: The dome’s appearance causes catastrophic accidents, including a cow being sliced in half, a plane crashing into the invisible wall, and a truck imploding upon impact.
: All landlines, cell signals, and radio frequencies from the outside world are severed, leaving the town isolated with only their local radio station operational. Key Character Stories
: The episode begins with Dale "Barbie" Barbara burying a body in the woods just as the dome descends.
In the series premiere of Under the Dome , titled "Pilot," the residents of Chester's Mill, Maine, are suddenly cut off from the rest of the world by a massive, invisible, and impenetrable barrier.