In MANIFEST, passengers of turbulent but routine Flight 828 disembark to find the world aged five-and-a-half years and their loved ones had given up hope of ever seeing them again. Faced with the impossible, the passengers' dreams of a second chance at life evaporate as they encounter the imminent danger surrounding them, both tangible and unexplained. The season picks up two years after the brutal murder of Grace. The Stone family is in shambles as a devastated Ben continues to mourn his wife and search for his kidnapped daughter, Eden. Consumed by his grief, Ben has stepped down from his role as co-captain of the lifeboat, leaving Michaela to captain it alone, a near impossible feat with the passengers' every move now being monitored by a government registry. As the Death Date nears, the passengers grow desperate for a path to survival.