04x04 - Go-Around

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[Olive] Previously on Manifest...

June 2nd, 2024.

- How did you get that so fast?
- It's been right in front of us all along.

[Zeke] I was scared.

Are you saying that you felt
what Beverly was feeling?

I think I did.

I also know what it's like to take
someone's life because I did by accident.

[Drea] Erika Burness. Patrol picked her up

after she held up a g*n store
with her boyfriend, Randall Barr.

[Eagan] Director Vance
covering his ass all over again.

We have no idea
what he's gotten away with.

Help me. Please, Adrian.

[Eden] Mommy, my tummy. I'm hungry.

Mom kicked Angelina out.

You were the only person
who wanted her back in the house.

The Callings have you.
Eden has no one other than me.

[panting]

[thunder rumbles]

[bird screeches]

[thunder rumbling]

[screeches]

[screeches]

Hey, so I just had a Call...

I'm sorry, I can't.
I've got a new lead on Eden.

Great. Where'd you get the lead?

Have you seen my keys?

I don't know. Maybe in the key bowl.

Ben. What's the lead?

Eagan. I didn't forget who he was
or what he's done.

- [Michaela] Ben! What...
- This is real, Mick.

I can feel it.

[sighs in exasperation]

Please be careful.
Eagan is in prison for a reason.

So no matter what he says,
no matter what hope he offers,

please remember who you're talking to.

You need proof, not hope.

What I need is my daughter back.

[Cal] You already have...
you already have the answer.

You're gonna burn a hole in the floor.

Well, Fiona said
I already had the answer to something.

Like what? The airplane?

[Cal] No, I was wrong about that
this whole time.

She said there was more to do.

What does she mean?

I still don't know,
but how about we take five?

You know,
I think I finally mastered Mom's pancakes.

Yeah, maybe later.

Reminds me of his dad.
And his aunt. Tenacious to a fault.

Well, he's overwhelmed.

And he still has that scar.
No one knows what it is.

Dad should be helping him.

Hard to see a loved one suffer.

Especially on an empty stomach. Eat.

Have some OJ. Fresh-squeezed this morning.

Mm, I think I saw you pour the bottle.

- I squeezed the bottle.
- [chuckles]

You know, I really...

I can't imagine what life would be like
without you here.

Hey, team effort.
You've done just as much.

You grew up faster than anyone should.

[poignant music playing]

You should really say that to Cal.

I...

I'm really worried about him.

He may look your age,
but he's still a kid at heart

who needs someone by his side.

If that can't be Ben,
maybe that someone should be you.

[suspenseful music playing]

[police radio chatter]

Hi there. I'm Drea Mikami.
I'm from the 828 Registry.

I'm here to pick up a passenger
by the name of Kyle Boyd.

He decided to miss
all of his mandatory check-ins,

so now there's
an arrest warrant out for him.

You should've passed a sign on the way in.
Says Shinnecock Nation Territory.

Yeah, I saw that.

Means this is sovereign land,

which makes that piece of paper
just a piece of paper.

Look, I respect that, but the Registry's
really serious about this kind of stuff.

And honestly, I'm probably your best bet

because the next cop they send out here
isn't gonna be as chill.

They're a bunch of hard-asses. So let's
make this easy on the both of us, okay?

How about

you get in your car
and drive back down the road?

Don't get easier than that.

Hey. How was it?

Uh, it was... it was fine.

[chuckles]

How was it really?

[inhales deeply]

I went to the cemetery.
And, yeah, I had a Calling.

Thought so. You have that patented
Stone-on-a-mission look.

I'm still trying to figure out what it is.
There was this huge...

[phone ringing]

- Hey.
- [Drea] Hey, girl.

Calling to see how you're doing.

You too? I'm fine.

- You guys, I'm fine.
- Okay.

[Drea] I just know it's a tough day.

How many years?

Since Evie?

Four, for me, at least.
Anyways, how are you doing?

[Drea] Oh, me?

I am fabulous.

I'm just running down
this list of passengers

who haven't gone
to their Registry check-ins.

And now I have this one guy

who hasn't been
to a single check-in at all. Not one.

Good job, Kyle. Now you've got
a full-blown arrest warrant.

