ORBzine - Dead Zone TV Review
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1. 1- 1 1001 16 Jun 02 Wheel of Fortune 2. 1- 2 1002 23 Jun 02 What It Seems 3. 1- 3 1003 30 Jun 02 Quality of Life 4. 1- 4 1004 7 Jul 02 Enigma
Dead Zone [Season 1, Episode 5]
Unreasonable Doubt
Shown 14 Jul 02
Johnny is on jury duty. The 12 angry people include Jim Byrnes [ Highlander] and Blu Mankuma [ ].
Dead Zone [Season 1, Episode 6]
The House
Shown 21 Jul 02
John moves into his old house, and has visions of his mother's death.
The neighbourhood kids are a nuisance.
7. 1- 7 1009 28 Jul 02 Enemy Mind 8. 1- 8 1005 4 Aug 02 Netherworld 9. 1- 9 1008 11 Aug 02 The Siege 10. 1-10 1010 18 Aug 02 Here There Be Monsters 11. 1-11 1011 25 Aug 02 Dinner with Dana
The Dead Zone [Season 1, Episode 12]
Shaman
Shown 16th December 2005 - Friday
On a trip to the forest, Johnny Smith has visions of an asteroid about to crash. Also, he sees a Native American shaman.
The twist ending shows that this has all been well thought-out. Which is very promising, if future eps are as creative.
13. 1-13 1013 15 Sep 02 Destiny
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 1]
Valley of the Shadow
Shown 5 Jan 03
Stillwell, the creepy politician [SP Flannery - Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ], wants to shag Nikki DeBoer.
A mysterious adversary kidnaps a young boy to test John Doe.
15. 2- 2 2003 12 Jan 03 Descent (1) 16. 2- 3 2005 19 Jan 03 Ascent (2) 17. 2- 4 2004 2 Feb 03 The Outsider 18. 2- 5 2001 9 Feb 03 Precipitate 19. 2- 6 2007 16 Feb 03 Scars
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 7]
Misbegotten
Shown 23 Feb 03
John Smith has female stalkers. He is kidnapped by Alicia Coppola for a ghost/serial killer hunt.
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 8]
Cabin Pressure
Shown 2 Mar 03
Johnny and Bruce go on a plane. However - surprise, surprise - the plane is going to crash.
Johnny tries to convince the pilot and crew,but they think he is crazy. Worse, he doesn't know exactly WHY the plane will crash!
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 9]
The Man Who Never Was
Shown 9 Mar 03
Robert Stack is a mysterious OAP.
Secret agents stalk John Smith. He has psychic flashes of where spies WERE.
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 10]
Dead Men Tell Tales
Shown 16 Mar 03
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 11]
Playing God
Shown 30 Mar 03
Johnny has a moral dilemma. One of 2 guest-star buddies of his will die. Will he save Lochlyn Munro [ Jason vs Freddy or Ally Sheedy ?
Sheedy was Anthony Michael Hall's co-star in The Breakfast Club.
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 12]
Zion
Shown 6 Apr 03
Louis Gosset jnr [ Stargate SG-1 ] is the black guy's father [preacher].
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 13]
The Storm
Shown 6 Jul 03
Johnny's friends hold an intervention at remote lodge. This is a sequel to the Ally Sheedy ep.
There is an unexpected storm [like the night Johnny was put in the coma]. Is it an act of god?
Robert Picardo [ Star Trek: Voyager ] guest-stars.
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 14]
Plague
Shown 2nd August 2005 - Tuesday
Johnny discovers his son will contract a mysterious plague. He tracks the epidemic back towards its source, but in the end has to infect himself so he can see the virus's future!
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 15]
Deja Voodoo
Shown 9th August 2005 - Tuesday
Johnny meets a woman [ Reiko Aylesworth - 24] in a bar. He accidentally touches her, and discovers that she's his love interest for the episode. Unfortunately, she's doomed to get murdered.
Johnny gets several shots at saving her. But can he save her, save himself AND get the girl?
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 16]
The Hunt
Shown 16th August 2005 - Tuesday
Johnny is recruited by US Intelligence as a Remote Viewer. He's assigned to locate an unnamed man who may be in Tora Bora or Pakistan. This is a wonderful example of how his ablities can be utilised in conjunction with ultra-modern surveillance equipment. He even masters the skill of free-hand doodling while in a vision, so he can sketch what he sees. Strangely, this doesn't pop up much in late eps.
