Though Under the Dome has been seen on TV, the show was derived from Stephen King’s highly acclaimed novel by the same name and has become a huge hit on CBS’s regular Monday night programming. YAmag took a closer look at the lead four YA characters, Joe, Angie, Junior, and Norrie. The quartet formed a group in the midst of all the chaos, with the rest of the world watching from above.
Now in season two the show (SPOILER ALERT) has lost one of these characters, but before we go into that, lets take a look at season one and how the TV show was recreated from the book.
Early on in the book, due to a brain tumor Junior murders Angie and molests her body thinking that she’s still alive. When the show starts Angie and Junior are in love with each other, but when he become jealous of Angie’s flirtatious behavior, he locks her up in his families abandon cellar turned shelter.
On the show, Joe is portrayed by Colin Ford, whom is also voice of Jake in Jake and the Neverland Pirates on Disney Jr. You can also see our write up of the star in tomorrow’s new up-and-comer article. Joe is brother to Angie. When he can’t find Angie after the dome drops, he befriends Norrie. Incidentally, Mackenzie Lintz, whom we featured in another up and comer article plays Norrie. The main difference between the book and the show with these two is the timeline of their meeting. In the book they were already friends, whereas in the show they become fast friends due to their new and complicated circumstances.
When Angie is finally released from the cellar, the dome brings the four characters closer than before. Only when it does, the dome shows them how they should kill Junior’s Dad.
In season two Junior’s Dad is still alive and Angie is set on killing him. When a mysterious girl shows up, Angie follows her into school where she is slashed to death. One of the big mysteries this season is who killed her, which we are anxiously tuning in to find out. Junior thinks it’s his dad, but finds a bracelet near him that makes him think he did it.
How far will this show veer from the book? Is it too much? What’s next and will it satisfy our Stephen King crush? Tune in weekly to find out!