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The Best Episodes of The Dead Zone Season 5

Every episode of The Dead Zone Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dead Zone Season 5!

Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.
Genres:DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:USA Network

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Forbidden Fruit" is the best rated episode of "The Dead Zone" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 121 votes. Directed by Shawn Piller and written by Christina Lynch, Loren Segan, it aired on 6/18/2006. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Independence Day".

  • Forbidden Fruit
    7.3/10121 votes

    #1 - Forbidden Fruit

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/2006

    Johnny vows to find a way to stop Miranda from marrying Greg Stillson...before she ends up being killed. Meanwhile the mysterious Janus further insinuates himself into Stillson's and Purdy's lives.

    Director: Shawn Piller

    Writer: Christina Lynch, Loren Segan

  • Independence Day
    7.5/10125 votes

    #2 - Independence Day

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/25/2006

    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.

    Director: Chris Bruno

    Writer: Adam Targum

  • Panic
    7.1/10114 votes

    #3 - Panic

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 7/2/2006

    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.

    Director: Kevin Speckmaier

    Writer: Adam Targum

  • Articles of Faith
    6.8/10111 votes

    #4 - Articles of Faith

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2006

    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.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Michael Taylor

  • The Inside Man
    7.3/10107 votes

    #5 - The Inside Man

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/16/2006

    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.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Karl Schaefer

  • Lotto Fever
    6.1/10105 votes

    #6 - Lotto Fever

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 7/23/2006

    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.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Daniel Truly

  • Symmetry
    6.4/10112 votes

    #7 - Symmetry

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/30/2006

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

    Director: Rachel Talalay

    Writer: Christina Lynch, Loren Segan

  • Vortex
    6.7/1098 votes

    #8 - Vortex

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 8/6/2006

    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.

    Director: Alexandra La Roche

    Writer: Michael Taylor

  • Revelations
    6.9/1094 votes

    #9 - Revelations

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 8/13/2006

    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.

    Director: John L. Adams

    Writer: James Morris, Shintaro Shimosawa

  • Into the Heart of Darkness
    7.2/10102 votes

    #10 - Into the Heart of Darkness

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 8/20/2006

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

    Director: James Head

    Writer: James Morris, Shintaro Shimosawa

  • The Hunting Party
    7.5/1093 votes

    #11 - The Hunting Party

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 8/27/2006

    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.

    Director: Kevin Speckmaier

    Writer: Adam Targum