but he's still the guy who
endangered his life to save mine.

So no matter who he
works for, I trust him.

And I trust you.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, honey.

Excited for prom?

Which dress did you settle on?

I'm actually gonna skip it.

What? Are you sure?

I doubt I'm missing much.

I know you bought those
tickets for you and TJ,

but you might regret not going.

It is prom.

I barely see those
people anymore.

Yeah, but that's the
point. One last rager.

Rager?

Not still a thing?

No, nobody says that.

Dad, your badass
carriage awaits.

All right.

Wish me luck.

Have you seen him?

I'm assuming he's all right.

All right, how about this one.

Where exactly are you taking me?

You really think
the tailfin is here?

Just hiding in plain sight?

Unmarked buildings,
inconspicuous heavy security.

Sounds about right.

What, you don't
call, you don't write...

Saanvi, why don't
you head inside?

Mary at the security desk
will take your phone and ID.

All you had to do is sit tight

and trust that I
had things handled.

I couldn't let you rot
in a Cuban prison.

You can't imagine the
things I've answered for.

So thanks for the
favor, but I didn't need it.

Anything you see, anything
you learn is highly classified,

never to be shared
beyond these walls.

Is the tailfin here?

Along with a confluence
of top scientific minds

convened to study
the phenomenon.

This is it?

This is the entire
828 investigation?

Wait, you're part of it again?

I'm in charge of it.

I guess my contacting the NSA
didn't turn out so bad for you after all.

Well, I was about to
negotiate my own release

until you swooped in,

caused a massive
international incident

and almost landed
me in federal prison.

Are we going in?

Or are you two planning
to keep bickering out here?

Welcome to Eureka.

Do you want something else?

There are no raisins.

Oh, uh...

Really, I...

I always have raisins...

with my oatmeal.

Where're the raisins?

Why are you hiding them?

No, hey...

Why don't I cut you up
some fruit? Or something...

Did you eat them?

- Where are the raisins?
- Do you want an omelet?

I can make you an omelet.

I heard something about omelets.

Beverly, I'm Zeke.

Michaela's husband.

I know, you may not
recognize us right now, but...

Michaela went to
school with Evie.

Evie was my best
friend, Beverly.

Glen asked us to be here
with you to keep you company.

Glen asked you?

Yeah.

To...

Here we go.

I used to drive you to practice.

We were always running late.

But you did bring
the best snacks.

And you'd sneak them in the car.

I did not think you knew that.

She just needed a reset.

You, um... you a
mind reader now?

Something strange
happened to me.

You had a calling?

No, it was something else.

I was scared, confused.

I didn't know who we were or
what we were doing in the house.

Are you saying that...

you felt what
Beverly was feeling?

I think I did.

That is next level.

So no phone or credit card
activity after December 28th?

No, this is when I
last spoke with her.

And this is you right
here at 9:37 p.m.?

My mom told me she
was getting off the ferry

and headed home.

But she never made it.

I'm combing through all the
police calls from that night.

Still nothing.

There has to be something,

I know it.

I'm gonna keep looking.

We'll find your mother, Sarah.

Thank you for being so thorough.

I'm really grateful.

Just doing my job.

Listen, if you happen to
remember anything else,

please let me know. Okay?

You know, sometimes when
she's had a hard day at work,

she takes the long way home.

Strolls through some park.

Says it helps her
leave work at the door.

I'm guessing she
didn't say which park.

Looks like I got
some homework to do.

I'll let you know if
I find anything out.

Pete.

Pete.

Are you okay?

You have to tell me.

I'm trying to help
you before it's too late.

You've been so nice.

Coming here all the time.

I don't deserve this.

Of course you do.

Why are you wasting
your time with me?

How many times
do I need to say it?

I choose to be here with you.

I was chosen to be with you.

Whatever you're seeing,
you don't need to be afraid.

The callings saved me
and they can save you.

No.

- I think I'm way past that.
- No. No, you're not.

Look, you drowned in that lake,
but now you're back, breathing air.

But this second chance
has an expiration date.

You have less than one
week until your Death Date.

Even if everything
you're saying is true...

nothing I can do
about it in here.

It's quite a step up
from the clinic backroom.

I miss the lollipops but we
have a few more toys here.

What exactly are
you researching?

We've undertaken a broad
spectrum of projects surrounding 828.

Careful.

Everything from
aeronautic engineering

to meteorology,
neurology, biology.

You're surveilling
private homes?

