Exigent Circumstances (Under the Dome)

Dodee (Jolene Purdy) later reveals to Big Jim, after hearing radio transmissions from the military, that Barbie is being searched for from outside the dome.

She then leaves the room for a moment, where Big Jim hears the people on the transmission discuss past events that occurred in the dome, including Reverend Coggins's (Ned Bellamy) murder.

Dodee overhears the transmission, realizing that Big Jim was responsible for his death and other past crimes in the town.

Dodee then says she hopes for his eventual death, which pushes Big Jim to kill her and burn the station, blaming Barbie for arson.

Joe (Colin Ford), Angie (Britt Robertson), and Norrie (Mackenzie Lintz) grow confused over the vision they witnessed earlier, with the three of them and Junior (Alexander Koch) killing Big Jim.

Norrie's mother Carolyn (Aisha Hinds) then discovers the mini-dome, and promises to keep it secret from the town and Big Jim.

Joe and Norrie are soon released, and make their way to Ben's house, where he has been covering the dome in blankets after a piercing noise from the egg starts.

Ben, Joe, Norrie, and Carolyn take off the blankets to find the dome glowing orange and the monarch cocoon beginning to move.

Barbie later finds Angie and convinces her to protect Julia (Rachelle Lefevre), who is recovering in the hospital from her bullet wound from the previous episode.

Junior attempts to stop him, but Barbie manages to subdue him, and gets Angie to drive the ambulance to a safe place.

In his cell, Barbie is encouraged by Big Jim to confess to all the charges put on his record, or have those closest to him harmed.

Not only was it more focused than usual, but it made me feel, for the first time in a long while, that Chester's Mill was a town full of people and not just a game board with a handful of players.

What remains to be seen, then, is whether or not this show has asked the right questions: will viewers ponder the significance of pink stars for months?