Netflix wants more of Ryan Murphy’s The Watcher and Murphy’s anthology series, Monster. The streaming service renewed both shows for second seasons as DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story moves within striking distance of 1 billion viewing hours.
“Audiences can’t take their eyes off Monster and The Watcher,” stated Bela Bajaria, Head of Global TV, Netflix. “The creative team of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan on Monster along with Eric Newman on The Watcher are masterful storytellers who captivated audiences all over the world. The back-to-back force of these two series is due to Ryan’s distinct original voice, which created cultural sensations, and we are thrilled to continue telling stories in the Monster and Watcher universes.”
The renewal announcement did not include details on either series’ second seasons. Monster will tell the stories of other monstrous figures who have impacted society, but the focus of season two wasn’t disclosed. Likewise, Netflix didn’t confirm if season two of The Watcher will follow the new residents of the Westfield, New Jersey house who were introduced in the season one finale.
DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story split critics (it currently sits at just 62% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) however Netflix subscribers gobbled it up. According to Netflix, DAHMER is the seventh most viewed streaming program in the US in a single week. Plus, it ranked first on Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart for three consecutive weeks.
Evan Peters took on the titular character in season one of Monster. The cast also included Richard Jenkins as Lionel Dahmer, Molly Ringwald as Shari Dahmer, Michael Learned as Catherine Dahmer, and Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland. Guest stars included Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Beach, Colby French, Shaun J. Brown, Mac Brandt, and Grant Harvey.
Season one of The Watcher focused on a family who moved into a gorgeous house only to discover their new home was the target of increasingly frightening letters sent by an anonymous person who called themself “The Watcher.” Bobby Cannavale, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Coolidge, Mia Farrow, and Margo Martindale starred. Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Eric Newman, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Bryan Unkeless, Paris Barclay, Naomi Watts, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, and Scoop Wasserstein executive produced.
CBS’s FBI season five episode seven welcomes back series star Missy Peregrym from maternity leave. Directed by Stephen Surjik from a script by Heather Michaels and Thomas Kelly, episode seven – “Ready or Not” – will air on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT.
Season five stars Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, and Alana De La Garza as Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille. John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola and Katherine Renee Turner is Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.
Recurring season five guest stars include Roshawn Franklin as Agent Hobbs, Taylor Anthony Miller as Kelly Moran, Vedette Lim as Elise Taylor, and James Chen as Ian Lim.
“Ready or Not” Plot: Maggie returns from medical leave in time to help the team investigate two homicides: a law student on track to attend the FBI Academy and a young man with possible gang ties. Also, an inadvertent revelation from Maggie causes OA to worry that she is rushing back into the job too quickly.
Jeff Lima, Robert Lee Hart, Andrea Abello, Roggi Chuquimarca, Briana Aponte, and Tara Anika Nicolas guest star in episode seven.
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI.
Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority. The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. The smart and outspoken Special Agent Tiffany Wallace, who spent six years with the NYPD, is partner to Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent.
These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
Vo helps a friend find a missing family member on CBS’s FBI: International season two episode six. The series has been on a month-long break and will return on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT with an episode titled “Call It Anarchy.”
Season two stars Luke Kleintank as Special Agent Scott Forrester, Heida Reed as Special Agent Jamie Kellett, Carter Redwood as Special Agent Andre Raines, Vinessa Vidotto as Special Agent Cameron Vo, and Eva-Jane Willis as Europol Agent Megan “Smitty” Garretson.
Episode six guest stars include Jade Harlow, Jacob Moscovitz, Andreas Karras, Lawrence J. Hughes, Asher Miles Fallica, and Fanos Xenofós.
“Call It Anarchy” Plot: Vo’s friend from the U.S. Navy calls in a favor to help find her missing nephew in Crete. Meanwhile, Forrester hangs back in Budapest to take care of personal business.
FBI: International Series Description, Courtesy of CBS:
FBI: International is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s International Fly Team. Headquartered in Budapest, they travel throughout Europe with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be, putting their lives on the line to protect the U.S. and its people. The Fly Team’s Special Agent Scott Forrester, their accomplished and dedicated leader, puts his missions ahead of his personal life and is often accompanied by his trusty Schutzhund dog, Tank.
Second in command is Special Agent Jamie Kellett, a heroic and fearless investigator – and her extensive network of informants is a powerful resource. Special Agent Andre Raines shines in the field and makes good use of his accounting background in tracking criminal enterprises’ moving money; and Special Agent Cameron Vo, a competitive West Point grad who excels at interrogation and strategy. Newly embedded with the Fly Team is Megan “Smitty” Garretson, a streetwise Europol agent with an extensive undercover background who liaises with each host country they inhabit.
A difficult rescue temporarily changes things between Bode and Jake on CBS’s Fire Country season one episode six. Directed by Erica Watson from a script by Sara Casey and Manuel Herrera, episode six – “Like Old Times” – will air on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT.
Max Thieriot leads the cast as Bode Donovan. Season one’s regulars include Billy Burke as Vince, Kevin Alejandro as Manny, Diane Farr as Sharon, Stephanie Arcila as Gabriela, Jordan Calloway as Jake, and Jules Latimer as Eve.