And the cherry on top, I can't even get
to him because he's on sovereign land.

[bird screeches]

Let me guess. Shinnecock Nation land?

What? How did you know that?

Hey, you've, uh, helped me
more than you know. Thanks.

You're welcome.

[door buzzes and opens]

[Eagan] Professor.

- A sight for sore eyes.
- [Ben] Where is she?

Easy now.

I know you aren't a professor of physics,

but I'm assuming you're familiar
with the concept of leverage?

Where the hell is my daughter?

Dumbing it down.

If you haven't figured it out yet,

I'm the one with leverage
in this situation.

But we've got a history,
so I'll give you a fair deal.

You get what you want
when you give me what I want.

And what is that?

Benjamin, it's tattooed
across my face in black and blue.

I want out.

You want me to get you out of prison?

[chuckles]

How the hell
do you want me to do that, Eagan?

You're a smart guy. You'll find a way.

Or I'll die in here
and take Eden's location with me.

You don't have a clue. Mick was right.
I should've known better.

- Guard!
- I had a Calling.

I saw her as plain as I see you now.

She was drawing. Kid's got a knack for it.

[scoffs]

Every little girl loves drawing.

Ah, but this girl's not just
a flowers-and-rainbows-type chick.

Has a thing for spiders.

Tell me where she is.

Okay, buddy,
just as soon as you secure my release.

[pounds on table]

[opening theme playing]

You don't look like a hard-ass.

First cop made it sound like
they'd send a Terminator out here next.

Uh, yeah, no, I'm not a cop,

and I'm not here to arrest anyone.

My name is Michaela Stone.

Kyle and I, we were on 828 together.

I really need to talk to him.

[bird screeches]

[tense music playing]

You okay there?

[wind whistling]

[bird screeches]

Okay, look, I know you've got
no reason to trust me,

but I really need you to hear me out.

I can't explain, but I was led here,
and I can tell you that Kyle lives there,

strange as that sounds.

I've heard stranger.

I'll take you to talk to him.

But if he doesn't wanna talk to you,

you're headed back down the road
just like the other lady.

[Olive sighs]

- You busy?
- I thought you had work.

I took the day off.

[Cal] Why?

Uh, I thought you could use
an extra set of ears.

Maybe bounce some ideas around

instead of that ball.

Thanks.

[doorbell rings]

- What are you doing?
- Zeke ordered a pizza.

I'm getting the door.

And how are you gonna do that, Gabriel,

when no one's supposed to see you?
Remember? You don't exist.

Maybe I shouldn't have come back at all.
Then I really wouldn't exist.

Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have.

[sniffles]

[Olive] Okay, walk me through it.

Where are we?

It's what Fiona said.

"You already have the answer."

I feel like it made sense at the time.
But I've been racking my brain,

and I can't solve it. I just suck at this.

Well, lucky for you,

your sister happens
to kick ass at this sort of thing.

You know, maybe you've got it all wrong.

Maybe the answer isn't up there,

but over there.

[Olive grunts]

Let's break it down.
This is how I figured out the Death Date.

I don't think Dad would want us messing...

Dad doesn't look at these boards anymore.
Okay? And he's not even here.

So we're gonna do this our way.

Twin power.

Hey.

Thank you, Ol.

You know, you're right.

You do kick ass.

[Ben] Would you help me?

You can fix this.
He's already served time.

Let me get this straight.

You want me to get a passenger
who was a convicted felon

released from prison in exchange

for information on someone
the government declared dead.

Do I have that right?

Every second I'm here explaining myself
to you is another second lost.

The only thing standing between
me and my daughter is you!

Are you hearing this? He's been here
for almost an hour. I feel terrible.

But Colvin's not gonna budge.

I'm happy to swing by. Talk to him.

No, you're supposed to keep your nose
out of Registry business. Remember?

I'll calm him down.

- Coming over tonight?
- [Drea] Doubt I'll be out of here in time.

I've got a growing list
of delinquent passengers,

a sovereign rights issue,

and now I've got another BS phone call
about a dubious passenger.

This time it's about
a "suspicious purchase of fertilizer."

Fertilizer?

