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The following is a list of episodes from the USA Network original series The Dead Zone . The series premiered on June 16, 2002, and ended on September 16, 2007, with a total of 80 episodes over the course of 6 seasons.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Wheel of Fortune (Part 1)" | Robert Lieberman | S : Shawn Piller; S/T : Michael Piller | June 16, 2002 | 1001 |
John Smith wakes up after six years in a coma. He then finds that he can sense the past and future of the objects and people that he touches. His ex-fiancee is married to the local sheriff, and he has a six-year-old son who knows nothing about him. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "What It Seems (Part 2)" | Rob Lieberman | S : Shawn Piller; S/T : Michael Piller | June 23, 2002 | 1002 |
Johnny has a vision of one of his nurses being strangled to death outside her home. He and Bruce, his physical therapist, manage to save her, but the perpetrator rapes and strangles another woman instead. Johnny and Sheriff Bannerman track down the strangler, an old friend of Walt's and a Deputy Sheriff. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Quality of Life" | John Lafia | S : Shawn Piller; S/T : Michael Piller | June 30, 2002 | 1003 |
Johnny goes back to the school he taught at before his coma, and is hired as a hockey coach. He has a vision about his star player's malformed heart, and takes him out of the game and saves his life. The townspeople are unaware of the medical problem, and believe he cost the team their shot at a championship, costing John his job. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Enigma" | Michael Robison | S : Tor Valenza, Michael Piller; S/T : Joe Menosky | July 7, 2002 | 1004 |
John helps an old man find a lost love from the WWII era. He relives the man's friend's affair with the woman, before reuniting them. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Unreasonable Doubt" | Robert Lieberman | Michael Taylor | July 14, 2002 | 1007 |
Johnny is called in for jury duty, and uses his abilities to save the man from an unjust conviction. (A homage to Twelve Angry Men ). | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The House" | James Contner | S : Shawn Piller; S/T : Michael Piller | July 21, 2002 | 1006 |
Johnny sees visions in his house about his mother, making it seem Rev. Purdy has murdered her. It turns out the reverend has covered up John's mother's suicide; she killed herself because John was in a coma. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Enemy Mind" | Jon Cassar | S : Javier Grillo-Marxuach; S/T : David Benz | July 28, 2002 | 1009 |
John is exposed to a large dose of ketamine while trying to save a run-away's life. He must deal with drug laced visions as a drug dealing rival of the girl's boyfriend tries to kill her. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Netherworld" | Robert Lieberman | S : David Goldsmith; T : Michael Piller | August 4, 2002 | 1005 |
Johnny is trapped in a vision where he is married to Sarah and they have two children. It turns out the vision shows him how his life would have been had he had not suffered the six-year-long coma that activated his abilities, and at the same time, is warning him of an explosion at the local mall. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Siege" | Michael Shapiro | Philip DeGuere, Jr. | August 11, 2002 | 1008 |
Sarah enters a bank, and the bank's electrician proceeds to rob the bank. Johnny enters and must find the correct resolution, where each action seemingly leads to a bad ending. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Here There Be Monsters" | Michael Robison | T : Craig Silverstein; S/T : David Benullo | August 18, 2002 | 1010 |
Johnny has a vision of a ritual sacrifice while visiting Hobb's Landing. He is tried as a witch, and the townspeople attempt to burn him at the stake. He is saved when it turns out one of the daughters is still alive and the killer is their mentally disturbed mother. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Dinner With Dana" | Jon Cassar | Michael Taylor | August 25, 2002 | 1011 |
Dana and Johnny go on a date/interview. This leads to awkward lovemaking where everyone Johnny knows is in the bedroom with them. Meanwhile Dana's abusive ex lover attempts to kill her, and Johnny and Walt must stop him. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Shaman" | Rachel Talalay | Joe Menosky | September 8, 2002 | 1012 |