Michael Trucco, Lina Lecompte, Jennifer Tong, and Anthony Joseph guest star.
“Like Old Times” Plot: After a hiker falls from a steep cliff, Bode and Jake put aside their differences to make a daring rescue. Also, Sharon reveals devastating news to Bode.
Fire Country stars Max Thieriot as Bode Donovan, a young convict seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates are partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode is assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son until his troubles began.
Five years ago, Bode burned down everything in his life, leaving town with a big secret. Now he’s back, with the rap sheet of a criminal and the audacity to believe in a chance for redemption with Cal Fire.
A crashed helicopter and a fierce storm keep the team busy on season six episode six of ABC’s Station 19. The fall finale – “Everybody Says Don’t” – will air on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT.
Season six stars Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andy Herrera, Jason George as Ben Warren, Boris Kodjoe as Robert Sullivan, Grey Damon as Jack Gibson, and Barrett Doss as Victoria Hughes. Jay Hayden plays Travis Montgomery, Danielle Savre plays Maya Bishop, Stefania Spampinato is Carina DeLuca, and Carlos Miranda stars as Theo Ruiz.
“Everybody Says Don’t” Plot: When a lightning storm crashes a helicopter, the team is drawn away from hosting a fire boot camp for young women, and Natasha calls on Jack to help Vic run the camp instead. As the storm brews outside, things get even more heated inside between Carina and Maya.
Jason George and Jay Hayden in ‘Station 19’ season 6 episode 6 (ABC/James Clark)
Station 19 Description, Courtesy of ABC:
Station 19 follows a group of heroic Seattle firefighters as they put their lives and hearts on the line. The latest series from the executive producers of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder takes us inside the tough, tight-knit and sometimes heartbreaking world of the city’s bravest first responders.
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The official trailer for Paramount+’s Criminal Minds: Evolution reveals the team is on the hunt for not just a single serial killer but a whole group of killers who might be working together. The two-minute trailer dropped three weeks ahead of the Criminal Minds revival’s Thanksgiving Day premiere.
The 10-episode season stars returning Criminal Minds cast members Joe Mantegna as David Rossi, A.J. Cook as Jennifer JJ Jareau, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis, Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss. The season will also feature Zach Gilford in a season-long guest starring arc as Elias Voit.
Criminal Minds‘ Erica Messer writes, executive produces, and serves as showrunner. Writers Breen Frazier and Chris Barbour executive produce as well as Mark Gordon and director Glenn Kershaw.
The season will kick off with the premiere of two episodes on Thursday, November 24, 2022 on Paramount+. The first episode will also screen on CBS on Nov. 24th at 10pm ET/PT.
New episodes will arrive on Paramount+ on Thursdays through December 15th. After taking a break for the winter holidays, the series will return on January 12, 2023.
Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez and Joe Mantegna as David Rossi in ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ season 16 (Photo Credit: Michael Yarish /Paramount+)
The Plot, Courtesy of Paramount+:
In Criminal Minds: Evolution, the FBI’s elite team of criminal profilers come up against their greatest threat yet, an UnSub who has used the pandemic to build a network of other serial killers. As the world opens back up and the network goes operational, the team must hunt them down, one murder at a time.
Criminal Minds: Evolution will continue and expand the beloved franchise for streaming audiences, blending serialized elements into the series’ format. This season continues CBS’ Criminal Minds series, which ran from 2005-2020 and followed the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, the best of the best who profiled the worst of the worst.
The first half of the final season of Netflix’s Manifest concludes with season four episode 10, “Inversion Illusion.” The episode opens with the disclosure that it was Angelina who knocked out Eagan and stole the omega sapphire.
Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) sees the ash fall as she wakes in bed next to Zeke (Matt Long), and she confesses she’s overwhelmed when she thinks about the fate of the entire world – not just the 828ers – rests in their hands. Zeke says they’ll do whatever they have to do.
Cal’s condition has dramatically deteriorated, and everyone makes a point of filling him in on what’s happening. Cal (Ty Doran) knows what’s going on, and he reminds them they all have to keep trying. He thinks it’s possible the sapphire can save him, so they need to just keep fighting.
Over at the Bird’s Nest, Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) is still determined to try and figure out a way to save Cal. Saving the rest of the world has to wait.
Drea shows the Registry’s newest employee, Jared (J.R. Ramirez), to his desk. He doesn’t have time to settle in when he receives a text saying Eagan’s awake at the hospital.
Before Michaela takes off to join Jared at the hospital, she thanks Zeke for setting up family photos near Cal’s bed. One of her and Evie brings tears to her eyes; she continues to blame herself for Evie’s death.
Ben (Josh Dallas) is hard at work trying to find the omega sapphire when he hears Grace. She appears behind him in the attic, and he cries when she says she misses him. He claims to be broken without her and begs to know what to do to help Cal.
“I’ll tell you, but you need to bring Eden to me,” says Grace. She fades away as Ben tries to figure out what just happened.
