Manifest
Chapter 1
Scene 1 – In the Airport
MICHAELA: No one can explain what happened to us on April 7, 2013. Some people called it impossible. Others called it a miracle. All I know is it was the day my life changed forever.
KAREN: It's not just about you. This family needs something to celebrate.
MICHAELA: Okay, that's a pretty backwards reason for a wedding, but
STEVE: How's this for a reason? Jared loves you.
KAREN: And I know you love him.
KAREN: Michaela Beth, even people that have made mistakes deserve happiness.
MICHAELA: [SCOFFS]
KAREN: You know my favorite verse "All things work together for good."
MICHAELA: "I don't believe that anymore, Mom.
MICHAELA: How can I? Which is why, when I got the chance to stay away from home for even a few more hours, I jumped at it.
WOMAN [INTERCOM]: All passengers for Flight 537 to New York, John F. Kennedy Airport, your attention, please. This flight is oversold. We are offering travel vouchers in the amount of $400 for anyone willing to take a later flight.
MICHAELA: Yes. That's me.
MICHAELA: So, my folks took the first flight home while I waited for Flight 828. Funny how one little decision can ruin your life; but also save it.
Scene 2 – On Flight 828
BEN: Mom's not wrong. Jared's not going to wait around forever.
MICHAELA: Great marriage pep talk. Thank you.
BEN: Why are you fighting this, when all it's going to do is make you happy? It's all we want for you.
MICHAELA: That was really sweet of you. You must be drunk.
BEN: Definitely. [CHUCKLES] Say yes to Jared. Have a wedding and a honeymoon. Turn the page. It's time. And, yes, you deserve it. Truly.
Scene 3 -Jared Worries Michaela Will Turn Him Down
JARED: I know it's going to be bad news.
LOURDES: Jared, stop.
JARED: I should have never proposed so soon after the accident. I mean, she's not ready. Now she's going to get off that plane and turn me down.
LOURDES: No. She's going to get off that plane and say yes.
JARED: Are you sure? –
LOURDES: Please. We've been friends since forever. I'm so totally psychic.
Jared's phone rings. He looks at it.
LOURDES: Michaela am I right?
JARED: No, it's Grace. Hello? [PAUSE] W-What's wrong?
Scene 4 -Jared In the Airport
GRACE [TO JARED]: Oh, my God. I should have said no. I should have made him stay on our flight. We'd all be together now. Cal would be here now.
JARED: I thought you said they were bumped.
GRACE: No, they volunteered for $400, and now my son is missing. Oh, my God.
JARED: She didn't want to come back?
Scene 5 - Jared and Lourdes Clean Out Michaela's Apartment.
six months after the plane's disappearance.
JARED: Thanks for helping. I couldn't face being in Mick's apartment alone.
LOURDES: Yeah, of course. I can't believe her life boils down to these boxes.
Scene 6 - Jared and Lourdes Kiss
"TWO YEARS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE".
Jared is sitting at a bar having a drink when Lourdes approaches him.
LOURDES: I am so sorry I missed your promotion ceremony. Don't hate me.
JARED: Never. Cheers.
LOURDES: Cheers.
JARED: Let me see your bling.
Jared shows her his badge.
JARED: I still keep expecting them to take it back, say it was all a mistake.
LOURDES: Please. You totally deserve this. You work your ass off. And you basically have no life.
JARED: Excuse me, but I have a life.
LOURDES: Ahh.
JARED: Yeah. I go to the gym.
LOURDES: Mm-hmm.
JARED: I work on my car. I –
LOURDES: Yeah, boring. You need adventure. Surfing, sky diving, anything. Get out of your comfort zone.
JARED: I don't know.
LOURDES: [SIGHS] Coward.
They look at each other, smile and kiss.
LOURDES: That was out of your comfort zone.
JARED: Yeah, that was crazy. Sorry.
LOURDES: Are you?
JARED: Not at all.
LOURDES: Me, either.
They kiss two more times.
Scene 7 - Jared With Michaela's Parents
Jared is holding a box in his hand with a ribbon on top.
KAREN [TO JARED]: Go on, open it.
JARED: Aah. It's beautiful. Thank you.
Inside is an afghan she made for him.
