Under the Dome (2013 — 2015)

The Kinship is an alien species that can take over any living person and exert complete control over every action. Another species had sought to take over The Kinship’s world, during an event known as “The Great Destruction”. To survive, The Kinship abandoned their own world, hoping to live on another life-supporting planet. They place an egg inside a meteor to transport themselves across the galaxy, hoping the meteor would crash on another inhabited planet. Once there, the egg would infect the first life form that touches it. In 1988, the Kinship’s meteor crashes in Chester’s Mill. Teenagers Melanie, Pauline, Sam and Lyle find the meteor in the middle of the woods. As they approach it, four glowing hand prints appear, one on each side of the meteor. When the four place their hands on the meteor, it opens, revealing a glowing pink egg. Attracted by the egg, Melanie picks it up. However, Lyle pushes her into the meteor, killing her and stopping the Kinship’s infection process. Melanie’s friends bury her and the alien egg, swearing never to talk about the incident again.

In 2013, two archaeologists, Christine and Eva, search for an intact egg, which they believe to be located in Chester’s Mill. They work for a large energy company called “Aktaion,” which has studied other eggs that crashed to Earth. All of the other eggs were damaged by their impact. Christine and Eva find the intact egg. As Christine holds it, the infection process begins. A large pink explosion occurs, and a dome lowers around them, with a mini-dome descending over the egg. Christine and Eva are sucked into a large cave and cocooned. Over the next six weeks, many events happen within the dome. Joe and Norrie find the mini-dome and the egg within it. The Kinship chooses Joe, Norrie, James, and Angie to be “the four hands,” people who protect the dome, the mini dome, and the egg, and interact with them. Pink stars, a visible energy source, appear many times throughout the life of the dome, most noticeably on the egg.