Blue on Blue (Under the Dome)
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Episode 5
| "Blue on Blue" | |
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| Under the Dome episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Jack Bender |
| Written by | Brian K. Vaughan |
| Original air date | July 22, 2013 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Blue on Blue" is the fifth episode of the CBS drama Under the Dome. The episode aired on July 22, 2013.[1] It was after this episode that the series was renewed for a second season on July 29, 2013.[2]
The episode was screened at the 2013 Comic-Con, and was received positively by viewers;[3] and was also well received by most critics. Upon airing, the episode was watched by 11.60 million viewers, with an 18-49 rating of 2.8,[4] presenting an increase in ratings from the previous episode.[5]
Despite finding Angie in the shelter, Jim leaves her locked up, unable to believe his son would do such a thing. Meanwhile, the military has scheduled a "visitors' day" for the residents of Chester's Mill, where family members and friends of people trapped in the dome can come and visit their loved ones. During the event, Linda tells her fiancé about his brother's death, Norrie meets her estranged biological father (Gary Weeks), who her parents had led her to believe she would never be able to find, and Barbie finds out from a soldier stationed outside the dome that the military plans to attempt to destroy the dome with a missile (MOAB), which will likely kill everyone inside. When Barbie relays this to Big Jim, he orders everyone to take shelter in the tunnels underneath the city. He then releases Angie from her captivity, but when Junior finds out, he sets off after her while everyone else takes shelter in the tunnels.
As most of the town prepares for the inevitable in the tunnels, Joe and Norrie search for Angie, Junior finds Angie at her house and they spend what they believe will be their last moments together, and Barbie and Julia search for Norrie at the request of her parents. As the missile approaches, Norrie and Joe share a kiss.
The missile harmlessly impacts the dome, laying waste to everything outside of it but leaving the town unscathed. Norrie and Joe find that they no longer have seizures when they touch. As Big Jim investigates the edge of the dome, he is approached by Reverend Coggins, who earlier gave him an ultimatum to admit his part in a drug scandal to the town. Jim kills Coggins by pressing his head against the dome, causing his hearing aid to explode.