The inquiry's scope is
necessarily all-encompassing.

Ben Stone, Saanvi Bahl,

meet Dr. Gupta,
Director of Research.

I still think it's a mistake
to bring passengers in here.

Not to mention they
don't have clearance.

You've made your point,
Dr. Gupta, but they're with me.

At the very least, we should be
running full diagnostics on them.

Thank you, Doctor.

So nice to meet you.

She's a very
committed researcher,

but after two years of
doing things a certain way,

new approaches
can be challenging.

What about the Major?
What if she resurfaces?

She won't.

You can't guarantee that.

What happened to not
trusting the government?

I demanded full oversight.

And as you can see, I got it,
thanks to the tailfin discovery.

A discovery we made together.

Exactly. Which is why
I let you come in here.

Speaking of, what's this mystery
development you called me about?

I just...

needed to see the tailfin.

When can I see it up close?

Soon enough.

I need to show
you something first.

- I brought you some new puzzles.
- Thank you, honey.

Thalia makes it look so easy.

She's a trained nurse.

I'm sorry. I didn't
know where to go.

You said if I ever
needed anything...

Of course. Come in.

Pete needs your help.

Did he say something about
Jace? Where he might be?

No. Pete had a calling.

I was there, I saw it.

You said it's important to follow
the callings if we want to survive.

Pete's not like his brother.
He can still be saved.

- He has to work for it.
- And he would.

But how can he follow
the calling if he's in jail?

Maybe we can follow it for him.

And along the way,
maybe get a lead on Jace.

Yeah, but Pete's
gotta want to talk to me.

I'll come with, give Pete living
proof the callings can save him.

Please.

He's almost out of time.

You know, my dad always
said that stubbornness

in the face of an impossible
obstacle is a waste of time.

I'm guessing you didn't listen.

Oh, I'm persistent,
not stubborn.

Seriously, though, why so drilled
down on finding this Fitz woman

if she's such a monster?

Sarah drew the short straw
when it comes to moms,

but she still deserves answers.

All right, we
getting any closer?

I'm trying.

I literally pulled every
911 and nuisance call

between the ferry and
Fitz's apartment that night.

Okay. Domestic dispute,
drunk and disorderly...

Most promising is a noise
complaint in the park nearby.

Sarah said her mom
used to walk through it.

Sanitation truck idles
off-hours in a residential area?

It's kind of weird.

What's even weirder,

not another noise complaint in
that area for the rest of the night.

Affluent areas pull a high
volume of nuisance calls.

Off-hours garbage truck?

I mean, a bunch of entitled
neighbors would've called that in.

Makes you wonder whether
the truck wasn't on the job.

I mean, at the very least, maybe
a cop saw something suspicious.

Guess I'm not the
only persistent one.

No, no, no. Wait,
wait, wait! Pete, please.

Angelina really
wants us to help you.

She cares about you a lot, okay?

You?

Name's Zeke.

You're the one.

The one Angelina told me about.

The one who survived.

Zeke followed a calling and
saved Cal's life and his own.

Why are you telling me all this?

Because you have less than one
week before your Death Date, Pete.

Please tell us about the
calling. Maybe we can help.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Weeks before my Death
Date, frostbite started setting in.

I was dying.

It's started happening
to you, too, hasn't it?

You feel water in your lungs.

Your time is running out,
Pete, but we're here to help you.

How?

Okay...

I was in some dark place
and I ran and got nowhere,

and everywhere I turned,
there was this huge...

clock.

Counting down.

Have you seen it before?

Our high school football field.

Mom would work late so
we would stay after practice

and keep throwing
around till night.

Who's we? You and Jace?

And Kory and a couple others...

till we got booted off the team.

After that, life
sort of went south.

Who kicked you off?

Coach Hannity.

Why? Why would he do that?

'Cause he could.

Tonight's your prom?

Yeah, but I'm not going.

I skipped mine, too.

My parents thought prom
was some high school version

of Sodom and Gomorrah.

I'm really sorry.

What's your excuse?

Well, I was supposed
to go with TJ,

but he's halfway
around the world.

Maybe he wants to make
sure he survives his Death Date

so you guys have
more time together.

A few months apart now in
exchange for happily ever after.

I didn't peg you
for such a romantic.

You really think we can survive?

Zeke did.

And I'm not going to stop trying
until I make sure that my family,

TJ and you do, too.

So that's why I'm spending my prom
day digging into some Egyptian mythology.

Mind if I help?

