‘Manifest’ dives into lives of passengers from a flight that vanishes for five years. When they return, chaos ensues. They face strange events and try to fit back into life. Themes of faith, destiny and connection run deep. With a great cast and wild story, ‘Manifest’ keeps everyone guessing, episode after episode. It’s a rollercoaster, for sure!

Meet the characters from Manifest

Michaela Stone

Michaela is this relentless, marble-hard cop who will stare down a crisis like it’s her job (which it is), always first into the mess and last to leave. She’s fiercely moral and protective — think stubborn justice with a bruise — and also weirdly sentimental about old case files, who does that? She acts tough but has soft, private moments that sneak up on you, like humming in the car or keeping a faded photo in her wallet. Impulsive? Absolutely. Also somehow the person you want in a storm even if she’ll argue with you while handing you a life jacket.

Ben Stone

Ben is the nice, exhausted brain of the family — the kind of guy who diagrams theories on napkins at 2 a.m. and still remembers everyone’s birthday. He’s calm, patient, endlessly curious, and quietly stubborn about finding answers; also, he’ll macrame you a metaphor while explaining physics, which is both adorable and alarming. He balances scientific rigor with a dad-level of faith in people, and yes he hoards notebooks (like, alarming stacks). Sometimes he’s distant because his head is full of equations and grief, but he’ll always come back with coffee and a plan.

Grace Stone

Grace is the secretly indestructible heart of the Stone clan — teacher, organizer, emotional referee, and the person who makes everything feel possible with one look. She’s endlessly empathetic, has a ridiculous talent for turning leftover dinners into gourmet-ish comfort food, and can defuse fights with a single, exasperated sigh. She keeps the family whole and also a collection of mismatched mugs (no one knows how many), which says a lot. Stubborn in exactly the right ways, quietly fierce, and always, always thinking of everyone else before herself.

Jared Vasquez

Jared is the heart-on-his-sleeve cop who tries to be the cool buddy-cop but ends up being the emotional support (and the occasional mess) for everyone. Loyal to a fault, funny in a tired way, quick to crack a joke and quicker to throw himself into danger if it helps a friend — classic Jared. He collects old vinyl? Maybe. He’s messy in life but obsessive about loyalty, and his romantic life is its own sitcom/tragicomedy, depending on the episode.

Olive Stone

Olive is the sharp-tongued teen who says everything you’re thinking but louder, and then somehow makes you laugh while making you feel guilty for laughing. She’s messy and brilliant, internet-smart, a little conspiracy-curious (stickers on laptops are not a metaphor), and fiercely protective of her weird little brother. Often anxious and snarky in equal measure—like, she’ll roll her eyes but also plan an elaborate prank to help someone. She hoards stickers and probably has a secret poetry notebook under her mattress.

Cal Stone

Cal is the tiny, extraordinary weather-vacuum of the family — brilliant, intense, and acting much older than he probably should. He’s full of wonder but also terrifyingly perceptive; sometimes it’s like he’s reading pages from a future you didn’t want to open. He loves dinosaurs and collects rocks, and will absolutely correct you on a science fact mid-conversation. Then five minutes later he’s back to asking for a bedtime story and a cookie. Messy genius energy, vulnerable but oddly steady in a crisis.

Saanvi Bahl

Saanvi is the brilliant, driven scientist with the world’s most intriguing moral quandaries hanging over her head — curious, methodical, and stubborn in that very specific lab-scientist way. She obsesses over data and theories but is also quietly human — snack bars in her lab drawer, little sticky notes everywhere, a playlist of sad songs she swears she doesn’t listen to. She can be cold on first impression but has this fierce loyalty to truth and to people she cares about, even when that truth is messy. And yes, she procrastinates by reorganizing pipette tips like some people reorganize bookshelves.