BARBIE: Two weeks ago, an invisible dome crashed down on Chester's Mill, cutting us off from the rest of the world. Why the dome is here or what mysteries lie ahead, we still don't know. Every day, it tests our limits, bringing out the best and the worst in us. Some say we'll be stuck here forever, but we will never stop fighting to find a way out. - Do you think this is where Lyle disappeared to? - It's a tunnel. - James, I expect you know that I'm alive. - Your mother told you to trust Lyle? You mean before she died? - Two days ago, she sent me an email. She's alive. She's out there somewhere. I saw that in my dream. - I've seen it too. It's in my hometown, Zenith. - That's the same town that I'm from. - You keep saying you're on my side, but sure as hell seems like you've turned on me. - You killed a 19-year-old girl that your nephew loved! - I had to! Everything Pauline put in her journal has come true. It says in here that if those four kids die, the dome comes down. - You're not even gonna touch those kids. Sam! - (WHOOSH!) (STARTLING MUSIC) (BREATHES HEAVILY) - Hey. Bad dream? - (SIGHS) Sam jumping off the cliff. - You couldn't stop him. - It's what he said before he jumped. (SIGHS) - (SIGHS) That he admitted to killing Angie? - He said a lot of things. - He's crazy. I mean, he thought his dead sister's drawings of Angie and the hands were some kind of message. If he killed them, the dome would come down. - You need to get some sleep. - I don't think I can. - Well, in the morning, we're gonna have to tell Junior and Joe. (PENSIVE MUSIC) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Oh. - Good morning. - Um... I guess I fell asleep. - It's OK. You were tired. - Aren't you? - Knowing Lyle's out there wanting to kill us kept me awake. - You stayed up to keep us safe? - It wasn't hard, not with Joe snoring like an elephant in heat. - (CHUCKLES) - I heard that. - Did the egg do anything else last night? - Uh, not since it showed us the obelisk from Zenith. - Which is so weird. Why would it show us something from my hometown? - Well, your hometown is Barbie's hometown. That has to mean something. - (CAR DOORS SHUT) - Shh, shh, shh! Someone's coming. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - Whoa! Friendlies. - Barbie. You made it out of the cave-in, and you're all right. - You found the egg. - In the lake, where you said it would be. - When we were all together, it floated to the surface. - Like it needed to be with us. - You have to keep it safe. - I will. (TENSE MUSIC) - We have to talk about Sam. - Why? Is my uncle OK? - He's dead, Junior. - What? What happened? - Yesterday, when you went into the tunnels with Sam to find Lyle, it was because we thought Lyle killed Angie, except he didn't. Sam did. - No, you're lying. - I saw the scratches that she left on him. And once I knew, he jumped off of a cliff at the end of the tunnel. - No. No, that` that's not true. - I'm sorry, Junior. - I'm just supposed to believe you? You don't know my uncle. (TENSE MUSIC) - You going after him too? - No. We need to get Sam's body. The only real evidence that we have are those scratches that Angie left on him. And until Junior and` and the whole town sees that, we're not gonna put this behind us. (MUSIC SWELLS, FADES) - Looks like you lived to see another day. - Jim. - You gonna tell me what you're doin', or you're gonna keep me guessin'? Come on, Barbie. You know I'm gonna find out one way or another. - Look, the whole reason I got into trouble in the first place yesterday is that I wasn't fully equipped to explore the tunnels. Figured I'd go back, do it right, I'd see what I see. (TENSE MUSIC) - You gonna tell me what you find? - Oh yeah. Yeah, you'll be the first to know. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (FOREBODING MUSIC) - Where did it go? - It disappears in the darkness. It's the same thing that happened to Sam. - I didn't hear it land. How is that possible? - (SIGHS) Same way the dome is possible. Got any ideas to help us understand where that cliff might lead to? - No, I don't understand it. This laser pointer never reaches the far side, and, even stranger, my compass is spinning. It says we're facing every direction at once. - I don't like this. - Me neither, but you saw Junior's reaction. He's not gonna believe that Sam killed Angie till he sees that body himself, scratches and all. - Promise me you'll be careful. - Of course I will. (EERIE MUSIC) All right. Be right back. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - (ROPE WHINES) - (GASPS) (FOREBODING MUSIC) - What do you see? - (GRUNTS) I see a whole lot of dark. - Describe the rockface. Any vegetation? - Nope. It's dead as a doornail. I've gotta be 20 feet down by now. - Can you see the bottom? - ECHOES: No. But the darkness, I think I'm getting closer to it. