'Mainfest': Episode 1 takes off with nod to Flight MH370's disappearance
Director Jeff Rake had pitched the idea of the series around ten years ago to bemused producers, but the disappearance of MH370 in 2014 gave impetus to eventual production
Imagine you hop on a plane and when you land you realize that you had gone missing for more than five years, and the life and people that you knew have long left you behind.
That is the line on which NBC's latest show 'Manifest' has boarded itself, and a lot like 'Lost' it too deals with the disappearance of a plane and everything that follows. However, unlike 'Lost' where the survivors found themselves stranded on an island, this time the survivors seem to be a part of a bigger game.
The pilot which aired on September 24, revealed that the people on board Montego Air Flight 828 have not only managed to survive the few hours of the turbulent ride but have in fact missed out on the last five years of their lives.