Johnny investigates a meteor and becomes trapped in a cave overnight. There, he communicates with a Native American shaman (Adam Beach) hundreds of years in the past, and helps him save his tribe from the meteor. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Destiny" | Robert Lieberman | S : Michael Piller; T : Craig Silverstein | September 15, 2002 | 1013 |
Greg Stillson is running for the United States Congress, and Johnny realizes his awakening from the coma has something to do with the politician. Johnny meets him through the Faith Heritage Foundation and experiences an apocalyptic vision when he shakes Stillson's hand. | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Valley of the Shadow" | Michael Robison | Michael Taylor | January 5, 2003 | 2002 |
Johnny continues to investigate Stillson's connection with the coming apocalypse. Meanwhile, he and Walt investigate the kidnapping of the child of a tech executive. The kidnapper is testing Johnny's abilities. | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Descent (Part 1)" | James Head | Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Jill Blotevogel, and Michael Piller | January 12, 2003 | 2003 |
A group of teenagers become stuck in an abandoned mine. Walt and Johnny rescue them, but Walt is seriously injured and taken away in an ambulance. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Ascent (Part 2)" | James Head | S : Lee Fulkerson & Jon Wesslen; T : Michael Piller; S/T : Jill Blotevogel | January 19, 2003 | 2005 |
Walt is in a coma, and when Johnny touches him he is able to join Walt in his mind. He must convince Walt that he wants to live, and keep him away from the light. Walt's love for Sarah is the key. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "The Outsider" | Michael Robison | S : Steve Binder; S/T : Craig Silverstein | February 2, 2003 | 2004 |
Johnny is watching a commercial for a beauty aid when he receives a vision of it causing numerous birth defects in the future. He must help two scientists fall in love in order to prove the product's dangerousness. | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Precipitate" | Jefery Levy | Teddy Tenenbaum | February 9, 2003 | 2001 |
Johnny receives a blood transfusion and starts experiencing the lives of six blood donors, including a homeless man. Johnny must figure out which one is about to be killed and stop it. | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Scars" | Armand Mastroianni | S : Grant Rosenberg; S/T : Craig Silverstein | February 16, 2003 | 2007 |
Johnny shakes the hand of Stillson's congressional opponent and learns he was involved in atrocities in Vietnam. Johnny wrestles with taking down Stillson and doing the right thing. In the end, Stillson's opponent confesses of his own accord. | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Misbegotten" | Nick Marck | S : Elizabeth Keyishian; T : Andy Dettman and Michael Taylor | February 23, 2003 | 2006 |
Johnny is kidnapped by three women making a documentary. They are investigating the murder of a family twenty years prior. One of the women turns out to have a secret connection to the incident, and Johnny must stop her before she can cover it up. | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Cabin Pressure" | Mike Rohl | Jill Blotevogel and Michael Piller | March 2, 2003 | 2009 |
Johnny is on a flight with Rev. Purdy when he has a vision of the plane going down. The pilots think he's crazy, and Johnny must convince them to listen to him to save the plane. | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "The Man Who Never Was" | James Head | David Benz and Michael Piller | March 9, 2003 | 2008 |
Johnny helps a former spy, whom the government wants to make disappear. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Dead Men Tell Tales" | Gloria Muzio | Bill Dial, Michael Piller, and Daniel Goldin | March 16, 2003 | 2010 |
Johnny becomes involved with the mob, when he warns a mob boss of his impending death. He becomes interested in the boss's girl because of her connection to Stillson, and then helps her escape the mob's clutches. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Playing God" | Mike Vejar | S : Joel Metzger, Ronald D. Moore, Arnie Wess; T : Craig Silverstein; S/T : David Benz | March 30, 2003 | 2011 |
An old high school friend of Johnny's visits. He is dying of heart problems and the only way Johnny can save him is if he lets the man's sister die and become a donor. Johnny must choose whom to save. | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Zion" | Michael Robison | S : Paul Eckstein; T : Joe Menosky; S/T : Michael Piller | April 6, 2003 | 2013 |