Zeke watches over Cal as he sleeps, and Ben tells him about his Calling with Grace. They both assume Ben needs to bring Eden to Grace’s grave. Maybe that’s why Eden said she wanted to see her mommy this morning.
Zeke will continue to watch Cal and he’ll alert Ben if his condition changes.
Eagan tells Jared and Michaela that Angelina stole the sapphire. He has no idea where she is.
Michaela sees a pamphlet in Eagan’s backpack, and it brings up a memory of one like it with bloody fingerprints. He stole it from Noelle and Michaela has a Calling of a faceless angel figure reaching a skeletal hand toward her and shattering like glass inches from her face.
The first page of the pamphlet can be interpreted to be about Angelina and her guardian angel, Eden.
Zeke’s determined to make Cal’s day special and when he finally wakes up, Zeke’s got a video of Jeter’s last game playing. He’s also prepared baseball stadium treats and has foam fingers and baseball caps for them both. Cal can’t eat and Zeke explains the food’s to throw at the TV, not to consume.
Ben and Eden stand in front of Grace’s grave and Ben prays for her to show up. Grace asks him to let Eden return to Angelina because Eden loves her. Suddenly Ben realizes Grace isn’t there and that Angelina’s using this to distract him while she grabs Eden.
Angelina pulls out a gun and Ben proposes a different solution: let Eden choose who she wants to stay with. Eden’s torn between the adults but ultimately goes with her daddy.
Ben grabs her and makes a run for it as Angelina shoots. She misses, and Ben’s about to get into his car when Angelina picks up the omega sapphire and screams. Every single 828er is briefly overcome with intense pain.
Ben returns home and holds a family meeting, revealing Angelina was able to send him a fake Calling featuring Grace. If they can’t find her, then the Lifeboat is sunk.
Michaela thinks that maybe the figure that shattered like glass was a clue to Angelina’s whereabouts. Olive reveals she helped Angelina with this same Calling years ago when Angelina thought an angel was chasing her.
Olive knows where Angelina is, and Cal begs Ben to go with Michaela to recover the sapphire. Zeke once again pulls babysitting duty.
TJ (Garrett Wareing) arrives with the ancient papyrus, and they compare it to the photo from the masonic temple basement. Olive points out the papyrus doesn’t have a hole where the sapphire was hidden, and that sapphire is probably the key to saving humanity.
TJ thinks it’s possible the papyrus was created with a special ink that faded away over time. They need an infrared filter to see if there’s something their naked eyes aren’t picking up.
Back at the Bird’s Nest, Saanvi informs Vance that Angelina has the ability to create a false Calling. No one will be able to tell if a Calling is real now until they get the omega sapphire back.
Zeke’s continuing to try and fulfill Cal’s bucket list and has found a link to a virtual tour of the Louvre. Cal’s not up for it and instead suggests Monopoly. (They used to play the game years ago and it brings up fond memories.)
Zeke offers to take away Cal’s fear and help him feel better, but Cal won’t let him. He knows how using his powers affects Zeke.
Night’s fallen by the time Ben and Michaela make it to Angelina’s old school. Stained glass windows glow and when they enter, the place is full of lava and flames. Angelina’s standing in front of a window featuring the faceless angel figure that Michaela saw in her Calling. Angelina now believes the figure wasn’t telling her to find the angel; it was telling her she is the angel.
Michaela holds Angelina at gunpoint and tells her it’s over. Angelina’s impressed with her own powers and believes she’s an angel above punishment. She insists she’s an archangel sent to wreak vengeance on the evil.
Ben contradicts her and says she’s just a sad, lonely person waiting for justice like the rest of them. Angelina quotes scripture and insists no one has suffered more than her. Michaela becomes enraged and is about to shoot her when Angelina forces her to see Evie. Evie’s blaming Michaela for her death as Ben tries to convince his sister no one’s there and this is all Angelina’s doing.
Evie forces Michaela to drop the gun in the lava while nearby innocent students and teachers are huddled in fear.
While this is happening, Saanvi notices Cal’s scar sample is glowing in the refrigerator. Saanvi says she’s seen this before and thinks it’s sapphire.
Olive and TJ take a photo with an infrared filter and print the picture. Now they can see the sapphire surrounded by dots on the papyrus. TJ places a glass over the photo and highlights each dot. They place the glass over the original papyrus and connect the dots. What emerges is Draco, the dragon constellation.
The tail of the dragon touches Maat’s scale.
Cal’s awake and thinks his scar is moving and even Zeke can see it’s true. The scar lights up as Cal realizes he is the dragon, just like Henry said.
Cal and Angelina are pulled into a Calling where they’re the only ones on Flight 828. Angelina can’t believe he pulled her into a Calling and Cal demands she stop what she’s doing. She’s able to break free of his control by squeezing the sapphire and causing Cal pain.
Ben and Michaela realize Angelina’s in a Calling and work on freeing the trapped people by setting a pew across the lava.
Angelina and Cal continue to battle it out in the Calling, and Angelina plays dirty by making Grace appear. Grace tells her son to let go so they can be together and Cal slowly walks toward his mom. She holds his face as he explains there’s more for him to do – he can’t go with her.
