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Under The Dome 1.03: Seriously, This Is An Emergency

Why is it that the only people who are actively trying to find a way out from under the Dome are the "crazy" characters? Why is it that Possessive Boyfriend, Renegade Cop, and I the only ones worried about the fact that no one is rationing food or fuel? 

Now, I understand the townspeople's initial reactions of wanting to sleep it off or wait it out, so I will grant that it makes sense to have one episode of people nonchalantly waiting around until they can start going to that famous Westlake Denny's again. But once it becomes clear that even the military can't get in or out, I think it becomes necessary for everyone to buckle down and start figuring out what to do. Or at least start worrying about when they will do so. But instead of giving a thought to the situation, the residents of Chester's Mill seem to be content to continue living as they did before.

Under the Dome's problems seem to stem from pacing and character issues, and I would liken those problems to those seen in the infuriatingly disappointing Terra Nova. Both had a rich premise that provided more than enough potential stories to have an exciting season. Both asked how modern people would react when their way of life was forced to change entirely, but seemed afraid to actually answer that question. 

Terra Nova made the disappointing (and boring) choice to become a family drama that happened to be set in a prehistoric jungle. Although Under The Dome is more ensemble focused, it seems that it might fall into a similar trap. I did say in my initial review of the pilot that the show should make sure focus more on character and less on the dome itself, but the show seems to have taken to ignoring the dome almost entirely. The only people who seem to really be affected by the Dome are those who are "crazy". Even the mere idea of isolation hasn't had much of an effect on anyone. The Dome should be an excuse to contain a group of characters and see how they deal with isolation and desperation. But right now it seems like a minor inconvenience.

I'll be sticking with Under the Dome for another week, but I'm not sure how much longer the show will be able to keep my interest.

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UNDER THE DOME Pilot Recap and Discussion

Every time a new "high concept" TV show is announced, I begrudgingly set my DVR, despite knowing that I will probably lose interest during or soon after the pilot. It happened with Flash Forward. It happened with Terra Nova. It happened with Alcatraz. But i hold out hope that I will see a pilot with a high concept and ensemble cast and get excited about what might happen next.

All my trial and error has finally paid off with Under the Dome. 

I have not read the massive Stephen King novel that the show is based on, but like the 21st gal I am, I gave a cursory glance to its Wikipedia page before watching. It's not really necessary to do any prep work before going into this show, but I'll give you a quick run down of the concept nonetheless:

Chester's Mill looks like a quaint place. It's got your requisite cast of characters: pretty girl trapped in a small town, friendly old sheriff, counter culture radio broadcasters, investigative reporter with a troubled marriage, mysterious eye candy who buries bodies in the woods, etc. Everything seems like a typical morning until an impenetrable barrier suddenly appears around (and over) the town. Anyone caught inside is stuck there, and some unlucky folks (and cows) had the barrier separate some body parts.  The barrier also cuts off sound and communication like cell phones and radio broadcasts. Did I mention the fire department and a lot of policemen were at a parade in the neighboring town that and are trapped outside?

That's all covered in the first half of the pilot. The real question is what's going to happen next. A solid chuck of the town's emergency services are gone, and the sheriff's pacemaker lost a fight with the dome. Who is going to clean up the casualties? Who is going to keep the town in order as supplies run low and panic sets in? What will it be like to be literally trapped in a one horse town with no way to contact the outside world? I am usually pessimistic about this genre but, hot damn, I cannot wait to see how the show answers this question.

A lot of my excitement comes from Under the Dome's writer, Brian K. Vaughn. You might know him as a writer for Lost, but to me he will always be the man that brought the world Runaways, the comic book series you should have read yesterday. That series, and the 5 Eisner Awards under his belt, make me think that Dome is going to continue to be wonderful. Vaughn is great at handling large casts of characters, and at hitting your emotions hard without coming off as cheesy.

Of course, all this optimism doesn't mean that I don't have a few worries. I hope that the series will continue to focus most of its time on what happens to characters within the town rather than feeding us week after week of technobabble about how the Dome works and how they might escape. It's a pitfall Lost sometimes slipped into: mistaking the audience's interest in the world as interest in the mechanics of the island. It might be interesting to find out how the dome was created, but it is miles more interesting to find out why. Is it a control experiment to see how human's function in isolation? Is it an act of terror that might be repeated elsewhere? Is it an inside job, as a few moments in the pilot seem to imply? 

I can't wait to tune in and find out.

Under the Dome airs Mondays at 10 on CBS

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TEEN WOLF 3.01 Review: Shouldn't You Be In School?

I start this review with a warning: it is easy to lose the trust of your friends by selling Teen Wolf as a light hearted comedy that occasionally features teenage werewolves, because 'Tattoo' was anything but. This episode seems ready to challenge what everyone has been thinking about Teen Wolf, with its cold open that featured only one known character an a whole bunch of new threats.

'Tattoo' ushers in two major themes for this season. The first is moving forward.  Scott and Allison seem ready to make a new start this school year, although the latter seems to be on the fence as to whether that start should involve the former.  Lydia is ready to move onto new distractions (you go, girl) and Stiles is...Stiles, but you'll see no complaints from me on that front. Even Papa Argent seems to be ready to give up on the hunting lifestyle and develop a more typical relationship with his daughter. 

It appears this season will also look at what it looks like to keep things under control. Melissa McCall is dealing pretty well with her new knowledge of the supernatural and tries to keep a handle on the wolfy business going down in the hospital so she doesn't distract Scott. Despite losing Erica and Boyd (and almost Isaac) Derek also seems ready to keep new troubles away from our vocabulary obsessed young alpha.  But as we can see by new Alphas appearing around every corner, it'll be harder to keep everything under wraps this time around.  The Beacon Hills of years past has never been conflict free, but it looks like this season all fights will be taken to new levels. I for one hope we haven't seen the last of one mysterious young woman with sparky weapons and questionable motivations.

While there are a lot of new themes, threats, and possibly creatures (twin werewolves that merge together to be a super wolf?!), there is still a sense of familiarity this season. The scene where Scott and Allison find themselves parked at the same stoplight and both try to convince their friends to leave is as hilarious as it is believable. Dylan O'Brien and  Holland Rohen in particular shine throughout the episodes lighter moments.   

'Tattoo' was a strong start to what looks to be an ambitious season for Teen Wolf. I have a ton of questions (Will Erica and Boyd really be back? Will we see more of barefoot ballerina werewolf? Why are kittens killing themselves? ) and every one of them makes me look forward to tune in next week. I just hope my excitement isn't ephemeral.