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The Worst Episodes of The Dead Zone

Every episode of The Dead Zone ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Dead Zone!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Lotto Fever" is the worst rated episode of "The Dead Zone". It scored 6.1/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Michael Robison and written by Daniel Truly, it aired on 7/23/2006. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Combination".

  • Lotto Fever
    6.1/10105 votes
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    #1 - 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

  • The Combination
    6.3/10141 votes
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    #2 - The Combination

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 8/10/2003

    Johnny tries to prevent a boxer from dying in the ring.

    Director: James Head

    Writer: Michael Taylor

  • Still Life
    6.3/10125 votes
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    #3 - Still Life

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2005

    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.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Juan Carlos Coto

  • Symmetry
    6.4/10112 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • Transgressions
    6.4/1095 votes
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    #5 - Transgressions

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 8/12/2007

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

    Director: James Head

    Writer: N/A

  • Enemy Mind
    6.5/10188 votes
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    #6 - Enemy Mind

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/2002

    While helping to track down a runaway, Jill, who is involved with drugs, Johnny is exposed to a drug that causes him to start getting weird (weirder than usual) visions. He insists on trying to find Jill, despite the concerns of Bruce and Sarah. Confusing matters further is that Jill's boyfriend is in trouble with his supplier. The boyfriend gets killed and Jill and Johnny go on the run. In the final showdown, Johnny manages to fight past his hallucinations and knock the drug dealer off a high ledge, while Jill is reunited with her mother.

    Director: Jon Cassar

    Writer: David Benz

  • Instinct
    6.5/10131 votes
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    #7 - Instinct

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/15/2004

    A series of wild and domestic animal attacks lie at the heart of a mystery that Johnny must solve before the entire town is destroyed.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Erin Maher, Kay Reindl

  • Ego
    6.5/10103 votes
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    #8 - Ego

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2007

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

    Director: Rachel Talalay

    Writer: N/A

  • Drift
    6.5/10104 votes
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    #9 - Drift

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 8/19/2007

    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.

    Director: Holly Dale

    Writer: Scott Shepherd

  • Enigma
    6.7/10236 votes
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    #10 - Enigma

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/2002

    Johnny becomes involved in helping an elderly patient find a long-lost love.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Joe Menosky

  • The Collector
    6.7/10126 votes
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    #11 - The Collector

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/19/2005

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

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: James Morris, Shintaro Shimosawa

  • Grains of Sand
    6.7/10119 votes
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    #12 - Grains of Sand

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 7/31/2005

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

    Director: James Head

    Writer: Christina Lynch, Loren Segan

  • Coming Home
    6.7/10118 votes
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    #13 - Coming Home

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 8/21/2005

    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.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Christina Lynch, Loren Segan

  • Vortex
    6.7/1098 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Interred
    6.7/1097 votes
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    #15 - Interred

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/2007

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

    Director: James Head

    Writer: N/A

  • Speak Now
    6.8/10134 votes
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    #16 - Speak Now

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/1/2004

    Johnny has a vision of himself interrupting a wedding, and becomes involved to determine why the marriage should or shouldn't be stopped, while dealing with the repercussions of Sarah's decision to abandon him and marry Walt.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Christina Lynch, Loren Segan, Moira Kirland

  • The Last Goodbye
    6.8/10136 votes
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    #17 - The Last Goodbye

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/24/2005

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

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: James Morris, Shintaro Shimosawa

  • A Very Dead Zone Christmas
    6.8/10149 votes
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    #18 - A Very Dead Zone Christmas

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/2005

    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.

    Director: James Head

    Writer: Karl Schaefer

  • Articles of Faith
    6.8/10111 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Big Top
    6.8/10117 votes
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    #20 - Big Top

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 7/8/2007

    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.

    Director: Nick Copus

    Writer: Richard Hatem

  • Outcome
    6.8/10104 votes
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    #21 - Outcome

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/2007

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jim Dunn, Sam Ernst

  • Dinner With Dana
    6.9/10189 votes
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    #22 - Dinner With Dana

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2002

    A jealous ex-lover stalks Dana as her affair with Johnny heats up.

    Director: Jon Cassar

    Writer: Michael Taylor

  • Misbegotten
    6.9/10164 votes
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    #23 - Misbegotten

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2003

    Johnny is kidnapped by three women who take him to a haunted house - each has their own reasons. Penny is romantically obsessed with Johnny and wants to have his baby, Maddy plans on making a "Blair Witch" style Internet event and sell it to Rev. Purdy, and Anita is seemingly obsessed with the mystery of the family who was killed there. While Dana and Sara reluctantly go through the piles of "fan mail" that Johnny receives, Johnny himself unravels the mystery through his visions, and discovers that the young son Nicholas who survived is responsible...and that Anita is that boy, dressed as a woman. With the women's help the police arrive just in time as Anita/Nicholas goes berserk. Johnny manages to restrain her long enough to save his life and Anita is taken away.

    Director: Nick Marck

    Writer: Andrew Dettmann

  • Dead Men Tell Tales
    6.9/10149 votes
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    #24 - Dead Men Tell Tales

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2003

    Johnny becomes involved with the mob when his visions lead him to help a mobster whom he sees being gunned down.

    Director: Gloria Muzio

    Writer: Daniel Goldin, Michael Piller

  • Revelations
    6.9/1094 votes
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    #25 - 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