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The Best Episodes of The Dead Zone

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The Best Episodes of The Dead Zone

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

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  1. Background image for Deja Voodoo
    8.2/10(193 votes)

    #1 - Deja Voodoo

    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. Background image for Cabin Pressure
    8.1/10(207 votes)

    #2 - Cabin Pressure

    S2:E8

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

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  3. Background image for Playing God
    8.0/10(187 votes)

    #3 - Playing God

    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:Unknown
  4. Background image for Precipitate
    7.8/10(197 votes)

    #4 - Precipitate

    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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  5. Background image for Unreasonable Doubt
    7.7/10(255 votes)

    #5 - Unreasonable Doubt

    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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  6. Background image for Shaman
    7.7/10(239 votes)

    #6 - Shaman

    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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  8. Background image for Plague
    7.7/10(185 votes)

    #7 - Plague

    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:Unknown
  9. Background image for Visions
    7.7/10(150 votes)

    #8 - Visions

    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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  10. Background image for Cycle of Violence
    7.7/10(155 votes)

    #9 - Cycle of Violence

    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:Unknown
  11. Background image for Tipping Point (1)
    7.7/10(143 votes)

    #10 - Tipping Point (1)

    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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  12. Background image for The Man Who Never Was
    7.6/10(167 votes)

    #11 - The Man Who Never Was

    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
  13. Background image for Saved
    7.6/10(132 votes)

    #12 - Saved

    S4:E11

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

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  14. Background image for Independence Day
    7.6/10(132 votes)

    #13 - Independence Day

    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
  15. Background image for The Hunting Party
    7.6/10(100 votes)

    #14 - The Hunting Party

    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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  16. Background image for Ambush (1)
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    #15 - Ambush (1)

    S6:E12

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

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  17. Background image for Wheel of Fortune (1)
    7.5/10(333 votes)

    #16 - Wheel of Fortune (1)

    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:Unknown
  18. Background image for Zion
    7.5/10(170 votes)

    #17 - Zion

    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:Unknown
  19. Background image for Looking Glass
    7.5/10(153 votes)

    #18 - Looking Glass

    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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  20. Background image for Vanguard
    7.5/10(137 votes)

    #19 - Vanguard

    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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  21. Background image for What It Seems (2)
    7.4/10(264 votes)

    #20 - What It Seems (2)

    S1:E2

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

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    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Siege
    7.4/10(208 votes)

    #21 - The Siege

    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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  23. Background image for Destiny
    7.4/10(185 votes)

    #22 - Destiny

    S1:E13

    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.

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    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Descent (1)
    7.4/10(173 votes)

    #23 - Descent (1)

    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. Background image for The Outsider
    7.4/10(162 votes)

    #24 - The Outsider

    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:Unknown
  26. Background image for Scars
    7.4/10(159 votes)

    #25 - Scars

    S2:E6

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Deja Voodoo" is the best rated episode of "The Dead Zone". It scored 8.2/10 based on 193 votes. Directed by James Head and written by Karl Schaefer, it aired on 7/20/2003. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cabin Pressure".