Under the Dome 

An invisible and mysterious force field descends upon a small actual town of Chester's Mill, Maine, USA, trapping residents inside, cut off from the rest of civilization. The trapped townspeople must discover the secrets and purpose of the "dome" or "sphere" and its origins, while coming to learn more than they ever knew about each other and animals too.

Creator:

Brian K. Vaughan

Stars:

Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Alexander Koch

1 win & 12 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mike Vogel	...	Dale 'Barbie' Barbara 39 episodes, 2013-2015
Rachelle Lefevre	...	Julia Shumway 39 episodes, 2013-2015
Alexander Koch	...	James 'Junior' Rennie 39 episodes, 2013-2015
Colin Ford	...	Joe McAlister 39 episodes, 2013-2015
Mackenzie Lintz	...	Norrie Calvert-Hill 39 episodes, 2013-2015
Dean Norris	...	James 'Big Jim' Rennie 39 episodes, 2013-2015
Eddie Cahill	...	Sam Verdreaux 26 episodes, 2014-2015
Max Ehrich	...	Hunter May 19 episodes, 2014-2015
Nicholas Strong	...	Phil Bushey 17 episodes, 2013-2014
Aisha Hinds	...	Carolyn Hill 16 episodes, 2013-2015
Grace Victoria Cox	...	Melanie Cross 16 episodes, 2014-2015

Storyline

Under the Dome is the story of a small town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town's inhabitants must deal with surviving the post-apocalyptic conditions while searching for answers about the dome, where it came from and if and when it will go away.

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Plot Keywords:

trapped | dome | invisible barrier | based on novel | no cell phone signal | 

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Taglines:

They are all trapped inside.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pod kupolom

Filming Locations:

Southport, North Carolina, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Television,Baer Bones,CBS Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dale Barbara's (Barbie) birthday is July 17, 1979. The same as Mike Vogel, the actor who portrays him.

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Quotes

Julia Shumway: [Opening narration, season 1] Chester's Mill is a place like any other. At least, it used to be until we were cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious dome. Invisible, indestructible, and completely inescapable. We're trapped. We don't know where it came from or why it's here, but now that we're all trapped under the dome together, none of our secrets are safe.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Grease 2 (2016)

User Reviews

Marketing ploy for sheep viewers

Waste of time.

Having worked in the entertainment field for 25 years now, I'll let you in on a little secret: TV shows are vehicles for advertisers. Period. Nobody green-lights TV series' for their "art." Sad, but true.

I laugh a bit because most of these reviews include some statement to the effect of "I watched all 13 episodes and..." See? They won. They succeeded in making you watch.

Notice that this LAME-O TV series features 3-4 minutes of commercials every 8 minutes. That's Insane. This series was given the green light to make money and nothing more. And it's doing just that.

Shows like this have no set ending. They're made up as they go and will keep trudging along until the viewer numbers drop. They're riding the buzz all the way to the bank. They have no idea how it will end. If viewers keep watching, they'll keep making stupid plots up; ghosts, a sudden opening in the dome, dream sequences, whatever.

The show is stupid beyond comprehension. The characters, plot, story arc - all elements - are unbelievable. The plot is made to S t r e t c h the time so the advertisers can sink their teeth into you. This is a waste of time and nothing more than "fun-money" for Stephen King. It's NOT his book. Not even close. It shares a title and town name. That's it.

Pure, complete and total crap. And the ending of season 1 is atrocious and just makes everybody angry.

Lastly, notice how all the reviews for the show were 2 or 3 (lots of 1's too). Suddenly there are 7's, 8's and 9's. That's because Marketing hired a slew of people to "rate it up" so social media scores were higher. Don't be fooled. It's a crappy show. Don't waste your time.