STEVE: He's too polite to say so, but no single guy needs an afghan.
KAREN: He won't be single much longer. [PAUSE] Jared and Lourdes.
Steve looks at Jared.
JARED: I didn't want to say anything.
KAREN: Love is never something to feel guilty about. It's a blessing.
JARED: Thank you. This means so much.
Jared kisses Karen on the cheek, and before he leaves, he and Steve shake hands.
Scene 8 - Dad Disapproves of Jared and Lourdes
KAREN: You don't think it's a good idea.
Steve shakes his head.
STEVE: He still loves our girl.
Scene 9 – MA 828 Lands
/CABIN BELL DINGS/ENGINES ROARING/TIRES SCREECHING/SCATTERED APPLAUSE/CABIN BELL DINGS/
BETHANY: Yes, we did, people. Welcome to New York, where local time is 11:49 p.m. On behalf of your flight crew, we'd like to thank you all for flying Montego Air.
Michaela puts her engagement ring back on her finger.
She then gets her cell phone out and reads text Jared had sent before she departed Jamaica.
JARED TEXT: You marrying me or what? She begins entering her text.
MICHAELA TEXT: YES!
PHONE ALERT: Send Failure. This message to Jared failed to send.
MICHAELA: Seriously? No service?
BEN: Same.
/CABIN BELL DINGS/
DALY: And the inconvenience continues. We've been asked to deplane right here on the tarmac.
CAL: Cool!
Scene 10 - Jared Finds Out Michaela is Back
November 4, 2018
LOURDES: Hey, babe. You know what today is? Don't tell me you forgot our three-year "first-kiss-aversary".
She notices something not right about Jared.
LOURDES: Jared, what's wrong?
JARED: It's back.
LOURDES: What is?
JARED: The plane. Michaela's back.
Scene 11 – 828 Passengers Finds Out its 5.5 Years Later
MICHAELA: Excuse me. T-There are sick people here. What exactly is the problem?
VANCE: The problem, ladies and gentlemen, is your plane departed Montego Bay, Jamaica, on April 7, 2013. Today is November 4, 2018. [PASSENGERS MURMURING] You've all been missing, presumed dead, for 5 1/2 years.
CROWD: What?!
Scene 12 – Michaela Calls Jared Fiance
MICHAELA: I need to make a call, okay? I need I need to call my fiancé.
Scene 13 - Michaela Tries to Contact Jared
MICHAELA: Hey, can I use the phone?
GRACE: Yeah, of course.
MICHAELA: Thanks.
GRACE: We gave up the landline.
As the phone is ringing on the other end, Michaela waits for it to be answered.
JARED: Hey, it's Jared Vasquez. Please leave a mess…
Scene 14 - Michaela and Jared See Each Other for the First Time
JARED: You're so young. You look exactly the same.
MICHAELA: Yeah. You look even better. I don't know how men do that.
JARED: I'm sorry I didn't come to the airport. I'm lead detective on this abduction case. Every hour counts.
MICHAELA: Detective? Wow.
JARED: A lot has changed since you've been gone.
Michaela sees the ring on Jared's finger.
MICHAELA: Who is she? [SIGHS]
JARED: Lourdes.
MICHAELA: That makes sense. She always told me how lucky I was.
JARED: Michaela, it was two years before I even looked at another woman.
MICHAELA: Sorry.
Scene 15 - Jared Tells Michaela She Takes his Breath Away
MICHAELA: Thanks for putting in a good word.
JARED: It's the least I can do. So, I suppose you're not gonna explain to me what happened here today.
MICHAELA: Like I said, I wish I could.
JARED: You still take my breath away.
MICHAELA: Say hi to Lourdes for me.
Scene 16 - Michaela sees Lourdes for the First Time
LOURDES: I came by the house last night. Grace said you'd gone out. Hi.
MICHAELA: Sorry, uh, Lourdes.Hey. Um, I got to catch up with the boss. I'll I'll see you soon, okay?
Michael walks away. JARED who observed the meeting from his desk, looks at Lourdes.
Scene 17 - Jared Tries to Defend Himself
JARED: Trigger finger still works.
MICHAELA: Yeah, what do you expect? I had range time 10 days ago my time.