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey! You guys messing with the rope?! - No, we didn't touch it. - OK, well, something just pulled me! - Barbie, come up. - (GASPS) Whoa! - Oh my God, the anchor's coming loose. - Barbie! - Whoa! - (SHOUTS) - Julia, hold on! - Hey! - Barbie! (ALL GRUNT) - Rebecca! - Yes, I am trying! - Rebecca! (ALL GRUNT) Barbie, I've got the rope! You need to climb! - Julia, let go! - (GRUNTS, PANTS) - Julia! Julia, let go of the rope! - The hell I will. - Julia, I can't hold it! - (SHOUTS) - If we don't let go, we'll go over too! - Julia! (OMINOUS MUSIC) - Barbie, don't you dare. I got you. - I love you, Julia. - I can pull you up. - (ALL GRUNT) - (GASPS) - (WHOOSH!) - SCREAMS: No! Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2022 (PANTS) Barbie, can you hear me?! Barbie, say something! - Julia. - Barbie? - Julia. - Barbie, say something, damn you! (SOBS) Barbie! - Come on. Come on, no. - Say something! - Come on. (SOMBRE MUSIC) - (SOBS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Do you think he did it? - Sam? - You knew my uncle back when you were... alive before. Do you think he's capable of murder? - The Sam I used to know was sweet and kind and always smiling. But now I don't know. There's something so much darker in him. (MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY) What do you think? - I trusted him. How could my own uncle murder Angie? (TENSE MUSIC) - Did I hear you right? Sam murdered Angie? Who told you this? - Barbie. He found out when they were down in the tunnels, and then Sam killed himself. - So Barbie told you. (FOREBODING MUSIC) I'm sorry, son. - Are you? - I'll be downstairs. (PENSIVE MUSIC) - Look, I know this is tough to hear, son,... but your uncle was always... He was off. It's why we didn't get along. (TENSE MUSIC) The truth is ` he was never as strong as you and I, and this town needs strength. It needs us. - Right now, I don't care what the town needs. - Well, you need to, now more than ever. We're special, Junior. The dome chose me, and you're my son. - (SIGHS) No, no, no, no. I'm not` I'm done listening to this. - Junior. Ju` Junior. Junior. Junior, please listen to me. - Why do you always have to make everything about you? (TENSE MUSIC) - Angie loved this. (GRIM MUSIC) - I know. - She's never coming back. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - And you're at peace with it? - I'll never be at peace with it, but I have to accept it. (PENSIVE MUSIC) - You're staring into that thing like it's a crystal ball or something. - It's got me thinking about the dome. Something isn't adding up. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Does anything add up any more? - There was never a tunnel down there. Now there is. - What's your point, Joe? - My point is ` where did it come from? Why is it here? - We should go back in there. - I am sorry, OK? But we called for him. There wasn't any answer. (GRIM MUSIC) There's just no way he could survive a fall like that. (MUSIC CONTINUES) OK, come on. Why don't you lie down, huh? There's a couch in my shop room. - (BREATHES SHAKILY) Rebecca, no one can know. - What? - Just until I can tell them. (BREATHES SHAKILY) I just need to figure it out first. - You're worried about Big Jim. - Without Barbie, there's no telling what he'll do. - I'll follow your lead, OK? Now come on. - (DOOR SHUTS) - There you are. Why didn't you tell me? - Tell you what? - About Sam. I had to hear it from Junior. He was devastated. - What do you want, Jim? - Well, I wanna talk to Barbie. Where is he? - He's... - ...bringing up Sam's body. - Oh, well, I'll give him a hand. - Um, the tunnel's not safe ` could collapse at any moment. - Rebecca made me come up too. - Oh. What's wrong, Julia? Are you upset? - No. No, it's just the dust. Like she said, it's bad down there. - And only Barbie is equipped to get through it. - He, uh, wanted to ask if maybe you would go down to the police station in case any calls came in. - Of course. Anything I can do to be of service. (TENSE MUSIC) (CHILDREN LAUGH, ECHO) (EERIE MUSIC) (DOG BARKS) (PEOPLE CHATTER, LAUGH) - (GASPS) (PEOPLE CHATTER) - (GASPS) (GRUNTS, GROANS) (EERIE MUSIC) (CHILDREN CHATTER, LAUGH) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - (GIRL SQUEALS) - MAN: I'm gonna catch you, honey. - (GIRL GIGGLES) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - WOMAN: Fantastic. Good, OK. Got it? Ready? (EERIE MUSIC) I think we got that one. (MURMURS) (PEOPLE CHATTER) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (PENSIVE MUSIC) (PEOPLE CHATTER) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (PEOPLE CHATTER) (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) - MAN: Is that OK? (PEOPLE CHATTER) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - (GASPS) Whoa. - Easy. