- "I am an intelligence officer first and foremost. My duty is to my country."
- — Vance in Duty Free
NSA Director Robert Vance is a character on Manifest. He debuts in the first episode of the first season and is portrayed by starring cast member Daryl Edwards. Originally investigating the Flight 828 passengers in something of an antagonistic role, Vance quickly becomes one of their closest and most trusted allies and friends.
Biography[]
After Flight 828[]
Vance goes to the airport where Flight 828 lands, and explains to the passengers that they have been missing for five and a half years.
Later, he interrogates Bill Daly, Danny Clarke, Bethany Collins, Saanvi Bahl, Radd Campbell, Kelly Taylor, Harvey Stein, Michaela Stone, Ben Stone, and Cal Stone.
The Lead Investigator tells him that everyone on the plane was interrogated, but they don't have any information on what happened, and that there isn't any substance dating from between the time the plane took off, and when it returned, and that it looks like they never landed. Vance then replies that it is impossible, and the Lead Investigator says that no one on the plane aged a day.("Pilot")
Vance is said to have died when caught in an explosion while trying to free the 11 missing passengers of Flight 828. However, he in fact faked his death to throw The Major off his track. ("Dead Reckoning", "Grounded")
When the 828 Detention Center is locked down, trapping all of the surviving passengers inside, Vance helps Olive sneak in at her request and he gives Ben some key cards to locked down areas in order to help the passengers survive. Vance helps Cal to save Michaela from an Xer and thwart a plot to use sarin gas to kill everyone inside the detention center. ("Furball")
Vance later joins the passengers at Storm King Mountain on the night before the Death Date. ("Formation")
A New Timeline[]
After the passengers beat the Death Date, they are given a second chance by being sent back in time to April 7, 2013, which was when 828 was originally supposed to arrive, thereby creating a new timeline. Vance, having no memory of the past 5 1/2 years from the original timeline, once again is sent in to investigate, this time why 11 passengers mysteriously disappeared off of Flight 828. Watching Vance walk by, Ben Stone smiles fondly as he listens to his old friend declare how impossible the situation is. ("Final Boarding")
Trivia[]
- Daryl Edwards was credited as "Co-Starring" in "Pilot".
- His close friends call him "Bobby".
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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| Manifest: Season Two | |||||||
| "Fasten Your Seatbelts" | "Grounded" | "False Horizon" | "Black Box" | "Coordinated Flight" | "Return Trip" | "Emergency Exit" | |
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| "Carry On" | "Airplane Bottles" | "Course Deviation" | "Unaccompanied Minors" | "Call Sign" | "Icing Conditions" | ||
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| Manifest: Season Three | |||||||
| "Tailfin" | "Deadhead" | "Wingman" | "Tailspin" | "Water Landing" | "Graveyard Spiral" | "Precious Cargo" | |
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| "Destination Unknown" | "Bogey" | "Compass Calibration" | "Duty Free" | "Mayday (Part 1)" | "Mayday (Part 2)" | ||
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| Manifest: Season Four | |||||||
| "Touch-and-Go" | "All Call" | "High Flight" | "Go-Around" | "Squawk" | "Relative Bearing" | "Romeo" | |
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| "Full Upright & Locked Position" | "Rendezvous" | "Inversion Illusion" | "Final Descent" | "Bug Out" | "Ghost Plane" | "Fata Morgana" | |
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| "Throttle" | "Furball" | "Threshold" | "Lift/Drag" | "Formation" | "Final Boarding" | ||
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