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The Dead Zone

Sun, Jun 16, 2002
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  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Synopsis

Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.

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Cast

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  • Anthony Michael Hall
    Anthony Michael Hall
    as Johnny Smith
  • Nicole De Boer
    Nicole De Boer
    as Sarah Bracknell Bannerman
  • Connor Price
    Connor Price
    as Johnny 'J.J.' Bannerman
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Episodes

6 seasons · 80 episodes

Ended · 80 aired
Season 1
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Wheel of Fortune
    Aired · Mon, Jun 17, 2002 · 60m

    After six years in a coma following a near-fatal car accident, Johnny Smith awakens to find he has the gift of second sight and uses his psychic powers to help solve a serial murder case.

  • E2
    What It Seems
    Aired · Mon, Jun 24, 2002 · 60m

    Johnny uses his psychic powers to help solve a serial murder case.

  • E3
    Quality of Life
    Aired · Mon, Jul 1, 2002 · 60m

    Johnny gains trust in his powers after they enable him to save a star high school athlete from a life-threatening heart condition.

  • E4
    Enigma
    Aired · Mon, Jul 8, 2002 · 60m

    In helping an old man find his long lost love, Johnny falls in love with the woman himself through visions he has of her in her youth.

  • E5
    Unreasonable Doubt
    Aired · Mon, Jul 15, 2002 · 60m

    Johnny Smith is called to serve on a jury and uses his powers to uncover the real facts in the case.

  • E6
    The House
    Aired · Mon, Jul 22, 2002 · 60m

    Johnny Smith experiences disturbing visions in his home that lead him to discover the truth about his mother's death.

  • E7
    Enemy Mind
    Aired · Mon, Jul 29, 2002 · 60m

    While trying to rescue a runaway teen, Johnny Smith is exposed to mind-altering drugs that have a uniquely adverse effect on his brain.

  • E8
    Netherworld
    Aired · Mon, Aug 5, 2002 · 60m

    Struck with a vision of a fiery explosion, Johnny Smith must distinguish between his dream world and reality in order to prevent a disaster.

  • E9
    The Siege
    Aired · Mon, Aug 12, 2002 · 60m

    Johnny Smith attempts to manipulate the events during a hostage situation in a bank but each time he makes a move, the ending changes for the worse.

  • E10
    Here There Be Monsters
    Aired · Mon, Aug 19, 2002 · 60m

    Johnny Smith's life is threatened when he's charged with witchcraft in a small New England town.

  • E11
    Dinner with Dana
    Aired · Mon, Aug 26, 2002 · 60m

    Things heat up between Johnny Smith and Dana Bright, the news reporter who's been hounding him since he woke up, during a pretend date she plans to use as the basis for a cover story.

  • E12
    Shaman
    Aired · Mon, Sep 9, 2002 · 60m

    Johnny Smith's visions reach across time when he joins forces with a psychic Native American Shaman from centuries past to avert a major disaster.

  • E13
    Destiny
    Aired · Mon, Sep 16, 2002 · 60m

    When Johnny Smith's prediction of a tragic fire comes true, the incident brings him unwanted media coverage, as well as the attention of Greg Stillson, a very ambitious young candidate for congress.

Season 2
19 episodes · 19 aired
▾
  • E1
    Valley of the Shadow
    Aired · Mon, Jan 6, 2003 · 60m

    Johnny still shaken by his Armageddon visions and growing increasingly obsessed with Stillson (Sean Patrick Flanery) , has been drawn back into the public eye when an adversary tests Johnny's powers to save a child's life.

  • E2
    Descent (1)
    Aired · Mon, Jan 13, 2003 · 60m

    Johnny struggles to rescue four teenagers trapped, all while reliving - and in some way trying to redeem - sins from his family's past. (Part 1 of 2)

  • E3
    Ascent (2)
    Aired · Mon, Jan 20, 2003 · 60m

    In the continuation of the episode "Descent" an unexpected incident leads Johnny to a profound new understanding of Walt(Chris Bruno) (part 2 of 2)

  • E4
    The Outsider
    Aired · Mon, Feb 3, 2003 · 60m

    Johnny takes on a major corporation to prevent the mass marketing of a drug he foresees will cause terrible birth defects years down the line.

  • E5
    Precipitate
    Aired · Mon, Feb 10, 2003 · 60m

    When Johnny is injured and infused with a blood product stemming from six different people, he begins having visions through the donor's eyes and learns one of them will die unless he intervenes.

  • E6
    Scars
    Aired · Mon, Feb 17, 2003 · 60m

    Johnny's decision to join the re-election campaign of Stillson's(Sean Patrick Flanery) chief opponent, Harrison Fisher (Gerald McRaney), has unintended consequences.

