JULIA: Chester's Mill is a place like any other. At least it used to be until we were cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious dome ` (COW BELLOWS) invisible, indestructible and completely inescapable. - We're trapped. - We don't know where it came from or why it's here, but now that we're all trapped under the dome together, none of our secrets are safe. - It's the pink stars. - And they're making constellations. - What does it mean? - Peter got in over his head and forced you to kill him to defend yourself. I found this life-insurance policy today. - This would be void if he committed suicide. Hello, Max. - For the past few days, I've been watching you. Anything bad happens to me, your secrets still come out. - That's my daughter, Maxine. Now do me a favour and drop that gun that... Agatha! - Please! (GASPS) - It's amazing. - It's still just a barn, Galileo. - ANGIE: So all the dots in the egg mean constellations, but what does that mean? - Maybe the dome is trying to communicate. It stopped the riots with rain, made us babble about pink stars. I wonder what it's trying to tell us now. (CURIOUS MUSIC) - I don't know,... but... these four stars aren't part of any constellation. I think they're us. - What's this guy have to do with it? - Hey, it changed colour overnight. From green to clear, and I can see wings now. - It's a monarch. It's gonna hatch into a butterfly. It's pretty rad. - It's not rad. It's insane. We're like the guardians of some secret cosmic mystery. (SIGHS) It's too much. It's too much. - We've gotta tell somebody. - The dome's been pretty clear about not wanting anyone else to know about it. When Dodee snuck in here, she got zapped and wound up in the hospital. - We could tell Julia. When she touched this thing, she said my ghost told her that the monarch will be crowned. Maybe she's not one of us, but she might have some answers. - He's right. That thing's gonna hatch, and when it does, maybe it will lead us to something or someone. - Like the monarch's a person. Like a king, maybe. - Who might be able to bring the dome down. - All right. So, the dome trusts Julia. Joe, go tell her. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - I just wanna make sure we're on the same page. So, you, Duke Perkins and Reverend Coggins conspired to acquire a vast amount of propane? - Yeah, we bought propane off the books, but only to keep this town afloat. - By selling it to Maxine Seagrave? A drug dealer. But you kept some of it in your warehouse. - And you can thank the Lord that we did. Because right now, in the middle of this... nightmare, the lights are on, because your generator is running, using my propane. The diner's open because of my propane. We're setting up irrigation for crops, bartering systems. Hell, Chester's Mill may just stay alive because of my propane. You think I'm a crook? (SCOFFS) I think I'm owed a damn parade. - You know, it doesn't change the fact that if this dome hadn't come down, you'd be in jail. I'd say it saved your ass, Big Jim. - So go ahead. Charge me with conspiracy to keep the lights on. Or... you can go after a real criminal. - And who might that be? - Someone who's a real mystery in this town, a man who just got here,... who's only out for himself... and isn't shy about... letting people know it. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (PENSIVE MUSIC) - How was the couch? - (SIGHS) Lonely. - So was the bed. - Do you want me to leave? (MUSIC CONTINUES) - I want you to take me to Peter's grave. For us to move forward, I need closure. I think you do too. So, yeah, I need to see Peter's grave. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SWELLS) - I'll go get dressed. (PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES) - You want me to go after Barbie? What did he ever do? - Wake up, Linda. Barbie wasn't just passing through Chester's Mill. He was here, working for Max Seagrave. - He was? - As her gambling enforcer. He was here puttin' the screws to people in this town ` our town. - No, this sounds... - ...crazy? Till it's true. Here's a name you haven't heard in a while ` Peter Shumway. He was up to his eyeballs in debt to Max. Barbie was with him the day the dome came down, and guess what? Haven't heard a peep from old Peter since. (PENSIVE MUSIC) You know, some people have secrets you... you couldn't imagine. