# Under The Dome: New Summer Mini-Series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483 "2013-06-08T18:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/321 "2013-08-03T19:42:23Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > …the girl who is in SUCH a frellin’ HURRY to get back to her mom DECLINES A RIDE which would in all likelihood get her there faster, if not much faster. Didn’t she also grab the hand of the boy as they walked away? The same boy that determined when they touched they have their little “pink stars are falling” seizure? ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/322 "2013-08-03T21:28:01Z")
> [@ptr2void](#): > > Didn’t she also grab the hand of the boy as they walked away? The same boy that determined when they touched they have their little “pink stars are falling” seizure? Yet _ **ANOTHER** _ Piece of Stupid™ packed ever so tightly into such a small scene! \ 😃 And yes, I’m still hatewatching. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/323 "2013-08-03T23:17:19Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > And yes, I’m still hatewatching. I tried to hatewatch but couldn’t even manage that. So frustrating, that good shows like **Terriers** and **Kidnapped** get cancelled early, and crap like this is not only kept on but renewed. Is summer TV really so bad that 11 million people watch this? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/324 "2013-08-03T23:18:19Z")
8.5 million in that audience is hate watching. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/325 "2013-08-04T04:00:49Z")
Here’s an unintended consequence of the good ratings: [Sci-Fi Drama From Novice Writer Sparks Major Bidding War In Broadcast & Cable](http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/sci-fi-drama-from-novice-writer-sparks-major-bidding-war-in-broadcast-cable/): > [@](#): > > The sci-fi/family drama, from Amblin Television, is a rare property that has virtually all networks — broadcast, basic and premium cable — interested and ready to open their wallets. > … > Amblin is riding high on the success of its CBS summer drama Under The Dome, which was just renewed for a second season. I wonder if the networks are trying to copy the “success” of UtD with other sci-fi shows. Hopefully a good show or two will come out of it. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/326 "2013-08-04T13:48:36Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I’m waiting to see if she runs through a forest and gets caught in a trap and threatened by a cougar. Nothing THAT ridiculous would ever make it to TV. I’m guessing this was actually in a show I didn’t watch? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/327 "2013-08-04T14:14:16Z")
Yes. It was, I think, the second season of “24.” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/328 "2013-08-04T16:22:05Z")
Here’s what I’d like to see in the final episode of season one. The propane explodes, the dome fills with black smoke, everyone’s choking. Next scene: Julia waking up in her bed. She goes downstairs where her husband is fixing breakfast. “Damn! What a nightmare!” She kisses him goodbye, gets in her car to go to work. She passes Barbie in his car and then sees Norrie and her two moms walking to the diner. She gets a panicky look on her face and – end of scene. Next season they can just start over and maybe do it right. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/329 "2013-08-04T21:10:32Z")
I must have missed something — What is the deal with the propane that Big Jim and the Preacher were hoarding? What was the seemingly illegal activity that these two were in cahoots together that the Preacher was able to do in his spare time? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/330 "2013-08-04T22:05:04Z")
**stanger** , in the novel, the propane was used in the manufacture of meth, a large scale operation. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/331 "2013-08-06T02:41:40Z")
Alright! We now have a check in the “pregnant woman goes into emergency labour” box, and it’s time for blowing shit up! Wheee!! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/332 "2013-08-06T03:02:11Z")
So the Black Egg of Mystery lights up? When Norrie was begging the Dome to bring her mother back did anyone else briefly think Alice would suddenly resurrect while the baby died? ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/333 "2013-08-06T03:03:06Z")
Also check the box for “soft rock musical interlude during the last five minutes of the episode”. Yecchh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/334 "2013-08-06T03:38:13Z")
And another check box for the tearful good-bye scene with death of a character. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/335 "2013-08-06T04:31:43Z")
> [@](#): > > did anyone else briefly think Alice would suddenly resurrect while the baby died? I haven’t given up hope. It would be like a cross with Pet Sematary. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/336 "2013-08-06T14:11:06Z")
Why did they walk after the dudes tried to siphon gas from their car? That was a two gallon gas can they had. Obviously not enough to empty the SUV. And what did they need gas for anyway? To mow their lawn? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/337 "2013-08-06T14:18:28Z")
you buzzkill! you dome hater you! don’t try to introduce reason into a crap story. these are just thin threads to hang some crappy acting and crappy dialog into a crappy isolated little town soap opera. junior is a total violent nutcase by the way. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/338 "2013-08-06T16:22:24Z")
I stopped watching but I’m still curious about the show, and have been reading the threads. Is it true that the guys who tried to rape Angie and who killed Rose weren’t locked up? At TWOP they’re saying that these were the same guys who were stealing gas in this recent episode. And Big Jim blew up some propane tanks? Whatever for? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/339 "2013-08-06T16:43:23Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I stopped watching but I’m still curious about the show, and have been reading the threads. > > Is it true that the guys who tried to rape Angie and who killed Rose weren’t locked up? At TWOP they’re saying that these were the same guys who were stealing gas in this recent episode. > > And Big Jim blew up some propane tanks? Whatever for? The guys who tried to rape Angie got killed at the end of the episode. The lady cop whose name I can’t remember killed one after he went after her, and Junior killed the other one pretty much in cold blood. Big Jim blew up the propane tanks because Olly the Farmer decided to try a bid to take over the town, and set his thug to guard the tanks. Big Jim blew up a truck containing the thug and several tanks. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/340 "2013-08-06T17:00:42Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Big Jim blew up the propane tanks because Olly the Farmer decided to try a bid to take over the town, and set his thug to guard the tanks. Big Jim blew up a truck containing the thug and several tanks. and at a close distance amazing was not hurt and the whole place didn’t go up in flames. kinda like things are surrounded by a protective dome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483.md?page=18)