
This plane is picking up speed, folks, and are well on our way to our destination. Where is it? I don't know, but I'm enjoying the flight, especially now that the Flight 828 mystery has really started to pick up speed. These last two episodes spent more time on this mystery and less so on callings of the week, a move of which I highly approve. Let's go over them.
Vanishing Point
Where in the world is Cal Stone?
That's what everyone would like to know, and I mean everyone. Nobody knows where he is, not even the government. Everyone goes their own way to find him. Mick's first reaction is to go after Autumn, while Ben and Grace (who has been let in on everything) follow the yellow brick road of clues Cal left for them. It turns out Cal is even more psychic than we knew. All of the drawings he's been doing are of things that are going to happen in the future.

Meanwhile, Ben and Grace go on a road trip to a cabin where they believe Cal is, following the series of landmark drawings Cal left them. Pretty soon, the government agents are on their case, following them so Ben and Grace will lead them straight to Cal. When Ben and Grace discover this, and Olive sends them another drawing for extra proof, they realize Cal wasn't kidnapped, he went off on his own for some reason. Most likely following a calling that he got, and listening to it because he wants to be a hero like his dad. After Autumn helps throw off the cops, and Mick sends them that drawing, Ben and Grace are able to locate Cal, finding him freezing in a cabin all by himself. But he's not supposed to be alone for long, actually, because he's expecting the person he's supposed to help.

This episode gave us a lot more forward motion not only on the mystery of Flight 828 but also some nice character progression for Grace and her and Ben's relationship. Grace is now fully in the know, and she and Ben come to an agreement to be honest with each other. She's much more understanding of what he's been going through and he's feeling more comfortable to be open about it. I'm also glad we're expanding this mystery to people outside of the Flight 828 passengers. How is this guy experiencing the same thing they did? Let's find out in Cleared for Approach.
Cleared For Approach
Written in the Stars
In December of 2017, the hiker, Zeke, decided to go for a hike and somehow ended up not returning for a year. Zeke think he's dead or on another planet, both of which I feel are absolutely plausible at this point, especially given how the episode goes on. When retelling his story, he doesn't know what happened to him except he was just caught in this sudden, unexpected storm (sounds familiar) which drove him into a cave. Then two weeks later (for him) another unexpected event freed him from the cave and he got a calling that told him to find Mick. Ben is immediately suspicious of him, thinking he's just a plant like Autumn and gets a sample of his blood to take to Saanvi.

At the cave, they get another calling telling them to once again go back. So, Mick's initial gut instinct is wrong, again. I get that they keep doing this to keep the true meanings from being revealed until the end of the episode, but it's kind of making Mick seem like not exactly the brightest detective. Mick now deduces that the calling has got something to do with stars, which Zeke reveals he has a star necklace he's wearing that was his sister's. Mick deduces it's about the sister.
The next place they go to is his sister's memorial on the mountain, which he wasn't able to go to before because he feels guilty about her death. He accidentally sent her to her death because when they were kids, they were camping on this mountain and he got annoyed with her and wanted her to leave him alone, so she did. Unwittingly forever. Being at the memorial doesn't fully heal him, of course, but he thanks Mick and hugs her and they get another calling. This time it's them surrounded by stars but with lightning in the background and her voice tells them to go back. Wrong again, Mick. She thinks this means he needs to go back to his friends and society, but he's not ready yet. Oh, and then Mick is 0 for 4 because on their way back, they find a tree with a crude carving of the two of them as they are right now, in the dark, holding hands, with stars in the sky, and then dark lightning appears.
Conspiracy Terrorists
On Ben's side, Ben and Grace get to deal with a zealous hate group led by an Alex Jones type who believe the passengers are actually terrorists. Yep. This guy, or a follower of his on his anti-passengers website

Finally, after Ben gives her the blood sample, Saanvi examines it and finds out Zeke is just like them with the same biological markers. She also tells Ben there was dark lightning that day he went hiking too. Whatever's going on, it's got to do with that dark
Now that we know a little bit more, does anyone have any thoughts, theories, comments on the mystery? Or how about this new guy Zeke, am I the only one feeling some vibes between him and Mick? And am I the only one that totally wants her to go for it? Sound off below!