The BEST episodes of Under the Dome
Every episode of Under the Dome ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Under the Dome!
An invisible and mysterious force field descends upon a small fictional town in the United States, trapping residents inside, cut off from the rest of civilization. The trapped townsfolk must discover the secrets and purpose of the "dome" and its origins, while coming to learn more than they ever knew about each other.
#1 - The Enemy Within
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/10/2015
Series Finale: As the Dome in Chester's Mill comes down, the Resistance makes a final attempt to protect the outside world from the infected townspeople in the Kinship and their new queen.
#2 - Breaking Point
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/6/2015
Big Jim, Julia, Joe, Norrie and Hunter join together to form a resistance against Christine, who is mobilizing residents to work on a massive excavation project in the caves underneath the town. Also, Hunter uses his tech skills to contact the outside world.
#3 - Alaska
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/16/2015
Big Jim and Julia form a tentative alliance to search for proof that will discredit Christine, which leads them to new information about the Dome’s capabilities. Meanwhile, when tensions run high in town and threaten Christine’s leadership, she puts a plan in play that has deadly consequences.
#4 - Exigent Circumstances
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/9/2013
While the manhunt for Barbie continues, Big Jim gets the residents of Chester’s Mill riled up and the town demands justice for all of Barbie’s supposed crimes. Meanwhile, Joe and Norrie must find a new hiding place for the mini dome.
#5 - Legacy
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/20/2015
The Resistance, the citizens not under Christine’s control, join forces with an unexpected ally: Hektor Martin, the nefarious head of Aktaion. Despite Hektor revealing more about the Dome’s origins and helping to strike back at it, Big Jim and Julia still worry he will betray them. Meanwhile, Hunter receives encrypted files that give disturbing insights into the final effect the Dome will have on the infected townspeople.
#6 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/24/2013
The residents of Chester's Mill find themselves trapped under an enormous, transparent dome. Panic escalates as resources dwindle rapidly.
#7 - Blue on Blue
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/22/2013
The Chester's Mill residents receive an unexpected visit from their loved ones on the other side. Meanwhile, the community braces for a threat from outside the Dome.
#8 - The Fourth Hand
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/19/2013
Barbie and Big Jim realize their lives are more intertwined than they knew when a mysterious woman makes an appearance in Chester's Mill.
#9 - Ejecta
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/30/2015
As the world outside the Dome is rocked by a catastrophic meteor shower, unexpected alliances form inside the barrier. Eva tries to indoctrinate Barbie deeper into The Kinship and Big Jim and Julia turn to one another while isolated on Bird Island outside of town. Also, Joe is forced to accept help from Sam, the man who killed his sister.
#10 - Let the Games Begin
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/26/2013
Julia uncovers the truth about her husband's disappearance and unravels some of Chester's Mill's darkest secrets. Meanwhile, Maxine shows Barbie how she plans to take control of the town.
#11 - Caged
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/23/2015
When Big Jim is captured by Aktaion, the dangerous private corporation that’s descended on Chester’s Mill to harness the Dome’s energy capabilities, he’s forced to manipulate Christine for information about her agenda. Also, when Joe and Norrie question the town’s new rules, they find themselves in a dangerous face-off with the increasingly unstable residents.
#12 - The Kinship
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2015
Under the guise of helping Chester’s Mill rebuild, Christine urges the townspeople towards specific individuals and projects that remind them of their experience in the tunnels. Also, Julia and Big Jim make shocking discoveries that reveal a new threat within the Dome.
#13 - Curtains
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/16/2013
Secrets of the Dome are revealed and Big Jim is determined to put an end to Barbie once and for all. Meanwhile, Junior, Angie, Joe and Norrie discover who the Monarch is after receiving a shocking visit from a familiar face.
#14 - The Endless Thirst
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/29/2013
When the town begins to run low on water, the residents of Chester's Mill begin to fight for the remaining resources. Meanwhile, Julia discovers a strange connection that two of the town's residents have with the Dome.
#15 - Outbreak
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/15/2013
The people of Chester's Mill fall into a state of panic as an outbreak of meningitis strikes their community, threatening their already depleted medical supplies. Meanwhile, Julia continues to search for answers into her husband's disappearance.
#16 - Imperfect Circles
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/5/2013
Big Jim takes matters into his own hands when he feels his authority slipping away, and the Dome displays its power when a life is taken just as a newborn arrives.
#17 - Thicker Than Water
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/12/2013
Junior stands up to his father and is shattered when he discovers the truth about his mother's past. Meanwhile, Julia learns firsthand the powers of the "mini dome."
#18 - Speak of the Devil
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/2/2013
Big Jim turns the town against Barbie when the truth about his past is revealed. Meanwhile, Maxine makes it personal when she confronts Barbie’s closest ally.
#19 - Manhunt
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/8/2013
When a former deputy goes rogue, Big Jim recruits Barbie to join the manhunt to keep the town safe. Meanwhile, Junior is determined to escape the Dome by going underground.
#20 - Incandescence
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/3/2015
When the Dome’s calcification process accelerates, Chester’s Mill has 24 hours before the barrier’s breakdown will suffocate everyone inside. While the new deadline puts added pressure on Joe to bring the Dome down, Barbie and Julia race to save his child from The Kinship. Also, Big Jim tries to manage the increasingly volatile Hektor, who is adamant that infected townspeople never escape the Dome.
#21 - Plan B
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/13/2015
Big Jim and Julia devise plans to end Christine’s control over the town by initiating a life-or-death plot involving Barbie and Eva, while Joe and Norrie conduct research to better understand the Dome’s ultimate agenda. Meanwhile, Hunter finds more information about the true head of Aktaion, the nefarious private corporation that wants to harness the Dome’s energy.
#22 - But I'm Not
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/25/2015
Barbie investigates Ben's claim that something strange is going on in Chester's Mill, but Eva surprises him with unexpected news. Meanwhile, Norrie and Hunter grow closer, and Christine advises Joe to move on.
#23 - Black Ice
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/2014
Rebecca and Sam try to save Chester's Mill residents as temperatures plunge; Barbie puts his life at risk to help Julia after a terrible accident.
#24 - Revelation
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/2014
Rebecca and Big Jim consider extreme measures as the conditions worsen in Chester's Mill; clues about Melanie's connection to the dome are revealed.
#25 - The Fire
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/1/2013
Panic is heightened when a house catches on fire in Chester's Mill, but the fire department is outside of the Dome.