Sure.

That must be him.

Think this will lead
to finding Jace?

All I know is that while he and
Kory are out there, Cal's in danger.

This is the most Pete's
talked in two months.

- So if we can solve this calling...
- Maybe he turns on his brother.

- Hi.
- Can I help you?

Terry Hannity, I'm
Detective Stone.

Well, what can I do
for you, Detective?

I'm hoping you could recall a
player from a ways back, Pete Baylor.

The Baylor boys.

Darkest moment of my
career. Still haunts me.

How so?

I never had kids of my own.

These boys, they're all I have.

When I found Derek
dead in the locker room...

I'm sorry. Who's
Derek? What happened?

Overdose.

We searched the lockers,
questioned the kids,

come to find out Pete
sold Derek the drugs.

You never suspected anything?

Well, I always knew his
brother and that other kid

- they ran around with were trouble.
- Jace and Kory.

Yeah, exactly.

But Pete denied he was selling
for them. Insisted it was him alone.

Ended up in juvie.

I kicked those other two
off my team. I couldn't risk it.

Four young lives ruined.

Thank you for your
help, Mr. Hannity.

Pretty big omission from Pete.

- You didn't know?
- No. His records as a minor are sealed.

I think the callings want Pete to
reckon with this teammate's death.

You know, come to terms
with his grief, his guilt.

Sounds like the three of us are
a bit more alike than we realized.

The hull of the Montego 828
plane that landed in New York's

been housed here for study
since it blew up on the tarmac,

under the tightest security.

So how does a
piece end up in Cuba?

It's the first question I
asked when I was reinstated,

and then I saw this.

You ready?

It vanished?

That's impossible.

As a colleague of mine told me

the day you landed, I think we've
taken impossible off the table.

So, the tailfin
disappears from here

and our Cuban friends happen
to fish one out of the ocean?

Are you sure it wasn't stolen?

The footage wasn't altered?

I'm certain.

Ben, you were right.

The Cuban tailfin
is the real one.

- I'm glad you finally believe me.
- There's more.

Unlike the rest of the plane, the
corrosion on the recovered tailfin

is consistent with having
spent seven years in saltwater.

The time elapsed since
828's original disappearance.

Wait.

The tailfin disappeared
on the same night

that Zeke survived
his Death Date

and the Meth Heads
drowned in that lake.

But why?

Help me.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Molinaro?

Lieutenant Vasquez.

We spoke about
the noise complaint.

Said you were gonna take
some time to think about it.

Right.

I responded to the
call close to midnight.

Sanitation driver
was still at the park.

Do you have a description?

White guy, six feet,

rugged, 45 to 50.

Said something about a
sick dog putting him behind.

Seemed real sorry and was wrapping
up. Figured I'd cut him a break.

Appreciate your time.

Be grateful if you could
email me your notes.

Will do.

Two coffees, please.

Can't let this be a
total waste of time.

Still something about
the story doesn't sit right.

What was that truck doing in
that neighborhood so late at night?

You're buying.

Thank you.

- The tailfin now?
- On our way.

What's the working theory
on how it teleported itself

and aged seven years?

Everyone under this roof has a
theory, none they can agree on.

It has to do with my calling
of the plane exploding

that things are somehow going
back to how they're supposed to be?

It's crossed my mind.

Why on that date?

Have to do with your friend Zeke
living, those meth dealers dying?

Maybe. They returned, too.

There's another group of returnees
and you didn't think to tell me?

You haven't exactly been
easy to get in touch with.

In any event,

this can't be a coincidence.

What do you think, Saanvi?

- Saanvi?
- Hm?

- You okay?
- Yeah.

Yeah, it's just
a lot to process.

Yeah, well, whatever this means.

That's what we do.

- Excuse me...
- Oh, my God.

Troy? You're...

Alive?

I know.

Sorry I ghosted.

I'm just digesting the fact
that you're not an actual ghost.

I thought something
awful happened to you.

- I was so worried.
- You were?

I mean, honestly, so was
I. One minute I'm in our lab,

next thing I wake up
in an NSA safe house

getting recruited to a
classified research team.

I was dying to tell
you, but I couldn't.

Classified.

What kind of research?

It...

It's in line with your DNA
mutation study, but 828 focused.

They used you to
replicate my work.

It wasn't my idea.

I was literally abducted.

They didn't even want me to know
where I was until I'd been cleared.

I'm glad you're okay.

