Warning: This article contains major spoilers fromManifestseason 4, Part 1.
Commandeering a church on Easter weekend is no easy feat.
Add in the intent to trash it for dramatic effect, and it feels sacrilege.
Melissa Ruxburgh and Josh Dallas film the finale to ‘Manifest’ season 4, Part 1.Peter Kramer/Netflix
Nothing’s hotter than hell on earth.
It’s all meant to emulate lava breaking free of the ground.
A lot has happened since then.
A piece of the Omega Sapphire is melded into the hand of Angelina (Holly Taylor) on ‘Manifest’ season 4, Part 1.Netflix
She casts an illusion of Michaela’s dead friend to throw her off her path.
“That’s a really powerful sequence,” Rake says of the midseason finale church scene.
“It’s when Ben and Michaela really come face to face with the extent of Angelina’s power.
Showrunner Jeff Rake and actor Josh Dallas have a conversation on the set of ‘Manifest’ season 4, Part 1.Peter Kramer/Netflix
The characters are now questioning the mission.
Ben long-believed there was some scientific explanation for what happened to them and their fellow 828 passengers.
They were chosen for a reason.
“She’s like the devil incarnate.”
I laugh at that notion.
Ben and Michaela ultimately choose to save the parishioners trapped inside the church instead of going after Angelina.
Angelina then emerges from the wreckage more powerful.
The consequences of using the Omega Sapphire present themselves in the cracks that form in the ground beneath her.
The more Angelina uses it, the closer she pushes humanity towards the apocalypse.
“[Angelina] marches off into the night.
Who knows what she’s going to do next?”
“It’s incredibly terrifying.
That was one of the most pivotal sequences in the history of the series.”
Now they know it’s the Death Date for all of mankind.
Cal becomes the world’s last hope.
To use a common phrase from the series, it’s all connected.
It comes with a cost.
Though this show is known for a resurrection or two, Rake confirms Zeke is definitely dead.
The ability to stay connected with a loved one onManifestis strong.
So, let’s wait and see what Michaela and Zeke can achieve, given those parameters.”
The concept of belief has been lingering on Rake’s mind.Manifestis clearly evidence of that.
whether you’re religious or not.
“Manifestis an escapist show, but the parallel in that sense is clear to Rake.
“We’re all just trying to find a way to a better place.”
“We’re hurdling towards the end,” he mentions.
“It’s full on, as it always is.
It’s bittersweet.”
“The second half is much more about the community of 828 passengers,” Rake says.
It used to be 191 passengers.
We’ve lost a few along the way.
Now, will Ben and Michaela and Cal and Olive be at the center of that?
