The Dead Zone: Season 1

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USA | Season Premiere Date: June 16, 2002

Starring: Chris Bruno, Nicole de Boer, John L. Adams

Summary: Johnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is also newly engaged to Sarah, a fellow teacher he's known since childhood, and is a good son to his widowed mother, who lives nearby. Johnny's life isJohnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is also newly engaged to Sarah, a fellow teacher he's known since childhood, and is a good son to his widowed mother, who lives nearby. Johnny's life is nearly perfect... until a near-fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma. Six years later, Johnny finally regains consciousness and discovers that the life he once knew is gone. His mother has passed away, and Sarah has gone on to marry someone else - and the child she and her husband, the local sheriff, are now raising is Johnny's son. But Johnny himself is also not the same person he once was: he now finds himself in possession of amazing psychic powers which allow him to see into the lives of anyone he touches. Before he even leaves the hospital, he helps save the life of a nurse's daughter after having a miraculous vision, in which he sees the young girl trapped in the middle of a raging house fire. Now, as Johnny attempts to reacquaint himself with a life he has been away from for six long years, he must also begin a quest to come to terms with his new abilities - abilities that may turn out to be both a blessing and a curse. Helping Johnny make a fresh start are his physical trainer Bruce, who also becomes a close friend; his mother's minister, Gene Purdy, who sets up a trust fund for Johnny but may not be looking out for Johnny's best interests; and Sarah, who must find a way to make Johnny a part of her life again without risking her relationship with her husband and son. Based on characters from the novel, "The Dead Zone" by Stephen King.… Expand

Creator: Michael Piller and Michael Piller and Shawn Piller

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Destiny
Air Date: September 15, 2002
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S1:E12. Shaman
Air Date: September 8, 2002
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S1:E11. Dinner with Dana
Air Date: August 25, 2002

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Linda Stasi

Jul 28, 2014

It is absolutely riveting. And Anthony Michael Hall has grown up to be not only a terrific actor, but a hunk and a half. Read full review

Steve Johnson

Jul 28, 2014

Turns out to be an engaging new hour, boasting crisp writing, near-cinematic production values and an almost fail-safe plot. [14 June 2002, p.3]

Staff [Not Credited]

Jul 28, 2014

What is clear, is that series stars Anthony Michael Hall and Nicole de Boer are fun to watch and that the powers of Hall's character, Johnny Smith, can give rise to any number of imaginative stories. [12 June 2002]

Lit Matson

Jul 28, 2014

The first episode spends much of the time establishing the series, and it's not particularly edge-of-the-seat scary. But the paranormal special effects are good and the acting holds up. How the action unfolds is questionable - the constant touching, gasping and seeing visions could get old. [16 June 2002, p.A07]

David Bianculli

Jul 28, 2014

USA's The Dead Zone takes its concept and characters seriously, without any playful subtext or comic relief. So does Hall, who plays his character as David Janssen played "The Fugitive": rarely smiling, always nervous, and only occasionally believed by those around him. There is reason to believe, though, that this Dead Zone may be the real thing. Read full review

Noel Holston

Jul 28, 2014

Hall lacks Walken's natural aura of strangeness, and he looks a little too well-fed for a guy who has been vegetating for half a decade. But he does manage to make Smith credible and sympathetic. [14 June 2002, p.B51]

Phil Rosenthal

Jul 28, 2014

It's just not that suspenseful. [14 June 2002, p.55]

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  Air Date: June 17, 2007
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  Air Date: June 18, 2006
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  Air Date: June 12, 2005
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  Air Date: January 5, 2003
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 16, 2002
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  S1:E13. Destiny
  Air Date: September 15, 2002
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  S1:E12. Shaman
  Air Date: September 8, 2002
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  S1:E11. Dinner with Dana
  Air Date: August 25, 2002
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  S1:E10. Here There Be Monsters
  Air Date: August 18, 2002
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  S1:E9. The Siege
  Air Date: August 11, 2002
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  S1:E8. Netherworld
  Air Date: August 4, 2002
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  S1:E7. Enemy Mind
  Air Date: July 28, 2002
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  S1:E6. The House
  Air Date: July 21, 2002
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  S1:E5. Unreasonable Doubt
  Air Date: July 14, 2002
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  S1:E4. Enigma
  Air Date: July 7, 2002
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  S1:E3. Quality of Life
  Air Date: June 30, 2002
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  S1:E2. What It Seems
  Air Date: June 23, 2002
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  S1:E1. Wheel of Fortune
  Air Date: June 16, 2002