Content & Trigger Warnings for Manifest (2018)

Characters are followed and surveilled by mysterious figures

Passengers are tracked and monitored by multiple parties

Intense surveillance and pursuit of passengers by antagonists

Characters continue to be tracked by hostile forces

Threats to children's lives create tension throughout the season

Children face mortal danger as apocalyptic events unfold

A child character faces mortal danger and child endangerment is a recurring plot element.

Parental absence and presumed death affects family dynamics

The presumed death of the passengers' family relationships and actual parental deaths occur.

Families cope with the presumed death of passengers over five years

Characters face mortality and loss as death dates approach

Characters grieve losses and face their own potential deaths

Massive loss and death are central themes as the series reaches its climax

Families grieve presumed-dead loved ones, and returning passengers find their lives have moved on.

A child character has a life-threatening cancer diagnosis

Cancer treatment and health struggles continue as a major storyline

Health crises continue with life-or-death stakes for characters

Health and mortality remain significant concerns for multiple characters

A child character has a life-threatening cancer diagnosis that is a major ongoing storyline.

Vehicle accidents occur in several scenes as part of action sequences.

Government agencies and institutions dismiss passengers' experiences

Characters are made to doubt their own supernatural experiences

Institutional gaslighting of passengers' supernatural experiences persists

Reality itself is questioned as supernatural events intensify

Characters who experience supernatural visions are doubted and dismissed by those around them.

A spouse remarries during the five-year disappearance, creating a painful love triangle.

Characters are abducted as part of conspiracy investigations

Kidnapping becomes more prominent as shadowy organizations target passengers

Abductions escalate with a child being taken

Characters are held captive in the final season's conflict

Characters are kidnapped and held captive in multiple storylines across the series.

Apocalyptic natural events threaten characters in the final arc

A plane disappearance is the central mystery though the crash itself is not shown

The plane mystery continues with new revelations about the disappearance

The plane mystery reaches resolution with more crash-related imagery

A plane disappearance and turbulent flight sequences are the core premise of the entire series.

Blood from injuries and violent confrontations appears in various episodes.

Water-related visions and near-drowning experiences in callings

Water imagery and drowning-related visions continue

Water and drowning imagery features prominently in visions and events

Drowning and underwater peril feature in several pivotal scenes related to the show's mysteries.

A main character struggles with drug addiction and dealing as a coping mechanism.

Some violent scenes show moderate injury detail, particularly in later seasons.

Some gun-related threats and confrontations in thriller sequences

Increased tension leads to more armed confrontations

More frequent armed confrontations as stakes increase

Armed confrontations in the final battle for survival

Gun violence escalates in later seasons as conflicts between factions intensify.