Though most have bought into Manifest season 3’s Lifeboat theory, there’s a chance that everything about this idea is completely wrong. As a result of the shocking deaths of Pete, Kory, and Jace, “saving the Lifeboat” became a major theme throughout the season’s remaining episodes. This idea was the driving force behind several of season 3’s stories, particularly those involving Ben and Michaela.
After Manifest season 2, stopping the Death Date looked like a reachable goal, but what happened to Kory and Pate changed everything they thought they knew about the Callings. Despite doing everything they were supposed to do, the two characters died anyway, simply because Jace failed to follow the Callings. The reveal that the three characters were judged collectively made the Flight 828 passengers realize that the same thing must apply to them as well. For this reason, they’ve been hard at work to ensure that every passenger stays on the right course and doesn’t endanger what they now call “the Lifeboat”. The concern is that if one of them makes a major misstep, that character will single-handedly sink the Lifeboat and cause all the passengers to die.
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Kory and Pete sharing the same fate as Jace gave the characters good reasons to be fearful about their futures, but it could be that their assessment of what happened isn’t at all accurate. What happened to the three meth addicts mirrored an ancient Egyptian story about three people who all died for the actions of one. Jace, Kory, and Pete may have been modern-day versions of the three Egyptians because their situations were so similar, but that doesn’t mean the same scenario is currently playing out for the
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