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - What about you? - I'm an open book. - (DOORBELL CHIMES) - I got it. (TENSE MUSIC) Can I help you? - Right now, you can't even help yourself. (OMINOUS MUSIC) - (GASPS) (GRIM THEME MUSIC) www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2022 Julia! Come on. - (GASPS) - Hold on. (PANTS) - (GASPS RAGGEDLY) - Linda, are you there? - RADIO: I'm here, Barbie. - Julia's been shot. - What? - She answered the door, and somebody shot her! - Who? - I don't know! - If you can believe him. (TENSE MUSIC) - (MUTTERS) Linda, listen, I can't drive and keep her from bleeding out at the same time. I need someone to give me a ride right now. - I'll be right there, Barbie. - Linda, think. WHISPERS: Think. (TENSE MUSIC) - (THUNDER RUMBLES) - You hungry? - Yeah. - Well, our chickens are still laying eggs. I can scramble some up. (SIGHS) - Can you believe it, Angie? - Uh, no. It's all been pretty crazy. - I mean us. I... I, uh... I never thought fate was real, that there was this... plan. But now it's undeniable. - What are you talking about? - The way our lives are braided together, and they will be forever. - What? Are you insane?! You kept me prisoner, OK?! I almost died down there! - But you didn't. We're both alive, and we're here right now. - It is the four of us who are connected. It is not about you and me. It will never be about you` - I don't believe you. - Well, believe it! We will never be together! And if somehow we make this dome come down, then I am gone too. - (THUNDER RUMBLES, BOOMS) And you will never see me again. - (WIND HOWLS) - Then I'm out. - What? - I'm done with you, with this, the mini-dome, all of it. - You can't just walk out. We need your` - My hand? I know. My hand on the little dome so we can make pink stars and do whatever the hell else it wants to do. - This might be our only shot, and you're gonna ruin that out of spite? I've never met someone so selfish! - (WIND HOWLS) (TENSE MUSIC) - It's love, Angie. I'd rather live in here and die in here than ever be apart from you. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (TYRES SQUEAL, ENGINE CLANKS) - Dammit! Great (!) Now even the cops are getting ripped off. I need a ride. Stop your vehicle. - (BRAKES SQUEAL) - What? Are you carjackin' me? - Phil, I need a ride to Julia's. She just got shot. - Get in. (OMINOUS MUSIC) - Joe! - Barbie? - Hey, get in here right now! - Oh my God! - Can you drive? - Uh, yeah. I have my learner's permit, but the guy said I didn't check my mirrors. - Just help` help me get her in the car now. Come on. Let's sit her up. Let's go. Sit her up. Get the door! Get the door! (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (GRUNTS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (BOTH GRUNT) - Are we good? - Yeah, we're good. Go! (TYRES SQUEAL) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (TYRES SQUEAL) (TENSE MUSIC) (WIND ROARS) - What the hell? - Hell's right here. You want a ride? - You just happen to be in the neighbourhood? - It'll be nice to get a little bit of rain. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - You and I need to talk. (OMINOUS MUSIC) Somebody shot Julia Shumway. - It's a perilous world we live in. (TENSE MUSIC) I know it was you. - Well, Barbie said the one word a girl hates to hear, no. - Where is this goin', Max? - That's up to you, Jimmy. Life's all about making the right choices. You make the right one and you play nice, and it's good between us. You step out of line like Barbie did? - Lucky for me I'm single. - Oh, I'm sure there's someone around here you care about. - Dad. (UNSETTLING MUSIC) - Go on to work, Junior. - Well, look who I finally get to meet. Junior, hi. - Hi. - I'm a friend of your dad's. Hi. - Wow, you are` You're a Rennie, all right. Those eyes, it's, like... It's like I'm looking right at your mom. I bet you face a lot of danger being a police officer, and I bet your dad is just constantly worried about you, huh? - All right, that's enough, Max. - I better get going. I have some business to attend to on Bird Island. - The weather's actin' up. I'm not sure it's a great time to be on the water. - Aren't you sweet to think about me? Your dad, he is so thoughtful, to the end. I'll be at the factory later on if you need me. Ciao. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - Who was that? - The devil. (OMINOUS MUSIC) (CHURCH BELLS TOLL, WIND HOWLS) - Julia! - (GASPS) - Julia. Hey, hey, hey. Stay with me. Hey, you gotta hurry, Joe. She's crashin'! - I'm working on it. (WOOD CREAKS, TYRES SQUEAL) - Whoa. - (GASPS) - Sorry. - You're doing great, Joe. Just get us there. - It's pretty bad up there. - It's pretty bad back here too, Joe. - I mean, it's not just weather. It's the dome. I think it's angry at us. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - (GURGLES, GASPS) (WIND ROARS) (TYRES SQUEAL) - I got Julia. Go ahead, pop the trunk. Plug this thing in. We're gonna need the juice. - OK. (WIND HOWLS) - (GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) (WIND ROARS) (GRUNTS) - Barbie! - (GASPS) Let's get her inside! - Put her in the second room. Yeah, right there. - (GROANS FAINTLY) - So, it's a through and through, then? There's no bullet to remove? - That's right. Sounds like she's taking in air through the wound, so we've gotta relieve this pressure, or else it's gonna crush her heart and lungs. - Please, somebody. A tree fell on our garage. My husband was inside. He's not breathing. - Go get me a piece of plastic tubing so we can relieve the pressure in her chest here. - This place is picked clean. - I'll make do with a pen, a plastic bag. Grab some alcohol. - A pen, plastic bag, the alcohol. How do you know how to do all this? - I had to chest-tube my team sergeant in Fallujah. - What happened to him? (TENSE MUSIC) - (GRUNTS, EXHALES) (DOOR CREAKS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) - I thought everybody had to turn in their guns. - I'm not everybody. (WATER DRIPS) - Dad, what's going on? - That woman Max,... she's gonna take everything I worked for and destroy it. - What do you mean? - Son, I've been doing my damnedest to get things back to normal, make the trains run on time. Max is trying to fill those trains with drugs and liquor and every kind of sick vice human beings can get into. - She seems nice enough to me. - Well, that just shows you don't know what the hell you're talking about. (TENSE MUSIC) She's angry, Junior,... at me. And she wants to hurt me... by hurting you. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Then let me help you. - I can handle this. - Dad, I can help. - Junior, no. - I'm a man. No, I can do something! - Junior. Junior, no! (WIND HOWLS OUTSIDE) (TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES) (SIGHS) Single dad... raisin' a kid ` (POIGNANT MUSIC) I did the best I could. - But you still punish me for it. - I know I have, but not any more. Look, son, with someone like Max,... I don't know how this ends. - Dad, don't say that. - It's the truth. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (TENSE MUSIC) You stay in the house. Do not open the door for anybody but me. Do you hear me? (MUSIC CONTINUES) (THUNDER BOOMS) (THUNDER RUMBLES, BOOMS) - (LIGHTNING CRACKLES) - Lightning. I wonder if that changes anything. OK. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - (RADIO WHINES, VOICES CRACKLE) - MAN: ...transmission. Transmitting the... - (TRANSMISSION CRACKLES) - MAN: SATCOM. - You're kidding me. It's working again. All right, come on, baby. Speak clearly. - Affirm. - It's Barbie. We've confirmed it. - Barbie? - Yes, sir. - We've reviewed the tape from visitors' day. There's no question. That's Dale Barbara in there. - Roger that. He's the one we've been looking for. - (RADIO WHINES) (EERIE MUSIC) (POUNDING ON DOOR) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (THUNDER RUMBLES) (MUSIC BUILDS) - (SCREAMS, GASPS) What the hell are you doing?! - I could ask you the same thing. - Well, don't bother shooting me! You're about to get the whole town killed! - What? - Junior, look at what it's doing! - (WIND ROARS) - What is that? - It's sending a message! You have to come back to the group! It takes all of us, or we're nothing! It's talking to us, Junior, to you! - What? So now I control the weather? - This thing has done a lot of crazy stuff, but never this! Not until you turned your back on us. (OMINOUS MUSIC) (MONITOR BEEPS) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - Barbie? (BOTH GRUNT) I'm good. - (MONITOR WHINES, ALARM CHIMES) - Oh no. What's happening? - Her heart stopped. There's too much pressure. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - (GRUNTS) - (AIR HISSES) - Uh... What are you doing? - Sucking the extra air out of her chest. (SUCKS) - (AIR HISSES) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (SWING CREAKS, WIND ROARS) - Come on, we gonna ride it out down in the shelter! - No, are you nuts?! We have to go be with Joe and Norrie! - My dad said to stay here! - Junior, do you wanna make this right? Then come with me. Not because I'm promising you anything, but because the dome is telling you what you're supposed to do ` to be with us. We need you. - You need me, Angie. - Fine. I need you. Now come on! Come on, we gotta go! (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - Angie! - (YELPS) - (GRUNTS) (WIND HOWLS, ROARS) (WIND CHIMES CLANG) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - See? I was right. (WIND WHISTLES) (MONITOR WHINES, BEEPS RAPIDLY) - (SUCKS) - (AIR HISSES) (MONITOR WHINES) (SOMBRE MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (MONITOR BEEPS) (MONITOR BEEPS STEADILY) (HOPEFUL MUSIC) - It worked! (PENSIVE MUSIC) (SIGHS) You did it. - (SIGHS) I had a little help, Joe. (POIGNANT MUSIC) (WIND WHISTLES) - The storm's breaking up. I gotta go now. I have to tell them. - You have to tell who? - You saved Julia, just like you saved me when the dome came down. Maybe you're here to save all of us. - I don't think so, bud. - Junior was right. The monarch's a person,... and that person's you. - (MONITOR BEEPS STEADILY) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (METAL CLANGS) (TENSE MUSIC) (DISCORDANT MUSIC) Mom! (MUSIC CONTINUES) (GRUNTS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) Oh, Mom. (GASPS) (DISCORDANT MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (PENSIVE MUSIC) - Hey, listen. I don't want to leave her, but I gotta go take care of something, so could you`? - She and I aren't going anywhere. - Thank you. