Under the Dome: The Fall
September 1, 2014 11:18 PM - Season 2, Episode 10 - Subscribe
A change of season; family reunions; escape plans; Jim takes drastic action.
Pauline has visions; Junior sees dead people; Hunter joins the DomeKidz; the less-triumpant re-return of DJ Phil. Directed by Eriq La Salle: an ER reunion.
Pauline has visions; Junior sees dead people; Hunter joins the DomeKidz; the less-triumpant re-return of DJ Phil. Directed by Eriq La Salle: an ER reunion.
Big Jim was even more nonsensical than usual. The military wants the egg? Might as well make sure that's the first thing over the cliff, and not hold onto it until you get everything you want first.
posted by MsVader at 7:32 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by MsVader at 7:32 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
"MAKE IT STOP!!"
I quite agree.
*drops teacup*
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 7:34 AM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
I quite agree.
*drops teacup*
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 7:34 AM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
Dull, until the last 15 minutes or so. It's just... it's just why is it such a big deal how to get the townspeople out? Everyone just seems to accept without questioning that it is dangerous outside. Sure they are surrounded by blackshirts in jackboots but there has to be hundreds/thousands of anxious relatives who are also clamoring to get them out.
Then the Who goes first? Who carries the egg? debates... And Big Jim (I'm a used car salesman, I'm used to negotiating.) going first with the egg makes no sense at all. That's not negotiating, that's giving Them (whoever they are) what they want at once with no room to maneuver. Why wouldn't Barbie and Julia not just laugh in his face?
And then Big Jim TOSSES the egg over the cliff???? His/the town's only advantage???
I know they had to block up the tunnel quickly because otherwise thetorture show would have to wrap up in three weeks. And DJ Phil is put out of his misery.
Looks like next week we are back to Crisis-of-the-Week. Better get those windmills back up and running with smudge pots.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 8:04 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
Then the Who goes first? Who carries the egg? debates... And Big Jim (I'm a used car salesman, I'm used to negotiating.) going first with the egg makes no sense at all. That's not negotiating, that's giving Them (whoever they are) what they want at once with no room to maneuver. Why wouldn't Barbie and Julia not just laugh in his face?
And then Big Jim TOSSES the egg over the cliff???? His/the town's only advantage???
I know they had to block up the tunnel quickly because otherwise the
Looks like next week we are back to Crisis-of-the-Week. Better get those windmills back up and running with smudge pots.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 8:04 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
It is alarming watching the Breaking Bad reruns and then this back-to-back; Dean Norris is really just in this for the paycheck, isn't he?
(His acting-through-clenched-teeth in the first "oh hi Pauline" scene. SO BAD.)
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 8:45 AM on September 2, 2014 [5 favorites]
(His acting-through-clenched-teeth in the first "oh hi Pauline" scene. SO BAD.)
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 8:45 AM on September 2, 2014 [5 favorites]
1. Where did that padlock come from? Does Jim routinely carry a few in case he has locking-people-in needs?
2. Norrie has to be pulled up dramatic-rescue-style from the locker pit after the step collapses; but then in the next shot Joe has somehow got out in quick time and without any fanfare.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 9:08 AM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
2. Norrie has to be pulled up dramatic-rescue-style from the locker pit after the step collapses; but then in the next shot Joe has somehow got out in quick time and without any fanfare.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 9:08 AM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
"I don't know what's going to happen."
That's not the character speaking, it's the writers.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 9:19 AM on September 2, 2014 [6 favorites]
That's not the character speaking, it's the writers.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 9:19 AM on September 2, 2014 [6 favorites]
I know they had to block up the tunnel quickly because otherwise the torture show would have to wrap up in three weeks. And DJ Phil is put out of his misery.
It is alarming watching the Breaking Bad reruns and then this back-to-back; Dean Norris is really just in this for the paycheck, isn't he?
That exactly sums up my two thoughts after last night's episode:
1) It's a good thing the Geneva Conventions do not apply to television shows.
2) I feel so bad for Dean Norris that I am now just pity-watching the show. As far as follow-up disasters, this is veering dangerously into Hello Larry territory.
posted by Room 641-A at 9:58 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
It is alarming watching the Breaking Bad reruns and then this back-to-back; Dean Norris is really just in this for the paycheck, isn't he?
That exactly sums up my two thoughts after last night's episode:
1) It's a good thing the Geneva Conventions do not apply to television shows.
2) I feel so bad for Dean Norris that I am now just pity-watching the show. As far as follow-up disasters, this is veering dangerously into Hello Larry territory.
posted by Room 641-A at 9:58 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
(Nice, rare reference to Hello Larry.)
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:19 AM on September 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:19 AM on September 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also, the clunky winter-is-coming lampshading: "look at this, brown leaves" Science Exposition and then several scenes opening with "brrrr, it sure is cold."
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:23 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:23 AM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
There was soooo much awful this episode. I don't know if I can even finish the season.
The cuts to the "angry" egg...
Pauline's horrible tremors...
Stupid teenage love stories...
Stupid Jim being dumb...
posted by LizBoBiz at 12:55 PM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
The cuts to the "angry" egg...
