# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/361 "2013-08-13T03:44:01Z")
How was there any food left in the diner? Wouldn’t that have been one of the first places to get cleaned out? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/362 "2013-08-13T03:57:08Z")
Junior is a total violent nutcase, by the way. ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/363 "2013-08-13T04:38:38Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Junior is a total violent nutcase, by the way. After watching this episode, it occurred to me what Junior’s problem is. His nuts have violently found their way into a case of some sort. Totally. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/364 "2013-08-13T05:56:32Z")
Of course I got interrupted during the only interesting scene, so can anyone tell me what happened when the reporter chick touched the mini-dome? Also, I think I heard somewhere that June is a total violet butt-face … or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/365 "2013-08-13T06:25:33Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Oh, grow a pair—you survived seaQuest DSV, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![tsm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tsm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/366 "2013-08-13T07:35:01Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Of course I got interrupted during the only interesting scene, so can anyone tell me what happened when the reporter chick touched the mini-dome? She saw a second Joe and he said that line (which I assume you heard them repeating later) about the monarch being crowned. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/367 "2013-08-13T13:15:06Z")
Why does the town still have electricity? I assume that the dome goes down far enough that all lines would have been cut. And the water tower that was destroyed? Water towers are fed by a line that would not be destroyed even if it was disconnected from the tower as happened when the truck crashed into it. So I can only assume that their water supply came from outside the dome and that line was also cut by the dome. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/368 "2013-08-13T13:27:58Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Why does the town still have electricity? It doesn’t. People with generators have electricity. ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/369 "2013-08-13T16:13:13Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > \ > Also, I think I heard somewhere that June is a total violet butt-face … or something like that. I heard that Junior is a violin-playing butterface. ---
**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 13, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/370 "2013-08-13T16:15:19Z")
“Everyone’s running low on food” - and yet they’re putting perfectly good meat in the ground! (I’m watching the first half on dvr today since I forgot to tune in on time yesterday.) This town has a seriously high body count - they should be putting all those bodies in refrigeration. ETA: And with all those bullets flying, no one has managed to put a bullet in Assface Norrie. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/371 "2013-08-13T18:16:05Z")
…and all the folks with guns just went home to their empty pantries as soon as they saw the well blown up. …and no one from the outside world is making the slightest attempt to communicate with the good folks of Chester’s Mill, or even just passively observe the dome, any more. …and all the vegetation outside the dome that was flattened by the MOAB has grown back in what, two days? ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/372 "2013-08-13T19:40:02Z")
Does anyone remember the _Twin Peaks_ saga? That was also aggresively incompetant, and yet, everyone still not only watched it, but went crazy over it. UtD is this generations Twin peaks. And is there any doubt how low the bar has been placed when tripe such as\* Two Broke Girls\* is still being broadcast? \ ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/373 "2013-08-13T20:11:10Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > …and all the vegetation outside the dome that was flattened by the MOAB has grown back in what, two days? We’re not supposed to remember anything that happened in a previous episode unless it is shown in the “Previously on UTD” at the beginning of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/374 "2013-08-13T20:26:33Z")
> [@OtisCampbellWasRight](#): > > Does anyone remember the _Twin Peaks_ saga? That was also aggresively incompetant, and yet, everyone still not only watched it, but went crazy over it. UtD is this generations Twin peaks. > > And is there any doubt how low the bar has been placed when tripe such as\* Two Broke Girls\* is still being broadcast? \ That was David Lynch though. It’s not supposed to make much sense. And yes, I too am amazed that Two Broke Girls lasted longer than two episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/375 "2013-08-13T20:29:54Z")
> [@OtisCampbellWasRight](#): > > Does anyone remember the _Twin Peaks_ saga? That was also aggresively incompetant, and yet, everyone still not only watched it, but went crazy over it. UtD is this generations Twin peaks. > > And is there any doubt how low the bar has been placed when tripe such as\* Two Broke Girls\* is still being broadcast? \ The first season of _Twin Peaks_ was brilliant. The second season went downhill pretty fast. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/376 "2013-08-13T20:31:04Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > …and all the vegetation outside the dome that was flattened by the MOAB has grown back in what, two days? Has it? We know that the vegetation on only one side outside of the dome was affected (what with the impenetrable shield the other half had). Have we been given a glimpse of that particular view since then? ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/377 "2013-08-13T20:46:56Z")
Can we talk about the elephant in the room? I like Leon Rippy, but they’ve got to stop giving him closeups. I can watch blood and guts, but I _always_ have to avert my eyes when they land on his teeth! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/378 "2013-08-13T20:55:05Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > Can we talk about the elephant in the room? I like Leon Rippy, but they’ve got to stop giving him closeups. I can watch blood and guts, but I _always_ have to avert my eyes when they land on his teeth! I don’t guess we’ll get many more of those shots after the previous episode. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/379 "2013-08-13T21:00:28Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > I don’t guess we’ll get many more of those shots after the previous episode. Whoops! I had to stop mid-episode to go floss my teeth, and still don’t know how it turned out. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/380 "2013-08-13T23:35:48Z")
> [@wonderlust](#): > > Whoops! I had to stop mid-episode to go floss my teeth, and still don’t know how it turned out. 😃 Junior shot Ollie. I was fine with Leon Rippy’s teeth. As Tom Nuttal in Deadwood, his teeth fit the character. Steve Buscemi’s teeth, on the other hand . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483.md?page=20)