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (TENSE MUSIC) (CAR APPROACHES) - (BRAKES CREAK) - Julia OK? - Barely. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Still... You know it was Max who shot her, right? - Yeah. And I also know that it's time to stop her. - Should take both of us to do it. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - But we're gonna do this by my rules, Jim. We're taking Max alive. - Oh, great. So we'll be high and mighty... and dead. - That's all you know, isn't it? Kill or be killed. You're not saving Chester's Mill. You're eatin' this town alive. - You have no idea what it takes. - We do this, and then you and I, we're finished. I've spent the last two weeks trying to convince myself that we want the same thing. - We do. - No. I want a future. I want something that I can build towards. You want a kingdom. - This town needs a leader. - Not your kind. - I made a few mistakes, but nobody loves this town better than I do. - No, you love power, Jim. That's it. Now, we take down Max, and we are done. And then I am gonna do whatever I have to do to make sure that I knock you off of your throne. (FOREBODING MUSIC) (MINI-DOME WHIRRS, DOOR OPENS) - Norrie? Where's Joe? - I don't know. He went to go talk to Julia and hasn't come back. - Well, he must still be there, right? He wouldn't try to come back in this storm. - We barely made it ourselves. - Yeah, that was so weird. It came out of nowhere. - (SIGHS) Maybe not. - Hey, guys. - Joe, where have you been? - Where's Julia? - She got shot. - What? - Yeah, in the chest. And then she died for a minute, but she's gonna be OK. Barbie brought her back. It was incredible. - Thank God. - Guys,... I think he might be the monarch. The tornado went away right after he finished sucking the air out of her chest. It was` - Ew. - No, that's not why the storm stopped. - What? - It stopped because I decided to come back. - OK? - Look, something started it, and something stopped it. But what do we do now? - (SIGHS) We need to go to the dome. - (SIGHS) - The big dome. (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) - Right. If these stars are really us, then we have to go to the same spot on the big dome. Under the North Star,... due north... That's right around the Bollingwood Bridge. - And then what? - I don't know. Stuff happened when we touched it together. - OK. So the four of us need to do the exact same thing. Enough guessing. (SIGHS) The dome owes us some answers. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MACHINERY WHIRRS, INSECTS CHIRP) - So, what's the plan? We gonna march right in and let her ambush us? - We're not goin' in the front door. Julia showed me another way the day the missile hit. - What are you doin'? - I'm givin' us a way out. It's just an alarm clock. - What the hell do we need an alarm for? (PHONE BEEPS) - Just in case. Let's go. (TENSE MUSIC) (DISCORDANT MUSIC) - Julia's car is gone. I guess Barbie took her. Oh God. I didn't think he could ever go this far. (TENSE MUSIC) - How well do you know Barbie? - I don't think anybody knows him. - Julia does. Or thought she did. - Peter Shumway ` he was in deep. He bet the house, literally. The house. - And lost. - And Barbie was the collection agent. Wasn't too polite about it, either. - Do you really think`? - If Barbie killed Peter... - And then Julia found out. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (WATER DRIPS) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - I don't know about this. - Would you just shut your mouth for once? - (GUN CLICKS) - Hello, boys. (TENSE MUSIC) Keep walking. