Under the Dome

Two weeks ago,

an invisible dome crashed down on Chester's Mill,

cutting us off from the rest of the world.

Why the dome is here or 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.

You're the one tearing Chester's Mill apart.

The dome wants Jim dead.

I'm looking for someone. She's about 17.

Long dark hair, tall?

Can I help you with something?

Linda!

Heard you lost your house.

My home is your home.

He's a liar and a murderer.

We can still stop him.

Those surges fried most of our power sources.

Who knows what other damage they've caused?

I've got to survey our water supply,

determine how to find another source of power.

The fire tower magnet got us through the day,

but I'm not gonna sleep tonight.

You think that's what stopped the surges

and cleared the dome?

What else could it have been?

Are you okay?

I...

...miss...

...this.

Me, too.

Almost as much as I'm gonna miss coffee.

Really?

Seriously...

Mr. Barbara...

If you think I'm gonna get by under this thing without you...

I thought the Big Jim slumber party

was just a nightmare.

Worse.

Can't wake up from it.

Great.

Now that your house is trashed,

looks like we're stuck on Elm Street for a while longer.

Angie never came home last night.

Can't blame her.

She probably sacked out at the Sweetbriar

to stay away from the Big Bad Wolf.

Kids...! Breakfast is ready!

Hey... good morning, you two.

Grab something to drink out of the fridge there.

Dome sapped my generators, so everything's going bad.

Cooked you up some breakfast.

Sit down, there's plenty to eat.

Come on,

have a seat.

There you go.

Now, from what I understand,

you all seem to know a lot about this dome, and, uh...

I can't wait to hear all about it.

Since when do you care?

Well, since the dome spared my life yesterday.

I've become more of a believer.

Don't you have to go round up some more

generators or something?

Jim, you read?

Patterson's roof just caved in from yesterday's damage.

All right, thanks, Phil.

I'm headed into town now.

Enjoy.

We'll continue this conversation later.

Junior,

this hellhole really more comfortable than your own bed?

I'd rather sleep here than under the roof of a murderer.

Get that hangover of yours out of bed.

I need you to go over to the school and open it up.

Rebecca Pine is gonna start classes again.

You really think people care about calculus

and social studies anymore?

She's gonna teach things that matter--

things that can help this town get back on its feet.

Now, I need you to get over there, open it up...

clean up any mess.

Do it yourself!

I risked my life for you yesterday.

Least you could do is lend me a hand.

I'll do it for the town, not for you.

Did't know running the town meant waiting on it, too.

Where's Angie? - I don't know.

She was a no-show this morning.

A couple people say that when they came to,

they saw you with a noose around your neck.

It's a long story, Andrea.

People say it was you

who ended all that magnetism business.

Well, if anyone saved us, it was the...

the good Lord.

I don't think so.

You were the one willing to sacrifice himself.

That's why the dome spared us.

The only reason this town is still standing,

is because of Big Jim Rennie.

Hey, good morning.

Morning.

Coffee? - Sure.

It's the least I could do to...

pay you back.

Just want you to know, I have no, uh...

animosity towards you, Julia.

I have, uh, nothing but...

deep gratitude.

That sounded dangerously close to a "Thank you."

"Gratitude"?

That's a word I thought would never come out of your mouth.

Jim?

We have a little emergency.

I don't know if it's because of our isolated ecosystem

or the magnetic fluctuations,

but something has caused

our butterfly reproductive cycle to accelerate.

Killer butterflies, huh?

Now we really got something to worry about.

Yeah. I-I know it doesn't sound serious,

but butterflies lay eggs

and those eggs turn into caterpillars.

Caterpillars who are very...

very hungry.

These creatures can eat 200 times their own weight.

And they're not being choosy.

Off my initial survey,

more than half our crops

are already infested with caterpillars.

Angie's dead.

Oh, my Lord.

The lock on the back door's broken.

What are you doing here?

We got to check that locker,

'cause the handprint shows that she was reaching for it.

Let's get busy.

Oh... i-is this where you point the finger at me?

You and I have both done things we're not proud of.

Neither of us would do something like this.

So, then, who would?

I got no idea.

But whoever murdered her

is walking around Chester's Mill right now.

And I need your help hunting them down.

Jim!

Found something.

The killer stepped in their dirty work...

left us a gift.

It's so quiet out here.

It's like the only place that feels normal.

Yeah, like we could forget there's a giant,

plastic bowl over us.

Hey-- poison ivy.

Not a big problem in L.A., I guess.

They're butterflies.

They're dead.

That's okay.

There's about to be a lot more of them.

How do you know that?

If they're dying, then...

they laid new eggs.

Their life cycle's over.

Who is she? - I, I don't know.

I've never seen her before.

Are you okay?

Hey, what's your name?

I don't know.

How long have you been out here?

Hey, give me a hand.

All right.

You have to let her go, son.

It takes time for the...

numbness to wear off.

I need you to tell me, James...

did you do this?

How can you say that?

Because I know how much you loved her.

It wouldn't be the first time...

it took an ugly turn.

Angie meant everything to me.

And the thought of not having her

drove you to do some crazy things.

Just tell me the truth and I'll take care of this.

Angie wanted you dead.

What happened, she come after you and you got to her first?

What are you talking about?

Did you do it?

Did you kill her?

- I'd never hurt someone close to you, Junior. - No...

No, no, no. I don't believe you.

You killed Angie and now you're trying to pin it on me.

-Junior, I would never... - If you killed Angie,

so help me, I will make you suffer!

We're crashing at Big Jim's;

we can take you there.

What's going on?!