Apparently our friendly neighborhood time jumpers all have expiration dates. When James Griffin was headed in for a TV interview where he planned to reveal the Callings and sell them for profit, he stopped in his tracks -- in public -- and water flew out of his mouth. He drowned right there on dry land.
It was initially thought that maybe it was due to him abusing his Calling. Michaela Stone had yelled "stop," and it was assumed that the Callings they all heard to "stop him" referred to Griffin. However, when Ben Stone later checked the police report, Griffin was shown to have been underwater for 82 hours and 8 minutes. 828. And, according to medical examiner report, he drowned in the middle of the street 82 hours and 8 minutes later. The exact amount of time he was gone/missing, he lived -- until dying the way he normally would have when his van was in the river.
Ben revealed that revelation to Grace and Olive. They wondered if that meant Ben and the others could have an expiration date too. Grace said no, Griffin died because he was evil and abused the Callings. But Ben calculated that they -- the Flight 828 passengers -- were missing for 2,037 days, putting their possible "expiration date" 2,037 days from their return, on June 2, 2024. Is that their "Estimated Time of Departure," per the finale title?
Olive saw it had been right in front of them the whole time, through her research -- the peacock goddess Juno means June. The Gemini twins represented the number 2 for June 2. And Cal's dragon, his wooden dragon, represented the year of the wood dragon in the Chinese zodiac -- 2024. That fit with Cal's drawing vision of Cal, Ben, and Michaela with gravestones.
That said, would they really die in June 2, 2024? James Griffin was in the river and meant to drown. They weren't going to die on the plane. Also, Zeke wasn't going to die in that cave. So the context and circumstances feel different. Can they avoid the dark death date fate if they don't abuse the Callings, unlike Griffin? Is there another solution to fix this?
Will Ben tell the other Flight 828 passengers about this theory, or will he keep it a secret to avoid a possible panic at the idea that they may only have 5.5 years to live? Also, does this mean Zeke only potentially has a year to live?
This is a huge thing we need to follow and figure out in Season 2, and/or later on.