Grace strokes his head and tells him to rest. Cal sinks to his knees and says he’s ready as she tells him to let go.
In the real world, it appears that Cal is close to death.
The Registry issues a new order that says all 828ers will be taken into custody immediately. (That’s in response to all the 828ers experiencing pain at the same time.)
Cal rises to his feet in the Calling, remembering that his mother never once told him to stop fighting. This isn’t his mom.
He walks through Grace and shows no fear as he grabs ahold of Angelina’s hand that’s holding the sapphire.
In the real world, the sapphire explodes in Angelina’s hand.
The glow in Cal’s petri dish fades as the Registry arrives to shut down the Bird’s Nest. Saanvi and Vance try and destroy everything before they’re taken into custody.
Cal’s weak and barely holding on when he wakes. He asks Zeke to call everyone because it is time.
Zeke heads to the attic and hears Olive and TJ trying to figure out what to do next. There’s a sapphire inside of a dragon hovering over Maat’s scales but why? Olive thinks if a dragon gets touched by a sapphire it could tip the scales and everyone can survive. Olive knows Cal’s the dragon and he can save all of them.
But someone needs to save Cal.
Zeke remembers all of the times he and Cal shared special moments, and that he promised Cal he’d always be with him.
Michaela and Ben get everybody out of the school, and then Ben goes back in to stop Angelina.
Inside, she’s busy collecting the scattered shards of the sapphire and Ben orders her to stop. She won’t and instead warns him Cal’s home dying right now while he’s here with her.
Ben thinks she’s lying but leaps away from her over the lava anyway. Seconds later, the angel without a face stained glass falls on Angelina, shattering and knocking her out.
Zeke sits on Cal’s bed and with tears in his eyes, he takes Cal’s hand in his own. He calls Michaela as he holds Cal’s hand and tells her they were always meant to be together. He won’t be there when she gets home and knows he was given a second chance at life because of her. He recalls feeling her in every cell of his body the first time they touched.
“You’re my breath and my blood and my soul,” says Zeke, adding, “You let me know what it means to be truly alive.”
He believes she allowed him to have a second chance to make up for the pain he caused.
As he talks, it’s apparent he’s absorbing Cal’s cancer. Michaela asks him to wait but he can’t or else Cal will die.
Ben exits the building with the news Angelina’s gone.
Meanwhile, Gupta is revealed as the mole who told the Registry where the Bird’s Nest is located and what they’re working on.
Angelina emerges from the rubble and tries to pick up a piece of sapphire. She reaches into the lava and her arm’s on fire. However, the piece of sapphire has embedded itself in her palm.
The 828ers are forced into a tiny cage in the Registry.
Michaela and Ben rush home and Cal is asleep but fine. Zeke’s slumped on the floor by Cal’s bed, and Michaela begs him to stay with her. He tells her it’s okay and he’ll see her again under the stars.
Zeke dies as she pulls him into her chest.
Cal wakes just as Zeke dies.
Angelina walks slowly away from the school reciting a prayer and opening up rivers of lava that spread out from the school.
Ben accompanies Cal to see Alex and the doctor delivers devastating news as Netflix’s Manifest season four episode nine opens. Cal’s body isn’t responding to treatment and there’s nothing left for them to try to combat the disease.
Ben (Josh Dallas) refuses to give up even though Alex thinks Cal has days rather than months or even weeks left to live. Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) agrees Alex did everything she could, and at this point, the goal is to keep Cal as comfortable as possible.
“You should let the family know because you’re going to need each other,” says Saanvi.
Cal (Ty Doran) wants to keep it quiet for now and let Michaela and Zeke have the celebration they deserve without everyone thinking he’s going to die.
Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) and Zeke (Matt Long) are cooking when Jared arrives conflicted about the Registry job. Michaela believes Jared should take the job, and Zeke invites him to stay to help celebrate their third anniversary.
That evening they have a lovely celebration with the family, plus Saanvi and Jared. Cal’s looking like death warmed over, but he tries to keep up appearances and even asks for a little champagne. Ben toasts his sister (his rock) and Zeke (Mick’s rock and sometimes Olive’s rock) and Cal cuts him off, saying they both rock. Ben cheers them for showing them how to live for today and how to love.
Saanvi and Jared offer their own toasts to the happy couple, and Jared even says the best man won. Michaela and Zeke toast Cal for bringing them together as a couple.
Suddenly, the 828ers experience a Calling in which they’re on the plane during extreme turbulence. When it ends, the 828ers realize Olive (Luna Blaise), Jared, and Zeke were also on the plane in the Calling.
Saanvi describes it as feeling foreboding and Michaela believes they’re running out of time.
Saanvi and Michaela also saw the stowaway, Thomas, at the back of the plane.
Party over, they decide it’s time to examine the passenger boards for clues. Cal gets dizzy when he stands and Ben stays with him while Olive, Michaela, and Saanvi examine the boards. They believe Thomas is living off the grid after his boyfriend, Leo, went missing.
The compass starts spinning and then stops, and they assume it’s leading them to Thomas.
