NEW SERIES: "Under The Dome" Review

Under the Dome pilot  was a fun ride. Based on one of the numerous novels by Stephen King, who’s being having his novels and stories on TV and in the cinema. 

A small town is entrapped inside a mysterious plain transparent dome, cutting them off from the world. No sound, electronic,radio waves could penetrate it from the outside. This isn't a town without its own secrets, we're shown early on that somethings amiss in the town already, something the authorities know about and aren't telling the town folks. Mysterious deliveries of propane over a few weeks period, too close for coincidence. A mysterious stranger, unlucky enough to have hit some cows and have an accident just before the 'dome' entrapped the town, thereby trapping him inside the town. Who he is, what he does are also mysteries we don't know yet, although we're shown him burying someone in the woods at the beginning of the episode. We're introduced to interesting town folks, a councilman (who's power hungry), a town sheriff with a heart problem (something happens to him at the end of the episode, thereby opening up new directions and plot-lines for the show.), a female journalist (who's husband is the dead body buried in the woods), two home-alone teenagers (their parents are trapped outside the 'Dome') and a psycho kid (the son of the council-man) who has obsessive and trust issues.

Positives;
--- The mysterious epileptic attacks of the two teenagers, and both of them saying the same things in a trance.
--- The story and reasons behind why the authorities were storing propane even before the 'Dome' came down.
--- The tussle for power and control of the whole town.
--- The mysterious man and his connections to the town and the late doctor.
--- What the late doctor was doing on Sundays when he lied to his wife that he was
working at the hospital.
--- The effects on the show were great, top-notch. The cow sliced in two, the small plane crashing into the dome, the truck speeding and ramming into the dome, seeing how it folded on itself. One of the best CGI effects on any show this summer, considering its a Network show and not for cable.

Negatives;
--- Didn't like the psycho-kid story-line. Its a plot i believe is going to drag down the narrative, we aren't shown how he came to be this, meaning there's gonna be no back-story explanation of how he became obsessive kid. End of the day, he'll contribute nothing to the show and end up dead, possibly a heroic or gratuitous death.

Will definately tune in to watch more episodes.