Original title
The Dead Zone
Released
6/16/2002
Origin country
US
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production companies
Crescent Entertainment, Piller/Segan
Status
Cancelled
Number of seasons
6
Number of episodes
80
Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.
The unaired pilot is an earlier version of the first two episodes of the series, "Wheel of Fortune," and "What It Seems." The main differences are that several scenes were re-filmed, and two actors (Reverend Purdy and Dana Bright) were later re-cast. See the episode review for more information.
After six years in a coma following a near-fatal car accident, Johnny awakens to find he has the gift of second sight.
Johnny uses his psychic powers to help solve a serial murder case.
Johnny gains trust in his powers after they enable him to save a star high school athlete from a life-threatening heart condition.
In helping an old man find his long lost love, Johnny himself falls in love with the woman through visions he has of her in her youth.
Johnny is called to serve on a jury and uses his powers to uncover the real facts in the case.
Johnny experiences disturbing visions in his home that lead him to discover the truth about his mother's death.
While trying to rescue a runaway teen, Johnny is exposed to mind-altering drugs which have a uniquely adverse effect on his brain.
Struck with a vision of a fiery explosion, Johnny must distinguish between his dream world and reality in order to prevent a disaster.
Johnny 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.
Johnny's life is threatened when he's charged with witchcraft in a small New England town.
Things heat up between Johnny and Dana during a "pretend" dinner date, which Dana plans to use as the basis for a cover story.
Johnny's visions reach across time when he joins forces with a psychic Native American shaman from centuries past to avert a major disaster.
When Johnny'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.
The season premiere finds Johnny still shaken by his Armageddon visions and growing increasingly obsessed with Stillson, whom he's secretly investigating. But another mystery draws him back into the public eye: a test of Johnny's powers by an adversary who is as obsessed with him as Johnny is with Stillson.
Johnny struggles to rescue four teens trapped in a collapsing mine, all while reliving - and in some way trying to redeem - sins from his family's past.
An unexpected incident leads Johnny to a profound new understanding of Walt.
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.
When Johnny is injured and infused with a blood product stemming from six different people, he begins having visions through the donors' eyes and learns one of them will die unless he intervenes.
Johnny's decision to join the reelection campaign of Stillson's chief opponent, Harrison Fisher, has unintended consequences.
Johnny is kidnapped by three young women who demand his help in solving a murder mystery from the past.
On a flight to Washington with Purdy, Johnny is hit with a vision of their plane crashing.
A terrifying vision leads to Johnny's involvement with a man who suddenly disappears.
The vision of a hit on crime boss Cathan Donnegal leads to Johnny's (Anthony Michael Hall) involvement with the mob.
When Johnny is reunited with two close friends from high school, one of whom is awaiting a heart transplant, he is tormented by a vision of the other becoming the donor.
The death of Bruce's father, Pastor David Lewis leads Bruce on an amazing journey down the "road not taken."
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.
When J.J. 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.
Johnny meets a beautiful woman in danger and is reminded again of the potentially dire consequences of even the smallest of choices.
A covert branch of U.S. intelligence recruits Johnny to track down the world's most wanted terrorist.
On a camping trip together, Johnny, Sarah, Walt, and J.J. are taken hostage by thieves after Johnny is struck by a vision of a lost plane crash.
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.
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.
Johnny becomes the prime suspect in a case he's desperately trying to solve and is confronted by the victim's sister, who clamors for his arrest.
Following his arrest for the murder of a young volunteer for the Stillson campaign, Johnny persuades the victim's sister to help him find the real killer.
Rebecca helps Johnny endure agonizing visions of his terrible car accident years earlier, which are triggered by his efforts to rescue a missing girl.
Johnny becomes involved with an abusive radio shock jock whose death he foresees, and in the process forges a new relationship with his son J.J.
Johnny and a rebellious young woman with a strange gift for numbers team up to expose the use of a total information awareness system for domestic surveillance.
Walt reluctantly accepts Johnny's help when a crime from the past comes back to haunt him.
Johnny fights to prevent identical twin law students from using him and his visions to commit the perfect murder.
As a young couple is about to tie the knot, Johnny has a troubling vision of their future and must figure out how to reveal what he sees.
When Johnny has visions of a school shooting, the principal focuses on a particularly outspoken student as the likeliest culprit while Johnny struggles to confirm the identity of the shooter.
Johnny and Walt investigate the sudden violent behavior of the animals around Cleaves Mills.
When Johnny foresees the death of someone very close to him, his inner rage pushes him to the brink of murder.