Bruce and Johnny go to Bruce's father's funeral. Bruce experiences a vision when Johnny touches him, and experiences what his life would have been like if he'd stayed a preacher in his father's church. | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "The Storm" | Michael Robison | S : Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz; S/T : Michael Piller | July 6, 2003 | 2014 |
Bruce is taking Johnny to an intervention; Johnny's fear of leaving his house and touching people has made him a shut in. On the way, Johnny must save strangers and friends from a tornado that seems to be following him. Johnny confronts the storm, telling it he will again use his abilities to help people, and the storm ends. | ||||||
| 27 | 14 | "Plague" | Mike Rohl | S : Jeremy Bernstein; T : Craig Silverstein & Karl Schaefer; S/T : Jill Blotevogel | July 13, 2003 | 2015 |
Johnny has a vision of a plague that starts with the children at a science fair. He and Walt must convince a skeptical health inspector and the CDC of his abilities to save everyone. He looks into the future and sees the cure weeks before its discovery. In May 2020, a YouTube video highlighted apparently prescient similarities to the COVID-19 pandemic. Heavy.com noted "It’s no surprise that the episode is so similar to what we’re experiencing now, since SARS and SARS-CoV-2 are in the same family." [1] | ||||||
| 28 | 15 | "Déjà Voodoo" | James Head | Karl Schaefer | July 20, 2003 | 2016 |
Johnny meets a woman (Reiko Aylesworth) in a bar and has a vision of them kissing. It turns out men are trying to kill her, and Johnny must repeat their meeting several times in order to save her. In one timeline they make love, but in the end he tells her to marry her fiancee. | ||||||
| 29 | 16 | "The Hunt" | James Head | S : Joe McMoneagle & Michael Piller; T : Michael Taylor | July 27, 2003 | 2012 |
Johnny assists the government in an anti terrorist operation. His visions lead a team of soldiers into a trap, and Johnny helps them escape a deadly firefight. | ||||||
| 30 | 17 | "The Mountain" | Mike Rohl | Michael Cassutt | August 3, 2003 | 2017 |
Johnny is hiking with Sarah's family in order to bond with J.J. when he experiences a vision of a plane crash. They go looking for it, along with a park ranger and a local couple. These people have brought guns, and kidnap the protagonists. They are looking for treasure that was aboard the plane, and Johnny must find a future where he and Sarah's family survive. | ||||||
| 31 | 18 | "The Combination" | James Head | Michael Taylor | August 10, 2003 | 2018 |
Johnny has a vision of a boxer dying in the ring. His prediction shakes the boxer's confidence, but he won't stop the fight. Johnny must then lie and tell the boxer he'll win so the boxer will have the confidence to change his future. | ||||||
| 32 | 19 | "Visions" | Michael Robison | Craig Silverstein | August 17, 2003 | 2019 |
Johnny is met in a shared vision by another post comatose patient who also has visions. The other person being from the post apocalyptical future, wanting Johnny to help save his family. | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 1 | "Finding Rachel (Part 1)" | James Head | Karl Schaefer | June 6, 2004 | 4-3001 |
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. | ||||||
| 34 | 2 | "Finding Rachel (Part 2)" | James Head | S : Karl Schaefer; T : Michael R. Perry | June 13, 2004 | 5-3002 |
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. | ||||||
| 35 | 3 | "Collision" | Michael Robison | Michael R. Perry | June 20, 2004 | 6-3003 |
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. | ||||||
| 36 | 4 | "The Cold Hard Truth" | Anthony Michael Hall | Michael Taylor | June 27, 2004 | 1-3004 |
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. | ||||||
| 37 | 5 | "Total Awareness" | Kevin Speckmaier | Michael Cassutt | July 4, 2004 | 3-3005 |
The government agency (Argon) that Johnny worked for in season 2 is after a girl who seeks Johnny's help. Argon attempts to kill both of them to silence their killing of a senator, but Johnny gets the info to the media. | ||||||
| 38 | 6 | "No Questions Asked" | Mike Rohl | Moira Kirland | July 18, 2004 | 2-3006 |
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. | ||||||
| 39 | 7 | "Looking Glass" | James Head | Shintaro Shimosawa & James Morris | July 25, 2004 | 7-3009 |
A man touches Johnny at the mall and he has vision of men wearing masks killing a young woman. It turns out to be a staged hoax by twin brothers at the local law school. They debunk Johnny's abilities, but then one of the twins actually kills the girl, exactly as Johnny predicted it. | ||||||