  • E7
    Misbegotten
    Aired · Mon, Feb 24, 2003 · 60m

    Johnny is kidnapped by three young women who demand his help in solving a murder mystery from the past.

  • E8
    Cabin Pressure
    Aired · Mon, Mar 3, 2003 · 60m

    On a flight to Washington with Purdy(David Ogden Stiers), Johnny has a vision of their plane crashing and must convince the pilot and an onboard air marshal to risk the lives of everyone on board.

  • E9
    The Man Who Never Was
    Aired · Mon, Mar 10, 2003 · 60m

    A terrifying vision leads to Johnny's involvement with a man (Robert Culp) with a mysterious past who suddenly disappears.

  • E10
    Dead Men Tell Tales
    Aired · Mon, Mar 17, 2003 · 60m

    The vision of a hit on crime Boss Cathan Donnegal (William Macdonald) leads to Johnny's dangerous involvement with the mob.

  • E11
    Playing God
    Aired · Mon, Mar 31, 2003 · 60m

    When Johnny is reunited with two close friends from high school, one of whom is awaiting a heart transplant (Lochlyn Munro), he is tormented by a vision of the other (Ally Sheedy) becoming the donor.

  • E12
    Zion
    Aired · Mon, Apr 7, 2003 · 60m

    The death of Bruce's (John L. Adams) father, Pastor David Lewis (Louis Gossett Jr.) leads Bruce on an amazing journey down the "road not taken".

  • E13
    The Storm
    Aired · Mon, Jul 7, 2003 · 60m

    When Johnny is caught in a deadly storm, he is forced to come to terms with his own destiny in order to save those he loves.

  • E14
    Plague
    Aired · Mon, Jul 14, 2003 · 60m

    When J.J. (Spencer Achtymichuk) falls prey to a deadly new virus sweeping across the northeast, Johnny must use his powers to solve a medical mystery in time to save his son's life.

  • E15
    Deja Voodoo
    Aired · Mon, Jul 21, 2003 · 60m

    Johnny meets a beautiful woman (Reiko Aylesworth) in danger and is reminded again of the potentially dire consequences of even the smallest of choices.

  • E16
    The Hunt
    Aired · Mon, Jul 28, 2003 · 60m

    A covert branch of U.S. intelligence recruits Johnny to track down the world's most wanted terrorist.

  • E17
    The Mountain
    Aired · Mon, Aug 4, 2003 · 60m

    After Johnny is struck by a vision of a lost plane crash, thieves in search of a missing treasure take Johnny, Sarah, Walt, and J.J. hostage.

  • E18
    The Combination
    Aired · Mon, Aug 11, 2003 · 60m

    Johnny goes public with his vision of a heavyweight contender dying in an upcoming bout, but instead of stopping the fight, his announcement turns it into the pay-per-view event of the year.

  • E19
    Visions
    Aired · Mon, Aug 18, 2003 · 60m

    (Season finale) Johnny sets out to discover the secret of a mysterious man who appears to be stalking him, but who actually has a life-changing message for Johnny.

Season 3
12 episodes · 12 aired
▾
  • E1
    Finding Rachel (1)
    Aired · Mon, Jun 7, 2004 · 60m

    Johnny has a vision of Rachel Caldwell, a Stillson campaign worker, being killed. He goes to meet her, but finds himself two hours later with no memory of the meeting. Walt must arrest him for the murder.

  • E2
    Finding Rachel (2)
    Aired · Mon, Jun 14, 2004 · 60m

    Johnny works to find the real killer. He must convince Rebecca Caldwell (Sarah Wynter), the victim's sister that he is innocent. In the end, one of Rev. Purdy's workers seemingly commits suicide and confesses to the murder.

  • E3
    Collision
    Aired · Mon, Jun 21, 2004 · 60m

    Johnny has visions of the car accident that put him in a coma, but a present-day girl appears in them. She's stowed away in her father's trunk, and Johnny and Rebecca must find the auto accident before the car burns.

  • E4
    Cold Hard Truth
    Aired · Mon, Jun 28, 2004 · 60m

    A shock jock (Richard Lewis) makes disparaging comments on the air about Johnny and Sarah. Johnny confronts him, but must then save him from a vision of falling off a building. J.J. is told that Johnny is his father.

  • E5
    Total Awareness
    Aired · Mon, Jul 5, 2004 · 60m

    Johnny and a rebellious young woman (Lauren Lee Smith) with a strange gift for numbers team up to expose a corrupt government agency using a massive intelligence-gathering rogram that can access every surveillance network in the world.

  • E6
    No Questions Asked
    Aired · Mon, Jul 19, 2004 · 60m

    Johnny learns about Walt's childhood friends, when one is released from prison. Walt's friend takes Walt's gun, and Johnny and Walt must stop him before he gets hurt or hurts someone.