Cal refuses pain meds because he wants to work on the Calling. He recalls a seat light coming on at the end of the Calling and Ben discovers that was Marko’s seat. Cal believes he needs to see Marko right now, but Ben refuses to let him leave. Instead, Jared and Zeke come up with a plan to bring Marko to the house.
Eagan acts like he’s volunteering at the shelter but is actually trying to figure out the omega sapphire’s location. He and Kenroy are working in the kitchen, and Eagan figures out the guy’s name isn’t Kenroy when he fails to respond to his name.
Kenroy follows Eagan into a restricted area, certain he’s up to no good. Which he is. Kenroy finds him looking for whatever’s hidden in “this creepy maze.” Eagan’s able to convince Kenroy that God’s been telling him to go through this particular door. He suggests Kenroy help him and Kenroy reluctantly agrees.
Olive and TJ (Garrett Wareing) go over everything they know about the omega sapphire and Olive recalls seeing a reference in an old diary. It said something about a man from the Omega Order protecting a mystical sapphire but she doesn’t know what happened after that.
The sapphire is supposed to be incredibly powerful, and she believes that if they find it, they might be able to save Cal.
Meanwhile, Michaela and Saanvi follow the compass and it leads them back to the boiler room where they hid Thomas. A wall breaks down and Eagan and Kenroy walk through the opening, shocked to see Michaela and Saanvi.
Kenroy moves shelves away from a wall and exposes the name Leo inside of a heart on the wall. He demands to know who wrote it and Saanvi says Thomas did. Thomas wrote it because he was searching for the love of his life. It turns out Kenroy is Leo!
Leo had no idea Thomas was looking for him after 828 returned.
The compass points at the heart and Eagan breaks the wall and exposes another wall made of bricks behind it. Eagan explains 828er Logan was his cellmate and told him about the compass. It turns out Logan’s relative was a freemason and built the Masonic Temple of the Omega Order.
There’s an image of a heart behind the Leo heart, and Eagan’s positive this all leads to the omega sapphire. The group pitch in to tear down more of the wall and more images are exposed. Michaela facetimes Olive and TJ, and Olive and TJ recognize the images on the wall as the ones on the tarot deck.
The images have corresponding numbers and the group in the basement begins matching numbered tiles to each engraved piece.
Jared and Zeke manage to convince an attendant to let them take Marko out for a few hours. When Marko arrives at the Stone house, his breathing slows and he seems calm. His hand moves and Cal figures out he wants a pen and paper.
Marko draws lines and once Eden, Olive, and TJ join the group in the living room Marko deliberately drops the pen. Zeke can tell he wants something, and Cal suggests he needs a different color crayon. Marko accepts the red crayon and begins drawing again.
Now it’s obvious he’s drawing an erupting volcano. Olive recognizes it and grabs the world card from the tarot deck. Simultaneously, the group in the basement realize they’re missing the world card on the wall.
Ben believes this is why they were all in the same calling. “Your journeys go hand-in-hand,” says Olive.
Ben calls Michaela and after a brief discussion, Olive points out the only thing different on Marko’s drawing is his has fire. Michaela has an idea and pries open a grate under the images on the wall. They start a fire in the grate and suddenly every image on the wall lights up, with lava seeping through the bricks. The bricks then fall down exposing an etching of an Egyptian woman. There’s an opening in her chest and Eagan sticks his hand end and grabs the omega sapphire.
After he removes it, he confesses he was supposed to have found this years ago. His first Calling was leading him to this, but he didn’t understand. Michaela and Saanvi realize a previous Calling was leading them to the sapphire, too.
There’s a rumbling and the room starts falling apart. The rubble traps Leo and Eagan escapes with the sapphire while Michaela and Saanvi help Leo out.
They’re attempting to figure out a way to escape when Thomas shows up and runs to Leo. They cry as they embrace and reconfirm their love. Thomas reveals he was brought there by a Calling.
Before they leave, Saanvi sends a photo of the woman etched on the wall to Olive.
Michaela calls Ben with the news they found and then lost the omega sapphire. Jared pledges to help them any way he can, and he volunteers to take Marko back since Zeke’s leg is hurting a little.
Before he leaves, Eden runs up to Marko and sets the volcano snow globe on his lap. It’s Cal’s but Cal also thinks Marko’s supposed to have it.
Olive and TJ look at the photo and recognize the goddess Maat from TJ’s papyrus. Olive’s worried she’s losing everyone she loves, and TJ suggests they ask the tarot cards. Olive pulls out the death card, and TJ makes light of it – reminding her it’s about spiritual transformation.
Cal asks for his morphine and Ben helps him with it. Zeke experiences what Cal’s experiencing but shakes it off and leaves the room.
A short while later, Olive begs her brother to tell her the truth and he admits he’s dying. Olive sobs and pleads for it not to be true.
Alex fixes up Leo’s leg and Saanvi has a moment alone with her, and thanks her for everything she’s done for all of them. They hold hands a minute longer than necessary and only pull apart when Saanvi has a calling.
Marko’s being wheeled back to his room when the volcano in the snow globe erupts, shatters the glass, and then disappears. Ashes fall.
