Under The Dome Recap: Dodgy Barbie, Nerd Love And A Simpsons Movie Shout-Out

By Matt Webb Mitovich
Under the Dome Recap "Manhunt"-- While the residents of Chester’s Mill face the uncertainty of life in the dome, panic is heightened when a house goes up in flames and their fire department is outside of the dome, on UNDER THE DOME, Monday, July 8 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: L-R Mike Vogel as Dale "Barbie Barbara and Rachelle Lefevre as Julia Shumway. Photo: Michael Tackett/©2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Under the Dome RecapThis week on CBS' Under the Dome, Julia spent some quality time with Junior "Call Me James," Joe's impromptu house party ended with a bang and the manhunt for Deputy Paul landed Barbie on Big Jim's radar. Here's a rundown of new things we learned, new questions raised.

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THINGS WE LEARNED....

* The dome can be seamlessly integrated into a skate park.

* Julia doesn't "do caution."

* Norrie can be superbitchy without her tunes. She's also easily impressed. ("Driving a rig is pretty cool....")

* Junior aka Shy Ronnie must really love Angie, because she has to be smelling sorta ripe by now.

* Bigots are alive and well in Chester's Mill. (Makes you feel as if ol' Ollie has been living in a dome his whole life, no?)

* While the Dome most definitely does not like batteries, it frankly doesn't care whether you hate it or not.

* Julia is smart enough to bring along a box of matches before entering a subterranean chamber, but not quite smart enough to have grabbed a flashlight.

* Under the Dome is Simpsons Movie-aware (even though Stephen King started writing this novel a small eternity before that animated feature, yada yada).

* Big Jim and the reverend were definitely involved in a "drug business" using the propane... somehow.

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THINGS WE'RE WONDERING....

* Why did Barbie seem to purposely duck DJ Phil?

* Does Norrie have any legit beef with her parents, or is she just a standard-issue rebellious teen? And where was Mom No. 2 this week? Off helping Christian Slater retrieve a broken arrow?

* Who thought it was a good idea to have a "recharge party" using a house's generator? Oh yeah — it was the Goofy, Lingo-Spouting Sidekick.

* What exactly is Barbie's military-ish background?

* Why does everyone on TV always seem to go for the kill shot? (We're looking at you, Sheriff Linda.) What happened to popping the kneecap?

* Given their simul-seizures, is it safe to say Joe and Norrie are MFEO? And what does "The pink stars are falling in line" mean?

* When will someone start worrying about MIA Angie? Joe hasn't said a peep, while her diner boss is just shrugging off her absence.

* Is Rachelle Lefevre's hair now officially trumping Connie Britton's? If only because Nashville is on hiatus?

* When will things get, you know, scary?

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