Pauline's horrible tremors...
Stupid teenage love stories...
Stupid Jim being dumb...
posted by LizBoBiz at 12:55 PM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
RIP DJ/Sheriff/Prisoner Phil, gone to the great radio station/precinct/jail in the sky. Though, given the speed from which you recovered from a gunshot wound, I'm fairly sure you're functionally immortal and you can run that gaping chest wound off in time for the next episode...
posted by peteyjlawson at 1:04 PM on September 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by peteyjlawson at 1:04 PM on September 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
And don't forget the laughable, horrible, wouldn't-fool-a-three-year-old fake painting action of Sherry Stringfield? It was painful watching her mash a dry brush around the canvas.
Really a good director or some editor would have kept the shots more cropped so we couldn't view what was happening - like they do with actors who are "playing" the piano.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 1:11 PM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
Really a good director or some editor would have kept the shots more cropped so we couldn't view what was happening - like they do with actors who are "playing" the piano.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 1:11 PM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
Other highlights for me:
Rebecca sciencing a tree
The swelling, triumphant music as Julia is reunited with the love of her last three weeks
Everybody commenting how cold it is before promptly forgetting and getting on with whatever random stuff they were up to
JUNIOR SMASH!
Another quality Pauline painting
Egg Detector 3000 became a reality!
posted by peteyjlawson at 1:25 PM on September 2, 2014 [8 favorites]
Rebecca sciencing a tree
The swelling, triumphant music as Julia is reunited with the love of her last three weeks
Everybody commenting how cold it is before promptly forgetting and getting on with whatever random stuff they were up to
JUNIOR SMASH!
Another quality Pauline painting
Egg Detector 3000 became a reality!
posted by peteyjlawson at 1:25 PM on September 2, 2014 [8 favorites]
"You never loved me. You locked me up, wanted to keep me! That's not love! That is possession."
FUCKING FINALLY
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 3:32 PM on September 2, 2014 [9 favorites]
FUCKING FINALLY
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 3:32 PM on September 2, 2014 [9 favorites]
I'm also disappointed Junior didn't actually behead Sam with the axe. That's the kind of direction I'd like this show to take.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 3:33 PM on September 2, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 3:33 PM on September 2, 2014 [5 favorites]
Oh, and we had another Guiding Light-worthy seekrit relative twist that what's-her-name is Barbie's sister!
posted by Room 641-A at 4:18 PM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Room 641-A at 4:18 PM on September 2, 2014 [2 favorites]
The nerdy hacker boy Hunter is seriously hot. I'd pay good money for Joe / Hunter slash fanfic.
Honestly I liked this episode. Finally it feels like the show is going somewhere. There's only three episodes left this season; maybe they'll take pity on us and end it? The dome comes falling down, Big "Big" Jim finally gets his punishment, MS Ingenue castrates Junior, and there's justice for all the Millers.
Then again The Stupid reigns. My favorite bit is how the previous episode ends with Barbie telling everyone they have to lay low, play it cool. So this episode begins with Barbie running down the street for a tearful music swelling reunion. Then a meeting at the Briarpatch, literally the center of town. And Hunter runs to the school where he meets with Joe for his romantic reunion.
Final hit for the show: Black Dude Dies. Speaking of which, doesn't Nori still have a mom in Chester's Mill? The other person of color, the bald lesbian lady who was last seen being a victim in the Great Canned Goods Caper? Shouldn't Nori, I dunno, be concerned about her?
posted by Nelson at 10:13 PM on September 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
Honestly I liked this episode. Finally it feels like the show is going somewhere. There's only three episodes left this season; maybe they'll take pity on us and end it? The dome comes falling down, Big "Big" Jim finally gets his punishment, MS Ingenue castrates Junior, and there's justice for all the Millers.
Then again The Stupid reigns. My favorite bit is how the previous episode ends with Barbie telling everyone they have to lay low, play it cool. So this episode begins with Barbie running down the street for a tearful music swelling reunion. Then a meeting at the Briarpatch, literally the center of town. And Hunter runs to the school where he meets with Joe for his romantic reunion.
Final hit for the show: Black Dude Dies. Speaking of which, doesn't Nori still have a mom in Chester's Mill? The other person of color, the bald lesbian lady who was last seen being a victim in the Great Canned Goods Caper? Shouldn't Nori, I dunno, be concerned about her?
posted by Nelson at 10:13 PM on September 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
Egg Detector 3000 became a reality!
Added the eggdetector3000 tag.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:07 PM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
Added the eggdetector3000 tag.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:07 PM on September 2, 2014 [3 favorites]
Shouldn't there be a funeral for Lyle?
I liked Big Jim when he was initially really angry at his wife for faking her death. Then he just forgot about it and forgave her. Her reasons were really bullshit. Shouldn't she be arrested?
Jr killing his uncle would have been great, yes. I totally agree. Jr and his dad are already murderers, what's one more?
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 5:32 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
I liked Big Jim when he was initially really angry at his wife for faking her death. Then he just forgot about it and forgave her. Her reasons were really bullshit. Shouldn't she be arrested?
Jr killing his uncle would have been great, yes. I totally agree. Jr and his dad are already murderers, what's one more?