- Who called that in?
- [Drea] Some hater.

A salesman from, um, Yeager Garden Center?

Wait, in Bayside? I'll go talk to the guy.

If anyone at the Registry
gets wind of that...

- Who's gonna tell 'em?
- I don't know. Maybe your partner?

[scoffs] Please. Let me worry about Diaz.

It's a drive-by. This hater wants to feel
like somebody's on it.

Maybe then this guy'll stop telling people

that there's a passenger out there
making bombs.

Perfect. Just send me the deets.

[phone beeps]

[suspenseful music playing]

[wind whistling]

Come on, lady.

Hey, Tela.

Blondie here says the two of you go back.
Says she needs to talk to you.

You have a visitor.

[door buzzes]

[Vance] Well, this is a surprise.

I need a favor.

It's good to see you too.

It's about Eden.

The last time I saw you...
A year ago, is it?

I told you I'd done
everything I could to find Eden.

Afterward, you stopped taking
my calls, my texts, emails.

I've been

preoccupied.

[Vance] Me too.

Trying to protect the passengers.

You used to understand
the importance of that.

Hell, we used to do that together.

Now you show up after all this time,

tell me to stop everything
and help you again.

- This time it's gonna be different.
- Oh...

Eagan knows where she is.

I know. I know it's a big ask.

But Eagan, he holds all the cards.

He's not gonna give up anything
without a guarantee.

All I need is for you to make a few calls.

An immunity deal.
A commutation on his sentence.

- Something, anything...
- Ben!

You overestimate my reach.
Look at where you are.

What I have at my disposal.

Does any of this bear the imprimatur
of a government agency to you?

Saanvi's off on a Hail Mary attempt

to acquire an fMRI machine right now
because we can't even afford one.

Saanvi works here?

[scoffs]

This is Saanvi's?

Two years is a long time, Ben.
People change. Saanvi. You.

Me.

Look, I'm not plugged in
the way I used to be. I'm sorry.

Come on, Vance.
You were with the NSA for years.

You've gotta have
some political capital stored up.

We're talking about the man
who broke into my house,

held my boy hostage.
I'm gonna help the son of a bitch?

[Ben]
I'm not asking you to help Eagan, Vance.

I'm asking you to help me.

Help me find my girl. Reunite my family.

Let me see what I can do.

[sighs]

Thank you.

So, if you saw the fog,

then you must have
also seen the thunderbird?

The what?

The thunderbird that's
on the Shinnecock seal. Is it not?

You tell me. I'm not Shinnecock.
I'm Hopi. My mom's Hopi.

I was raised mostly by my dad.
White dude from Flagstaff.

I mean, it's clear
we're supposed to work together.

I guess the question is, on what?

You see, with the Callings,
it's all connected.

- It's just a matter of how.
- [suspenseful music playing]

What did you say?

It's all connected.
It's something my nephew used to say. Why?

I think I know why
we were brought together.

[Kyle]
My dad didn't like me visiting the res.

So Mom would try and pack so much
into those weekends.

She said Hopi was living our values,

speaking our language,
practicing our ceremonies.

Hopi is all those things.

She always said, "It's all connected."

Where is she now?

[Kyle] She got sick.

Needed a bone marrow transplant,

and all the hospitals in Arizona
said we were too late.

I couldn't accept that,
so I found a specialist in New York.

She's dying.

Dying in some New York hospital.

Alone.

She's got you though, no?

That's the worst part.

I can't even visit.

They'll flag the Registry,
and you'll get arrested.

I think that I have a way
that I can get you in.

I think that's why
the Callings brought us together.

Okay.

But one thing
my mom talked about was balance,

in nature and in the world.

And we were brought together, so maybe
I'm supposed to help you somehow.

Yeah, maybe.

We can figure that part out later.
I'll get back to you soon as I can, okay?

Okay. So the first thing Dad saw
was the peacock,

which is the symbol of resurrection.

He saw it in a Calling.

The peacock is also
the mythological messenger

for the Roman goddess Juno.

That is how we got June.

And then Zeke and Mick saw the petroglyph
with the Gemini twins on it,

which gave us the number two...

...and then you had a calling
to build a wooden dragon.