JARED: About this morning. Lourdes—
MICHAELA: I didn't mean to [BOTH SIGH] I just need time, okay?
JARED: Mick, if you held this against me for the rest of my—
MICHAELA: I told you I don't hold anything against you.
JARED: Well, you could, and I'd get it. And please don't punish Lourdes.
MICHAELA: I'm not punishing her, Jared, but I saw her and you, and I felt like puking or fainting or both.
JARED: If you could just put yourself in her shoes.
MICHAELA: Really? Is that where you're gonna go?
JARED: Losing Evie was hard enough, but then you? Lourdes lost her best friend when you disappeared. She never replaced you. And I couldn't replace you
Scene 18 - Loving someone you can't
MICHAELA: Uh because I miss my mom. 'Cause you don't just stop being in love with someone. Um 'cause my best friend in the world, the person I would normally complain to instead of you gets to love the person that I can't.
Jared: What am I supposed to do? Leave Lourdes at home every day knowing I'm at work with the woman who literally was my first choice to spend the res of my life with?
Michaela: What kind of cop am I if I can't protect the people that I love? What kind of person am I if I love a man who can't love me back?
Scene 19 - Michaela Tells Lourdes she was Going to Say No
MICHAELA: Hi. Sorry. Is now a good time?
LOURDES: Sure. Jared's at work.
MICHAELA: Already knew that.
LOURDES: Want to come in?
MICHAELA: No, that's okay. I have to be somewhere. I just wanted to, um I saw your posts online. All of them. Thank you. You never stopped being my best friend.
LOURDES: I hope that doesn't have to change.
MICHAELA: Let's play that one by ear, okay?
LOURDES: Michaela, I never meant to. If I'd known that you were-
MICHAELA: What, that I was gonna come back from the dead? I'm the one who's out of place.
LOURDES: You're not. This isn't on you.
MICHAELA: It's okay, Lou. You love him.
LOURDES: So do you.
MICHAELA: But you're the one he married. Of course I bless this. How could I not?
LOURDES: Thank you. I've I've spent all these years trying not to feel like a fraud, you know? You were the one he was supposed to marry.
MICHAELA: No. No, after everything that happened. The-the accident, Evie; it was too intertwined. There was There was too much pain. I was gonna give the ring back. I was coming back to say no. You're not a fraud. Let it go. Come here. [SNIFFLES]
They hug.
Scene 20 - Jared Gets the Ring Back
JARED, who is at his desk in the police station, opens an oversized envelope with his name on it. Michaela has given him back his engagement ring.
Scene 21 - Michaela Tells Dad She Was Going to Say Yes
STEVE: Oh, aren't you supposed to be at work?
MICHAELA: Day off. I thought we could eat some pizza and catch up like old times.
STEVE: Come on. I'm sick of sitting out here alone.
MICHAELA: It was at Jared and Lourdes' house. Being there was like looking at the life that would have been mine.
STEVE: Ah. You're young. You can still have all that and more.
MICHAELA: Just not with Jared.
STEVE: In Jamaica, you weren't sure you wanted it.
MICHAELA: I know, but on the plane, I made the decision I was gonna say yes.
STEVE: You still want to be with him?
MICHAELA: Of course I do, Dad. How could I not?
STEVE: Then go get him, sweetie.
MICHAELA: He's married.
STEVE: Only because he thought you were gone. I told your mom. I didn't think. he ever stopped loving you.
MICHAELA: So what would she tell me to do, then? She'd want you to be happy.
STEVE: I mean, if you love him, tell him.
MICHAELA: That is crazy advice, Dad.
STEVE: I mean, if I'd been on your plane and come home and found your mother with some other man? I'd have fought like hell to get her back.
Scene 22 – Michaela Gets her Own Apartment
Michaela is standing her new apartment and takes a good look around.
Michaela: Finally Wi-Fi
Scene 23 – The Text Goes Through
Lourdes is in her bedroom when she hears a beep coming from one of Jared's drawers. Lourdes opens it up and finds his old phone. She opens it up and see's the text from Michaela.
April 2013 - JARED TEXT: You marrying me or what? She begins entering her text.
November 4 2018 - MICHAELA TEXT: YES!
Lourdes's face turns white and Jared walks into the room.