| 40 | 8 | "Speak Now" | Mike Rohl | Moira Kirland, Christina Lynch & Loren Segan, and Karl Schaefer | August 1, 2004 | 10-3010 |
Johnny accompanies Sarah to a wedding and has a vision of objecting to the marriage. The bride's dead husband is alive, and Johnny, Sarah and Walt must decide what to do in a situation similar to the one involving Johnny's coma and Sarah's marriage to Walt. | ||||||
| 41 | 9 | "Cycle of Violence" | Ellie Kanner | Jill Blotevogel and Michael R. Perry | August 8, 2004 | 9-3007 |
Johnny has a vision of a school shooting. It turns out to be years in the future, and Johnny prevents the molestation that causes it. The principal's draconian measures to prevent it causes a security guard to kill a troubled, but innocent student. | ||||||
| 42 | 10 | "Instinct" | Mike Rohl | Erin Maher & Kay Reindl | August 15, 2004 | 8-3008 |
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. | ||||||
| 43 | 11 | "Shadows" | Shawn Piller | Michael Taylor | August 22, 2004 | 11-3011 |
Johnny has a vision of himself killing a man. Johnny stops the man from killing Bruce and setting Johnny off, but Johnny begins to doubt himself. | ||||||
| 44 | 12 | "Tipping Point, Part One" | Michael Robison | Karl Schaefer | August 22, 2004 | 12-3012 |
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. | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | "Broken Circle (Part 2)" "Tipping Point, Part Two" | Michael Robison and James Head | Michael R. Perry and Michael Taylor | June 12, 2005 | 13-3013 / 05-3013 |
Johnny from the future talks to Johnny through the cane head and tries to get Johnny to let Rebecca kill Stillson. Johnny learns that it was Stillson's father who murdered Rebecca's sister, and needs to stop Rebecca before she kills Greg Stillson. | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | "The Collector" | Michael Robison | James Morris & Shintaro Shimosawa | June 19, 2005 | 01-4002 |
A young homeless woman that Sarah works with is kidnapped and held in a room where the kidnapper tries to realize his fantasy of the perfect woman. A former abductee helps Johnny and Walt find the missing woman, but then helps the kidnapper escape. She wants to be his perfect woman. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Double Vision" | Mike Rohl | Karl Schaefer | June 26, 2005 | 06-4003 |
Alex Sinclair, a female psychic, tests, then helps Johnny. A brain-dead boy leads her to his father, who wants to kill the doctors and insurance agents involved with his son's hospitalization. Johnny stops the man and saves the female psychic when she goes into anaphylactic shock. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | "Still Life" | Mike Rohl | Juan Carlos Coto | July 10, 2005 | 03-4004 |
Johnny receives a painting in the mail and gets a vision of the painting's model being killed. The daughter of a renowned artist is jealous of her father's model, and tries to kill her. | ||||||
| 49 | 5 | "Heroes & Demons" | James Head | Michael Taylor | July 17, 2005 | 07-4007 |
An autistic boy travels across the state to get Johnny's help in proving the innocence of his father, a former cop, who is on death row. With the help of the boy's drawings, Johnny proves that the real criminal is the cop's partner. | ||||||
| 50 | 6 | "The Last Goodbye" | Michael Robison | Shintaro Shimosawa & James Morris | July 24, 2005 | 04-4009 |
A famous musician thought dead for 20 years is alive. Johnny and Sarah reunite him with his son, and catch the musician's friend. The friend had killed the musician's girlfriend, causing him to fake his own death. | ||||||
| 51 | 7 | "Grains of Sand" | James Head | S : Misha Rasovich; T : Christina Lynch & Loren Segan | July 31, 2005 | 02-4005 |
Johnny rescues a baby but is unable to save its mother. The baby's parents are illegal immigrants and Johnny must reunite the baby with its father and save a group of Mexican immigrants from unscrupulous coyotes. | ||||||
| 52 | 8 | "Vanguard" | James Head | Juan Carlos Coto | August 7, 2005 | 11-4006 |
One of Johnny's former students is a scientist. Johnny helps him in the lab and sees that a breakthrough is going to lead to better WMDs. The former student is horrified at this and attempts to destroy his work. He succeeds (mostly), but is killed by the secret organization that backs Stillson and Purdy. | ||||||
| 53 | 9 | "Babble On" | Mike Rohl | Adam Targum | August 14, 2005 | 08-4011 |
Renovations at Johnny's home cause him to experience his father's confinement to a Psychiatric hospital. As a child, Johnny told his father of a building collapse in the future, and people thought his father was insane when he tried to stop it. In the present, Johnny evacuates the building just in time. | ||||||
