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Manifest Season 3: Premiere Date, Trailer, and Everything Else We Know So Far

We're only beginning to scratch the surface of Flight 828's disappearance

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Melissa Roxburgh, Manifest

Melissa Roxburgh, Manifest

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Fasten your seatbelts, Manifesters! The Season 3 premiere of Manifest is in sight and believe it or not, we might finally get answers to the burning questions about Flight 828's disappearance. Season 2's shocking finale, in which Zeke (Matt Long) survived his death date following the Calling, raised even more questions about the fate of the passengers aboard that doomed flight. Was it a coincidence, or did he somehow beat death by doing what he was asked to do? It's a mystery that, according to showrunner Jeff Rake, will continue to plague Ben (Josh Dallas) and Michaela Stone (Melissa Roxburgh) as we delve further into the story.

There are plenty of other things to address, like that mysterious plane piece pulled from the ocean, Michaela's complicated love life, and what will happen to Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) after that deadly showdown with the Major. Plus, what will happen with Grace (Athena Karkanis) and Ben's newborn daughter, Eden, who seems to have initiated Grace's Callings? While we wait for answers to those pressing questions, TV Guide has been gathering all the intel available about this enigmatic series. Here's everything we know about Season 3 so far.


Latest News

A new trailer dropped and there's a LOT coming out about Flight 828 in the upcoming season. Ben gets up close and personal with the tail fin of the plane that was fished out of the ocean at the end of Season 2 -- the same tail fin we allegedly saw explode in Season 1. There's a theory that potentially everyone on board actually died on the flight before it reappeared, and some agency has gone through the painstaking work of rebuilding the plane, or a replica. We're not sure who to trust at this point! 


Premiere Date

Manifest will be back in April. NBC set the Season 3 premiere of Manifest for Thursday, April 1. So get out the tinfoil hats, because it is officially theory season.


Casting

An important passenger will be played by The AmericansHolly Taylor. Taylor has signed on to play Angelina, a Flight 828 passenger who has so far "flown under Ben's radar. Her reemergence will play an integral part in the lives of the Stone family," Deadline reports.


Clues and Spoilers

Rake pointed out eight things to look forward to next season. In a Twitter video celebrating 828 Day on Aug. 28, the Manifest boss dropped a series of teases for Season 3, including:

1) Ben and Saanvi doing a deep investigation into that mysterious airplane tail fin found at the end of Season 2
2) A long-lost character will "make a shocking reappearance"
3) Jared's "complicated" relationship with a new love interest
4) The season premiere will introduce a new passenger who will become integral to the series-long arc
5) Season 3 will pick up about three months after the events of the finale
6) We're going to meet someone from Grace's side of the family and  -- spoiler alert -- there will probably be fireworks
7) Michaela and Zeke move into a new place with "an unexpected third party"
8) Not all passengers will be inspired to use the Calling for good 

The death date debate will continue. Zeke's miraculous recovery in the Season 2 finale will jumpstart a new set of theories in Season 3 about the proposed death date and whether Zeke following the Calling is the reason he survived, or if that's just a mere coincidence.

Ben will be a big believer. The events of the finale left him rejuvenated and firmly believing that in order to survive the death date, one must follow the Callings. Per Rake, he'll take it upon himself to spread that hopeful message to his fellow passengers--though not everyone will be on board. Some will choose to defy it and the consequences for doing so will also be explored next season.

The meth heads will return. We last saw the trio falling through the ice with Cal (Jack Messina), but their fates were left in the air. Rake confirmed that not only will they be back in Season 3, but their presence will leave Ben questioning how they relate to the death date. "The reappearance of those characters is going to force Ben to go back in the garage and try to figure out if the fate of these meth heads in any way contradicts, or otherwise informs, his theories about how they survive the death date," Rake said.

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We're going to meet even more new passengers from Flight 828. Kelly Taylor (Julienne Hanzelka Kim) and TJ Morrison (Garrett Wareing) were just the tip of the iceberg. More passengers will emerge next season but not everyone will be friendly. "Michaela and others are going to have very important reasons to communicate with a lot of them," Rake explained. "We're going to discover her friends, but we're also going to discover her enemies and that's going to really ramp up the stakes as we move into Season 3 and beyond."

That missing plane piece will play a huge role next season. Season 2 ended with fishermen pulling a part of what is believed to be Flight 828 from the middle of the ocean, which raises huge questions since we saw it blow up on the tarmac in Season 1As this story catches global attention, questions about how authentic the piece is will invite conspiracies about the passengers and whether they are, in fact, themselves or something else entirely.

Saanvi (Parveen Kaur) faces big trouble. Saanvi will be caught up in a cat and mouse game with police as they investigate the Major's death, which Saanvi played a role in. As she tries to stay one step ahead of the authorities, questions about whether Vance (Daryl Edwards) can or will help her cover up the accidental murder loom. As she continues to follow the Callings, this brings into question whether or not she's compromised her ability to survive the death date given that she essentially took another life.

That Zeke-Michaela-Jared triangle will be even more complicated. Michaela married Zeke believing he would die soon and now that he's still alive, they get another shot at a happy life together. But with Jared (J.R. Ramirez) still around and unwilling to sit on the sidelines any longer, she'll find herself wondering how both men fit into her life and in what ways can she navigate this romantic conundrum moving forward.

Manifest Season 3 premieres Thursday, April 1 at 8/7c on NBC.

Seasons 1 and 2 of Manifest are now streaming on Hulu.

Matt Long and Melissa Roxburgh, Manifest

Matt Long and Melissa Roxburgh, Manifest

Peter Kramer/NBC