The Dead Zone
Wheel of Fortune (1)
Season 1 Episode 1
June 16, 2002 45m TV-14
Johnny Smith was leading an idyllic small-town life: working as a high school science teacher, engaged to the love of his life, Sarah, and being a devoted son to his widowed mother, Vera, who lives nearby. But after a near-fatal car accident puts him in a deep coma, Johnny awakens six years later to find everything has changed: Sarah is now is married to someone else, local sheriff Walt Bannerman; the child they are raising is actually Johnny's son and knows nothing about his real father; and Johnny's mother Vera has passed away, leaving Johnny's finances under the thumb of Reverend Purdy, an influential religious leader who is also his mother's former lover. But, most importantly, Johnny himself has changed: he now finds himself with the gift (or curse) of second sight. Through visions he sees with a simple touch, he becomes responsible for saving a nurse's little girl from a fire, helping his Vietnamese doctor reunite with the mother he thought was killed during the fall of Saigon, and now must prevent a local serial killer from striking again. Now Johnny is faced with the daunting task of coming to grips with his new powers - and navigating his way through his new life.
Directed By
Rob LiebermanWritten By
Michael PillerCast of The Dead Zone
Anthony Michael HallJohnny Smith
Nicole de BoerSarah Bracknell Bannerman
Chris BrunoWalt Bannerman
John L. AdamsBruce Lewis
David Ogden StiersGene Purdy
Spencer AchtymichukJJ Bannerman
Connor PriceJJ Bannerman
Sonja BennettRachel Caldwell
Don S. DavisSenator Harlan Ellis
Garry ChalkJames Stillson
Fred KeatingHenry Spahn
Pablo CoffeyCharles - Mail Carrier
Paul CampbellChuck Chattsworth
C. Ernst HarthTiny the Biker
Malcolm StewartRoger Chattsworth
Richard LewisJack Jericho
Raugi YuMitchell Nazawa
Michaela MannCharlotte
Teryl RotheryJudith Peck
Chenier HundalRashid Mahmud
Eric JohnsonYoung Gene Purdy / Raymond Franklin
Brenda CampbellDJ Dr. Monica
Johnna WrightMargaret Jericho
Charles PayneHospital Intern
Anthony HarrisonFire Marshall
Scott FaulconbridgeMr. Lyons
Jamie MayoHi Tech Student #1
Joe CostaMotel Manager
Sean Patrick FlaneryGreg Stillson
Ken JonesBiker #1