Manifest Season 4 on Netflix: Who Is Back? Who Isn’t? Whose Fate Is TBD?
Now that NBC’s cancelled Manifest has been officially saved for a fourth — and final — season on Netflix, it’s time to take stock of which actors will be back, and which… won’t.
For starters, it should come as little surprise that Athena Karkanis, whose Grace Stone was fatally stabbed in the Season 3 finale, has exited the series, our sister site Deadline reports.
Similarly, Jack Messina‘s run as Cal Stone has ended, given that the character mysteriously aged up in the season finale and is now played by new series regular Ty Doran (American Crime).
Deadline reports that OG cast members Josh Dallas, Melissa Roxburgh, Parveen Kaur, J.R. Ramirez and Luna Blaise have all inked new (and bigger) deals to continue on for Season 4, as Ben, Michaela, Saanvi, Jared and Olive, while Holly Taylor will be back as Angelina.
Update: Daryl Edwards has been promoted to series regular, as Vance.
But Matt Long‘s status as Zeke is currently TBD, given the pilot he booked — though the hope is that scheduled will align in such a way that he can do both to a degree. (Update: Long maintains he will return for at least “some” of Season 4.)
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It happened to me on my laptop and not on my iPad. I could close that window and get rid of it, though, and I added extra malware blockers. I also stopped using the site on my laptop because of it. If I get it here (iPad) I will just stop using the site altogether, I think.
It just happened to me for the second time. Maybe it isn’t “site-specific,” but it doesn’t occur on any other site I visit. And as much as I enjoy the writing on this site, I’m not sure TV news is worth even a small risk to my computer.
Is this a windows thing? I’m using a Mac and haven’t encountered anything like this.
It happens to me, solely on my iPad. Never had it happen on my desktop.
It is happening on Macs as well
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Made it through 3 episodes on Netflix before I just couldn’t watch any more. Seems like a lot of gnashing of teeth over a run of the mill network TV drama.
thank you.
That means that they will hook up Saanvi with Ben? I always had a feeling about that. And likely Michaela will be back to Jared. What a disappoint.
Michaela and Jared have never had any chemistry
That ‘ship is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Actually, Jared is about as interesting as watching paint dry . . .
“Saanvi with Ben”
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I always thought that was coming too, and now it’ll be a little more “graceful” for them to hook up since his wife is out of the picture
Ben’s wife just died and his daughter has been kidnapped. I seriously doubt he will be “hooking up” with anyone anytime soon. Maybe in season 6? Lol.
You could be right, but we don’t know yet just how much time in the story will elapse between seasons 3 and 4
Ben’s wife’s death has not been confirmed. Plus, she wasn’t dead in her final scene so we have to assume that she will be saved some how.
Well….
https://tvline.com/lists/manifest-renewed-final-season-4-netflix-uncancelled-saved/did-grace-really-die/
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Saanvi gay? I suppose anything is possible.
Yes Saanvi is gay.
Pretty sur she’s bi. I kind of remember Saanvi saying that she was attracted to Ben? Or her psy saying it?
Having just binged the show when it was renewed by Netflix, Saanvi is bi. She discussed having feelings for Ben and her guilt over them with the Major while the Major was posing as her therapist, and of course her ex Alex is a woman.
Yeah, that’s why I think she will ended up with Ben. Season 3 made very clear and also, her male co worker almost opened up his feelings for her.
Yes she had a relationship with woman before but since this is TV, nobody is 100% gay or bi. The word we use today, it’s “sexually fluid”.
I just hope they don’t end the series with some “because God” answer to the mysteries.
I stopped watching Manifest after the first season and don’t understand the obsession with this show. Personally, I wish Netflix had moved to save the much superior Good Girls instead.
I stopped watching earlier S1. I think it was after 1×08. I couldn’t even complete S1. I hated Grace so much. I begged for her to stay with what’s his face and they run off together. 🤣 I just could not do this show.
This is a show where people come back from the dead all the time and they want us believe Grace is really dead for good? I smell a rat. Everyone’s going to act like she isn’t signed to come back to preserve a surprise, but . . .
Any word on why Athena/Grace left the series? Did the producers not like her or did the actress herself want out? I never got the impression the writers knew what to do with her, especially after the failed Danny plot in seasons one and two. It didn’t help that she and Josh Dallas pretty much had zero chemistry together
I actually thought that her death would give her more of a reason to stay on. For example, they could have a small time jump and Ben could start to move on and then she would come back to life at an inopportune moment. It seems on this show that dying would be a great way to reinvigorate a character. I’m surprised she left the show. Unless she will return and they are just keeping it a secret.
I hope they bring Jack Messina back as guest star to show us viewers where he went. Besides, it would be a shame if the actor wasn’t part of the final season.
Ironically, Jack is at an age where he is probably going through a bit of a growth spurt, and given the likely long filming delay between seasons 3 and 4, they almost could have avoided the recasting. He turns 14 this month
Agree!! I really likEd Jack Messina!
That just happened on my pc. Had to get off of the internet and get back on.
Zeke has to be back. Full stop.
Yes definitely!! He’s committed to another show as well, but they’re trying to work it out.
Angelina is staying? Ugh! Not a fan. Hoping Netflix would drop that annoying character.
Agree. I liked the actress on the Americans, where she played a character closer to her real-life age, and she did it with subtlety and nuance. Here she is playing way over head and way over the top with no finesse or realism at all. She is the least skilled and most cartoonish of everyone on the show.
I think that is more the way the character is written than the actress abilities
Love that Manifest will return to wrap up the story so I’m not predicting any outcomes yet. But Matt Long as Zeke needs to come back to wrap up his character in person even if its only for one or two episodes. Can’t wait for the premier date!!!!
We don’t really need Matt l Long to return as Zeke. Michaela should not be with him anyway!
You guys HAVE to get Zeke back! I don’t care what you have to bribe him with! No disrespect to Jared, but I just don’t care for him and Michaela together as a couple. And it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if we had flashbacks of little Cal …. he was too cute the best part of the shows.
WE (the fans) have 20 shows to prove to Netflix they should reconsider adding more seasons than just season 4 to their watch list. It’s been done before and can be done again!!
Cannot Wait!!!!! Love this show
Considering the creative genius behind the storyline of manifest, including cows mysterious aging up, I believe it’s possible for the writers to orchestrate a believable re-entrance of Grace into the storyline. Manifest is all about supernatural and phenomenal occurrences. Surely, a story line involving Grace can be created. Angelina, who stabs Grace, has already been established as a little bit crazy. Why not make the killing of Grace end up only having been a fantasy within the depraved mind of Angelina? Something that seems so real to her? Somehow, incorporate a calling into this scenario to explain or to result in Grace’s life being saved. It’s very upsetting to think one of our favorite characters of the series will not be there to complete it. But I think it’s totally possible, given the supernatural element of the series, to somehow bring Grace back – alive. I really hope so.