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 5:32 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
Wrong show. Oops.
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 5:49 AM on September 3, 2014
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 5:49 AM on September 3, 2014
What happened to all the cool rave party people from season 1? Is there still some awesome underground club with great music, mosh pits, and 24/7 dome sex? I get that the club drugs are probably running out by now but surely Chester's Mill still has its alternaculture?
posted by Nelson at 8:49 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Nelson at 8:49 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
They've been steadily shrinking the number of townspeople extras, mostly by holding town meetings in the Sweetbriar Rose. Straightedge Joe appears to be the only resident teen now.
(And they dropped theZion cavern-under-the-cement-factory location this season; my guess is they needed the space to build the tunnel set.)
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:06 AM on September 3, 2014 [4 favorites]
(And they dropped the
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:06 AM on September 3, 2014 [4 favorites]
bringing this one forward from last week's thread to avoid dropping a next-episode spoiler there:
The scene with The Visions Through the Red Door was the worst scene in all of television history, ever.
I'd argue that Sherry Stringfield's chimp-painting -- as pointed out by joseph conrad is fully awesome, above -- could challenge that.
On the positive side though, as EXISTENZ noted: they are finally starting to acknowledge last season's locked-in-the-shelter storyline: ghost Angie's "that's possession" was basically "yeah Junior you're a shitbag."
(Although I fear that "you never loved me" is more about enabling "so you can go ahead and hook up with Melanie now, mkay.")
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:20 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
The scene with The Visions Through the Red Door was the worst scene in all of television history, ever.
I'd argue that Sherry Stringfield's chimp-painting -- as pointed out by joseph conrad is fully awesome, above -- could challenge that.
On the positive side though, as EXISTENZ noted: they are finally starting to acknowledge last season's locked-in-the-shelter storyline: ghost Angie's "that's possession" was basically "yeah Junior you're a shitbag."
(Although I fear that "you never loved me" is more about enabling "so you can go ahead and hook up with Melanie now, mkay.")
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:20 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
the Sweetbriar Rose
Oh is that the name? How fucking twee. But every time the Kidz Gang goes there it just seems like The Peach Pit to me.
posted by Nelson at 11:30 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
Oh is that the name? How fucking twee. But every time the Kidz Gang goes there it just seems like The Peach Pit to me.
posted by Nelson at 11:30 AM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
> I liked Big Jim when he was initially really angry at his wife for faking her death. Then he just forgot about it and forgave her.
No one in Chester's Mill is capable of sustaining an emotion, grudge, social alliance or line of reasoning for more than half an hour.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 1:39 PM on September 3, 2014 [3 favorites]
No one in Chester's Mill is capable of sustaining an emotion, grudge, social alliance or line of reasoning for more than half an hour.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 1:39 PM on September 3, 2014 [3 favorites]
On a related note, I loved how, a couple of episodes ago, we saw a billboard in Zenith that let us know that Chester's Mill has been trapped under the dome for only seventeen days so far. How many times has 'Big Jim' Rennie gained and lost the trust of his constituents/Our Heroes in that time? Memories like goldfish, these people.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 1:52 PM on September 3, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 1:52 PM on September 3, 2014 [3 favorites]
Did I hear right that the opening voiceover -- is it Barbie? -- clunked over from "two weeks ago" to "a couple of weeks ago" this episode?
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 3:04 PM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 3:04 PM on September 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
Yeah I heard that too. They change that damn intro every single time and the OCD part of me wants to figure out what little bit is changing. But then the rational mind prevails and I realize it's basically the same insipid thing over and over.
posted by Nelson at 5:29 PM on September 3, 2014
posted by Nelson at 5:29 PM on September 3, 2014
I just looked it up. Last year the show was renewed for another season at the end of July. I haven't heard anything yet this year.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 5:57 PM on September 3, 2014
posted by TWinbrook8 at 5:57 PM on September 3, 2014
This Vulture article (from July) is interesting: Understanding Under the Dome’s Underwhelming Ratings.
Seriable's canceled or renewed page has no decision yet; sliding ratings; and teasing a cliffhanger ending to season 2.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 6:18 PM on September 3, 2014
Seriable's canceled or renewed page has no decision yet; sliding ratings; and teasing a cliffhanger ending to season 2.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 6:18 PM on September 3, 2014
What happened to all the cool rave party people from season 1? Is there still some awesome underground club with great music, mosh pits, and 24/7 dome sex? I get that the club drugs are probably running out by now but surely Chester's Mill still has its alternaculture?
It was only two weeks ago that the rad kids were skating the Dome while the more depraved residents of Chester's Mill turned to a (literally) underground Fight Club for entertainment. Now, the only scene is a bottomless cup o'Joe at the Sweetbriar Rose.
posted by malocchio at 1:04 PM on September 18, 2014 [1 favorite]
It was only two weeks ago that the rad kids were skating the Dome while the more depraved residents of Chester's Mill turned to a (literally) underground Fight Club for entertainment. Now, the only scene is a bottomless cup o'Joe at the Sweetbriar Rose.
posted by malocchio at 1:04 PM on September 18, 2014 [1 favorite]
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