  • E7
    Looking Glass
    Aired · Mon, Jul 26, 2004 · 60m

    Johnny fights to prevent identical twins from manipulating him and his visions to commit the perfect murder.

  • E8
    Speak Now
    Aired · Mon, Aug 2, 2004 · 60m

    As a young couple is about to tie the knot, Johnny has a troubling vision of their future and must find a way to reveal what he sees.

  • E9
    Cycle of Violence
    Aired · Mon, Aug 9, 2004 · 60m

    When Johnny has a vision of a school shooting, the principal (Judge Reinhold) focuses on a particularly outspoken student (Robert Iler) as the likeliest culprit while Johnny struggles to discover the identity of the shooter.

  • E10
    Instinct
    Aired · Mon, Aug 16, 2004 · 60m

    All the animals are acting violently, attacking the townspeople. Johnny finds out the reason for the attacks is that the animals are sensing that a dam is about to break and flood the town.

  • E11
    Shadows
    Aired · Mon, Aug 23, 2004 · 60m

    When Johnny foresees the death of someone very close to him, he must confront his inner demons before they push him to the brink of murder.

  • E12
    Tipping Point (1)
    Aired · Mon, Aug 23, 2004 · 60m

    Johnny and Rebecca go to the hospital for tests in order to stop Johnny's headaches and blackouts. Johnny is scheduled for surgery, but he leaves to try to stop Rebecca from exacting revenge on Stillson for his apparent murder of Rebecca's sister Rachel.

Season 4
12 episodes · 12 aired
▾
  • E1
    Broken Circle (2)
    Aired · Mon, Jun 13, 2005 · 60m

    Johnny fights to stop Rebecca from killing Greg Stillson, whom she believes is responsible for her sister's murder.

  • E2
    The Collector
    Aired · Mon, Jun 20, 2005 · 60m

    Johnny's visions of a young girl's abduction lead him on a life-and-death race to find the "collector", a disturbed man who kidnaps and indoctrinates young women.

  • E3
    Double Vision
    Aired · Mon, Jun 27, 2005 · 60m

    Johnny's ability to alter fate is put to the test when he meets a young woman with psychic abilities of her own.

  • E4
    Still Life
    Aired · Mon, Jul 11, 2005 · 60m

    Johnny becomes embroiled in a murder mystery as he searches for the missing daughter of a famous artist.

  • E5
    Heroes & Demons
    Aired · Mon, Jul 18, 2005 · 60m

    An autistic boy seeks Johnny's help to save his father, a tough cop awaiting execution for the murder of a federal DEA agent.

  • E6
    The Last Goodbye
    Aired · Mon, Jul 25, 2005 · 60m

    A performance by the son of a rock and roll legend leads Johnny and Sarah on a search for clues about the mysterious death of his famous father.

  • E7
    Grains of Sand
    Aired · Mon, Aug 1, 2005 · 60m

    Johnny faces a difficult decision after saving an infant from a dangerous ring of human traffickers.

  • E8
    Vanguard
    Aired · Mon, Aug 8, 2005 · 60m

    Johnny must discover why his reunion with a former student, who is now a top biomedical researcher, triggers his visions of Stillson and a future Armageddon.

  • E9
    Babble On
    Aired · Mon, Aug 15, 2005 · 60m

    A string of horrific nightmares prompts Johnny to dig into his late father's mysterious past to try to prevent a present day catastrophe.

  • E10
    Coming Home
    Aired · Mon, Aug 22, 2005 · 60m

    When Sarah's father, Marty (Ed Asner), moves into a local retirement home, Johnny begins having morbid visions about the fate of its residents and is driven to investigate.

  • E11
    Saved
    Aired · Mon, Aug 29, 2005 · 60m

    In a bizarre turn of events, Stillson begs Johnny to help him investigate the disappearance of his girlfriend, Miranda.

  • E12
    A Very Dead Zone Christmas
    Aired · Mon, Dec 5, 2005 · 60m

    When female psychic Alex Sinclair pays Johnny a surprise Christmas visit, the two work together to solve the mystery of one very lost and confused Santa.

Season 5
11 episodes · 11 aired
▾
  • E1
    Forbidden Fruit
    Aired · Mon, Jun 19, 2006 · 60m

    Johnny races to find a way to stop the wedding of Miranda Ellis and Greg Stillson, while a political crisis develops that brings Stillson one step closer to the White House.

  • E2
    Independence Day
    Aired · Mon, Jun 26, 2006 · 60m

    A lighthearted Fourth of July road trip turns into a nightmare after Johnny is hit with a vision of Bruce dying in a car crash.

