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Has anyone watched this? I've been recording it since the new fall season started but I have yet to work up the enthusiasm to watch it and to commit myself to another show. If it's good (good enough), I will plunk myself down and give it a go but I've been disappointed the last couple of years with some of the new programming with a supernatural (if that's what this is?) angle. I'd love to be wowed rather than, well, not.

If anybody can give it a strong Yay! (or Nay!), I'd appreciate the input.

Thanks!:Sun:
 

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Me and my daughter have been watching it. It's okay. She's away at school so we watch it seperately. I asked her after the 4th episode, I don't know, what do you think? She said she still likes it. But I feel like they need to unravel things a little more, about where the plane was for 5 years. It's interesting that the characters have these premonitions, but again, the over-all plot, I wish they get into more. It's already going on the 5th episode and they haven't mentioned it at all.
 

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kinda interested in this as well. from what i've read about it...this is kinda like a alternate version of the 4400.

@ undercover... do they only have premonitions? or do they have other powers as well???
 

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Been watching it from the beginning, and while it's not a "WOW," it has held my interest (so far)…

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The female lead just doesn't come across as a hard-nosed Detective to me. :Shrug:
 

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I like it. I am worried though, that it's going to end up like Lost and Twin Peaks, all sorts of intrigue and then it peters out in the middle and has a less than satisfying ending.
 

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Thanks for your input, everybody. Your comments have convinced me that it's worth giving MANIFEST a shot, but not to get my hopes up too much.

Much appreciated!
 

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My kiddo (who is 10) has been watching it. It has really god-awful writing to the point I have to leave the room, but he seems to enjoy it. So... YMMV.
 

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kinda interested in this as well. from what i've read about it...this is kinda like a alternate version of the 4400.

@ undercover... do they only have premonitions? or do they have other powers as well???


As far as I know, its just premonitions. No special powers or anything. Not yet at least.
 

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So far, I'm willing to keep following it. The characters seem to have reasonable reactions to things, and they've avoided some of the obvious cliches.
 

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I just get really frustrated by the repeated plot points that revolve around "I will pitch a fit unless I'm allowed to do this ridiculous thing that's obviously stupid." And accompanying very bad dialogue. I can't get my brain to tune it out.
 

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Still watching...

Not because I love it, but because I wanna see where they're taking it, and the only character I really like is the little boy. :Shrug:
 

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I want to know what happens too, but the government conspiracy theory trope kind of ruined it at this point. I await story redemption.
 

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Yeah, like everyone else I'm still hanging in there. It's okay but needs a serious boot in the backside.
 

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Well, I've watched the series up to this point. I want to thank those of you who weighed in and recommended it, with reservations. It IS one of those series that you keep tuning into to see what happens next, or how they're eventually going to explain it all. Without your nudging I wouldn't have watched past the first episode when....

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...the plane exploded of its own accord. The fact that it self-destructed (or whatever) didn't bother me, but THE FACT THAT THIS IMMENSELY IMPORTANT PLANE WAS LEFT SITTING OUTSIDE. Oh, yeah, right. Like that plane wouldn't have been inside of a hangar with a platoon or armed guards and a high-tech security system.

I do love the little boy... but the rest of the characters, particularly the leads, are pretty self-absorbed.

So, I will keep watching until at least the end of this season to see where they are going with the storyline.

So thanks, all!
 

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I don't think it will get a second season, do you?

I can't imagine a second season... unless they don't reveal what happened to the plane in the first place. That's always possible.
 

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^ I agree - It's not like any of us have said we really like the main characters - Except for the little boy - And I can't even recall his name. :Shrug:
 

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Watched 4 episodes so far. Not bad. Still have the rest on record. Just hope it won't be another Lost. The ending for that was so lame.