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Ben Stone
Michaela’s brother, a mathematician and Flight 828 passenger determined to protect his family and understand what happened.
COMPLETE SEASON 1 GUIDE · EPISODE 11 OF 16
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Episode 11 · Contrails
The setup
The blizzard calling now shows a man holding Michaela’s photograph. Autumn remains under pressure from the Major’s organisation.
OPTIONAL REFERENCECharacters, places and useful termsContains story details. Open after watching.
QUICK REMINDER
10 peopleThe only names you need
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Michaela Stone
An NYPD officer and Flight 828 passenger. She returns still carrying guilt over the car crash that killed her friend Evie.
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Cal Stone
Ben and Grace’s son. He boarded Flight 828 aged ten with leukaemia and returns the same age, although his twin has grown older.
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Grace Stone
Ben’s wife, who spent five and a half years believing Ben and Cal were dead and rebuilding life for Olive.
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Fiona Clarke
A Flight 828 passenger and neural psychologist whose work concerns minds influencing one another.
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Autumn Cox
A Flight 828 passenger with a criminal record who was separated from the others after landing.
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The Major
The unseen senior figure directing the experiments and surveillance aimed at the returned passengers.
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Captain Bill Daly
Flight 828’s pilot, whose career and family collapsed after he was blamed for the disappearance.
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Rogelio ‘Roger’ Mencin
A meteorologist who recorded unusual dark lightning around Flight 828’s route.
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Captain Amuta
Flight 828’s co-pilot, now back in Jamaica and supportive of Daly’s account.
WHILE WATCHING
Recap as you go
Three safe stops for the callings, Flight 828 mystery and changing relationships. Open only the last scene you have reached.
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AFTER WATCHING
Key story points
Hidden until you finish the episode.
Content note: Death, bereavement, medical distress, peril, violence and family conflict.