![]() ![]() And that’ll be a very slow burn over the course of the series. It has to do with the mystery of the plane, it has to do with some supernatural and inexplicable things that are happening to them, week in and week out. ![]() But for my core characters, the obstacles they’ll face only start to begin in the days and weeks after they’ve returned. ![]() Yes, the plane disappeared and returns, and we’ll hopefully spend many seasons figuring out where it went and why it was gone. Now what?” That’s when the mystery begins. I like to think that Manifest will succeed in that regard, because my premise is out there on the table five minutes into episode one: “Here are some returns, and everyone is back. Some of the follow-up serialized mysteries post- Lost may not have succeeded as well being able to follow up the fundamental obstacle of their premise pilot with an ongoing engine of conflict and drama for their core characters to deal with. What lessons did you take from those shows? In the post- Lost world, a lot of shows came along trying to find that success - but didn’t seem to fundamentally understand why Lost was successful. And hopefully, my show will be all the stronger because of having been able to watch and admire all the shows that came before me. … I do think I’ve had the benefit to look at the whole landscape of serialized mysteries and I’ve tried to learn from them. I know that Lost and other serialized mysteries, people hold up their magnifying glass, talking about what was great about those shows and where people felt those shows fell off along the way. And they also have challenges, because people often ask: “Can you keep up, can you maintain a serialized mystery, can you excite and mystify and compel your audience on an ongoing basis the way you did the first episode or the first season or first few seasons?” I think a lot about that. ![]() I learned a lot from the show, and I’d like to think our storytelling is inspired by it. Event mysteries have great upsides because they can be very tantalizing. I think of them as one of the founding fathers of the genre I’m very much inspired by it. Were it not for Lost, this show would not be on the air. My writers room, similarly, fans of Lost. With a plane being a key part of your mystery, the Lost comparisons started from day one … I’m hopeful it’ll connect with a lot of people. When so many people are on all sides of the political spectrum and are feeling a great sense of frustration about our lives in big and small ways, that maybe there is something bigger out there guiding us, that will allow us to be a better version of ourselves. The possibility of a second chance, being able to explore inside of ourselves and figure out: “What would I change about myself, if I had the opportunity to do that?” And, also, hopefulness about the idea that maybe there’s something bigger than all of us. I’ve tried to lean a little more heavily into the underlying themes I think are kind of relevant to the world right now. The show is ultimately about the possibility of redemption. What, if anything, did you adjust in your plans for the show between its initial conception and its eventual NBC life? Rake spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the tweaks to the show, the keys to crafting a successful serialized drama, and where his mystery thriller/soap goes from here. And because of what it talks about, thematically, it feels very of the moment.’ They were right.” I went in and pitched it to, and right away they were like, ‘No, that’s a really good idea and because of Malaysia Air feels relatable. “I was filled with the very real paranoia: ‘Are people going to remember this was an old idea? Are they going to think I’m just recycling and have run out of original stuff?'” he admits. Traditionally, once scripts have been passed over, they remain buried however, the real-life tragedy of the still-missing Malaysia Airlines flight in 2014 caused Rake to think about the concept again. And as a result … that structure was played out.” “We were a little bit saturated with the serialized event mystery. “It was a different time in the TV landscape,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. The idea was assembled, pitched out and dead within a month. Rake first conceived of the drama while on a family vacation a decade earlier. For creator Jeff Rake (NBC’s The Mysteries of Laura), Manifest was a long time coming. ![]()
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