Except for Rev Purdey's voiceover at the start [announcing this ep is inspired by true events] and for Bruce leaving a message on Johnny's answering machine, none of the other regular cast members appear.
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 17]
The Mountain
Shown 3 Aug 03
Johnny Smith, the Sheriff, Nikki DeBoer and the son are on a camping trip. They go to find a crashed plane with Ian Tracey [Tropical Heat] and Sean Scott Williams [Oz].
31. 2-18 2018 10 Aug 03 The Combination
Dead Zone [Season 2, Episode 19]
Visions
Shown 6th September 2005 - Tuesday
Johnny sees a scabby leprous man [Frank Whalley - Pulp Fiction, Broken Arrow] berating him for ending the world. But when the leper disappears in the blink of an eye, it appears he was a vision. Then Johnny realises ... the visions aren't supposed to see him!
Stillson [Sean P Flannery - great actor] continues his campaign.
Gerald McSorley [ Jericho] is a political rival [with a secret!].
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 1]
Finding Rachel (1)
Shown 6 Jun 04
Frank Whaley appears in Johnny's vision, from the future.
Stillson is planning to cheat in the Election. A young woman will go missing - Stillson's campaign camerawoman.
Johnny has 2 blackouts and missing time, no alibi! The girl's sis [24 s2 babe Sarah Wynter ] suspects him.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 2]
Finding Rachel (2)
Shown 13 Jun 04
Johnny is in jail, the Rev is bankrupt, but Johnny's visions find the girl,
There is a surprise revelation about who the killer is - a very unsettling implication in the subtext.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 3]
Collision
Shown 27th September 2005 - Tuesday
A young 11 year-old girl goes missing. Johnny Smith helps the police search for her, but his flashbacks all lead back to the crash 9 years earlier, that created his Dead Zone.
There is no black guy this ep! Sarah Wynter still Guest-Stars, but Greg Stillson doesn't. Purdy appears in Flashbacks.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 4]
Cold Hard Truth
Shown 4th October 2005 - Tuesday
The local shock-jock [the guy even looks like Howard Stern!] slanders Johnny Smith on his radio show. Johnny stupidly confronts the man, and gets sucked into his convoluted life.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 5]
Total Awareness
Shown 4 Jul 04
Johnny discovers his Credit Card has been cancelled, and the trust fund is bust.
He has a vision of a future date - New year's Eve.
Johnny is stalked by Lauren Lee Smith, who's being hunted by MIBS [from a US Government remote-viewing program]. This is basically the old Enemy of The State plot.
There are a couple of interesting revelations. Johnny is told his pal Sylvia was murdered. Also, it seems that Smith can use his telepathy through radio/laser beams, etc.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 6]
No Questions Asked
Shown 18 Jul 04
Sheriff Walt acts suspiciously. John follows him, and even helps in suspicious activities.
They meet with an Ex-con named Frank - he's Vaughn's sidekick from Alias.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 7]
Looking Glass
Shown 25 Jul 04
Smith's visions lead him and the sheriff to twin serial killers/law professors!
Finally, someone has an Anti-John Smith revenge plot.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 8]
Speak Now
Shown 1 Aug 04
Johnny at wedding, vision of himself objecting. Francoise Yip is the bride. Her MIA ex-BF is alive. Love triangle.
The theme is Johnny's relationship with Nikki DeBoer and the sheriff.
Does the black sidekick meet his wife-to-be?
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 9]
Cycle of Violence
Shown 8 Aug 04
Johnny predicts school shooting.
Sarah Wynter the blonde babe is back [she's a Child psychologist]. Judge Reinhold is the School principal.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 10]
Instinct
Shown 15 Aug 04
Rev Purdy lectures about the Book of revelations.
Johnny investigates a land-tax bill.
Animals [bats, horses, dog] go crazy, and kill humans.
Dead Zone [Season 3, Episode 11]
Shadows
Shown 22 Aug 04
Johnny has visions of future, and realises he kills a man [that evening].
Johnny discovers clues, and slowly unravels the mystery in reverse. Was it a Racial hate-crime?
