Imperfect Circles

[3] Julia's (Rachelle Lefevre) friend, Harriet (played by Megan Ketch), touches the dome and goes into labor, so she takes her to the hospital.

On their way, they are carjacked by the two Dundee brothers that killed Rose (Beth Broderick), but Barbie (Mike Vogel) arrives and the two flee.

Angie then decides to go see Rose and runs into Joe's (Colin Ford) friend Ben (John Elvis) and both fix the diner.

The original Alice then has a heart-attack (due to insuffient insulin, which was hard to get since the dome cut off resources) and dies in Norrie's arms.

"[5] Ted Kindig of BuddyTV commented positively on Big Jim's role in the episode, saying "Dean Norris' snarling councilman has a pretty good night overall: while the rest of the episode gets tangled up in its weaker, soapier elements, Big Jim emerges as a pretty credible anti-hero.

The characters are still primarily plot-delivery systems, but they’re starting to feel more like actual people we might become interested in spending time with.

And it continued last week's theme of the dome as sentient being, as it made important loved ones appear to people who touched the dome—first for pregnant Harriet and then for Norrie when her mother's health goes sharply downhill.

Last night, two Dome characters took a similar stroll in the woods…and found another mysterious thing that seems guaranteed to dominate the back half of this season.

"[10] Adam Newland of TV Equals gave the episode a negative review, saying "One week after the show put together some competent drama, Under the Dome was back to business as usual.

What resulted was a mostly pointless hour of television that made me long for the good old days with Duke’s house fire.