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9/10
Draw Your Own Conclusions
pokeracer639 November 2022
I have read lots of negative reviews about this series Those who are saying it's going nowhere may need to pay more attention. Those who are downgrading it because of continuity errors are just being rather pedantic.

For me the episodes have been intriguing, the characters well fleshed out with lots of depth to story arcs. This is not a series for people who want to be spoon fed the answers to the ultimate questions.

What happened to the flight and passengers. Why and how, by who?

This is not a film to be solved in a couple of hours. It's not a soap as many have said either. It's a series that gets you making your own theories.

Do not be dissuaded by the negative reviews, it will keep you thinking and guessing. If you want instant gratification this probably won't be for you.
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8/10
INTRIGUING BUT NOT GREAT
alcantaraj-1659412 January 2022
FOR ENTIRE SEASON 1 (7/10 "Manifest" works better as a network television series and not as a Netflix series. I'd recommend that viewers don't binge watch the show for better experience, like I did. That said, the show is intriguing thanks to its setup and the cast. Sadly, it is far from great due to a "mystery of the week" vibe the first episodes showed, too many characters and lack of characterization from the supporting characters. It is also hard to believe that our lead, Mikhaela, can get away from her work almost all the time to solve the mystery of 828.
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9/10
Great Way to End the Season [9/10]
panagiotis199319 July 2023
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Reaction / Review for Manifest Season 1 Episode 16: Episode 15 was great and I gave it a rating of 8/10. Ben's family is on vacation? When did this happen? Oh it's a flashback, now it makes sense. Is Zeke an alcoholic or something? They all have the ''Stop him'' calling, wondering what this is. Is something going on between Zeke and Michaela? There is let's say tension between them. Wow, Cal predicts that his family is about to die? That's crazy. Wow the scene with Griffin vomiting is crazy. The Major is a therapist, what's going on? Things got trippy. Grace is pregnant? But who is the father? Wow. Zeke vs Jared, let's go! Crazy cliffhanger too. My rating is 9/10.
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10/10
I don't know why all the complaint about not revealing anything.
abortamir18 March 2021
This is a mystery drama, obviously it won't be unfold in one season. I mean have people even watch Lost, drags on every single episode there's too many flashback, extremely annoying and long. This manifest have some flashback but it's very fast paced with mystery. Unlike Lost drag you until season 5 to understand some bits.
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10/10
Gave 10 star because it's underrated
openhouse-4003721 July 2022
The season ends with the cliff hanger and more question which lead to the second season, actually this series is good as it is fast paced and compelling to watch, Also I finished watching many series so I don't have any other good series on Netflix.
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1/10
Continuation errors
rowlanddarren-9658910 September 2019
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From the moment Griffin was introduced they referred to the double homicide he committed numerous times. However they kept saying he killed 2 armed guards when that's not the case in the armored truck heist scene that was shown. Griffin was sitting inside the getaway van while the two other accomplices tased the guards, grabbed the bags and walked towards the getaway van, at which point, griffin opens the doors, and pulls out a gun and shoots the two accomplices, not the two armed guards. You would think that a show like this would catch continuity errors. There are more instances I've noticed, this was just the most outstanding one.
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3/10
Nothing happened.
therealcristalflores30 March 2019
Wow, this has got to be the most uneventful finale I've ever watched. Nothing was revealed, except for new things they just threw together only one episode ago. We still don't know anything about the missing plane.
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4/10
The Bullet
JohnHawk688 March 2019
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Hopefully the bullet will ricochet around the room and get Micheala, Jared and Zeke all at once, then hover around the room waiting for Ben and Grace.

Because the show runners used a generic series checklist to create this show. "We gotta have this." "We gotta have that." I think the show creators probably owe me money.
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5/10
In the End...
audaciousness30 March 2019
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I watched all sixteen episodes. Some were okay, some were pretty terrible. Only about 3 of them were really considered 'great'; but I prevailed, just for the sake of finding out what the big twist at the end would be. The little breadcrumbs of mystery tempted me to want to stay with this sinking ship just long enough to find out what the reveal would be.

You know what the reveal was? Nothing. There was no reveal. In fact, it was the most anticlimactic finale I've ever seen. We're back at square one - we know absolutely nothing about the plane, its mystery or the passengers. There were no answers, and not even much action.

Instead, we got a bizarrely strung together finale based on plot arcs only just introduced one episode before - but everything else? It just got thrown out the window. There was one "we're all going to die" plot twist, but there hadn't been a single clue leading up to it before this episode. I'm fully convinced that Jeff Rake just made this show up as he went along.

At the very least, there could have been a showdown with the Big Bad they called "the Major". After all, they spent half the season building up to it, making the Major an ominous and scary character. Instead, they shelved and forgot about her. But guess what?

We got ONE revelation in the finale...

Grace is pregnant with a baby of the other man. Nothing about the plane or the passengers. No reveals. Instead, we get more family drama.

Nope, that's it. I'm done. I won't be tuning in next season - or ever again.
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1/10
I've never seen a show....
aps-4548115 May 2019
....that literally goes nowhere, ever! It's shocking how poorly the writing is for a show with such great potential. The plot is truly outstanding. What a shame. This was the worst season ender of any show that I have ever followed. This series will be canceled after next year, I have no doubt. People will be jumping off by the thousands. I'll wait until the series final before watching again. I'm positive I'll miss nothing along the way....and I'll be shocked if anything happens in that episode as well 😡 😡
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5/10
Season finales are supposed to answer questions, not open more new questions.
nielsnable17 January 2022
Gosh, I've never been so disappointed and frustrated with a season finale. I know this is a mystery series, and that's the reason why I endured watching the first 15 episodes in the hope that some of the questions raised throughout the season would be ultimately addressed in the final episode. But ta-da! More questions! This show is just all over the place. But I'm still gonna watch season 2 since my partner really likes this show.
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