There we have it: Will and Grace are once again living together, single and childless. “11 Years Later” easily elides over it all using the Bobby Ewing strategy, where a character wakes up and reveals that everything that happened previously was just a dream. Since we’re squarely in those decades where they shouldn’t have been talking, that fact poses quite a bit of a problem to the show’s very existence. In it, we learned that Will and Grace have a huge fight and spend decades not talking to each other until their kids meet and fall in love in college and bring them back together again. Some of those jokes Karen makes after she wakes up from her dream won’t even make sense unless people remember that final episode from 11 years ago.
They soothe a disoriented Karen just like they soothe the audience, by letting us know that everything is the same.
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In fact, the first several minutes spend more time erasing the disastrous history of the series finale from 2006 than they do reintroducing the characters or telling us what has been up in the meantime. And, you know, spending the weekend getting jiggy with a gay Secret Service officer.īut other than that, nothing has really changed with this new Will & Grace. Luckily, he makes up for it by doing his best Kylie Jenner duck-lips face for a new profile picture before the teaser is even over. Nothing makes Jack look like a middle-aged homosexual more than his app-based sex-negativity and online slut-shaming. Just like the situation with the meth addicts and Matt Long’s Zeke, it makes sense that the passengers will be tested on the day of their Death Date.Welcome to the Will & Grace of 2017, where there is a Caitlyn Jenner joke in the first 30 seconds and a Grindr-is-gross joke in the first minute.
If their journey went as far as season 6, their Death Date could have arrived in the series finale, which is where the characters would have to face their own version of “The Last Trial”. Their Death Date is June 2, 2024, which is still a few years away. After all, what Ben (Josh Dallas), Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh), and the others know about their fate lines up with Rake’s six-season plan. Related: Manifest: All The Other Disappearances Connected To The PassengersĪs for how Manifest ending early could affect the story itself, it’s possible that a time jump may have to occur. Netflix bringing back original cast members and greenlighting one last season may not be what Rake originally wanted, but it will at least allow Manifest to provide closure and some much-needed answers. After months of trying to find a new home for the show, Manifest has found new life on Netflix, due to a result of the first three seasons performing extraordinarily well on the streaming platform. However, NBC cancelling the show after the season 3 finale made it appear that not only was Manifest ending three seasons short of Rake’s goal, but it was never going to get a proper conclusion. It’s never been a secret that Manifest showrunner Jeff Rake’s plan was for the show to stretch out to six seasons. When Netflix picked up the NBC series for a 20-episode season 4, it was reported that it would be the show’s last, meaning that the Flight 828 passengers’ efforts to stop the Death Date are about to reach a head. A big time skip could be on the way in Manifestseason 4, which will bring the show’s story to a close.