All together now: "Resurrection!" That's the buzzword on viewers' lips courtesy of the unexpected way in which Zeke Landon (Matt Long) returned to the land of the living after finally succumbing to the frostbite with which he'd been struggling. Zeke is a tragic figure who experienced a one-year time skip while seeking shelter from a storm in a cave, and was connected to the Flight 828 survivors through Callings. What's more, he's also been carrying the burden of his death date, an "expiration date" that all time-skippers seem to have. As ScreenRant notes, the people who mysteriously move forward in time have only as long to live as they've been disappeared and, in Zeke's case, this means he was set to meet his fate during season 2.
In the season finale, the bell finally tolled for Zeke when a Calling led him directly to a frozen lake, where he saved Cal Stone (Jack Messina) from drowning, only to perish, himself, in Michaela Stone's (Melissa Roxburgh) arms. He doesn't, however, stay dead, as he merely bathes in a mysterious glow and returns to life, right as rain and in full strength. In an interview with TV Guide, showrunner Jeff Rake says that this shocking twist will reflect on the other characters in the future, and they'll have many different theories about the situation. In particular, the show's resident death day obsessive, Ben Stone (Josh Dallas), seems to think that Zeke's survival means that the Flight 828 passengers can also dodge their death day by following their Callings, and the show's season 3 will explore his quest to spread this message to other passengers ... who, Rake hints, will not necessarily agree with Ben's theory.