The year of the wooden dragon is 2024.
June 2nd, 2024.

The Death Date.

And speaking of... Chapter two in our story.

Logan Strickland.

Okay, he gave Aunt Mick this compass.

He thought that it was gonna help
save the passengers.

But on the back of the compass,

a peacock,

which then led me and TJ
to the Al-Zuras journal.

Which then led us to the Silver Dragon.

AKA the airplane.

And we're right back where we started.

We've been looking at everything
for hours, but it's not working.

How is any of this
gonna give me the answer?

Wait.

[scoffs]

This isn't everything.

[echoing] Keep this.

See? If we didn't lay everything
out on the table,

I would've never remembered
this card was in here.

Now we have everything.

Okay, so we were missing a card?

It's not just a card.

It's the Star card.

Okay, it's not just like
any regular five-pointed star.

The compass, the journal, this card.

They all have
the same unique star on them.

You kept this in here
instead of on the board

because it was special to you.

Because of Mom.

Yeah.

But I remembered it for a reason.

We just gotta figure out
what that reason is.

[wind whistling]

[tires squeal]

[Evie] Woo!

I am the director of driving.

No, you are not if you can't even say
"designated driver."

[Evie] Okay. Okay.

No, no, no, stop.

Evie, stop! Evie, stop! Stop! Stop!

[gasps]

[panting]

[horn honking]

What are we doing?

Hey, man, I'm starving.
I heard this place is b*mb.

Better not be some fusion thing.
Don't need some chicken tikka ramen again.

[chuckles]

Yo, grab a spot in line.
I gotta grab something for the apartment.

And, uh, break me off
a couple kimchi grilled cheeses, will you?

Kimchi what?

Excuse me.

You the Lewis
who called the 828 Registry hotline?

That'd be me.

What can you tell me
about the suspicious fertilizer purchase?

Well, I don't wanna be a nosy Pete.

My gut was telling me
this purchase wasn't on the up-and-up.

Why's that?

Well, I found this lady
loading up on fertilizer.

But when I tried to tell her
that the timing was a bit off,

on account of winter
freezing up the ground for months,

she just kept piling up her cart.

She cleaned me out.

Now, this fertilizer,
is it the kind with ammonium nitrate?

Yes, sir. Like I said,

I don't like to be nosy,
so I just rang her up.

But you called it in later.

Yeah. After she left,
one of my coworkers recognized her.

He follows all of that 828,
you know, the website and stuff.

He told me that I had to call it in.
See something, say something?

I'm gonna need all video footage
and receipts of that time, sir.

She paid in cash,
but I'll pull what footage we have.

- Thank you.
- [Lewis] Mm-hmm.

Robert Vance in the flesh.

I should've known Ben would've run
to his government daddy.

All we need to hear out of your mouth
is the location of my daughter.

Manners, Ben. Remember the whole
leverage thing we talked about?

This is a contingent authorization
for suspension of sentence

and immediate release.

If the information you provide
leads to a safe recovery of Eden Stone,

you'll be a free man, Mr. Tehrani.

Looks like we have the leverage now.

Talk.

For the record, I was right that day.

The media, the police, the government,
they're all against us.

You held a g*n
to the head of a 15-year-old boy.

There's nothing right about that.

I thought you agency types
were comfortable with collateral damage.

My son had nightmares for months.

He still can't sleep through the night.
My wife blamed me for what you did.

I no longer have a marriage
because of you.

That is not collateral damage.

That's the complete destruction
of a family. My family.

Vance,

I... I didn't know.

How would you?
You only care about one thing.

I'm glad one of us gets
to put our family back together.

You heard him.

You have a chance
to put your family back together, Ben.

But not if you walk out that door.

Get your stuff.
Let's go to the hospital now.

- What's going on?
- I'll explain in the car. Come on.

I don't understand.

Kyle,

we don't know how long we have
with the ones that we love.

All we have is this present moment.
Trust me.

I know that
because of the mistakes that I've made.

All I can do is stop you
from making your own.

Okay, I'll grab my jacket.

Vance might wanna put away his hankie.

We've all got problems,

but you have an opportunity
to solve yours.

