The Dead Zone

The Best Episodes of The Dead Zone

Genres:DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:USA Network

Every episode of The Dead Zone ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Dead Zone!

Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.
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  1. 8.2/10(189 votes)

    #1 - Deja Voodoo

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    S2:E15

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

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    Director:James Head
  2. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Wheel of Fortune (1)

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    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Netherworld

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    S1:E8

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

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    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - The Siege

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    S1:E9

    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.

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  5. 8.0/10(203 votes)

    #5 - Cabin Pressure

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    S2:E8

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

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  6. 8.0/10(184 votes)

    #6 - Playing God

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    S2:E11

    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.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.8/10(193 votes)

    #7 - Precipitate

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    S2:E5

    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.

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  9. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - What It Seems (2)

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    S1:E2

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

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    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Unreasonable Doubt

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    S1:E5

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

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  11. 7.7/10(183 votes)

    #10 - Plague

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    S2:E14

    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.

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    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.7/10(148 votes)

    #11 - Visions

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    S2:E19

    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.

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  13. 7.7/10(153 votes)

    #12 - Cycle of Violence

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    S3:E9

    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.

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    Director:Ellie Kanner
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.7/10(141 votes)

    #13 - Tipping Point (1)

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    S3:E12

    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.

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  15. 7.6/10(163 votes)

    #14 - The Man Who Never Was

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    S2:E9

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

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    Director:James Head
    Writer:David Benz
  16. 7.6/10(130 votes)

    #15 - Saved

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    S4:E11

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

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  17. 7.6/10(131 votes)

    #16 - Independence Day

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    S5:E2

    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.

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    Director:Chris Bruno
  18. 7.6/10(98 votes)

    #17 - The Hunting Party

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    S5:E11

    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.

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  19. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Enemy Mind

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    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Jon Cassar
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Shaman

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    S1:E12

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

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  21. 7.5/10(165 votes)

    #20 - Zion

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    S2:E12

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

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    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.5/10(150 votes)

    #21 - Looking Glass

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    S3:E7

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

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  23. 7.5/10(135 votes)

    #22 - Vanguard

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    S4:E8

    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.

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  24. 7.4/10(170 votes)

    #23 - Descent (1)

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    S2:E2

    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.

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  25. 7.4/10(159 votes)

    #24 - The Outsider

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    S2:E4

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.4/10(156 votes)

    #25 - Scars

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    S2:E6

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

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    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Deja Voodoo" is the best rated episode of "The Dead Zone". It scored 8.2/10 based on 189 votes. Directed by James Head and written by Karl Schaefer, it aired on 7/20/2003. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Wheel of Fortune (1)".