BEN STONE & SAANVI BAHL ( + CAL STONE & OLIVE STONE) | Manifest 4.01 • 4.05 • 4.07
I know that I haven’t always been there, but like you said, you never gave up— not on the passengers, not on me.
It’s okay.
And/or, Saanvi being a mom to Cal and Olive for two years during the time jump 👉🏻👈🏻
The idea that they don’t remember her makes me absolutely devastated.
Yeah this has me really sad. She was ready to be part of their family. Their growth? For nothing? What.
Not to mention, Ben doing his Ben thing getting all hyper and excited talking strategies - with his kids, no less. Just hours after he and Saanvi had sex. LOOK AT HER LOOKING AT HIM. Girl is thirsting.
We got so much Benvi fan service in part B.
I mean, even when they were passed out on the floor they made it look like they were in bed together… Come ON!
We got so much Benvi fan service in part B.
I mean, even when they were passed out on the floor they made it look like they were in bed together… Come ON!
No matter what awkward phase of Carly/Freddie-dom we’re in, I am always going to be there for you.
These feelings have always been one-sided now it’s Carly’s turn to realise her feelings
Are you serious? That is too cute!!!
What did you think about Benvi in manifest? For me I went into it thinking we weren’t gonna get anything Benvi wise and then we did but it was taken away so mixed feelings.
Anon, I looove Benvi🥰. I really wanted them to happen, so I was a little sad it didn’t end with them.
I actually had a feeling we might get a little Benvi action, but I didn’t expect it to be as much as we got. However, what threw me off was the complete 180 we got at the end.
I don’t know about you, but for me, the way they went about Benvi really had me confused.
They pretty much teased Benvi all season only for them to subvert them at the last minute. They were flirting, having unnecessary kisses, and crushing on each other. They were moving on. Maybe if they kept talking about and pining over Grace and Alex, I would have believed that conversation they had by the fire. But there was no clear hint that they couldn’t get over their old partners. That conversation was just surprising and so weird.
I believe the writers have always known how they wanted the series to end. So if they always wanted to do the reset and have Ben back with Grace and Saanvi with Alex, what was then the point of Ben and Saanvi getting intimate. Take away that part of their relationship, and it had no effect on their characters’ decisions at the end. So again, what was the point.
I agree. Like, please make it make sense!!!
Can I just say Jeff Rake is an absolute genius.
Whether you loved the ending, hated the ending, were ambivalent about it or left feeling confused as heck - viewers and fans of this show are going to be discussing and debating what happened after the final credits rolled for a very long time to come and THAT is what makes a masterful TV show!
yesterday i said in a previous post i didn’t necessarily dislike the finale and that’s still somehow true, but after having slept on all of this i want to add:
the finale only works if you don’t ask yourself any questions
let’s imagine ben wants to share the whole thing with grace - the poor woman wouldn’t believe a word. she (rightfully!) struggled to understand callings in season one, and only accepted what they were when she saw they were affecting cal as well. now cal has no memories. even if grace believes ben - is she going to understand him?
when watching season one i was sure the show was going to break ben and grace up. their conflict was SO REAL, so raw. grace couldn’t fully comprehend what ben had gone through, and he couldn’t accept she had moved on from him with danny during those 5 and a half years. i never fully believed them reconciling, although i had no particular problems with them doing so
now let’s pretend for a moment ben tells grace everything and she believes him. would he tell her as well he slept with saanvi? something tells me no, and starting over your marriage with a lie doesn’t look like a great beginning
also - it’s not like saanvi is going to disappear from ben’s life. she is going to cure cal, the stones are likely to see her every day. would grace (and alex, i guess) not pick up on the fact that ben and saanvi know each other, trust each other, have a very strong bond?
something tells me ben and grace’s marriage wouldn’t actually last. which doesn’t mean they don’t love each other, but they are just different people
i’m not even going to comment on saanvi and alex’s relationship, since the only thing we know about them is that alex bailed on saanvi because she didn’t want to leave her husband. once again, not a great start
(also, just for the lolz: imagine saanvi being pregnant in the reset after the hook up with ben a couple of days prior)
So many incredibly valid points in these posts. I love how deeply everyone is thinking about it and I think therein lies the genius of Jeff Rake. He has ticked off so many people by not tying things up with a pretty bow but in doing so, the speculation and discussions about his show could now last an eternity!
Also, I’d had a sort of joking thought to myself earlier about Saanvi being pregnant with Ben’s baby, but then seeing other people saying it and realizing she still has the gunshot…holy shit! She really COULD be pregnant with Ben’s baby.
Again, bravo to Jeff Rake & Co. for creating quite an open-ended finale with so many possibilities.
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