Under the Dome Episode Recap, Season 2 Episode 4: Revelation

Episode Recap of Under the Dome, Season 2 Episode 4: Revelation

• Rebecca and Big Jim discuss the census surveys and who they should eliminate. Rebecca sneaks an ID card from Jim’s wallet when he’s not looking. Meanwhile, Julia goes to see Sam at his cabin to tell him about the census, and asks for his help. At the diner, Barbie tells Jim that if it becomes necessary, Jim won’t do anything unless they both decide to.
• Joe tells Barbie that they got emails yesterday, and Barbie has the kids take him to where the signal came from at the school, but when they get there, the signal is gone. The kids tell Barbie that Melanie is from 1988, and ask him to help them figure out who she really is.
• Junior decides to let Lyle out, but has him put on handcuffs. Junior brings him to the barber shop, and Lyle explains that he’s the only one who knows Junior’s mom is still alive, and that she left because she thought the dome would follow her and spare Junior. Lyle shows Junior the postcards that his mom sent him, which are paintings of things that have happened since the dome came down.
• Rebecca goes to a farmer’s place to check out his pigs, who have caught the flu. She takes the opportunity to take a blood sample from a dead pig. She takes the sample to a lab and injects a virus into some eggs. Jim finds her there, and she says what’s inside the eggs will help save the town.  She tries to convince Jim that the time to act is now.
• Julia and Sam break into Rebecca’s house, and figure out that she is doing research on pigs, so go to visit local farmers who have pigs. They find that one farmer has a dozen dead pigs, and figure out that this pig virus is Rebecca’s extermination plan. They head to the town meeting at the Sweet Briar.
• Barbie and the kids look at microfilm to find info on Melanie, and find out that she is from Zenith, the same hometown as Barbie. Then they decide to go to Melanie’s old house to see if it helps her remember anything. She remembers that she used to see pink stars falling outside into the woods, and they go to the exact spot where the pink stars fell. When they reach the spot, Melanie suddenly remembers what happened.
• Melanie recalls that she, Pauline, Sam, and Lyle found a meteor at the spot, and when they touched it, it cracked open and Melanie grabbed the glowing egg inside because she wanted to protect it. Sam told her to put back, but she wouldn’t. Then someone pushed her, and she hit her head and died. But she didn’t see who pushed her. Barbie thinks Sam is hiding something, since he’s known who Melanie was all along.
• Big Jim makes the tough choice to distribute the virus. Rebecca hands him the vial, and tells him he’ll need to distribute it in water. He goes to the Sweet Briar and grabs a pitcher of water. Just then, Julia and Sam come in and call him out about the virus. Sam takes the vial from Jim, but it’s empty. Julia realizes Rebecca must have it.
• Junior and Lyle goes to Sam’s house to find Pauline’s journal. Junior finds it, but Lyle grabs it from him. Lyle hits Junior on the head with a poker stick, knocking him out, and runs off with the journal.
• Rebecca goes to the church, and is contemplating putting the virus in the holy water, but changes her mind and leaves. Julia pushes Rebecca down, and finds the virus, which she didn’t use. Julia and Sam bring Big Jim and Rebecca to jail. Big Jim tells Julia that Barbie was the first one on board with the virus.
• Barbie and the kids find Junior, who tells them what happened. They think Lyle must have killed Angie.
• Julia and Sam go back to Julia’s house, and she thanks him for his help. Barbie knocks on the door, but Julia refuses to let him in. Sam tries to kiss Julia, but she stops him. While Julia’s back is turned, we see that he has scratch marks on his chest.