Without my intel, you've got nothing.

Back to yelling into the abyss.

You need this, Ben.

You need me.

Sign it and give me the location.

A deal's a deal.

See you on the outside, professor.

Aah!

You get it?

Yeah.

Then I'll start submitting the paperwork,

but we won't be able to finalize anything

until this information
proves to be credible.

[Vance] Thanks, fellas.

Just so we're clear, you cashed in
all your reserves on this one.

I hope it was worth it.

- Vance...
- No, forget it.

No, no. No.

I became so consumed in my own nightmare,

I couldn't see what you were dealing with.
I'm sorry.

Let's just focus on your daughter.
Where we headed?

Yeah. Yeah, I'll text it to you.

But, Vance,

I want you to know

I'll never forget what you did for me.

Turns out they didn't have
that scooper thing I wanted.

You mean a hand trowel?

Yeah, that's the one.

You think I'm an idiot?

- What?
- You heard me. Do you think I'm an idiot?

Or do you just like feeding me
line after line?

We're partners,

and these little side investigations
you got going on,

they could cost more than just your job.
They could cost my job.

That's not gonna happen, Diaz.

It already happened.
Remember when you were a lieutenant?

I don't wanna get dragged down with you
any further than you are. Understood?

Yeah.

Good. You're just lucky.

That kimchi grilled cheese is banging.

[chuckles]

- Zeke Landon. Here to see a patient.
- Name?

Haskins. Room 712.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Kyle] Mom?

It's all right.

You were right, Mom.

We should have come sooner.

[voice cracking]
This is all my fault. I'm sorry.

Forgive me, Mom.

If you're open to it,
I might be able to help.

Help how?

It's hard to explain.

Better if I show you.

Kyle.

Your mom, she has such deep love for you.

Love and gratitude.

There's no blame. No guilt. No anger.

All her pain is gone.

Home.

You should be on your land.

With me.

Let's take you home.

Thank you. But I don't understand.
How did you do that?

Not sure I understand it myself.
Just found I could one day.

[Olive] It's not a good time, Zeke.

I know.

So what do you want?

I can't even begin to imagine
what it's like

to have a parent ripped away from you
at your age.

Then why are you talking?

[Zeke] Because I know
what it's like to lose a sibling.

I know how easy it is to lose yourself
after such a profound tragedy.

My entire life has been torn apart.

I'm supposed to be some college kid,
running late to whatever 101s

and going to a bunch of parties
with lots of my friends.

Instead, I'm here.

I'm here playing parent to the brother
that has completely destroyed my life

because I have no idea when my dad
is gonna get his back on track!

You really know all that?

[poignant music playing]

I know this.

You still have people that love you.

People who remember the real you.

Loving, warm, compassionate.

Maybe we just need
to reintroduce ourselves.

Come on. I'm Zeke Landon.

Did you... did you feel that?

Yeah.

I... I feel different.

What did you do?

I don't know.

That's the first time
I've ever felt something like that.

Well, whatever just happened,

thank you.

[breathing shakily]

I don't care about protocol.

I have power of attorney,
and I'd like to take her home immediately.

I have to call the doctor.

And we might have to bring
the administration in on this.

Your name?

Kyle Boyd.

Kyle, if you go through with this,
your name ends up in the system.

The Registry will be informed.

They don't care if locking you up
means your mom...

She can't die here.

I'm not gonna fail her again.

[phone ringing]

Hey.

Just about loaded up.
Where's that address?

Yeah, I'm gonna text it to you now.

All right. See you there.

[Ben] Hey, Vance?

Yeah?

Thank you.

Thank me when this is over.

[tense music playing]

Zeke, you better hurry. I don't know
how much time we have.

- [Zeke] Mick, you still there?
- Excuse me. Where's Virginia Boyd?

[Zeke] Mick?

Check the hallways and the stairs. They
couldn't have gone far. I want them found.

And you, inside now.

I called to check on my friend,

and somehow that leads to me being put
in a very compromising situation.

I'll try not to let it happen again.

[sighs] I just hope it was enough.

Should be. Sounds like Zeke got them
in the cab before you showed up,

so... thank you.