Eagan returns to his motel room to pack and when he picks up the sapphire, he also has a Calling of the ashes falling.
Back at the Stone house, the family’s gathered in support of Cal when they also see ashes and then are back on board the plane. This time Alex and Leo are onboard too as at the back of the plane flames appear along with lava.
“Dad, it’s not just us!” says Cal.
The lava spreads down the aisle as Ben says, “That’s why they’re here. Noah’s Ark…the apocalyptic Callings….”
“The death date isn’t just for the passengers. It’s for everyone!” adds Cal.
Eagan appears on the plane, holding the omega sapphire which is sending out beams of white light. They beg for him to hand over the sapphire and he tries to but disappears as Michaela reaches out her hand.
Ben sees the erupting volcano outside the plane’s window.
The episode ends with Eagan sprawled on the floor, head bloody. Someone stole the omega sapphire!
Cal’s able to tell Michaela that Violet helped Angelina with baby stuff before the cops arrive to take him in as Netflix’s Manifest season four episode eight begins. Ben’s concerned the cops will figure out Gabriel is Cal five years older and they’ll use him as a lab rat. He warns Cal not to say anything as he’s taken away.
Jared (J.R. Ramirez) stays behind to protect Olive (Luna Blaise) and Eden since the Stones are on Noelle’s radar after helping her daughter. They think Adrian is also on Noelle’s hit list since he definitely helped Angelina, and he’s just used his credit card to check into a motel.
Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) and Zeke (Matt Long) head off to the motel as Ben (Josh Dallas) shows up at the 828 Registry angry that they’ve arrested Gabriel without any evidence. He’s told by Captain Fahey, the new commander of the Registry, that Gabriel and Violet had an aggressive exchange…which is weird since the last thing they did was kiss. Anyway, they’ll run his prints and DNA and let him go if he didn’t do anything wrong.
Eagan has a Calling and sees what looks like a deserted warehouse. He hears Adrian calling out for help inside.
Adrian left behind all of his stuff, including his wallet, at the motel. There’s a cloth with chloroform on it by the bed, so Jared and Michaela correctly assume Noelle’s already grabbed him. Eagan’s only staying two doors away, and they inform him Adrian’s been taken by Angelina’s mom. Eagan panics since he also sort of helped Angelina. Plus, he stopped by Noelle’s house, so she knows his face.
Eagan demands to come with them and describes his Calling. He’s sure he can help them find Adrian if they let him stay at their home.
Back at the Registry, Drea’s able to get into the system and delete Cal’s fingerprints. She’s also able to discover info on Noelle’s family’s business and gives Jared the address to the family’s headquarters.
Noelle takes Angelina (Holly Taylor) to the empty warehouse where she already has Adrian tied to a chair. She wants her daughter to watch Adrian get cleansed from the world – like the others. Angelina finally figures out that her mom’s holding her prisoner and that she killed the passengers. She also realizes it’s all the people who helped her which is bad news for Adrian.
“She wants me to watch you die,” says Angelina.
Drea whispers to Ben that she’s worried about the lab tech taking Cal’s DNA sample. She won’t be able to delete it, like she did the fingerprints. Cal has to leave before the tech gets there.
Dr. Gupta arrives at the Bird’s Nest and confesses she feels guilty about the Major’s experiments. Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) wants to avoid the Major’s mistakes and Aria reveals that she copied the Major’s files. She hands over the flash drive and the files it contains show that the Major used sapphire during her experiments on 828ers to generate Callings.
Saanvi realizes the Major was using a higher grade of sapphire. Gupta also reveals the more pain the 828ers experienced, the clearer the Callings.
Saanvi calls Olive and explains they need a better grade of sapphire. Olive says Eagan’s there and Saanvi believes he’d be the perfect subject of an experiment to regenerate or enhance a Calling since he just experienced one about Adrian.
Eagan doesn’t exactly volunteer so much as he’s volunteered to become Saanvi’s guinea pig.
Michaela and Jared are allowed to look around Noelle’s headquarters by a disgruntled ex-employee. It’s filled with boxes and files; too bad Michaela doesn’t get a Calling leading her to the right file!
Cal continues to be interrogated and he describes his date with Violet, including the kiss which was the greatest feeling he’s ever had. And then two hours later, he learned she was murdered. He regrets not walking her home and thinks he might have been able to protect her.
Ben’s in the Registry waiting area when the microwave plays a tune he recognizes. It’s the same melody he and Radd heard during a previous Calling, and Ben hustles over to see him. Radd also heard the music which turns out to be the song he wrote for his son. However, this time he and Ben heard a slightly different melody. Ben heard the opening and Radd heard a different portion of the song. Neither heard the bridge that Radd wrote in honor of Ben.
Radd plays the bridge and they still can’t figure it out. Radd plays it slower, and Ben counts 10 notes which correspond to 10 numbers. The answer is a New York phone number. Ben calls it and it’s Dr. Alex Bates’ office.