  • E3
    Panic
    Aired · Mon, Jul 3, 2006 · 60m

    When Johnny, J.J. and a neighborhood teen are trapped inside the Smith home by two ruthless killers, Johnny's visions of the past help them evade capture.

  • E4
    Articles of Faith
    Aired · Mon, Jul 10, 2006 · 60m

    When a possible hate crime rocks Cleaves Mills, Johnny must help solve it before the violence spreads.

  • E5
    The Inside Man
    Aired · Mon, Jul 17, 2006 · 60m

    When Johnny foresees the theft of a prized religious artifact on display at Faith Heritage, he infiltrates the band of masked robbers in order to save innocent lives.

  • E6
    Lotto Fever
    Aired · Mon, Jul 24, 2006 · 60m

    Johnny is kidnapped by a "loser" convinced that the psychic ruined his life by helping him win the Lotto.

  • E7
    Symmetry
    Aired · Mon, Jul 31, 2006 · 60m

    Johnny has trouble keeping track of his identity when visions from an attacker, a victim and a rescuer confuse the psychic's sense of reality.

  • E8
    Vortex
    Aired · Mon, Aug 7, 2006 · 60m

    Johnny is brought before a congressional panel, led by Greg Stillson, after infiltrating a cult to prevent a Waco-like catastrophe.

  • E9
    Revelations
    Aired · Mon, Aug 14, 2006 · 60m

    The arrival of a mysterious young woman from Rev. Purdy's past raises new questions for Johnny about the minister's character.

  • E10
    Into the Heart of Darkness
    Aired · Mon, Aug 21, 2006 · 60m

    Johnny and Walt must rescue a newly pregnant Sarah from the kidnapper known as the Collector, who has returned seeking revenge.

  • E11
    The Hunting Party
    Aired · Mon, Aug 28, 2006 · 60m

    In the season finale, Johnny is witness to Janus' secret plot to assassinate the Vice President in order to move Stillson one step closer to the White House.

Season 6
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Heritage
    Aired · Mon, Jun 18, 2007 · 60m

    Johnny is struck by visions of friends in danger, but is unable to prevent a shocking tragedy that will change his life forever.

  • E2
    Ego
    Aired · Mon, Jun 25, 2007 · 60m

    When Johnny meets the new sheriff of Cleaves Mills, he envisions her shooting a local psychiatrist and launches an investigation despite her objections.

  • E3
    Re-Entry
    Aired · Mon, Jul 2, 2007 · 60m

    Johnny must try to set aside his personal distrust of Vice President Stillson in an effort to prevent a national disaster.

  • E4
    Big Top
    Aired · Mon, Jul 9, 2007 · 60m

    Johnny's visions inadvertently lead him to reexamine a ten-year-old murder case and his current relationship with his teenaged son, JJ.

  • E5
    Interred
    Aired · Mon, Jul 16, 2007 · 60m

    When Johnny has disturbing visions of a man buried alive, he must overcome his differences with Sheriff Turner in the hopes of saving the man's life.

  • E6
    Switch
    Aired · Mon, Jul 23, 2007 · 60m

    After Johnny boards a train for some much-needed relaxation, he has a vision of a woman thrown to her death and soon falls for the intriguing beauty.

  • E7
    Numb
    Aired · Mon, Jul 30, 2007 · 60m

    A serious case of appendicitis sends Johnny into another coma, and this time it's up to Sarah to save his life.

  • E8
    Outcome
    Aired · Mon, Aug 6, 2007 · 60m

    Johnny has to race against the clock to prevent a massive explosion from ripping apart the regional bus station.

  • E9
    Transgressions
    Aired · Mon, Aug 13, 2007 · 60m

    Johnny becomes involved in a murder case involving a young woman where everything isn't as it seems.

  • E10
    Drift
    Aired · Mon, Aug 20, 2007 · 60m

    A vision involving a racehorse being stolen troubles Johnny on a trip to visit Bruce. Meanwhile, Stillson gets closer to Sarah and J.J., leading Johnny to realize he may have missed his chance to reunite his family.

  • E11
    Exile
    Aired · Mon, Aug 27, 2007 · 60m

    Johnny's disturbing vision of his psychic friend Alex sends him to a small town in an attempt to save her, but he needs rescuing himself after he is accused of murder. Meanwhile, Sarah decides to move out of Johnny's house and confides in Stillson, who has important information on the investigation into Walt.

  • E12
    Ambush
    Aired · Mon, Sep 10, 2007 · 60m

    Johnny steps up his probe into Walt's case in an effort to salvage his relationship with Sarah, and discovers a link to Turner.

  • E13
    Denouement
    Aired · Mon, Sep 17, 2007 · 60m

    Visions of Walt lead Johnny to his father and a shocking revelation. Also, vision of Armageddon reappears to Johnny and JJ too.