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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 Cabin Pressure
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for The Man Who Never Was
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. Background image for The Hunt
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Hunt

    S2:E16

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

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    Director:James Head
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Wheel of Fortune (1)
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - 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
  5. Background image for Netherworld
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Netherworld

    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:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Siege
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Descent (1)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for Scars
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for Zion
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. Background image for The Storm
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Storm

    S2:E13

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Visions
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for What It Seems (2)
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - 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
  14. Background image for Unreasonable Doubt
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for Tipping Point (1)
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for Cycle of Violence
    7.6/10(160 votes)

    #15 - 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
  17. Background image for Enemy Mind
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Enemy Mind

    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:Unknown
  18. Background image for Shaman
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for The Outsider
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - 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
  20. Background image for Precipitate
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Dead Men Tell Tales
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Dead Men Tell Tales

    S2:E10

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

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    Director:Gloria Muzio
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Playing God
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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
  23. Background image for Plague
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - 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
  24. Background image for Deja Voodoo
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - 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
  25. Background image for Vanguard
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    #24 - 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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    7.5/10(135 votes)

    #25 - Saved

    S4:E11

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Cabin Pressure" is the best rated episode of "The Dead Zone". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Mike Rohl and written by Jill E. Blotevogel, it aired on 3/2/2003. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Man Who Never Was".