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

Wheel of Fortune (1)

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

What It Seems (2)

Johnny gains trust in his powers after they enable him to save a star high school athlete from a life-threatening heart condition.

Quality of Life

In helping an old man find his long lost love, Johnny himself falls in love with the woman through visions he has of her in her youth.

Enigma

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

Unreasonable Doubt

Johnny experiences disturbing visions in his home that lead him to discover the truth about his mother's death.

The House

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

Enemy Mind

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

Netherworld

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.

The Siege

Johnny's life is threatened when he's charged with witchcraft in a small New England town.

Here There Be Monsters

Things heat up between Johnny and Dana during a "pretend" dinner date, which Dana plans to use as the basis for a cover story.

Dinner with Dana

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

Shaman

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.

Destiny

The season premiere finds Johnny still shaken by his Armageddon visions and growing increasingly obsessed with Stillson, whom he's secretly investigating. But another mystery draws him back into the public eye: a test of Johnny's powers by an adversary who is as obsessed with him as Johnny is with Stillson.

Valley of the Shadow

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.

Descent (1)

An unexpected incident leads Johnny to a profound new understanding of Walt.

Ascent (2)

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.

The Outsider

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.

Precipitate

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

Scars

Johnny is kidnapped by three young women who demand his help in solving a murder mystery from the past.

Misbegotten

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

Cabin Pressure

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

The Man Who Never Was

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

Dead Men Tell Tales

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.

Playing God

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

Zion

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.

The Storm

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.

Plague

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

Deja Voodoo

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

The Hunt

On a camping trip together, Johnny, Sarah, Walt, and J.J. are taken hostage by thieves after Johnny is struck by a vision of a lost plane crash.

The Mountain

Johnny goes public with his vision of a heavyweight contender dying in an upcoming bout, but instead of stopping the fight, his announcement turns it into the pay-per-view event of the year.

The Combination

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.

Visions

Johnny becomes the prime suspect in a case he's desperately trying to solve and is confronted by the victim's sister, who clamors for his arrest.

Finding Rachel (1)

Following his arrest for the murder of a young volunteer for the Stillson campaign, Johnny persuades the victim's sister to help him find the real killer.

Finding Rachel (2)

Rebecca helps Johnny endure agonizing visions of his terrible car accident years earlier, which are triggered by his efforts to rescue a missing girl.

Collision

Johnny becomes involved with an abusive radio shock jock whose death he foresees, and in the process forges a new relationship with his son J.J.

The Cold Hard Truth

Johnny and a rebellious young woman with a strange gift for numbers team up to expose the use of a total information awareness system for domestic surveillance.

Total Awareness

Walt reluctantly accepts Johnny's help when a crime from the past comes back to haunt him.

No Questions Asked

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

Looking Glass

As a young couple is about to tie the knot, Johnny has a troubling vision of their future and must figure out how to reveal what he sees.

Speak Now

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.

Cycle of Violence

Johnny and Walt investigate the sudden violent behavior of the animals around Cleaves Mills.

Instinct

When Johnny foresees the death of someone very close to him, his inner rage pushes him to the brink of murder.

Shadows

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.

Tipping Point (1)

Johnny fights to stop Rebecca from killing Greg Stillson, whom she believes is responsible for her sister's murder.

Broken Circle (2)

When a friend of Sara's goes missing, Johnny becomes involved trying to find her twisted abductor...before he kills the missing woman.

The Collector

Johnny runs into an attractive psychic as they both try to find and stop a sniper.

Double Vision

A painter's daughter and model has disappeared and Johnny tries to help locate her, but is swept into a web of obsession and hidden secrets.

Still Life

An autistic boy makes his way to Johnny to "ask" him to help clear his father - a cop on death row for the murder of an undercover cop.

Heroes & Demons

Johnny gets a vision of a rock star who is believed to have died...but Johnny realizes he's still alive.

The Last Goodbye

When an immigrant woman dies, Johnny is determined to take care of her baby and reunite it with the father.

Grains of Sand

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.

Vanguard

Johnny has been getting visions of his dead father, who is apparently trying to warn him of some coming disaster.

