Part 1 of the fourth and final season of Manifest will finally drop November 4 on Netflix. Here, creator Jeff Rake talks about what to expect from the first 10 episodes, why each one remains the standard broadcast length, and whether we’ll ever learn who (or what) is the source of all those mysterious “callings.” DEADLINE: You may not have gotten your six full seasons, but is this still your happy ending? JEFF RAKE: It’s like a happy ending.
Twenty episodes turned out to be plenty for us to tell our complete story. I have my story points, my flags in the sand, and I carried them into the new writers’ room.
You look at your Zoom board and your flags and … you’ve got 20 episodes! Twenty turned out to be more than enough. We’re telling the same story we were always planning to tell.
It’s just a little more concise, a little more packed. Each episode is a little bit more packed with information, which I think is a win for the audience.
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