He asks if Gabriel/Cal is a patient and pleads with her to tell him what’s going on. Cal’s in trouble and Alex admits his cancer’s returned. Radd quickly suggests if he has cancer, the Registry doesn’t have the resources to care for him. They’ll have to release him to Alex. Ben hopes Alex gets to the Registry before they take Cal’s DNA.
A short while later Alex, Radd, and Ben convince the Registry to release Cal just as the needle’s poised to take a DNA sample. Ben hugs him tight and apologizes for how he’s treated him. Cal says they’ll make it through whatever happens together.
Over at the Stone place, Olive is taking a deep dive into the different grades of sapphire. She believes they need an omega sapphire to tap into the Callings. Zeke’s with her and he looks horrible. He finally confesses he fell off the wagon and hasn’t told Michaela. Olive assures him she and Michaela believe in him.
Eagan makes it to the Bird’s Nest and Gupta and Saanvi hook him up to the machine. Saanvi’s going to copy the Major’s experiment but promises not to push it as far as the Major did. Eagan focuses on his recent Calling and Saanvi monitors the machines.
Suddenly Eagan appears to have a seizure and his vitals spike. There’s a flash and a faint glow in his memory center. When Eagan is disconnected, he claims he didn’t see anything.
Saanvi refuses to push it any further. As much as they all dislike Eagan, they’re not going to torture him.
Olive finds a lead to the last remaining omega sapphire. She calls Saanvi with the news and Saanvi realizes it was in the last fragment of Noah’s Ark which she threw into the fissure. Saanvi destroyed the only thing that would let her generate a Calling.
Saanvi confesses to Eagan they lost their shot at figuring out Callings because of the omega sapphire. Eagan realizes he knows its actual location but doesn’t share the information.
Jared and Michaela discover in Noelle’s paperwork the most likely location where Adrian’s being held.
And speaking of that secret location, Angelina’s able to free herself from her restraints but refuses to free Adrian. Noelle returns and prays for Adrian and Adrian tosses prayers back at her. She doesn’t care and is set on killing him, even as Vance, Jared, and Michaela enter the building.
Fortunately, they manage to revive Adrian (she tried to drown him) and take Noelle into custody.
Unfortunately, Drea says Noelle’s not the killer. She was caught on camera elsewhere when Violet died.
Zeke reads Eden a bedtime story and after he leaves her room, he’s overcome with rage. Michaela calls him just as Zeke realizes the killer’s nearby.
Olive checks the doors and sees the cop car is still parked out front. She lets the officer in and, of course, the man isn’t an actual cop. He’s the killer and he’s also Noelle’s husband/Angelina’s dad, Kenneth.
Zeke fights him over the gun as Olive races upstairs to protect Eden. Zeke’s shot in the leg as Kenneth heads upstairs for the “demon child.” Olive hits him in the head and then pushes him out the second-story window.
Zeke’s wound is easily patched up and now it’s Olive’s turn to feel a little guilt over killing someone.
Jared delivers Noelle to the Registry and the captain requests Jared transfer to the Registry. Jared looks conflicted about the possibility of returning to detective while being attached to an organization he despises.
Zeke confesses he fell off the wagon and Michaela reacts by hugging and kissing him.
Ben stands at the end of Cal’s bed and looks at his ill son. He climbs into bed with him and holds him close.
Olive leaves another message for TJ saying she’s had a rough day and would love to hear his voice. He texts her in response from a cab…right outside her front door! He’s been searching for an omega sapphire in Egypt and now thinks it’s in New York.
TJ (welcome back, Garret Wareing) asks Olive to go on a sapphire hunt and also for permission to kiss her. Permission granted.
Eagan shows up at a shelter to volunteer, led by a Calling that indicated the omega sapphire was there. That makes sense given the shelter’s inside the Masonic Temple of the Omega Order.
Neither Zeke nor Cal are in great shape as Netflix’s Manifest season four episode seven begins. Cal’s laid out on a couch on the Stones’ porch while Zeke (Matt Long) watches over him. When Cal (Ty Doran) finally wakes up, Zeke insists that Cal should be checked out by a doctor. Cal returns the “you’re looking horrible” assessment by noting Zeke has alcohol on his breath.
Cal refuses to let his family know there’s something wrong. He doesn’t want to stress them out. However, he agrees to see a doctor who he doesn’t consider part of the family.
The Registry’s buzzing when Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) shows up and Drea confirms Anna Ross was murdered. Ted’s not a suspect and Michaela wonders why there’s not a cop at every 828er’s door.
Over at the Bird’s Nest, Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) has been burning the midnight oil. She’s also latched onto sapphire being integral to figuring out what happened on Flight 828.
Cal and Zeke visit Dr. Alex Bates (Saanvi’s ex-girlfriend), and Cal learns she suspects his cancer’s back. Alex suggests he focus on living his life and anything that’ll take his mind off his condition.
Ben (Josh Dallas) is hanging out with his dad and Eden at home, still trying to reconnect with his daughter, when Michaela calls with the news Anna Ross was murdered. She warns him that he and Cal should be extra cautious, just as Cal arrives home. Cal’s upset his dad wants him to stay home since no one knows who he is anyway. Ben insists he needs to stay hidden.