Babble On

Johnny gets a vision of death concerning Sara's father, who is apparently being stalked by a "Shadow Man" who is preying on an old folks' community home.

Coming Home

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

Saved

Johnny prepares for a Christmas celebration and has to deal with a visit by Alex, an amnesiac Santa, three young brothers without a family, and... turducken.

A Very Dead Zone Christmas

Johnny races to find a way to stop the wedding of Miranda Ellis and Greg Stillson, while a political crisis develops that brings Stillson one step closer to the White House.

Forbidden Fruit

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.

Independence Day

Johnny is trapped in his house with J.J. and another neighborhood teen by vicious killers, and discovers a family secret while trying to keep one step ahead of the intruders.

Panic

Johnny helps in the investigation of a hate-crime commited by the son of a neo-Nazi, but soon has reason to believe the boy's confession may be false.

Articles of Faith

Johnny ends up taking the place of the inside man in a museum robbery to stop the crime and prevent several deaths, but soon finds he may have to help them escape to prevent innocent people from being killed.

The Inside Man

Johnny must deal with an angry man who got winning Lotto tickets from Johnny after meeting him... but is now frustrated with all the problems the money brought with it.

Lotto Fever

After Johnny is attacked, he begins to experience visions of his attacker's life and the life of one of the attacker's victims.

Symmetry

To save a child, Johnny infiltrates a compound belonging to a cult, but soon finds that the place is loaded with explosives and must stop a confrontation between the cult leader and the FBI before the entire place goes up.

Vortex

A woman claiming to be Purdy's lost-long daughter arrives in Cleaves Mills. Johnny has a vision of the woman causing harm to Purdy, who ignores Johnny's warning. While investigating the woman, Johnny learns of Purdy's secret past.

Revelations

The Collector returns, seeking his revenge on Johnny. Now Johnny must race against time to save a newly pregnant Sara from his grasp.

Into the Heart of Darkness

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.

The Hunting Party

Johnny views visions of his friends in danger at a festival. He believes he has averted the disaster, but a fire later claims two people changing Johnny's life and the world's fate.

Heritage

Johnny investigates a psychiatrist after a vision shows her being shot, he uncovers several patients who would like her dead.

Johnny gets a vision of disaster on a private space mission and is forced to work with Stillson to save the crew.

Re-Entry

Johnny visits an "Alice in Wonderland"-themed circus and becomes part of a ten year old murder. Johnny later realizes that J.J. may have inherited a part of his psychic powers.

Big Top

Johnny has a vision of a man who has been buried alive. Johnny, with the help of Turner, rushes to locate the man.

Interred

Johnny is taking a train trip when he has a vision of someone throwing a woman from the train.  Johnny goes to help and becomes romantically involved with her, but soon suspects that she's a fraud.

Switch

Sarah must take unexpected actions to save Johnny's life after he goes into a coma.

Numb

Johnny must turn to a friend of Sarah's for help when he gets a vision of an imminent bus station bombing.

Outcome

Johnny becomes involved in a murder case involving a young woman and demonic possession, where everything isn't as it seems.

Transgressions

While on a trip to visit Bruce, Johnny views a racehorse being stolen in a vision. He also realizes that he may have lost the chance to reunite with Sarah and J.J. thanks to Stilson's efforts.

Drift

Johnny goes to the aid of his psychic friend, but soon finds he's the one who needs help. Meanwhile, Sarah moves out of Johnny's house and goes to Stillson, who reveals information that sheds light on the events leading up to Walt's death.

Exile

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

Ambush (1)

In the sixth season finale, visions of Walt lead Johnny to an amazing discovery about his father Herb, and secrets from the past are exposed.

Denouement (2)

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

All Episodes of The Dead Zone

Browse all episodes of The Dead Zone

Season 1

Wheel of Fortune (1)

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/2002

What It Seems (2)

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2002

Quality of Life

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/30/2002

Enigma

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/2002

Unreasonable Doubt

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2002

The House

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/21/2002

Enemy Mind

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2002

Netherworld

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/4/2002

The Siege

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/11/2002

Here There Be Monsters

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/18/2002

Dinner with Dana

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2002

Shaman

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/8/2002

Destiny

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/15/2002