As Ben struggles with whether the Callings are good or bad, Cal is still suffering nightmares. Zeke reaches a pivotal point on his sobriety counselling journey. Michaela and Jared end up working a case together which goes deeper than either had expected.

After the fireworks of last episode, with Jared revealing he’d been working undercover all this time, and the taking down of the Xers, plus the birth of the latest addition to the Stone family, you’d be forgiven for thinking maybe things would be easing up a little.

But this is Manifest, so although a bit of time has passed, everything is still crazy. Ben is still questioning whether or not the Callings are a force for good after all following his encounter with Adrian, and that scepticism feeds into Michaela, who is starting to have doubts of her own. All she really wants is for Zeke to live happily ever after with her.

Meanwhile Zeke has issues of his own when he reaches a point in his counselling that requires something of him he doesn’t know how to give, and that’s when we get another thread of seemingly unrelated events that lead to a conclusion which – per usual for the show – feels obvious in hindsight but is cleverly played out getting there.

TJ and Ben’s latest Calling meanwhile may bring them a resolution, but it’s questionable whether or not it proves much of anything in terms of the whole question of the inherent goodness or otherwise of the Callings themselves. Still, it’s a nicely worked little ‘mystery of the week’ which also manages to tie into the wider narrative of the show.

And Michaela finds herself with a Calling of her own which leads down a rabbit hole she couldn’t have predicted, assisted by a Calling whose meaning remains elusive. It does give her and Jared the opportunity to work together and start mending some fences, although it is of course a complicated journey for both of them.

Verdict: Anyone worried that the show would run out of ideas once the Xers were gone will find plenty to reassure them here. 8/10

Greg D. Smith