| Bill Daly | |
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| Character | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Status: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Airplane pilot |
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| Physical Description | |
| Species: | Human |
| Hair color: | Strawberry Blonde |
| Eye color: | Green |
| Show Information | |
| Portrayed by: | Frank Deal |
| First appearance: | "Pilot" |
| Latest appearance: | "Contrails" |
Captain William "Bill" Daly, also known as Captain Future, is a character in NBC's Manifest. He debuts in the first episode and is portrayed by guest star Frank Deal.
Biography
Before Flight 828
At some point, Bill Daly becomes a pilot, working for Montego Air. He is the pilot of the Flight 828. "Pilot"
During Flight 828
Bill Daly is one of the people that is on the plane during its disappearance. When the a storm appears right in front of the plane Daly is forced to go right through it in order to survive, likely sending them to the future. "Contrails"
After Flight 828
Bill Daly lands the plane on New York, and is among the passengers, when NSA Director Vance explains that they have been missing for five and a half years.
Later, he is one of the people interrogated by Vance about the plane's disappearance. When asked where the plane landed after he left Jamaica, to which Daly answers that the plane hadn't landed anywhere before they got to New York. He also says that the air was clear, a turbulence occured, but the instruments never detected anything. "Pilot"
Trivia
- Harris refers to Daly as Captain Future whenever he sees him. Captain Future is a fictional character from pulp stories who travels throughout the universe and occasionally time.
Appearances
| Manifest: Season One | |||||||
| "Pilot" | "Reentry" | "Turbulence" | "Unclaimed Baggage" | "Connecting Flights" | "Off Radar" | "S.N.A.F.U." | "Point of No Return" |
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| "Dead Reckoning" | "Crosswinds" | "Contrails" | "Vanishing Point" | "Cleared for Approach" | "Upgrade" | "Hard Landing" | "Estimated Time of Departure" |
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