Grace’s funeral opens Netflix’s Manifest season four episode two, with the flashback showing Cal standing apart from the group. At this point, no one knows he’s aged, and he can only stand behind the group and sob rather than join his family in their grief.
Fast-forward to current events and Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) and Zeke’s morning chitchat over breakfast concerns the Registry and how often Michaela’s being forced to check-in. Cal (Ty Doran) joins them and looks like he hasn’t slept in days. Michaela assures him they love him and are ready to support him however he needs.
Michaela leaves, and now it’s Saanvi’s turn to join the group. Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) reveals the black box recording includes Capt. Daly crying for help during the turbulence. It’s the same thing that was heard two years ago at Eureka and they have no idea how that’s possible.
Saanvi’s convinced she can get Ben interested in what’s happening, but she’s shocked when she sees him face-to-face in the attic. Ben (Josh Dallas) looks rough and although he’s momentarily interested in the black box, he quickly tunes it out and gets back to his obsessive hunt for Eden. Ben believes the Callings have stolen everything from him and he’s done following them.
Saanvi had no idea how closed-off Ben’s made himself.
Michaela checks in with the Registry and is questioned about a passenger who entered the country illegally via the Port of New York. Michaela claims she was nowhere near the port and doesn’t know anything about an illegal immigrant.
Drea, her ex-partner and friend (and mole on the inside of the Registry), secretly flashes her a note saying to meet at the park bench. She does as instructed and Jared (J.R. Ramirez) shows up with news NYPD is tasked with bringing Henry in. They’re tracking him but Jared’s not sure how they’re doing it. He warns Michaela to take Henry someplace safe – and not to get caught.
Cal tries to convince his dad to get interested now that they’ve got a piece of the plane back. Ben only slightly perks up when Cal reveals it was his Calling that led them to the black box. Ben’s so fixated on Eden’s return that he’s willing to go on Aaron Glover’s 828-Gate podcast to talk about his missing child.
Cal knows that’s not a good idea, but he can’t convince Ben to take a step back and think things through.
Saanvi returns to work, and Henry’s excited Vance (Daryl Edwards) has found him a safe house. Henry shows off a scar on his forearm that resembles a dragon, and explains that his father said the dragon lives inside him and makes him strong. He survived weeks at sea and two years as a lab rat, and that inner dragon helped him through it.
Henry used a breathing technique and came to believe that he and the black box were humming in sync. Inside the humming, he heard voices buried beneath the black box’s hum. He couldn’t make them out, but with Saanvi’s help that might change.
She plays the recording and Henry has her and Vance listen carefully. He hears the “voices on top of voices” again, but neither Vance nor Saanvi hear anything. Saanvi enhances the frequency and Henry notices a different machine that tracks seismic activity fires up and starts responding. Saanvi quickly works to disconnect that machine, worried they’re causing real-world damage.
A short while later Saanvi learns the machine isn’t recording seismic tremors; it’s detecting ultra-low frequency emissions that can’t be heard by the human ear.
Michaela arrives and says they need to take Henry out now, and Vance instructs Michaela to drive Henry to a safe location. Unfortunately, Michaela’s unable to get away from the cops and Henry gives himself up to save Michaela.
As he surrenders, Henry has a Calling of himself and Cal on the plane. Cal’s looking out the window at an active volcano and then turns to Henry who’s reaching out his hand.
Cal experiences the same Calling.
Michaela heads back and asks Vance to use any resource he can to retrieve Henry.
Adrian (Jared Grimes) is the next 828 passenger called into the Registry. He’s in the middle of denying anything interesting has happened to him recently when he has a quick Calling. He manages to play it off as a cold.
Ben asks Zeke (Matt Long) to use his empath skills to see if any of the callers on Aaron’s podcast have real info on Eden.
As the interview gets underway, Zeke calls Michaela to tell her what Ben’s up to. She can’t believe he’s exposing the family right now since the cops are watching them because of Henry. Michaela also confesses it was Jared who told her Henry was about to be scooped up by the NYPD.
Jared is still a touchy subject since Michaela confessed after Grace’s funeral that she still has feelings for him. However, she will always choose Zeke – she loves him that deeply.
Cal arrives with news about the Calling and is adamant that he meets with Henry. He knows Henry was trying to tell him something but not what he was attempting to say.
Cal listens to the radio as Ben begs for help on Aaron’s podcast. Aaron asks about Cal and Ben stumbles through a reply that he’s focusing on his three-year-old daughter. Ben says Cal made a choice to run away while Eden’s an innocent victim.
Michaela assures Cal that Ben’s just trying to protect him.
Vance learns where Henry’s locked up and since they can’t break him out, they’re going to break Cal in.
Angelina (Holly Taylor) and Eden arrive at a new hideout which turns out to be a trap.
Michaela and Cal make it to the Registry and Cal has strict instructions on what to do to see Henry. He’ll have two minutes, tops.
Cal pretends he’s reporting something on an 828er and then quickly makes his way to where Henry’s being examined. Drea gets rid of the person watching Henry and Cal uses his alone time to learn everything he can. Henry believes Cal has everything he needs right now and that his own journey is complete. He’s had numerous Callings about Cal and now has faith Cal can do what’s necessary to complete this journey.
“You’re a dragon, Cal, just like me,” says Henry.
Cal doesn’t understand but Henry assures him he will.
Zeke didn’t get anything off of the callers and suggests Ben has room in his heart for his whole family. Ben doesn’t want to hear it and rushes off when Aaron calls about a woman who reached out with Angelina’s location. Zeke goes with him.
Ben and Zeke follow the lead and it brings them to within a few hundred yards of Anna’s house. Ben knows she has a security camera and Anna seems helpful but claims the camera’s not real. Zeke senses she’s lying and nervous, and Anna finally confesses she hid Angelina for a while. Angelina manipulated her and told her awful things about Ben. Anna confirms Eden is alive, but she doesn’t know where they are now.
Anna shows Ben the room Angelina used and some of Eden’s toys are on the floor. Ben also spots drawings Eden made, including one of a windmill. Zeke’s able to experience Ben’s overwhelming emotions as Ben hugs a piece of clothing Eden left behind.
Adrian’s Calling leads him to Refuge Acres where Angelina and Eden are currently being held captive. He spots a boarded-up window and rips away the wood. Angelina and Eden sneak out the window and escape.
Adrian drives Angelina and Eden away from the building and a short while later he stops the car to have it out with Angelina. She claims he’s the one who told her to get her guardian angel and that’s why she kidnapped Eden. Adrian can’t believe she thought he meant to kill Grace and take Eden, but Angelina’s convinced it was the only way she could get her guardian angel. Angelina’s certain it was the right decision since Eden’s Calling led Adrian to them.
Michaela calls Drea to thank her minutes before Drea gets into bed with Jared. And speaking of romance, Zeke intercepts Michaela on her way home and delivers a kiss and says he has everything he wants. He also believes there’s room in Michaela’s heart for everyone lucky enough to be loved by her – including Jared.
He holds her tight as they look up at the stars.
They return home and Michaela’s ecstatic that Ben’s confirmed Eden’s alive. She even joins him in the attic to work on the new clues.
Cal’s in his room when suddenly Henry’s dragon-shaped scar appears on his forearm.
Saanvi’s alone listening to the black box recording when she does as Henry suggested. She takes a deep breath and mediates, connecting to the recording. She hears a jumble of voices including one that says, “Don’t worry, angel.” The rest of the voices are reciting Callings, and she even hears Ben and Cal say, “It’s all connected.”
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