Glad you're here. I don't
know half of what's going on,

but the things I've
learned so far, it's like...

What if it's like in Cuba?

We've got a top notch
medical team standing by here.

Hey, listen to me.

I don't need a
repeat performance

in full view of a
bunch of people

who would like nothing more than
to poke and prod me like a mutant.

Lightning rarely strikes twice.

Why were you so convinced
you had to touch the tailfin again?

I'm not sure anymore.

Do you remember Derek Hanson?

That's a pretty big detail to leave
out, the death of a former teammate.

Derek's got nothing
to do with this.

Look, no one said that the
callings were gonna be easy.

They often get you to confront
the most painful parts of your past.

I think the calling
is trying to tell you

there's no running
anymore, Pete.

Who are you so scared of?

Who are you protecting?

Is it Jace?

This calling's
giving you a chance

to choose a
different path in life.

Take it and you
might survive, Pete.

I never wanted to deal drugs,

but I had to if I wanted
to stay on the team.

Coach Hannity, he made us.

I idolized him.

You dealt for Hannity?

After Derek died, I wanted out.

But Coach, he...

He beat the hell out of me.

You never ratted on him?

He would have killed me.

He would have killed Jace,

and besides,

who was gonna believe us anyway?

Telling us was the right thing.

What about Jace?
Where is he now?

Guard.

Wait. No. No.

- Pete, please talk to me. Please.
- Guard.

Pete, you have the chance
to save Cal and yourself. Stop.

It happened again, didn't
it? You connected with him.

I was like a scared little kid.

It was so raw.

It was stronger
than with Beverly.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna pay Hannity
a more official visit.

I think the callings want a
drug dealer off the streets.

I've been waiting for you.
You saw that clock, too?

Felt like you had to come here?

Bastard's run out of time.

- He's gotta pay.
- Jace, man.

We need to stop
rolling like that.

Why are you even here, then?

I don't know what happened to
us, but I feel like I'm drowning.

I'm literally puking water.

I keep seeing
things, hearing voices.

You think Coach is
gonna help you this time?

We've gotta make sure he
finally gets what's coming.

Why are we leaving?

All the questions we've
had for two years now,

the best and brightest
are assembled right here

searching for answers.

And staring at us like lab rats.

I'll go see about getting
your IDs and phones back.

Can you meet me up front?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Ben, we can trust Vance.

Yeah, I want to believe
that, Saanvi, but look around.

All this is much
bigger than Vance.

To this place, we're no
different than pieces of the plane.

A mystery to unravel,

no matter what it takes.

See, clearly, we are
supposed to be here.

Maybe we're just
wrong about why.

Must be reacting
to something nearby.

Like what?

There's something
they're not showing us.

Only one way to find out.

Cover for me.

Ben, wait.

Are you sure there was no additional
pickup schedule on Saturday?

All right. Got it.
Appreciate your time.

Nothing?

In a way that nothing
could be something.

I hate riddles.

Sanitation doesn't even
service that area on Saturdays.

So who was there, and why?

What I don't get is...

what does all this have
to do with Kathryn Fitz?

Well, didn't you say she was a
high-ranking Pentagon official?

Be careful you're not stepping
on someone else's turf, Vasquez.

And duty calls. Stay out
of trouble while I'm gone.

Hey, thanks for coming.

I'm not too sure
what's going on here.

Well, football coach pushing
junk seems a little farfetched.

You sure Pete's
telling the truth?

Yeah, it seemed like he really
wanted to fix his past mistake.

NYPD!

I didn't shoot him.

This is Detective Drea Mikami
requesting a bus at 427...

You knew the Baylors were after
me. You left without even a warning.

Sir, I'm gonna need you to calm down
and put your hands behind your head.

- Is there anyone else in the house?
- He took off.

Came here screaming bloody
murder. Total psychopath.

Jace? Where did he go?

Up and ran after he fired.
Some kind of friend you got, Kory.

Is that true? Jace shot you?

I tried to stop him from...

High as a kite if you ask me.
Both of them talking nonsense,

- hearing voices.
- Your clock's run out.

The clock... Is that
why you came here?

Jace saw it, too.

Sir, do you have any drugs
or weapons on the premises?

They broke into my home,

and now you're treating
me like I'm the criminal?

Answer the question.

Check the vent.

This is ridiculous.

Hey! I'm the victim here.

Yeah, we'll see about that.

None of those are
mine. I got no idea...

Yeah, I got an idea. You
have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.

You have the right
to an attorney. If you...