As problems with his dead zone become life threatening, Johnny must decide if brain surgery is an option, knowing he will lose the psychic abilities that may help prevent Armageddon.
Johnny fights to stop Rebecca from killing Greg Stillson, whom she believes is responsible for her sister's murder.
When a friend of Sara's goes missing, Johnny becomes involved trying to find her twisted abductor...before he kills the missing woman.
Johnny runs into an attractive psychic as they both try to find and stop a sniper.
A painter's daughter and model has disappeared and Johnny tries to help locate her, but is swept into a web of obsession and hidden secrets.
An autistic boy makes his way to Johnny to "ask" him to help clear his father - a cop on death row for the murder of an undercover cop.
Johnny gets a vision of a rock star who is believed to have died...but Johnny realizes he's still alive.
When an immigrant woman dies, Johnny is determined to take care of her baby and reunite it with the father.
Johnny must help a former student, now a researcher for a plastics company, with a future of destruction setting off the doomsday of Johnny's visions.
Johnny has been getting visions of his dead father, who is apparently trying to warn him of some coming disaster.
Johnny gets a vision of death concerning Sara's father, who is apparently being stalked by a "Shadow Man" who is preying on an old folks' community home.
When Stillson's girlfriend disappears, he must reluctantly turn to Johnny Smith for help in locating her.
Johnny prepares for a Christmas celebration and has to deal with a visit by Alex, an amnesiac Santa, three young brothers without a family, and... turducken.
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.
Johnny has a vision of a dead Bruce in a multi-car accident on the highway, but finds that his every effort to stop it only makes things worse.
Johnny is trapped in his house with J.J. and another neighborhood teen by vicious killers, and discovers a family secret while trying to keep one step ahead of the intruders.
Johnny helps in the investigation of a hate-crime commited by the son of a neo-Nazi, but soon has reason to believe the boy's confession may be false.
Johnny ends up taking the place of the inside man in a museum robbery to stop the crime and prevent several deaths, but soon finds he may have to help them escape to prevent innocent people from being killed.
Johnny must deal with an angry man who got winning Lotto tickets from Johnny after meeting him... but is now frustrated with all the problems the money brought with it.
After Johnny is attacked, he begins to experience visions of his attacker's life and the life of one of the attacker's victims.
To save a child, Johnny infiltrates a compound belonging to a cult, but soon finds that the place is loaded with explosives and must stop a confrontation between the cult leader and the FBI before the entire place goes up.
A woman claiming to be Purdy's lost-long daughter arrives in Cleaves Mills. Johnny has a vision of the woman causing harm to Purdy, who ignores Johnny's warning. While investigating the woman, Johnny learns of Purdy's secret past.
The Collector returns, seeking his revenge on Johnny. Now Johnny must race against time to save a newly pregnant Sara from his grasp.
Johnny tries to thwart the assassination of the Vice President and protect the man that Janus' secret conspiracy has set up to take the blame, but it soon becomes clear that Janus has his own plans to assure Stillson's ascension to the White House.
Johnny views visions of his friends in danger at a festival. He believes he has averted the disaster, but a fire later claims two people changing Johnny's life and the world's fate.
Johnny investigates a psychiatrist after a vision shows her being shot, he uncovers several patients who would like her dead.
Johnny gets a vision of disaster on a private space mission and is forced to work with Stillson to save the crew.
Johnny visits an "Alice in Wonderland"-themed circus and becomes part of a ten year old murder. Johnny later realizes that J.J. may have inherited a part of his psychic powers.
Johnny has a vision of a man who has been buried alive. Johnny, with the help of Turner, rushes to locate the man.
Johnny is taking a train trip when he has a vision of someone throwing a woman from the train. Johnny goes to help and becomes romantically involved with her, but soon suspects that she's a fraud.
Sarah must take unexpected actions to save Johnny's life after he goes into a coma.
Johnny must turn to a friend of Sarah's for help when he gets a vision of an imminent bus station bombing.
Johnny becomes involved in a murder case involving a young woman and demonic possession, where everything isn't as it seems.
While on a trip to visit Bruce, Johnny views a racehorse being stolen in a vision. He also realizes that he may have lost the chance to reunite with Sarah and J.J. thanks to Stilson's efforts.
Johnny goes to the aid of his psychic friend, but soon finds he's the one who needs help. Meanwhile, Sarah moves out of Johnny's house and goes to Stillson, who reveals information that sheds light on the events leading up to Walt's death.
While further investigating Walt's death, Johnny determines a link between him and his successor, Anna Turner.
In the sixth season finale, visions of Walt lead Johnny to an amazing discovery about his father Herb, and secrets from the past are exposed.
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