Ben and his dad notice Eden’s written letters and figure out she’s having a Calling. Ben’s dad tells him to help his daughter out by following the Calling.
Jared (J.R. Ramirez) and Michaela return to Sam’s place to search for clues. His young neighbor informs them that a lady and her daughter were staying with Sam, and she offered to babysit but the anti-828ers scared them away. She identifies a photo of Eden as the child staying with Sam.
Michaela calls Drea to tell her Anna and Sam both took in Angelina. She’s the connection. Michaela also comes up with a new possible suspect, an anti-828er who calls himself XOUT828. The anonymous person wants to wipe out 828ers and mark them with blood. The two victims had Xs in blood on their palms, so that lines up. Plus, Michaela had a Calling of an X written in blood.
Jared learns XOUT828’s name is Greg Turner and they stake him out.
Back at the Bird’s Nest, Saanvi takes apart the expensive laser to get to its sapphire. She believes sapphire can give her an all-access pass to unlimited Callings.
Cal texts someone, smiles at the reply, and gets dressed up to go out. He’s going to disobey his dad and follow the doctor’s orders.
Ben follows the clues in Eden’s drawing and visits the Assisted Living Neuroscience Institute. It matches Eden’s drawing with ALNI and the sun. He makes up an excuse to look around the place and winds up in a room full of 828ers in wheelchairs. They’re just sitting in their chairs, unable to move or communicate.
Saanvi joins Ben and Ben explains he’s there responding to Eden’s Calling. A staff member orders them out of the room, but Saanvi and Ben don’t give up. The employee tells them no one cares but him about these patients, and he finally gives in when Ben can identify them all as 828ers.
Ben spots Marko and has a flashback of Marko in pain while the Major experimented on him. Ben realizes Eden’s Calling meant he was supposed to help everyone, not just himself. He holds Marko’s hand and apologizes and tears stream down Marko’s face. The care facility employee’s incredulous and lets Saanvi have five minutes with their charts.
When Saanvi opens their charts, their brain scans light up, sending beams of bright light straight up into the air.
Jared and Michaela show up uninvited at Angelina’s mom’s place and she’s pissed they think their badges allow them to look around the place. Police have already gone through everything there and Noelle claims she tried to protect the world from her daughter. She also claims she hasn’t seen her daughter in years.
Autopsies confirm Angelina was too small to have been the killer.
Cal meets up with Violet, one of the 828ers he saved at the compound. They have instant chemistry and spend the day getting to know each other. They hit a karaoke bar (both are hysterically horrible singers!) and Cal’s even comfortable enough to admit he’s really Cal Stone and his sister’s Eden.
Violet has her own confession. She helped Angelina a year ago and now regrets not telling anyone Angelina’s location.
Cal and Violet kiss a couple of times and then it’s time to call it a night. They really hit it off and Cal’s incredibly happy for one of the few times since Flight 828 was lost in the divine consciousness.
Zeke picks up Cal’s meds from Alex but almost immediately hands them back. He’s only been sober for 18 hours and doesn’t trust himself with powerful opioids. He has an epiphany and sits down. He finally acknowledges he has neglected to focus on his own pain. He cries as he confesses that he hasn’t told Michaela he relapsed, and he and Alex agree he shouldn’t keep this a secret.
Cal makes it home and although he’s still coughing up blood, he’s in a good mood. The only hitch is Violet doesn’t return his text.
Jared and Michaela continue their stake out and follow Greg to a passenger’s house. They grab him before he can do anything, but he doesn’t have a knife on him. As they’re talking, Drea texts Michaela that another passenger was just stabbed. Greg isn’t the murderer.
Saanvi and Ben return to the Bird’s Nest and try and figure out what the Calling wanted them to do. Saanvi believes the beam of light looked like an antenna pointing toward the glow. Maybe they’re still connected to the divine consciousness, thanks to the experiments the Major did on them.
Saanvi wants to replicate that without hurting any of them. If she can do that, if she can create a link to the divine consciousness, they may survive their Death Date.
Zeke attends an AA meeting and declares he’s one day sober.
When Ben returns home, Eden’s all smiles and runs and grabs her dad’s hand. She even takes his nametag and sticks it on one of her toys before calling him daddy for the very first time. Ben cries but then pulls himself together and takes a seat next to his daughter.
Michaela’s the next to arrive and she’s happy to see Ben and Eden together at last.
Saanvi and Vance go over everything and Saanvi’s confused how the Major tapped into the God frequency. Nothing in the Major’s reports mentions sapphire. Vance suggests she ask Aria Gupta since she conducted the intake exams.
Alex calls Zeke to confirm his cancer has returned.
Michaela figures out her Calling wasn’t of a bleeding X, it was of a bleeding cross. She now believes Angelina’s mom is the murderer.
Jared arrives looking for Cal. He was the last person to see the latest victim – Violet – alive and the police suspect he’s the murderer. Of course, the police don’t know he’s Cal Stone but they have a photo of him walking away from Violet. They’re coming to take in Gabriel and Cal needs to escape right now before they arrest him.
Cal becomes emotional upon learning Violet was murdered.
