Under the Dome

A few weeks ago an invisible crashed dome crashed down

on Chester's Mill, cutting us off from the rest of the world.

Why the dome is here, what mysteries lie ahead,

we still don't know.

Every day it tests our limits,

bringing out the best and the worst in us.

Some say we'll be stuck here forever,

but we will never stop fighting to find a way out.

Oh, Hunter May, meet my son Dale.

You're gonna get me to the dome.

The place where the National Guard

shoots trespassers on sight?

- Barbie! - Don't jump!

Barbie!

Maybe the guys who took Barbie

are the same ones who want the egg.

How would they even know about it?

We'll protect it.

No better place to hide

than right under my dad's nose.

And you all think it powers the dome?

That's the-the working theory, right?

Yeah.

It's my job to lead the people

of this town to freedom.

Who are you?

She's a friend of mine... Pauline Verdreaux.

- Pauline Rennie? - James' mother.

I think that door's the way back into the dome.

I know where this is. Grew up there.

All right. Let's go, let's go.

What the hell?

We're back somehow.

Pauline?

Pauline?

It's me.

That's impossible. You...

What are you doing here?

Did the dome send you?

Like Linda and Dodee to torment me?

What?

No, Jim.

It's really me.

No, no.

No. You died.

You died nine years ago.

I was never dead.

You drove your car into a tree.

I... I saw the wreck.

I read the report.

I picked out your casket.

I was never inside the car.

It was a cadaver.

Lester Coggins helped me. And Lyle, too.

He knew what to use to make the car burn

so that there would be nothing left.

It was the only way! The only way for what?

It was the only way to get out of Chester's Mill!

I told you about my visions.

You saw my paintings.

I knew something terrible was coming.

So you ran away and left me and Junior?

To protect my family.

I thought the dome would follow me.

And you would never let me go!

You're gonna stand here

in your son's room and make excuses to me?

Stop it.

You destroyed him, Pauline.

- You destroyed your own son. - Stop.

For all these years,

I thought it was my fault.

Jim...

Jim?

I came back.

Jim, I came back!

Hey.

Hey.

Look at this.

See anything strange?

Its leaves have turned.

Like it's fall.

Except it's summer.

The temperature's dropped in the last two days.

This is an oak.

One of the first to change.

Any idea why this is happening?

Somehow the dome is accelerating the seasons.

Normally, fall's my favorite.

Book by the fire, nice glass of pinot, but...

this is just odd.

Oh, my God!

Julia?

Julia?

- You came back. - I did.

I'm gonna get everybody out.

What happened?

How are you here?

Barbie, how the hell did you get back?

Let's do this inside.

It's freezing.

Since when did it become Alaska in here?

No kidding.

And, uh...

Melanie's not here.

Junior either.

We have the whole place to ourselves.

Better keep each other warm.

Wait. Melanie hasn't been here in, like, a day.

She's probably at Julia's.

Or out doing Jane Fonda exercises, whatever people did in the '80s.

Oh, come back.

Oh, my God, Joe. The egg is gone.

What?

You think she took it?

The way she protects that thing, I bet she did.

Come on, let's go find her.

Junior?

Oh. Sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.

It's okay.

I should go.

Julia might be worried.

I shouldn't have let us fall asleep.

If she's mad I didn't come home, I'll just blame it on you.

Tell her you locked me up down here.

What?

I-I was just kidding.

Um...

you're sure the egg's safe down here?

Uh, this place is built to withstand nuclear bombs.

It's the safest place in town.

Well...

I guess I'll see you later.

Uh, yes. See you later.

Junior!

Angie?

Think about what you're doing.

With her down here?

It-it's not what you think.

You're gonna want to follow your heart. Don't.

I-I don't know what you mean.

Junior?

Did you say something?

No.

Okay.

Bye.

Bye.

Angie?

Angie?

So you jump off an underground cliff

and somehow land all the way in Zenith?

Where you wake up on a playground.

It surprised the hell out of me, too.

But the same thing happened to Sam

and Lyle.

And you feel okay? No physical injuries

or-or psychological disturbances?

The way there was a blur, but...

but I woke up, I was fine.

The way back...

I had this memory from a long time ago.

What?

It was just something

from when I was a kid.

How'd the others fare?

Well, Lyle...

He didn't come up out of the water with the rest of us.

Is he dead?

I don't know.

You know, maybe he came up first.

He drowned.

Or maybe he's trapped somewhere in between.

I don't know. What matters is

that we can use that cliff

to get everybody out of here.

But we need a plan.

Last thing we want is a stampede.

Let's start with the people we trust.

I will walkie Tom and Andrea.

Have them meet us at the Sweetbriar in an hour.

All right.

There's finally a way out.

And I don't know if we should take it.

Melanie!

Sam?

How are you alive?

I survived the fall.

Listen, I'm not back to hurt anyone.

Especially you.

You killed me...

I didn't push you into the crater that night.

So, it was Lyle?

Yes.

I helped bury you.

We all did. And then we ran.

And I've regretted it every day since.

Imagine if you'd trusted me, and protected the egg.

Maybe none of this would've happened.

Maybe the dome wouldn't have come down.