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (PEOPLE CHATTER) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (MUSIC SLOWS) (MUSIC QUICKENS) (PEOPLE CHATTER) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) (INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT) (WOMEN CRY) (PENSIVE MUSIC) - Can I help you? - I'm looking for Pauline Verdreaux. - And you are? - Her brother, Sam Verdreaux. - I'll get someone to take you up. - Take me up? - Your sister is in the locked ward. Yes. I need an escort. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - Barbie's gone? - Does that mean he's dead? (SOMBRE MUSIC) Oh my God. What happened? - He cut the rope on purpose. - But why? - To save Rebecca and me from going over the cliff. - I don't believe it, Julia. The dome wouldn't let anything happen to Barbie. It went crazy when Big Jim tried to hang him, right? And now a tunnel appears that wasn't here three weeks ago? - What do you mean it wasn't there three weeks ago? - I've lived in Chester's Mill my entire life. The basement underneath the school has always just been a basement, and then a tunnel appears? What if the dome dug it, and that tunnel and that cliff and Barbie going down there was all part of the dome's plan? - A plan for what? - I don't know, but we can find out,... if we go over that cliff ourselves. - I would never let you do that. - I` I don't mean us. - Then what do you mean? - I was president of the school's robotics club, and we made stuff that might help us find exactly what's at the bottom of that cliff. - OK. - OK, meet me at the locker in a half-hour. I'll be right back. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (ALARM CHIMES, RINGS) - (MAN SHOUTS IN DISTANCE) - Has my sister been here long? - (SCOFFS) A place like this, time don't exactly mean much. - (INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT) She's in there. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - Thanks. - Yeah. (PENSIVE MUSIC) (MUSIC SWELLS) - Oh, let me remind you, too, that this is your vision. This is the... Oh my God. Sam. - Hi, sis. - Oh. (GASPS) (MOMENTOUS MUSIC) But... But you were inside the dome. Did it come down? - No. - How did you get out? - I'm still trying to figure that out myself. - And Junior? Did he get out? Is he all right? - He's still in Chester's Mill. He knows you're alive. He got your message. - Oh, we have so much to talk about. (PENSIVE MUSIC) (MUSIC FADES) - Don't bother with that. - (GASPS) - You know how nosy neighbours can be. And what we have to discuss is no one's business but our own. - Jim, what are you doing in here? - You know, I... (TENSE MUSIC) I blame myself in part for this. (MUSIC CONTINUES) I trusted you. I never should have. - What are you talking about? - You made a huge mistake crossing me. (FOREBODING MUSIC) Did I never mention that the dome saved me from death at those gallows? It redeemed me. It chose me to do what it wants. And yet you couldn't see that, could you? Otherwise,... you wouldn't have lied to me. - I didn't lie to you. - Yes, you did. - (GASPS, PANTS) Jim, you're scaring me. - Well, maybe you should be scared. - I don't know what you're talking about. - I waited outside that school. I saw you leave, but Barbie? He never left. (TENSE MUSIC) So where is he? And do not lie to me again. Ever. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Barbie... Barbie's dead. (OMINOUS MUSIC) (KEYS CLICK, DOOR UNLOCKS) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (EERIE MUSIC) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - Welcome home, Barbie. (MUSIC SWELLS) Been worried about you, Barbie. We've been staking out your apartment. Where you been hiding the last three weeks? - Rick. - You promised you were gonna go run a few errands for Maxine, then be back to do a job for me. - Got sidetracked. - You knew what we were gonna clear for that info on Aktaion Energy's R & D. It would've made us all rich. - Well, you, anyway. - But then you just up and vanished. - Would you believe me if I told you I was stuck under the dome? - (MEN CHUCKLE) (GRUNTS, GROANS) - You're gonna go do the Aktaion job you said you would, at half the price. - And if I say no? (GRUNTS, GROANS) (MOANS, GROANS) (TENSE MUSIC) - You won't have enough teeth to form the word. - (PANTS) All right, OK! OK. (PANTS) Just.... give me a day to get organised, all right? I just got back. - You'll go now. - (PANTS) - I still can't believe you got out. - That makes two of us. - How? - We found these tunnels underneath the school. At the end of them there was a cliff, and I went over. - You