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) That's all they were packin', boss. - Jim killed my mother, Barbie. I don't suppose he told you that, did he? - You two are just the same. - I don't think so. You and me, though,... well, that's a different story. We were good together. - No, we were never good. You paid me. I did a job. That's it. - Well, it's a good thing you're handsome, brother, because you sure are thick sometimes. - What do you mean? - I mean, I'm giving you a chance to live. - What, with you? Max, you shot Julia. - She was never right for you, anyway. - You're the one who's not right, Max. (TENSE MUSIC) - I had plans for you. (FOREBODING MUSIC) I trusted you,... and you screwed me over. (MUSIC CONTINUES) You're no different from him or from anyone else in this town. - Look who's talkin'. - No, that is not true, Jim! I am nothing like you! I am a survivor! (MUSIC CONTINUES) If you have plans to be somewhere, then someone is going to be very disappointed. (PHONE BEEPS, MACHINERY WHIRRS) - Get down! - (GUNSHOTS ECHO) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - (GASPS) - Now we are all leavin'. Let's go. Go. - Julia's here, but Barbie's gone. They said that he took off with Big Jim. - Could be at the cement factory. Max set up a fight club there. Heard people say they lost money on Barbie yesterday. - Get out. - Come on. Linda, you cannot do this by yourself, man. - You're not a cop, Phil. I'll see you soon. - You're stealing my car. (FOREBODING MUSIC) (INSECTS CHIRP) - I'm gonna go get our car. I'll take them down to the station. - You don't wanna do this, I promise. - I already took care of your little insurance policy. - (SIGHS) You have no idea. (TENSE MUSIC) - It's over. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - (GROANS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) - What the hell did you do?! - As long as Max is breathing, she's a threat. Now she's not. And neither are you. - (BOTH GRUNT) - (GROANS, COUGHS) - Barbie, put that weapon down! Put it down now! - Linda, thank God! He's gone nuts! - He's lying to you! - He killed 'em! First he cuffed 'em, then he shot 'em in the head! I was next! (TENSE MUSIC) - Back up, Barbie. Put the weapon down. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) Put your hands behind your back. - You killed your last victim. - Spread your legs apart. - You're done. - Linda, I'm telling you... - (GRUNTS) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) Stop, or I'll shoot! - Shoot that son of a bitch! (GUN CLICKS) (TENSE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) Am I set? - Two secs. Almost there. Hey, Jim? - Yeah? - I heard something today from the outside. It was about Barbie. - What are you talkin' about? - It was the military. They know he's in here. - Tell me exactly what they said. - (SIGHS) They said that he's the one, the one that they've been looking for. - Turn it on. This is Jim Rennie. I'm sorry to report that this has been a very dark day in Chester's Mill. RADIO: I need all citizens to be aware and vigilant. Today, Maxine Seagrave and her business associate Otto Aguilar were murdered, shot execution style. Many of you may have known Max. She was a reputable businesswoman from Westlake. In addition, an attempt was made on the life of Julia Shumway. She suffered a gunshot to the chest and may not survive. There was also an attempt made on my own life. One person is responsible for all this, Dale 'Barbie' Barbara. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. He's been charged with the attempted murders of Mrs Shumway and myself. He's also been charged with the murders of Max Seagrave, Otto Aguilar and Ms Seagrave's mother, Agatha. Barbie is on the run. He is armed and dangerous, and, for those reasons, I'm declaring a state of emergency. This senseless violence will not be tolerated. What Barbie did is not who we are, even now, especially now. When Barbie is taken into custody, he'll be given a fair trial. The government, the people, will seek the death penalty. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - Any bets on what will happen when the four of us touch it? - All I want is answers, not a seizure or riddle. Just answers. - All right. Whatever happens,... don't let go. (INSECTS CHIRP) (DOME BUZZES, ZAPS) (EERIE MUSIC) (WHOOSHING) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (DOME BUZZES) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (DISCORDANT MUSIC) - Dad? (EERIE MUSIC) (STARTLING MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) Dad! (DISCORDANT MUSIC) (ALL GASP) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Junior. (DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS) - No! (PANTS) (TENSE MUSIC) Dad! I gotta go find my dad. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Wait! - Did we all see the same thing? Big Jim? - Yeah. - What the hell was that? I` I thought we were coming here for answers. - We were, Joe. I think that was it. - What was it? - Maybe the dome's coming down. - But first, Big Jim has to die. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - And I think we're supposed to do it. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS, FADES) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.