The pending destruction at the hands of the military that they believe should be protecting them, forces the residents of Chester’s Mill to see their own lives through a new lens. Big Jim has a moment of surprising mercy as he frees Angie from Junior’s basement. Junior himself seeks out Angie to silence her but instead, as the former hostage and captor wait for the bomb to hit, share a moment of unexpected tenderness. They are no longer victim and tormentor; they are just two souls desperately seeking human contact in the face of the inevitable. The bomb hits, and the last thing the viewer sees is the devastation outside the dome. There is nothing but a charred landscape surrounding the dome, reminding residents that there is nothing outside the dome but disappointment and their old lives, but in the face of death, Chester’s Mill endured the blast unscathed, and came together as one and held heads bravely as death approached. The unity is uplifting until Big Jim takes steps to silence the suddenly contrite Reverend Lester Coggins. As one drop of Chester’s Mill blood drips down the dome, it serves as a reminder that even though there are bombs dropping outside the dome, it is the innate evil within the dome that poses the greatest threat to the characters viewers are learning to love. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
