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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Best Episodes of The Dead Zone Season 5
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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".