In season 2 episode 9 we learned that there is a very real possibility that Flight 828 was in some place other than the world it came from. In a Calling, they witnessed from Al-Zuras’ crews’ point of view that they had been spotted flying through the sky during a great storm. Now my first thought was that what Al-Zuras and his crew had seen was only during a Calling and not during the years they were missing. However, the show seems to want us to believe they were actually somewhere else and there are signs that those who’ve gone missing were some place other than they should have been.
Sign #1 - After Flight 828 went missing there was absolutely no sign of them for 5 1/2 years. With technology these days, and the whole world presumably looking for them, there is no reason why if they had indeed crashed they wouldn’t have been found.
Sign #2 - Griffin’s van was searched for for 3 days with no trace then suddenly appeared.
Sign #3 - The meth-heads bodies could not be found in a small lake despite searching every inch of it. Where the hell did they go before popping up out of the blue?
Sign #4 - Arguably Zeke missing from his cave could be a sign as well. If he had been gone for a year then the snow would have melted and the cave would have been visible to other hikers who may have wondered by and taken a peek inside. If so they would definitely have noticed a body, and the smell. So presumably he wasn’t always in the cave. At least not that cave.
Sign #5 - Cal touching the tail fin in season 3 caused him to disappear and then return, aged up a bit, but returned none-the-less. But again where did he go?
Sign #6 - The pilot and Fiona Clarke went missing in season 1. And the pilot, popped up for a brief few seconds before again disappearing. They have to be some place, am I right?
So now, what does this all mean? If indeed they have all gone some place different the thing that sticks out to me most is that despite their having existed in different centuries, Al-Zuras’ ship and Flight 828 were in the same place at the same time. So if that is true, would it mean that anyone who has gone to this place would have been there with the others as well, no matter when they had been there or for how long? That means, Griffin, Zeke and the meth-heads experienced the same storm and existed in the same place as the ship and the plane. If so, that tells us that time from this world has no meaning in this place. And the saying, “It’s all connected” takes on a whole new meaning.
Further, what are the chances that anyone who’s been to this place has interacted with others aside from the ones they went with? It might explain a little why Michaela felt that Jace knew she was supposed to let him go, even if he wasn’t really aware of it. It could even explain why Zeke and Michaela felt drawn to one another before they had even met. How amazing would it be if they had met in this other place?
There are tons of questions this would raise if any of this was true. In a show like Manifest any theory, no matter how wild can be thrown onto the table. It’s one of the reasons I love it so much. Let me know what you think, and what theories you might have about the show.