| 54 | 10 | "Coming Home" | Mike Rohl | Christina Lynch & Loren Segan | August 21, 2005 | TBA |
Sarah's father moves into a retirement home near her. She and Johnny visit and Johnny gets a vision of dead bodies. One of the home's workers is selling the bodies of residents illegally. Also, Sarah reconnects with her father. | ||||||
| 55 | 11 | "Saved" | James Head | Christina Lynch & Loren Segan | August 28, 2005 | 09-4012 |
Stillson's girlfriend, Miranda Ellis, goes missing while sailing with Stillson. Stillson asks Johnny to help find her, and they work together. It turns out she's running away from Stillson and Johnny tries to help her flee, but the secret organization threatens Johnny's life, and she agrees to marry Stillson. | ||||||
| 56 | 12 | "A Very Dead Zone Christmas" | Karl Schaefer | James Head | December 4, 2005 | 15-4015 |
Alex Sinclair comes to visit Johnny for Christmas, and a shared vision leads them to an amnesiac man dressed as Santa being mugged. The muggers are children, and Johnny reunites them with their father as they, Johnny's friends, and the Santa celebrate Christmas. The Santa turns out to be a famous actor. | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 1 | "Forbidden Fruit" | Shawn Piller | Christina Lynch & Loren Segan | June 18, 2006 | 23-4023 |
Johnny tries to convince Miranda that she doesn't have to marry Stillson, but she feels it's her only option. Johnny is finally starting to get through to her, but Janus gives her poisoned earrings, and she dies. | ||||||
| 58 | 2 | "Independence Day" | Chris Bruno | Adam Targum | June 25, 2006 | 14-4014 |
Johnny and Bruce are stuck in a traffic jam caused when police look for an escaped prisoner. They must help a pregnant woman, and stop Bruce from dying, with the help of a police officer. The officer turns out to be the escaped criminal, impersonating a cop. | ||||||
| 59 | 3 | "Panic" | Kevin Speckmaier | Adam Targum | July 2, 2006 | 22-4022 |
An injured boy knocks on Johnny's door; he's in the Witness Protection Program and is being chased by two killers. Johnny has visions of a parallel situation involving his grandfather, which helps him, Walt, and J.J. stay alive. | ||||||
| 60 | 4 | "Articles of Faith" | Michael Robison | Michael Taylor | July 9, 2006 | 13-4013 |
Dana is back, and she helps Johnny solve an apparent hate crime. A white supremacist confesses to the crime, but the man was actually killed by his closeted gay lover. Johnny must save the racist from the gay killer, who wants to kill him before he can recant. | ||||||
| 61 | 5 | "The Inside Man" | Michael Robison | Karl Schaefer | July 16, 2006 | 10-4010 |
The Faith Heritage Organization is having a showing of religious artifacts. Robbers attempt to steal the finger bone of John the Baptist, while Johnny tries to stop the bad robbers, and helps a good robber; the real owner of the bone. Purdy asks Johnny to touch the bone and restore his faith, but Johnny demurs. | ||||||
| 62 | 6 | "Lotto Fever" | Michael Robison | Dan Truly | July 23, 2006 | 17-4017 |
A man who Johnny inadvertently helped win the lottery kidnaps Johnny; winning ruined his life. He forces Johnny to help in a robbery, before showing that his gun is empty. Johnny tries to help him by playing poker, losing the money gained in the robbery. Walt then saves them from a hit man previously hired by the lottery winner. | ||||||
| 63 | 7 | "Symmetry" | Rachel Talalay | Christina Lynch & Loren Segan | July 30, 2006 | 18-4018 |
Johnny experiences a domestic abuse situation repeatedly, from each of the various peoples involved perspectives. It turns out he is in a choke hold, and the lack of oxygen is making his visions go haywire. Johnny stops the situation before anyone is killed. | ||||||
| 64 | 8 | "Vortex" | Alexandra La Roche | Michael Taylor | August 6, 2006 | 21-4021 |
Johnny has a vision of a little girl being killed by a landmine. A cult leader is leading his followers towards a Waco-style disaster, and Johnny must lead the members through a minefield while Walt deals with an uncooperative FBI. | ||||||
| 65 | 9 | "Revelations" | John L. Adams | S : Paul Coyle; S/T : Shintaro Shimosawa & James Morris | August 13, 2006 | 16-4016 |
A woman claiming to be Rev. Purdy's daughter shows up, and Johnny has a vision of the Rev. in danger. Purdy's faith healing in the '60s inadvertently caused the death of the woman's mother, and she is seeking revenge, along with a former friend of Purdy's. The former friend tries to "drown" Purdy in a grain silo, but Johnny convinces the woman to help him save the Reverend. | ||||||
