This is basically a soap opera for science fiction fans. If you can stand the cheesy acting and writing, it's a perfectly acceptable guilty pleasure. You should be aware, however, that there's a lot of cheesiness in this show.
First of all, don't go in looking for an intriguing mystery. Yes, there's a bunch of mysterious stuff that happens, but it's the same kind of "make it up as we go along" writing as Lost. There are no thought-provoking answers. There are no interesting plot twists. There's nothing but a bunch of people who hug each other at the end of each episode as emo music plays.
That said, you'll get several years worth of cheesy, watchable science fiction plots that are kind of like someone's above-average Lost fanfic. If you can survive the last season of Lost, as you got increasingly annoyed that there were no answers forthcoming, you can survive this.
Manifest lacks a standout performance that you can use to justify continuing to watch the show. However, there were rarely times when I felt the urge to turn off my TV in the middle of an episode. Especially in the final season, some of the acting is noticeably bad, like they were doing scenes in a single take. A couple actors seemed like they were phoning it in, though others maintained their enthusiasm.
If you've already watched Lost and The 4400, you don't need to watch this. But it you're bored and a Netflix customer, you could do worse than this.
First of all, don't go in looking for an intriguing mystery. Yes, there's a bunch of mysterious stuff that happens, but it's the same kind of "make it up as we go along" writing as Lost. There are no thought-provoking answers. There are no interesting plot twists. There's nothing but a bunch of people who hug each other at the end of each episode as emo music plays.
That said, you'll get several years worth of cheesy, watchable science fiction plots that are kind of like someone's above-average Lost fanfic. If you can survive the last season of Lost, as you got increasingly annoyed that there were no answers forthcoming, you can survive this.
Manifest lacks a standout performance that you can use to justify continuing to watch the show. However, there were rarely times when I felt the urge to turn off my TV in the middle of an episode. Especially in the final season, some of the acting is noticeably bad, like they were doing scenes in a single take. A couple actors seemed like they were phoning it in, though others maintained their enthusiasm.
If you've already watched Lost and The 4400, you don't need to watch this. But it you're bored and a Netflix customer, you could do worse than this.