Let's start with some questions to clear up the finale: What exactly was the butterfly doing to the dome?
Neal Baer: It was trying to get out and every time it hit the dome, it would cause blackness to appear. It was the dome signaling that the Monarch needed to get out and the Four Hands needed to get their act together. The big dome was signaling there was trouble because Big Jim (Dean Norris) was doing very bad things. It was a tandem issue: The mini-dome and big dome signaling that something had to be done immediately to prevent catastrophe.
The butterfly was seemingly dead when the mini-dome disintegrated. Do the Four Hands have the power do bring things back to life or was that a coincidence?
Baer: I'm not sure that she brought it back to life or it was maybe just resting and it wasn't dead in the first place. You could look at it either way — that she brought it back or it was OK to begin with.
After a season of Big Jim treating Junior horribly, why did Junior (Alexander Koch) then ultimately side with his father?
Baer: Well, did Junior side with his father ultimately? Did he pull the lever? We don't know. Yes, he did side with his father, but when push comes to shove at the end when he says, "Do it, Junior. Do it now," will Junior ultimately go with him? There were all those wonderful moments when Junior said, "It's going to be very bad for us if you're lying." Junior is always questioning. Big Jim has said, "We're chosen. Your mother painted what was going to happen, we obviously are the chosen ones, you and I." Big Jim always has a response to Junior, but Junior is always questioning. Even in that look in Junior's eyes, he's still wondering if his father is telling the truth. He's torn between the love for his father and what his gut is telling him.
Speaking of Big Jim's wife, we know she's dead, but is there a chance we'll actually see her?
Baer: We'll have to wait for that for next season.
Why the decision to have Big Jim turn into such a mustache-twirling villain?
Baer: I don't know that he's mustache-twirling. He does want to save the town; he just has odd ways of doing it. He does really love his son and really does think that he is chosen once he realized the pink stars are falling in lines and made that connection with his dead wife's painting, it reinforced his thinking that he's chosen and this was all set up for him to take this on. From his perspective, he's not necessarily wrong that these drawings were made long before the dome came down and they are about him and his son. There are people who support that. Just as Julia is the Monarch, there's some way that he's been called too.
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Neal Baer: It was trying to get out and every time it hit the dome, it would cause blackness to appear. It was the dome signaling that the Monarch needed to get out and the Four Hands needed to get their act together. The big dome was signaling there was trouble because Big Jim (Dean Norris) was doing very bad things. It was a tandem issue: The mini-dome and big dome signaling that something had to be done immediately to prevent catastrophe.
The butterfly was seemingly dead when the mini-dome disintegrated. Do the Four Hands have the power do bring things back to life or was that a coincidence?
Baer: I'm not sure that she brought it back to life or it was maybe just resting and it wasn't dead in the first place. You could look at it either way — that she brought it back or it was OK to begin with.
After a season of Big Jim treating Junior horribly, why did Junior (Alexander Koch) then ultimately side with his father?
Baer: Well, did Junior side with his father ultimately? Did he pull the lever? We don't know. Yes, he did side with his father, but when push comes to shove at the end when he says, "Do it, Junior. Do it now," will Junior ultimately go with him? There were all those wonderful moments when Junior said, "It's going to be very bad for us if you're lying." Junior is always questioning. Big Jim has said, "We're chosen. Your mother painted what was going to happen, we obviously are the chosen ones, you and I." Big Jim always has a response to Junior, but Junior is always questioning. Even in that look in Junior's eyes, he's still wondering if his father is telling the truth. He's torn between the love for his father and what his gut is telling him.
Speaking of Big Jim's wife, we know she's dead, but is there a chance we'll actually see her?
Baer: We'll have to wait for that for next season.
Why the decision to have Big Jim turn into such a mustache-twirling villain?
Baer: I don't know that he's mustache-twirling. He does want to save the town; he just has odd ways of doing it. He does really love his son and really does think that he is chosen once he realized the pink stars are falling in lines and made that connection with his dead wife's painting, it reinforced his thinking that he's chosen and this was all set up for him to take this on. From his perspective, he's not necessarily wrong that these drawings were made long before the dome came down and they are about him and his son. There are people who support that. Just as Julia is the Monarch, there's some way that he's been called too.
Read full interview at TV Guide
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