Pilot (Manifest)
"Pilot" is the pilot and first episode of the American television series Manifest, first aired on NBC on September 24, 2018. It involves a flight from Jamaica to New York City which experiences a brief period of severe turbulence, but lands safely to find that five years have passed while the plane was in the air. The episode was written by series creator Jeff Rake, and directed by David Frankel. It was initially seen by 10.40 million viewers. Plot Michaela Stone, a NYPD officer, waits for a plane back to New York from Jamaica after a family vacation with her parents, her brother Ben, Ben's wife Grace, and Ben's twin children Olive and Cal. Their flight is overbooked, so some passengers are offered money to wait for another flight. Michaela, Ben, and Cal choose to take the later flight, Montego Air Flight 828. After their plane experiences a brief period of severe turbulence, it is forced to land. When they disembark, the passengers and crew learn that five and a half years have passed since their flight left Jamaica, with all on board presumed missing or dead. Thirty-six hours later, all on board are let go by the FBI. Michaela