Manifest

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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Critic Reviews

  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 21, 2018
    80
    Fraught with hints of conspiracy both secular and spiritual (Who messed with the plane? God or the CIA? And whatever the answer, what was the motive?), Manifest bounces around like a pinball machine with bumpers marked "sinister," "heartbreak," and "redemption," and scores high whichever one it touches.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Sep 24, 2018
    75
    Manifest wants to be "This Is Us" with a taste of "Lost." Over the first episode, it manages the feat with considerable skill. A good cast sells the improbable hook by at least making it emotionally probable.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Sep 13, 2018
    70
    Its inquisitiveness and willingness to be bold and fairly uncynical given all the things it’s trying to be is more than welcome.
  5. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Sep 25, 2018
    67
    There are a number of really interesting ideas to be uncovered in Manifest.
  6. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Sep 21, 2018
    67
    Episode One is well-made and poses many more questions than answers. But you know the drill.

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#48 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
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#65 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 62
  3. Negative: 11 out of 62
  1. bhadfield
    Oct 5, 2018
    5
    Hilariously bad. I can't look away and funny is funny so that helps the score. By way of example, the authorities go through the plane inHilariously bad. I can't look away and funny is funny so that helps the score. By way of example, the authorities go through the plane in HASMAT suits but they've already released all the passengers into the general public. The fun continues.… Full Review »
  2. Rjallen1
    Sep 26, 2018
    6
    They could spend some time developing the characters, instead of jumping right to...plane ...and oh its the future. you have a whole seasonThey could spend some time developing the characters, instead of jumping right to...plane ...and oh its the future. you have a whole season and you did that in the first 5 minutes. Give us an hour of whose's who and then have the dramatic event, could have left the last line being, you took off in 2013 and its now 2018... gives us a reason to watch, the second show... to many shows now these days do not give us the opportunity to get to know the character... that's why This is Us, is so popular, it's going on season 3 and we are still learning things about them.… Full Review »
  3. AlaskanLost
    Apr 11, 2019
    3
    The acting is terrible. I had zero emotion because the actors did not have any themselves. In my opinion the majority of each episode is soThe acting is terrible. I had zero emotion because the actors did not have any themselves. In my opinion the majority of each episode is so much filler that it seems to drag on and I found myself reading my phone or playing with the cat and not watching the episode. The drama seemed so forced and I also found myself rolling my eyes a lot saying "stop" to several things I saw. This show could be just beyond amazing. The casting was good just not their acting. I don't know how to explain it. Maybe they don't act well off of each other or something. It was just emotionally flat. I hope there is a season 2 but if the first two episodes are like the first, in respect to the acting and just boring dialog, then I'll check out and stop watching because the series is giving me nothing to grab on to… Full Review »
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