jumped on purpose? - No. It was dark. I fell. Anyway, all that matters is that I'm here. I found you. How come you didn't tell me that you were gonna fake your own death? Don't you trust me? - Of course I trust you. I didn't tell you, because I don't trust myself. - I don't understand. - I knew the dome was coming down, even if Big Jim said I was crazy. - But you're not crazy. The dome did come down. - Yeah. And I just thought if I left Chester's Mill that the dome would follow me, and I was afraid to tell you about my plan, because then you'd prevent me from leaving. - Right. (PENSIVE MUSIC) I'm sorry I ever doubted you. - Any sane person would. Guess it's no shock Lyle believed me. - Is that why you asked him for help? - I sent him postcards over the years. I know it was wrong to use him that way, but I needed to stay in contact with someone, and I knew he wouldn't tell anyone. (SIGHS) I did all this to save the town, you, my son... And I was wrong, and now James is stuck in there. (SIGHS) I guess anything is possible if you and Lyle could get out. - What? Have you seen Lyle? - Yes, I've seen him. He's here. (OMINOUS MUSIC) - How about now? - JULIA: Hold on one sec. - You see anything? - Yeah, we've got picture, and it's recording. - In just a second, it'll be showing us whatever is at the bottom of that cliff. - Julia, are you sure you wanna look? - I wanna see whatever's down there, no matter what. - Here we go. (DRONE WHIRRS) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (EERIE MUSIC) It's just passing 20 feet. - Looks like just rocks. Nothing else. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - (STATIC BUZZES) - Hey, we're losing picture. - We shouldn't be. - Joe, what's happening? - I` I don't know. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - You better pull it back, Joe. Pull it back. - I'm trying. It won't come back up. - I thought you said you knew how to fly it. - I do. Dammit. We've lost the signal. (TENSE MUSIC) (SOMBRE MUSIC) - I'm sorry, Julia. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - It's my own fault. When you guys started talking about tunnels, I just really wanted to... I really wanted to believe there was a chance. - We all did. (STATIC BUZZES) - Um, guys,... you need to see this. I` I thought I saw something in that last bright flash and` and rewound the video. - And it was a bright flash. So what? - Unless you see it frame by frame. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) Right there. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - That looks like a slide. - No, I think it's a playground. - Where? - I don't know. - Oh my God, the obelisk. (MUSIC SWELLS) (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - This is really the place? - The owner of Aktaion Energy lives here, so shut your mouth and watch our 6. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - (ALARM BLARES) - What the hell?! (GRUNTS) (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (GRUNTS) You double-crossing son of a bitch! - Put down your weapon! - Hey, hey. Easy, easy. All right, I can explain all this. - (DOOR OPENS, ALARM CONTINUES BLARING) - Dale, is that you? (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) Oh my God, it is you. - Hi, Dad. A drink? - I'll have a beer if you got one. - Hmm. (OPENS FRIDGE) - (BOTTLES CLATTER) How long has it been? (POURS LIQUOR, CAPS BOTTLE) Two years? - Two and a half. - Either way, entirely too long. (PENSIVE MUSIC) Please sit. - No. I'll stand. - (CHUCKLES) Is it weird that I've missed your stubbornness? Reminds me of your mother. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - I'm happy to hear I remind anyone of her. - So, you gonna tell me why you hit the panic code and then took down the man that you were with? - It doesn't matter. He's in cuffs. - I don't suppose you're gonna tell me how you got those wounds either. I assume that you haven't come here to patch things up. You want something from me. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - A favour. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Melanie. Melanie. - That's all he says, over and over again. The police found him in the middle of town, looking at the obelisk,... - Melanie. - ...and they brought him here. - Melanie. Melanie. - Lyle? - Melanie. Melanie. - Lyle, can you hear me? Lyle? - Melanie! (EERIE MUSIC) - He didn't recognise me either. That's all he does ` eat, sleep and say, 'Melanie.' - And no one knows he was inside the dome? - Melanie. - No one even knows his name. He didn't have a wallet. - Something must have happened to him when he went off that cliff. - (SIGHS) But you're OK. - That's true. - Melanie? (TENSE MUSIC) Melanie? - There's only one Melanie that I can think of he would be talking about. There` There's no way he's talking about her, right? Our Melanie? It was so long ago. - There's something you should know. Melanie's alive. She came back from the dead. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) - I need you to get me into the dome. (MUSIC FADES) (TENSE MUSIC) - You want me to get you to the dome? - I need to get a message to somebody on the inside. - Who? - It doesn't matter. - Obviously, it does, or you wouldn't be here. - Dad, trust me. I wouldn't be asking you this if it wasn't important. - Dale, the dome coming down is arguably the most significant event in history. The whole world is watching. The National Guard has established a 10-mile no-go zone around the perimeter, and the other half of that is` is a bombed-out wasteland. - Yeah, but you've pulled strings before. - But not like this. I can't go to my friends in DC. I mean, it's just not gonna work out. They're gonna think that I'm a fool. - So this is about business? - Don't start. - No, you have not changed a damn bit. - Everything I've done in business has been for our family. But you could never have seen that. If you did, you wouldn't have run off and joined the army. I wouldn't have had to pull strings to bring you home from your deployment early. - Look, I never asked you to do that. - No. But your mother did. (PENSIVE MUSIC) You think it was a coincidence that she got sick right after you came home? She knew she was running out of time. She just wanted to say goodbye. (GRIM MUSIC) - Dad, I have never asked you for anything. but I'm asking you now. Please help me get to the dome. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) (EERIE MUSIC) - Joe? (TENSE MUSIC) Norrie? - (DOOR CREAKS) They've gotta be here. We've looked everywhere else. - Julia? Anyone? (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) I don't like being here. - Me neither. - (JOE) ECHOES: Hey! - (GASPS) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Joe? Where are you? - I'm down here. (FOREBODING MUSIC) - You scared the hell out of us. - We heard about Barbie. Is it true? - Yeah, but it` it's all complicated. - Well, Is Julia down there? - Yeah, she's down here. - She OK? - Yeah. Do you have the egg with you? (PENSIVE MUSIC) - Right here. - OK, perfect timing. Come on. We have to show you guys something. Let's go. Come on. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (PEOPLE MURMUR, DOOR BELL JINGLES) (UNSETTLING MUSIC) - What are you doing? - We're having a memorial for Barbie. - Shouldn't Julia be here? - No one can find her. And I didn't wanna wait, given Barbie's importance to this town. I'm sad that he's gone. I know at times we may have been enemies, but... often he was the only thing standing between this town and disaster. It's a real loss for everyone. But now it's time for all of us to come together. - Around you. - I think it's time for a prayer. All right, folks. Let's gather round. (PENSIVE MUSIC) And bow your heads. (MUSIC CONTINUES) O heavenly Father, you've gotten us through dark times before, and we pray... that you will get us through this one. - I'm glad you've decided to stay, Dale. - Well, it's just for a night. I guess I owe you the truth. - About? - About why I wanna get to the dome. - I'm gonna go out on a limb. There's a woman inside. The second that I saw you, I knew you weren't the same man that I knew two and a half years ago. I mean, you've changed, Dale. The way you hold yourself, the look in your eyes. That edge you had from Iraq is gone, and I know there's only one thing that can do that. What's her name? - Julia. - Do you love her? - Yeah, I love her. - You understand that we risk everything? - I do. - And you're willing to take that risk? - Yeah, I am. (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) - All right. I'll help you get to the dome. - Really? - I understand what it feels like to be separated from the woman you love. - Thank you, Dad. (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Julia. You really think Joe's on to something? - I don't know, but I hope so. (EGG WHIRRS) - The egg. NORRIE: It's glowing again. - JUNIOR: What's happening? (EGG WHIRRS, BEEPS) (EGG BEEPS, WHIRRS) (COLDPLAY'S 'MIDNIGHT') What is this? (SONG CONTINUES) - It's Zenith. - That's where the obelisk is. - Does that mean...? - There could be a way out of the dome. - JULIA: Not just that. Barbie could be alive. If he found a way out, maybe he'll find a way back. - # In the swirling of this storm. # When I'm rolling with the punches # and hope is gone, leave a light, # a light on. (SONG CONTINUES) # Millions of miles from home. # (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC) Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.