Under the Dome: Season 2

After a strong start, this year's followup to last year's unforeseen summer hit based on Stephen King's (vastly superior) tome of a book went through an unpredictable series of inexplicable events designed to drag the plot out as long as possible. Capitalizing on King's exploration of a society trapped under the Simpson's dome, the show's writers came up with several quirky phenomena that push the viewers' ability to suspend even the basic understanding of physics. Despite the random introduction of several characters out of the void, and the aforementioned rule bending, and characters who frequently and spontaneously and arbitrarily change from protagonist to antagonist, the season was actually pretty fun to watch. The volatile plot is forgiveable with a quick moving story and good lead actors/actresses (with exceptions). To speak frankly, I liked it. The first season was closer to the book and seemed to mostly operate consistently within the rules originally established. This second season veered wildly into new predicaments for no other apparent reason than to extend the plot, and completely ignored plot lines established in season one, but retained the basic interesting and captivating qualities of the first season. I didn't like it as much for the reasons listed, but it was pretty good. I was a little disappointed to learn that the they plan to carry this out for, not only a third season (a seeminlgy impossible task), but maybe as many as five seasons. Why? I suppose the same reason that filmmakers ever do these things: why not? Well, I will watch them unless they go the route of "Heroes," but I do hope that they focus on making the plot cohesive and maintaining some level of consistency with the characters. I also still think that more people should watch it... oh and read the book first (that includes you, plot writers).

This season continues with the same interesting plot and mysterious suspense it started with, then begins to change a little over halfway through the season. I think this show is very comparable to the series "Lost." It is a science fiction suspense show with some romantic sidelines thrown in. The plot begins to have more twists and turns during this season, and is beginning to be less believable, and in some ways more predictable. There is more darkness as one character really emerges as the typical crazy evil guy, a major contributor to the predictability of scenes. The acting is good for TV, it's easy to hate the bad guy and root for the hero to win as they portray their characters in a way that you love and hate them as they are written. Some of the secondary actors are less believable, but aren't as important to the story. The season ends in a cliffhanger, so if you don't like to have unanswered questions, it would be better to wait to watch until next season at least starts ;)Overall, it's worth watching, and as today's tv goes, it doesn't have gory death scenes, or too much inappropriate language. Not really something I would recommend for young viewers, but kids will watch about anything, and there is much worse.For anyone who likes to read the book and watch the show, this series has almost nothing in common with the book. Character names are the same, but not much else. I think I prefer the tv show to the book, but the show has changed so much this season, it's hard to tell.

I'm not really familiar with Stephen King as an author, but I know he's a smart guy from an essay on writing he wrote for the Wall Street Journal some years ago. So I was willing to give Under the Dome a chance. The program shares the limitations of the genre of its source novel--the sort that touches on pop sensibilities, the surreal, fantasy/science fiction speculations, and the supernatural.The program is entertaining and draws you in. I was struck by the casual violence--every other character commits a murder, or multiple murders from revenge or taking the law into his or her own hands. The extraordinary circumstances propelling a small community beyond the normal situation reminds me of Jericho, a show about life after a nuclear attack in a small town (also recommended). The struggle to maintain order, respect for law and human decency, and the prevention of mass panic is foremost--in other words, the qualities inherent in leadership and even statesmanship are explored in extremis. The now de rigour inclusion of a gay relationship as normal was bothersome to me, but will probably not be to most viewers. The story line seems to wander as the 3rd season unfolds--too many twists that make it seem the producers are desperate to hold viewers' attention, which makes me wonder about the underlying novel.Overall, the show is worth a look if you can grant the premise--some sort of non-human or super-human force places a dome over a small New England town, which by turns menaces and protects the populace. The question of what the "intent" of the dome is hangs over each episode; the plot devices are all in service of this central mystery. But not all successfully.

I saw excerps for the series on TikTok and it looked interesting, so I purchased season 1 (and later seasons 2 & 3). I agree with others that the storyline is too complex, but I found most of the characters compelling and likable and was drawn to the series.There are serious character issues and the timeline is abbreviated, making the whole storyline implausible. Some characters are likable and draw you to the series (Julia, Barbie, Deputy Linda, and others) while other characters are murderous thugs that somehow stay alive through all three series (Big Jim, Junior, and others).Lots of people complain about the acting, and I admit it's not the greatest, but it's also easy to accept it for what it is and run with the characters and the story.I enjoyed Seasons 1 & 2, but Season 3 was a mess, introducing new main characters very late in the game and making it hard to follow along.

At the start of season 2 you start to get annoyed because there is an element of implausibility and a lack of cohesion in the characterization and plot lines........ We have the lead actor Jim Renee killing innocent people off in season 1, then making up with people, then killing, bullying anyone who gets in his way Again and again only to be forgiven by the worlds dumbest community..... when it happens again in season 2 I started to lose interest..........but don't give up because by episode 5 it finds its rhythm againOverall its OK TV, useful if your bored

As previously stated Season 1 started off very promising. Season 2 is nothing short of a head scratching mess.Does anyone know what's going on ? Certainly not the scriptwriters.Does anyone care ? Certainly not me !I won't be wasting any more time with Season 3 and judging by the plummeting viewing figures neither is anyone else.Another Stephen King adaption goes down the pan. Shame.

I love this series and have been wanting to see it for years. Now that I have all three seasons I can watch it as often as I like and highly recommend it to anyone, p.s. it's by brilliant Stephen King. Just love his work !

One of the stupidiest series ever. Nothing, absolutely nothing in comparison with the book (which was a really good one). A bunch of histerical characters bumping around. The dialogues are the worst part: so trite and corny......sorry. a real waste of time in my opinion. I have aleady bought also the Third season, need a break though...

The second season got quickly boring as it got lost in human relations but the 3rd brought it back on track