44. 3-12 12-3012 22 Aug 04 Tipping Point (1)
Dead Zone [Season 4, Episode 1]
Broken Circle
Shown 12 Jun 05
Shown 22nd September 2006 [Friday]
The FBI is after Johnny. He is suspected of kidnapping and murdering Rachel in ep 3.1.
Rebecca [ Sarah Wynter ] is after Greg Stilson, because she suspects him of being the murderer. Johnny and Bruce go to Washington DC to prevent her from murdering him.
The Rev is in jail. But his redemption comes in a strange form - as it does for Stilson!
Dead Zone [Season 4, Episode 2]
The Collector
Shown 19 Jun 05
Shown 22nd September 2006 [Friday]
Johnny's ex gets him to look for a missing street-girl. She's been abducted ...
Turns out that the tiny hick town has a red light district filled with sexy young Asian streetwalkers.
Deedee Pfeiffer is a previous victim of the Abductor. This bad, bad man makes his victims dress and act like they're 1950s housewives. Wow! That really is eeevil!
47. 4- 3 06-4003 26 Jun 05 Double Vision 48. 4- 4 03-4004 10 Jul 05 Still Life 49. 4- 5 07-4007 17 Jul 05 Heroes & Demons 50. 4- 6 04-4009 24 Jul 05 The Last Goodbye 51. 4- 7 02-4005 31 Jul 05 Grains of Sand 52. 4- 8 11-4006 7 Aug 05 Vanguard 53. 4- 9 08-4011 14 Aug 05 Babble On 54. 4-10 12-4008 21 Aug 05 Coming Home 55. 4-11 09-4012 28 Aug 05 Saved
Dead Zone [Season 4, Episode 12]
A Very Dead Zone Christmas
Shown 4 Dec 05
Shown 23rd June 2007 [Saturday]
Johnny and his blonde babe help an amnesiac Santa. Strangely the blonde can see Johnny's visions ... and they solve lots of crimes while doing their good deed!
Season 5
57. 5- 1 23-4023 18 Jun 06 Forbidden Fruit
Dead Zone [Season 5, Episode 2]
Independence Day
Shown 25 Jun 06
Johnny sees a vision of Bruce in a multiple car pile-up. The pair are on a road trip together, but get caught up in a traffic jam.
The gridlock allows for lots of exciting incidents. A pregnant woman has medical difficulties, and one of the drivers may be a dangerous escaped convict!
Dead Zone [Season 5, Episode 3]
Panic
Shown 2 Jul 06
Johnny is attacked in his home, yet again. This time it isn't even about him. The kid from next door is a Federal Witness, hunted by Gangsters.
Johnny and the kid use the Panic Room. There's even a bit of air-shaft crawling, as in Die Hard. And Johnny's flashbacks are to December 1941, when some Japanese-Americans hid there to save themselves from a lynch mob enraged by Pearl Harbour!
60. 5- 4 13-4013 9 Jul 06 Articles of Faith 61. 5- 5 10-4010 16 Jul 06 The Inside Man
Dead Zone [Season 5, Episode 6]
Lotto Fever
Shown 23 Jul 06
Shown 11th August 2007 [Saturday]
Johnny is attacked in his home, yet again. This time he is kidnapped by a comedy-relief type who wants to become a millionaire. However, the little pratt becomes a lot motre sympathetic as the ep goes on.
This is not a terribly original story. However, it's well told - which makes it quite watchable.
63. 5- 7 18-4018 30 Jul 06 Symmetry 64. 5- 8 21-4021 6 Aug 06 Vortex 65. 5- 9 16-4016 13 Aug 06 Revelations 66. 5-10 19-4019 20 Aug 06 Into the Heart of Darkness 67. 5-11 20-4020 27 Aug 06 The Hunting Party
Season 6
68. 6- 1 17 Jun 07 Heritage 69. 6- 2 24 Jun 07 Ego 70. 6- 3 1 Jul 07 Reentry 71. 6- 4 8 Jul 07 Big Top 72. 6- 5 15 Jul 07 Interred 73. 6- 6 22 Jul 07 Switch 74. 6- 7 29 Jul 07 Numb 75. 6- 8 5 Aug 07 Outcome 76. 6- 9 12 Aug 07 Transgression 77. 6-10 19 Aug 07 Drift 78. 6-11 26 Aug 07 Exile
Dead Zone [Season 5, Episode 2
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Shown th August 2007 [Saturday]
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