| 66 | 10 | "Into the Heart of Darkness" | James Head | Shintaro Shimosawa & James Morris | August 20, 2006 | 19-4019 |
The woman from the season four episode "The Collector" is back, and she kidnaps Sarah and J.J. She wants to commit suicide by cop, and convinces Walt that she has killed Sarah. Walt almost shoots her, but Johnny stops him, and Sarah and J.J. turn out to be OK. | ||||||
| 67 | 11 | "The Hunting Party" | Kevin Speckmaier | Adam Targum | August 27, 2006 | 20-4020 |
Johnny has a vision of the Vice President being killed. Janus and Stillson frame a radio talk show host for the murder, during a hunting trip with Stillson and the VP. They make it look like Stillson killed the man in an act of heroism, and Stillson is now the front runner to take over as VP of the US. | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 1 | "Heritage" | James Head | Ann Hamilton | June 17, 2007 | |
Johnny views visions of his friends in danger at a festival. He believes he has averted the disaster, but a fire later claims Janus and Walt Bannerman — changing Johnny's life and the world's fate, as the visions of Armageddon are gone when he next touches Stillson. | ||||||
| 69 | 2 | "Ego" | Rachel Talalay | Matt McGuinness | June 24, 2007 | |
Johnny butts heads with the new sheriff of the Penobscot County Police Department while investigating a psychiatrist with several patients who would like to see her dead. | ||||||
| 70 | 3 | "Re-Entry" | Tim Southam | Sam Ernst & Jim Dunn | July 1, 2007 | |
Johnny gets a vision of disaster on a private space mission and is forced to work with Stillson to save the crew. | ||||||
| 71 | 4 | "Big Top" | Nick Copus | Richard Hatem | July 8, 2007 | |
Johnny visits an "Alice in Wonderland"-themed circus and becomes part of a ten-year-old murder. J. J. cuts soccer practice to visit a 14-year-old acrobat he's developed a crush on, and Johnny later suspects that his son may have inherited a part of his psychic powers. | ||||||
| 72 | 5 | "Interred" | James Head | Katie Wech | July 15, 2007 | |
Johnny has a vision of a man who has been buried alive. Johnny, with the help of Turner, rushes to locate the man. | ||||||
| 73 | 6 | "Switch" | Paolo Barzman | Scott Lew | July 22, 2007 | |
Johnny takes a train trip, and the psychic has a vision of someone throwing a woman from the train. Johnny tries to help the woman and becomes romantically involved with her, but soon suspects that she is a fraud. | ||||||
| 74 | 7 | "Numb" | Mike Rohl | Dana Greenblatt | July 29, 2007 | |
Johnny slips into a coma after what should have been a simple procedure, prompting Sarah to take an unexpected actions to save him. | ||||||
| 75 | 8 | "Outcome" | Érik Canuel | Sam Ernst & Jim Dunn | August 5, 2007 | |
Johnny must turn to a friend of Sarah's for help when he gets a vision in his right eye of an imminent bus station bombing. | ||||||
| 76 | 9 | "Transgression" | James Head | Katie Wech | August 12, 2007 | |
Johnny becomes involved in a murder case involving a young woman where everything isn't as it seems. | ||||||
| 77 | 10 | "Drift" | Holly Dale | Scott Shepherd | August 19, 2007 | |
A vision in his eye 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. | ||||||
| 78 | 11 | "Exile" | James Head | Richard Hatem | August 26, 2007 | |
Johnny's disturbing vision in his eye 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. | ||||||
| 79 | 12 | "Ambush" | Érik Canuel | Dana Greenblatt | September 9, 2007 | |
Johnny steps up his probe into Walt's case in an effort to salvage his relationship with Sarah, and discovers a link to Turner. | ||||||
| 80 | 13 | "Denouement" | Michael Robison | Ann Hamilton | September 16, 2007 | |
Johnny's visions of Walt lead to a shocking discovery about Johnny's dad as secrets from the past are revealed. Elsewhere, J.J. gets his first vision during a scuffle with Stilson and sees Armageddon in the pupil of his eye. | ||||||
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The Dead Zone is a 1983 American science-fiction thriller film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay, by Jeffrey Boam, is based on the 1979 novel of the same title by Stephen King. The film stars Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Martin Sheen, Anthony Zerbe, and Colleen Dewhurst. Walken plays a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith, who awakens from a coma to find he has psychic powers. The film received positive reviews. The novel also inspired a television series of the same name in the early 2000s, starring Anthony Michael Hall, the pilot episode of which borrowed some ideas and changes used in the 1983 film.
