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The Dome’s Tyranny May Be Close to an End, but ‘Under the Dome’ Remains as Horrendous as Ever

Everyone can get out from under the dome now. So this show needs to raise the stakes again.

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Let me tell you what happened on Under the Dome this week. Two characters, Sam and Barbie, fell down a cliff in the locker-tunnel, both kinda accidentally on purpose, and vanished into a void that transported them to the city of Zenith. So, uh, good job guys. You found a way out of Chester’s Mill. You can get around the dome! Every townsperson should just

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