And not just for letting Kyle take
his mom home, but for all you do for us.

It's the right thing.

Just consider yourself lucky
I'm not arresting you.

[phone chimes]

[chuckles]

[Olive] Anything?

I know. I know stressing out
isn't gonna help,

but this isn't working.

Hey, look at me.

The answer is gonna come.

But it won't if you're all worked up.

Now repeat after me.
We are going to figure this out.

We're going to figure this out.

I have the best sister
in the entire world.

I have the best sister
in the whole entire world.

You know, sometimes it's hard
to see things for what they are.

Maybe we should change perspective.

[door closes]

Somebody see a mouse?

Well, at least that'd be a discovery.
You go shopping?

Oh, no. It's a gift from someone
I helped solve a Calling.

How's it going here?
Any closer to some answers?

We'll figure it out.
Just might take a little while.

Well, that sounds like an adventure
for another day. I'm gonna go to bed.

What?

Just good to see you two working together.

[Zeke] Today was a lot. You okay?

It was. Yeah, I'm fine. [clears throat]

Just so you're aware,
when I ask if you're okay,

I'm just opening the door to conversation.
I already know you're not.

Okay.

Try this one on, then.

I think, um, hearing Kyle finally telling
his mom everything he needed to say...

[emotional music playing]

...letting go of the guilt...

I realized that the Callings...

they wanted me to see that

just as much as
they wanted me to help him.

Like, maybe I'm supposed to do the same.

[Zeke] With Evie?

I thought that I had.

[cries] I tried really hard.

What if I'm not ready?

What if...
what if I don't wanna let go of the guilt

because...

it's the only thing I have left?

If I let it go, then there's
nothing connecting me to her.

Then don't.

Don't...

[Zeke] Don't let go.

Hang on to the guilt if you need to.
There's no shame in that.

Believe me, I carry my guilt
all over the place.

It's a part of us, and you can use
that part however you want.

Our pain can become our strength.

This is your life. Live it by your truth.

[tense music playing]

Three klicks out.

The hell are you?

[line ringing]

Hi, this is Ben Stone.
I can't answer the phone...

[sighs]

Is that...

[Olive] A star...

with four major points
and four minor ones.

Like a directional star on a compass.

What is that on top of it?
It kind of seems like it's a...

A button.

"Divina conciencia"?

My Latin is a little rusty.

Divine consciousness.

[scoffs] According to tarot,

the Star card,
it represents enlightenment,

which means that if you have this card,

you are directly connected
to divine consciousness.

You already have the answer.

[mysterious music playing]

What? Cal, what are you seeing?

The glow.

The glow from outside the plane.
The glow right in front of me.

It's all one. It's all connected.

That's where we were, inside the glow.

Like, what? Like, you and Daly and Fiona?

No. It's more than that. All of us.

I know where the plane was
for five and a half years.

We were in the divine consciousness.

- Sure this is right?
- [phone ringing]

- Ben?
- Listen.

[Vance] We're at the location.
Where are you? What's going on?

- You're not gonna find anyone there.
- What the hell did you do, Ben?

- I knew you wouldn't let me go on my own.
- On your own? No, wait.

I'm so grateful for all you've done,

but I had a Calling.

Something bad's gonna happen.

And I'm not gonna put you
or anyone else I love in danger.

Where are you?

You've sacrificed enough for me
and my family already.

[line beeping]

- God damn it, Ben!
- What happened?

He's going it alone.

[tense music playing]

[Jared] Where are you?

The store clerk sent me some pics.

I thought you were gonna squash this,

not open up
a whole can of detective on it.

It's not like I was looking
for the lead to be legit.

You know when you get that feeling.
Ah, here it is.

[Drea] Oh, definitely worth a visit.

I know her.

[Jared] What? Who is it?

[Drea] Erika Burness.

I interrogated her after she robbed
that g*n store with her boyfriend,

who almost k*lled Vance's son.

- [Jared] I'll be damned.
- [Drea] Landlord Adrian Shannon.

Funny, trouble always finds this guy.

So Erika is living with him?
What are they up to?

We're about to find out.

There you are.

[suspenseful music playing]

[creak]

[grunts]

[closing theme playing]