Chester’s Mill is ruled by the good, the bad and the inane.
Since Im a positive sort of geek, lets start with the good.
Most of the good this week, as per usual, had to do with gentlemen named Rennie.
Dean Norris and his as performance Big Jim continued to be a campy delight.
Seriously, no one on modern day TV skulks like Big Jim.
Poorly executed romantic tension at that
Which brings us to the inane.
The whole Dome Matrix thing really was an intriguing addition to the show.
Yet, it was all being used to create romance wrinkles for Barbie and Julia and Norrie and Joe.
So Julia and Joe were jealous of their significant others because of a dream?
No, this is not good.
I would read the shit out of Degrassi Junior High fan fiction, by the way.
Barbie and Julia might even be worse.
Listen, affairs of the heart are complex, I get it.
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Now to the bad.
I was going to comment on what a creepy ass big bad Melanie has become.
She has the diaphanous, spectral, evil presence thing down pat.
Or she did, because this week, Christine killed Melanie as Melanie was trying to kill Julia.
She is like the Mick Foley of unevenly executed Stephen King adaptations.
Under the Dome is to women like The Walking Dead is too the brothers.
Anyway, with Melanie dead, the mysterious Christine seems to be the shows big bad.
Seriously, Melanie was like the focal point of the entire season last year, and now-dead.
Lest I be accused of being too negative, let us go back to some good.
So as far as the Rennies are concerned, good stuff as always.
Call it 2 stars 112 of them belonging to Dean Norris.
Rating:
2 out of 5
