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The Dead Zone
2002 - 2007 7.2 (149 votes) 6 Seasons
Genres
Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
USA Network
Created By
Shawn Piller
Michael Piller

The Dead Zone

Overview

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

Key Crew

Producer: Madeleine HenriƩ, Stefani N. Deoul

Top Cast

Anthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall

Johnny Smith

Nicole de Boer
Nicole de Boer

Sarah Bracknell Bannerman

Connor Price
Connor Price

Johnny 'J.J.' Bannerman

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2002)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Wheel of Fortune (1)
2002-06-16

After six years in a coma following a near-fatal car accident, Johnny awakens to find he has the gift of second sight.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: What It Seems (2)
2002-06-23

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Quality of Life
2002-06-30

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Enigma
2002-07-07

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Unreasonable Doubt
2002-07-14

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: The House
2002-07-21

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Enemy Mind
2002-07-28

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: Netherworld
2002-08-04

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 9: The Siege
2002-08-11

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Here There Be Monsters
2002-08-18

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: Dinner with Dana
2002-08-25

Things heat up between Johnny and Dana during a "pretend" dinner date, which Dana plans to use as the basis for a cover story.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Shaman
2002-09-08

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: Destiny
2002-09-15

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2003)

No overview available.

19 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Valley of the Shadow
2003-01-05

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Descent (1)
2003-01-12

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Ascent (2)
2003-01-19

An unexpected incident leads Johnny to a profound new understanding of Walt.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: The Outsider
2003-02-02

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Precipitate
2003-02-09

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: Scars
2003-02-16

Johnny's decision to join the reelection campaign of Stillson's chief opponent, Harrison Fisher, has unintended consequences.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Misbegotten
2003-02-23

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: Cabin Pressure
2003-03-02

On a flight to Washington with Purdy, Johnny is hit with a vision of their plane crashing.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: The Man Who Never Was
2003-03-09

A terrifying vision leads to Johnny's involvement with a man who suddenly disappears.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Dead Men Tell Tales
2003-03-16

The vision of a hit on crime boss Cathan Donnegal leads to Johnny's (Anthony Michael Hall) involvement with the mob.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: Playing God
2003-03-30

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Zion
2003-04-06

The death of Bruce's father, Pastor David Lewis leads Bruce on an amazing journey down the "road not taken."

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: The Storm
2003-07-06

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 14: Plague
2003-07-13

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 15: Deja Voodoo
2003-07-20

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: The Hunt
2003-07-27

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 17: The Mountain
2003-08-03

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 18: The Combination
2003-08-10

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 19: Visions
2003-08-17

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2004)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Finding Rachel (1)
2004-06-06

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: Finding Rachel (2)
2004-06-13

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Collision
2004-06-20

Rebecca helps Johnny endure agonizing visions of his terrible car accident years earlier, which are triggered by his efforts to rescue a missing girl.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 4: The Cold Hard Truth
2004-06-27

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 5: Total Awareness
2004-07-04

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: No Questions Asked
2004-07-18

Walt reluctantly accepts Johnny's help when a crime from the past comes back to haunt him.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Looking Glass
2004-07-25

Johnny fights to prevent identical twin law students from using him and his visions to commit the perfect murder.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 8: Speak Now
2004-08-01

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Cycle of Violence
2004-08-08

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Instinct
2004-08-15

Johnny and Walt investigate the sudden violent behavior of the animals around Cleaves Mills.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: Shadows
2004-08-22

When Johnny foresees the death of someone very close to him, his inner rage pushes him to the brink of murder.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Tipping Point (1)
2004-08-22

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2005)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Broken Circle (2)
2005-06-12

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

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: The Collector
2005-06-19

When a friend of Sara's goes missing, Johnny becomes involved trying to find her twisted abductor...before he kills the missing woman.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: Double Vision
2005-06-26

Johnny runs into an attractive psychic as they both try to find and stop a sniper.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 4: Still Life
2005-07-10

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 5: Heroes & Demons
2005-07-17

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.

Runtime: 40 min
Episode 6: The Last Goodbye
2005-07-24

Johnny gets a vision of a rock star who is believed to have died...but Johnny realizes he's still alive.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 7: Grains of Sand
2005-07-31

When an immigrant woman dies, Johnny is determined to take care of her baby and reunite it with the father.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 8: Vanguard
2005-08-07

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.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 9: Babble On
2005-08-14

Johnny has been getting visions of his dead father, who is apparently trying to warn him of some coming disaster.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Coming Home
2005-08-21

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: Saved
2005-08-28

When Stillson's girlfriend disappears, he must reluctantly turn to Johnny Smith for help in locating her.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 12: A Very Dead Zone Christmas
2005-12-04

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.

Runtime: 40 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (2006)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Forbidden Fruit
2006-06-18

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: Independence Day
2006-06-25

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: Panic
2006-07-02

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.

Runtime: 40 min
Episode 4: Articles of Faith
2006-07-09

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.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 5: The Inside Man
2006-07-16

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.

Runtime: 40 min
Episode 6: Lotto Fever
2006-07-23

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 7: Symmetry
2006-07-30

After Johnny is attacked, he begins to experience visions of his attacker's life and the life of one of the attacker's victims.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 8: Vortex
2006-08-06

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Revelations
2006-08-13

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Into the Heart of Darkness
2006-08-20

The Collector returns, seeking his revenge on Johnny. Now Johnny must race against time to save a newly pregnant Sara from his grasp.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: The Hunting Party
2006-08-27

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.

Runtime: 40 min
Season 6 poster
Season 6 (2007)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Heritage
2007-06-17

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: Ego
2007-06-24

Johnny investigates a psychiatrist after a vision shows her being shot, he uncovers several patients who would like her dead.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: Re-Entry
2007-07-01

Johnny gets a vision of disaster on a private space mission and is forced to work with Stillson to save the crew.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 4: Big Top
2007-07-08

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.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 5: Interred
2007-07-15

Johnny has a vision of a man who has been buried alive. Johnny, with the help of Turner, rushes to locate the man.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 6: Switch
2007-07-22

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.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 7: Numb
2007-07-29

Sarah must take unexpected actions to save Johnny's life after he goes into a coma.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 8: Outcome
2007-08-05

Johnny must turn to a friend of Sarah's for help when he gets a vision of an imminent bus station bombing.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Transgressions
2007-08-12

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

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Drift
2007-08-19

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 11: Exile
2007-08-26

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.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 12: Ambush (1)
2007-09-09

While further investigating Walt's death, Johnny determines a link between him and his successor, Anna Turner.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 13: Denouement (2)
2007-09-16

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.

Runtime: 42 min

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