Jennifer Christina Finnigan is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004, for which she won three Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. She also appeared on the CBS legal drama Close to Home (2005–2007) and the ABC sitcom Better with You (2010–2011). Finnigan also starred on the FX series Tyrant (2014–2016). She later starred in the CBS sci-fi drama Salvation (2017–2018).
The Dead Zone, also known as Stephen King's The Dead Zone is a science fiction drama television series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. The show, credited as "based on characters" from Stephen King's 1979 novel of the same name, first aired in 2002, and was produced by Lionsgate Television and Paramount Network Television for the USA Network.
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone is a 1989 Japanese anime fantasy martial arts film, the fourth installment in the Dragon Ball film series, and the first under the Dragon Ball Z moniker. It was originally released in Japan on July 15 at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival along with the 1989 film version of Himitsu no Akko-chan, the first Akuma-kun film, and the film version of Kidou Keiji Jiban. It was preceded by Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure and followed by Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest.
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series which aired from September 27, 1985, to April 15, 1989. It is the first of three revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1959–64 television series, and like the original it featured a variety of speculative fiction, commonly containing characters from a seemingly normal world stumbling into paranormal circumstances. Unlike the original, however, most episodes contained multiple self-contained stories instead of just one. The voice-over narrations were still present, but were not a regular feature as they were in the original series; some episodes had only an opening narration, some had only a closing narration, and some had no narration at all. The multi-segment format liberated the series from the usual time constraints of episodic television, allowing stories ranging in length from 8-minutes to 40-minute mini-movies. The series ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
The Twilight Zone is an American fantasy science fiction horror anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964. Each episode presents a standalone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone", often with a surprise ending and a moral. Although often considered predominantly science-fiction, the show's paranormal and Kafkaesque events leaned the show much closer to fantasy and horror. The phrase "twilight zone" has entered the vernacular, used to describe surreal experiences.
James Allen Whitmore Jr., is an American actor and director, best known for his roles as Captain Jim Gutterman on the television program Baa Baa Black Sheep, Freddie Beamer in The Rockford Files (1977–1979), and Sgt Bernie Terwilliger in Hunter (1984–1986), and since the 1980s as a prolific television director. He is the son of actor James Whitmore.
"Dead Man's Shoes" is episode 83 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone and is the 18th episode of the third season. It was written by past series contributor Charles Beaumont and was originally aired on January 19, 1962 on CBS.
Challenge of the Superfriends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from September 9 to December 23, 1978, on ABC. The complete series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics and created by Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. It was the third series of Super Friends cartoons, following the original Super Friends in 1973 and The All-New Super Friends Hour in 1977.
Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary is an anthology of short stories written by various authors and edited by Carol Serling, the widow of series creator Rod Serling. Each story was written with themes or styles similar to The Twilight Zone episodes, including a narrated introduction and conclusion. Authors who contributed stories include Twilight Zone veterans Earl Hamner Jr., Alan Brennert, William F. Wu, and Rod Serling. Reviewers listed some of the better stories as being Kelley Armstrong's "A Haunted House of Her Own", Alan Brennert's "Puowaina" and Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn's "Benchwarmer".
The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Together, the show and the comic book series form the core of The Walking Dead franchise. The series features a large ensemble cast as survivors of a zombie apocalypse trying to stay alive under near-constant threat of attacks from zombies known as "walkers". With the collapse of modern civilization, these survivors must confront other human survivors who have formed groups and communities with their own sets of laws and morals, sometimes leading to open conflict between them. The series is the first television series within The Walking Dead franchise.
Black Mirror is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. The series explores various genres, with most episodes set in near-future dystopias containing sci-fi technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series is inspired by The Twilight Zone and uses the themes of technology and media to comment on contemporary social issues. Most episodes are written by Brooker with heavy involvement by the executive producer Annabel Jones.
Incorporated is an American science fiction drama television series. The show premiered November 30, 2016, on Syfy. Before its official premiere, Syfy released an advance preview of the first episode online on November 16, 2016. The show concluded on January 25, 2017.
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series developed by Simon Kinberg, Jordan Peele, and Marco Ramirez, based on the original 1959 television series created by Rod Serling. Peele serves as narrator, in addition to executive producing through Monkeypaw Productions. The weekly series premiered on April 1, 2019, on CBS All Access, and was renewed for a second season halfway through its first set of 10 episodes. The second season was released in its entirety on June 25, 2020. In February 2021, the producers announced the series would not return for additional seasons.