The Major in Manifest is U.S. Army General Kathryn Fitz, a shadowy government figure obsessed with studying and weaponizing the Flight 828 passengers’ Callings.

Who the Major Is

  • Her real name is General Kathryn Fitz , but she’s mostly referred to as “The Major” in the show.
  • She operates under deep cover, sometimes using aliases like Ellen Ragier while running covert operations around the 828 mystery.
  • Her goal is to control or exploit the passengers’ strange abilities as a strategic asset rather than help them.

Role in the Story

  • The Major secretly oversees experiments related to the “Singularity Project,” targeting passengers like Saanvi Bahl for their research and medical data.
  • She manipulates people in the government and military, pulling strings from the shadows so the public never connects her to the Flight 828 investigations.
  • Her fixation on the genetic and medical markers tied to the Callings makes her one of the series’ central human antagonists early on.

What Ultimately Happens to Her

  • Saanvi, desperate to stop The Major and protect the passengers, confronts her; in the process, Saanvi inadvertently causes The Major’s death, which haunts her afterward.
  • When the plane’s story is reset and Flight 828 returns to 2013 in the series finale, The Major is brought back to life in the new timeline as a side effect of that reset.

Quick FAQs

  • Is the Major good or bad?
    Mostly portrayed as a cold, morally compromised antagonist who puts control and power above human lives.
  • Does the Major know a lot about the Callings?
    Yes, she’s one of the best-informed non-passengers and treats the Callings as a military-scientific opportunity rather than a miracle.

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