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Attention, Manifesters: We’re about to begin our final descent.

It’s been a long and turbulent journey, but — finally — the last 10 episodes of Manifest will land on Netflix on Friday, June 2.

Need a refresher before diving into the show’s endgame? We don’t blame you — there’s been a lot of mythology, mayhem and general Manifest madness. Whether you’re in deep denial about that tragic loss at the end of  Season 4, Part 1 (we know we are!) or can’t keep track of all the “callings,” we’ve got you covered. There’ll be no need to get your hands on an Omega Sapphire to summon a calling — we’ve all seen how that goes… Here’s a quick recap on everything that’s brought us to this point, and remember: It’s all connected. 

Can we go back to the very beginning? What’s Manifest all about?

The story kicks off on April 7, 2013, when Montego Air Flight 828 leaves Jamaica and heads to New York. In a wild and unprecedented turn of events, the plane — and its passengers — not only doesn’t make it to NYC, but also disappears for five and a half years. The passengers (who only experienced a few minutes of rough turbulence) only realize this when they land and discover it’s now Nov. 4, 2018.

It’s a baffling time for all involved, to say the least. Those on the aircraft haven’t aged a day, but their loved ones have lived for years without them. (Naturally, new relationships have blossomed, family members have passed on, fraternal twins have aged differently –– but are now separated by five years in age. Like we said, confusing times for all.

Because that wasn’t enough to contend with, the passengers have also been experiencing supernatural-like callings since their return. These callings –– which take the form of a voice in their head (often their own) or cause a more physical response –– steer them toward at-risk people or situations that could use their help. 

The group also realizes there’s a bigger purpose driving them: They have a “death date” (June 2, 2024).  In short, there’s a countdown to the end of their lives that started on the day of their return in 2018. Their remaining time equals the amount of time they were missing on the plane.

At the center of it all is the Stone family: Ben (Josh Dallas) and his sister Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh), both of whom were on the plane, along with Ben’s young son Cal (played in Seasons 1–3 by Jack Messina, before Ty Doran takes over the role when the character ages up). Ben’s wife Grace (Athena Karkanis) and their daughter Olive (Luna Blaise) — who’s also Cal’s twin sister — are separated from the family on another flight, and therefore miss out on (direct) exposure to callings. That’s not to say they aren’t involved, though. As the callings persist, Ben and Michaela enlist their family and friends to help solve them.

In Season 3 of the show, another 828 passenger, Angelina (Holly Taylor), becomes entangled with the Stone family and obsessed with Ben and Grace’s infant daughter, Eden. Her misguided devotion leads her to fatally stabbing Grace and kidnapping Eden at the end of Season 3. But that’s not all. In the Season 3 finale, Cal touches the plane’s retrieved-from-the-ocean bed tail fin and vanishes into thin air. 

Wait, does he come back? And how old is Cal in Season 4?

After that teeny tiny vanishing act from existence — a big problem in the real world, but probably not even in the top five “wait, what?!” Manifest moments so far — Cal returns, having aged five years… Yep, you guessed it: the same amount of time he didn’t age when the plane went missing.

So, after a little bit of Manifest magic (and a two-year time jump between Season 3 and 4), Cal’s 20 years old when he returns. (We can’t blame him for skipping those angsty teen years.)  

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Does the Stone family find Eden?

With the entire world convinced Eden must be dead, Ben is basically alone in his quest to find his daughter at the start of Season 4. He lucks out when the occasionally duplicitous Eagan (another 828er played by Ali Lopéz-Sohaili), finds out Angelina’s location: They’re at a compound maintained by one-time religious and fellow passenger leader Adrian (Jared Grimes).

As you’d expect, things are tense at the compound where a lot of personalities are confined. There’s also a bunch of homemade bombs built (for protection, of course) and a lot of suspicious people. 

Ben gets a foreboding calling before he heads to the compound, but it isn’t enough to stop the determined father from pushing on. He gets a little bit knocked out and kidnapped for his efforts. Michaela, her husband Zeke (Matt Long) and her ex Jared (J.R. Ramirez) all set out to find Ben.

However, it’s Cal who really saves the day, when his calling draws him to Angelina, allowing Ben, Eden and the compound’s residents to escape. Cal and Angelina — who are inexplicably intertwined — face off and she vents her frustration by blowing everything up. Somehow, both survive and Eden is back home safe.

OK, sounds good. But WTF is this Omega Sapphire I’ve been hearing about?

Though sapphire has shown up in odd places (Noah’s Ark?!) throughout the series, the pièce de résistance is the Omega Sapphire, a rare, pure version of the stone that is dangerous in the wrong hands. So of course, Angelina is now the one holding the important gem.

One perk of the Omega Sapphire is that its owner can create a calling at will. The 828ers hoped to use it as a tool to possibly beat their anticipated death date. But Angelina, who thrives in chaos and really wants Eden back, uses it to make Ben and Cal see Grace. The calling version of Grace tries to entice Eden to return to Angelina. Kind of a low blow to summon a vision of the woman you killed.

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What’s new with the callings?

The Montego plane is the gift that keeps on giving — in random, unexpected, weird ways. The reappearance of the aircraft’s black box reveals an odd secret: It has a record of all the callings the passengers experienced since their return. Handy.

The 828ers are also working off the theory that the callings might be memories, not premonitions, but that theory’s yet to be confirmed.

What’s going on with the death date?

The passengers have until June 2, 2024, to discover if they can beat their predestined doomsday, basically. But the stakes are higher: Originally, they thought only the passengers on the flight would live or die by that day. Now, they know if they fail, all of humanity is doomed. No pressure, guys.

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Does Zeke actually die?

Turns out, you can only escape death so many times. Zeke, who originally met Michaela after she had a calling of him trapped in a blizzard — and who previously beat his original death date — can’t ward off death when it comes for him a second time in Season 4’s midseason finale.

But on the bright side, he goes out a hero: Cal’s cancer returns and Zeke realizes he can essentially absorb the disease (due to the latter having become an empath after he survived his own death date) and save his nephew. Plus, it seems Cal’s fate is tied to the survival of all of humanity, so Zeke is really taking one for the team and giving Cal and the 828ers a chance to live on.

OK, that’s a lot. But how did Manifest Season 4, Part 1 end?

Distraught, after having failed to win Eden back (via that fake Grace calling), Angelina takes hostages at her old school — because, why not? What she doesn’t realize is that the Omega Sapphire is now producing a whole lot of lava that is rapidly cracking the ground, endangering herself and everyone around her.

Cal and Angelina once again get into a calling battle and the Omega Sapphire breaks. 

A shard of that shattered Omega Sapphire ends up embedded in Angelina’s hand and the season ends with volcanic fissures trailing her. It’s giving villain. 

But there are big problems afoot elsewhere, too. Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) and Vance (Daryl Edwards) are working to try and stop the death date, when their research is seized by the government who have also decided to detain all 828 passengers in a desperate attempt to regain some control over things. 

Wow. So how dangerous is Angelina now?

Very.

Manifest Season 4, Part 2 TrailerIt's all been building to this.

Manifest Season 4, Part 2 takes off June 2.