Kory, you know where Jace went?

I'd be happy to rat
him out if I knew.

Olive, look at this.

According to the Egyptians,

souls journeyed through
Osiris' underworld

and faced a series
of challenges.

Sort of like the callings.

Who's Osiris?

Lord of the underworld.

But before the gods gave him
the job, his brother killed him.

Savage.

It gets better.
Osiris' wife, Isis,

she basically moved heaven
and earth to bring him back to life,

and then had his baby.

That's so romantic.

Osiris survived...

even though his brother
was a homicidal maniac.

Like Pete and Jace.

It's my Aunt Mick.

They solved Pete's calling.

What?

It looks like he's already
on his way to save himself.

He will.

I never thought I'd find
a way to save myself,

and then I met all of you.

Do you have plans tonight?

Do I look like I
have plans tonight?

Come on. Let's go.

Gentlemen.

- I thought you two left.
- It's my fault.

The tailfin reappeared
at the bottom of the ocean

because I killed her.

That is a huge leap to make,

- especially when we don't...
- You saw the time stamp.

The fin disappeared
the moment she died.

Saanvi, you're a scientist.

You can't mistake
correlation for causation.

Many impossible things
happened that night.

Zeke wasn't on 828.

Neither were the criminals
who kidnapped Cal. I was.

I was connected to the plane.
I am connected to the plane.

Excuse me. Sir.

Sir, you can't be here.

I need assistance on corridor D.

You feel guilty about
what happened...

This isn't about
my feelings, Vance.

I've come to terms with the fact
that I have ruined my chances

of surviving the Death Date.

But what if there are
further ramifications?

You cannot jump to conclusions when
there's so much we don't understand yet.

Let it go.

I need my team laser-focused.

Team?

These people are flying blind.

We need some fresh eyes.

What about the clinic?

You have more important work to
do here. Don't you want answers?

Director Vance, the tailfin.

Where's Ben?

Sir!

Mr. Stone, stop! Mr. Stone!

I am never flying Montego again.

This is so...

Normal?

Normal that it's weird.

Does that sound crazy?

It's exactly what you need.

And a extra little accessory...

from your dad.

It's beautiful.

Phone, please.

Okay.

Your mom will kill
me if I don't send pics.

All right.

Okay. One more.

What about you? Come
on, let's take a selfie.

No, this wasn't a good idea.

It's your prom,
it's your friends.

You go have fun.

What? No. You're coming with me.

Going to yours won't
bring my prom back.

It's okay.

Go have a blast for me. Okay?

It's a promise.

Hannity will never

ever again use anyone the way
that he used you, Jace and Kory.

Is Kory okay?

Your brother
shot him in the leg.

He lost a lot of blood, and if
we hadn't gotten there in time...

Now what?

That's up to you.

But there are four days
till your Death Date.

I think I know how
you can find Jace.

So, when were you gonna tell us
you had a passenger's corpse on ice?

The truth we're all after...

may well hover above the
edge of traditional science.

Doctor, explain the results
of Ms. Taylor's postmortem.

You're aware Kelly Taylor died
of a gunshot wound to the head.

Of course. A year
and a half ago.

However, any medical examiner
who studied her corpse now

would tell you that her injuries
are consistent with those sustained

in an airplane's
midair explosion.

There's more.

The subject's tissues
recently produced traces

of a tropical algae strain
unique to the Caribbean.

A strain that's a genetic match

with the algae on
the recovered tailfin.

So, the tailfin and her
body are somehow reverting

to being back at the
bottom of the ocean.

But why?

That'll be all, Doctor.

You've scientifically
proven what...

the calling of the exploding
plane was trying to tell me.

That we died on that plane.

We were resurrected.

You're seriously not implying
divine intervention, Ben.

I don't see another
explanation. Do you?

All right, all right. All my
cards are on the table.

Now it's your turn.

Your cards are on the table
only because I found them myself.

I let you in here, didn't I?
After you lied your way in.

I was protecting myself.
Like you taught me.

It's only a matter of time
before those lab coats out there

figure out whose handprint
was glowing on that tailfin.

- They'll want to study you.
- Not an option.

It's time you ask yourself the
same question I faced back in Cuba.

How much are you willing
to sacrifice to get to the truth?

Come now child, the day is long

Hide not yourself from me

Angels sing the final song

Silence will turn to sleep

Take heed

My son

The darkness

Will come

We have a problem.

Vasquez is getting
too close to the truth.