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.
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