# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/562 "2014-07-17T01:00:12Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I was hoping for an explanation to this. The horrible teacher hosed things down with salt water and it soon stopped raining. šŸ˜• > > Earlier in the diner when the nutty guy started talking about it raining blood she maintained it was not blood. How the hell did she know? Did she do tests? I donā€™t think so. > > And in the previous episode she built an electromagnet to counteract the magnetic forces of the dome, which were strong enough to rip the nails out of houses that were near the wall. When asked if it was strong enough she reassured them that ā€œWith that much copperā€¦ā€ > > Of course. She knows science, therefor can do all kinds of magical things. Yeah the magical science lady is all kinds of ridiculous. Regarding how she knew it wasnā€™t blood, though, she said blood isnā€™t acidic. (The red rain hurts, but blood does not.) ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/563 "2014-07-17T01:41:55Z")
Donā€™t forget she was also the one who took it on herself to burn down a wheat field. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/564 "2014-07-17T02:15:55Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Donā€™t forget she was also the one who took it on herself to burn down a wheat field. Then the fire magically stopped after just burning the one field and didnā€™t burn down the entire town. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/565 "2014-07-22T17:03:40Z")
Thoughts on last nights crap-fest? Rebecca says there are only seven days of food left. How does she know that? Has anyone bothered to do a food inventory? How about planting some gardens and trying to grow some food? And does your average High School science teacher have the knowledge to grow viruses in eggs? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/566 "2014-07-22T17:29:35Z")
and she was surprised to learn a virus mutated. 9 more craptastic episodes this season. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/567 "2014-07-22T18:08:52Z")
Why are they not rationing the food? Is everyone hanging out at the diner every day eating whatever they want? If theyā€™re dangerously low on food where is the food at the diner coming from? A few days ago people were rioting over the last bits of food at what was apparently the only grocery store in town. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/568 "2014-07-22T19:55:35Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Why are they not rationing the food? Is everyone hanging out at the diner every day eating whatever they want? If theyā€™re dangerously low on food where is the food at the diner coming from? A few days ago people were rioting over the last bits of food at what was apparently the only grocery store in town. Coffee obviously has an unlimited supply. Iā€™m amazed at how nonchalant these people are about having a dome over their town. Life appears to go on as it always has. Are they rationing gas? I assume these houses that have lights are getting power from a generator. Eventually gas will run out too. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/569 "2014-07-22T20:00:55Z")
Let me know when theyā€™re down to the last two or three murderous idiots and Iā€™ll tune in. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/570 "2014-07-22T20:28:54Z")
new people are going to keep popping up. it used to be a small town where everybody knew each other; now itā€™s the dome. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/571 "2014-07-22T22:57:29Z")
I said it earlier, but they really should just say, ā€œThe Dome turned the power back on!ā€ The premise of all this stuff running off of a few emergency home generators is ridiculous even for this show. Where is all the fuel coming from? ---
**Author:** ![MyMack\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MyMack\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyMack_1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/572 "2014-07-23T03:14:58Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Thoughts on last nights crap-fest? > > Rebecca says there are only seven days of food left. How does she know that? Has anyone bothered to do a food inventory? How about planting some gardens and trying to grow some food? And does your average High School science teacher have the knowledge to grow viruses in eggs? Along those lines, I love how she was called out to check on the hog farm. Like a science teacher is also a vetā€¦ Did they ever say what kind of science she teaches or did I miss that? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/573 "2014-07-23T15:46:22Z")
Rebecca must be channeling the Professor from Gilliganā€™s Island. She seems to be expert on everything scientific. The way she acts, she must own multiple doctorates. So what is she doing teaching high school? The town may be running low on food, but Julia must have an ample supply of shampoo and conditioner. She draws another man with her perfect hair. Or is it that working on your hair causes murderers to be attracted to you? So far, her beaus have included a drug dealer, a hit man, and a double murderer. So where did all those photos come from in Jimā€™s file? Is there a passport photo shop in town that just happened to stay open? So nice that the DJ-turned cop found time to run someone in for minor vandalism, when the rest of the cast is occupied with that trivial dome over the town. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/574 "2014-07-23T17:17:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > So nice that the DJ-turned cop found time to run someone in for minor vandalism, when the rest of the cast is occupied with that trivial dome over the town. We laughed at that too. ā€œWell weā€™re saved now!ā€ Someone said that Big Jim had a god complex. All I could think was well then quit calling him Big Jim! I love that he refers to himself as Big Jim. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/575 "2014-07-23T19:22:20Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Rebecca must be channeling the Professor from Gilliganā€™s Island. She seems to be expert on everything scientific. The way she acts, she must own multiple doctorates. So what is she doing teaching high school? Her accomplishments are also pretty impressive since she, or at least the actress playing her, is 25 years old. Iā€™m also having a hard time believing that Dwight Yoakam, who is 57, was a teenager in high school in 1988. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/576 "2014-07-23T21:32:41Z")
I havenā€™t watched the new season yet. I totally need to catch up. šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [July 23, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/577 "2014-07-23T22:07:56Z")
> [@](#): > > On CBS, Under The Dome scored a series low 1.5, down 21 percent from last weekā€™s 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. [http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/22/tv-ratings-monday-under-the-dome-hits-low-masterchef-american-ninja-warrior-the-bachelorette-rise-hotel-hell-returns-down/284778/](http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/22/tv-ratings-monday-under-the-dome-hits-low-masterchef-american-ninja-warrior-the-bachelorette-rise-hotel-hell-returns-down/284778/) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/578 "2014-07-23T22:37:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Rebecca must be channeling the Professor from Gilliganā€™s Island. She seems to be expert on everything scientific. The way she acts, she must own multiple doctorates. So what is she doing teaching high school? Waiting for the chance to ā€œBreak Badā€, one would assume. Thank you, Dome! As good an excuse as lung cancer if you ask me. And yes. Juliaā€™s hair awesomeness butts against the edge of believability. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/579 "2014-07-23T23:43:51Z")
I missed this weeks episode. Iā€™m predicting the big mystery of the dome will be [kidding]A giant guinea pig will appear in the dome and will destroy the world once it starts running around and gets the thing rolling. That is if teens and magic scientist donā€™t stop it. [/kidding] > [@CarnalK](#): > > Waiting for the chance to ā€œBreak Badā€, one would assume. Thank you, Dome! As good an excuse as lung cancer if you ask me. > > And yes. Juliaā€™s hair awesomeness butts against the edge of believability. Why is that the first thing people always complain about? If there is one thing about the magic of television that Iā€™m thankful for itā€™s that people donā€™t look filthy. Especially when it comes to attractive women. Besides, theyā€™ve only been trapped in town for a few days. Itā€™s not like theyā€™ve gone back to the paleolithic era with no supplies. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/580 "2014-07-24T00:04:06Z")
during that gas and food riot in season one (The Endless Thirst) she killed another person over some cream rinse. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483/581 "2014-07-24T03:01:25Z")
> [@](#): > > On CBS, Under The Dome scored a series low 1.5, down 21 percent from last weekā€™s 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. Nice, glad to see Iā€™m not the only rat fleeing this sinking ship. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-the-dome-new-summer-mini-series/660483.md?page=30)