Season 2
Season 2 Recaps/
#1001: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
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Twenty years later, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall), now a biology teacher at the Cleaves Mills high school, is perched high in a tree surrounded by students as he discusses the wonders of nature. At the principal's insistence, the class returns to the building, where Johnny steals a private moment with his beautiful fiancee Sarah Bracknell (Nicole deBoer), the high school's music teacher. When Johnny visits his mother Vera (Anna Hagen) later that afternoon, he is disturbed to find Reverend Gene Purdy (David Ogden Stiers) in her living room, watching himself preaching the gospel on TV. Uneasy about his mother's association with Purdy, Johnny suspects that the evangelist is soaking her for a great deal of money.
That night, Johnny takes Sarah to the carnival, and they arrive at the wheel of fortune just as a teenage boy and his date have lost the last of their money. On a whim, Johnny pulls out a quarter and stakes the young boy, guiding him through an amazing winning streak. Leaving all the money with the elated teenagers, Johnny and Sarah then spend a blissful night making love in Johnny's vintage Cadillac. Just before dawn it starts to rain, and Johnny drops Sarah back at her apartment. As he drives along a slick road towards a hairpin curve, two headlights suddenly explode into view, and he collides with a huge tractor-trailer. Johnny's car spins out of control and tumbles off the side of the road as the rig explodes in flames.
Six years later, Johnny awakens from a coma as nurse Elaine Macgowan (Gina Chiarelli) is washing his face. Grabbing her wrist, he convulses and gasps for air. Elaine rushes out to find Dr. Tran Chi Duc (Rick Tae), a young Vietnamese physician who is clearly shocked by the news of his patient's awakening. Tran explains to Johnny that he's been a coma for six years and is now in a long-term care facility, having sustained severe brain damage in a terrible accident. As Elaine resumes his sponge bath, Johnny is startled by a horrifying vision of Elaine's three-year-old daughter Maggie trapped in her bedroom as fire rages around her. He sees that there's been a gas explosion in Elaine's home, and his revelation leads to the last-minute rescue of the nurse's little girl and her babysitter.
Tran tells his dazed and frightened patient that his vision was probably just a startlingly real hallucination. The only explanation he can come up with for Johnny's astonishing recovery is that he must be tapping into a "dead zone" in his brain - a region humans don't normally use to handle sensory perception - in order to function. As Tran touches Johnny's face, Johnny is rocked by another vision. This time, he sees the heart-wrenching separation of six-year-old Tran from his mother during the fall of Saigon. As the vision fades, Johnny cries out that Tran's mother is still alive, despite the doctor's insistence that she was killed by Communist mortar fire.
Johnny asks for Sarah, unaware that she is now married to county sheriff Walt Bannerman (Chris Bruno) and the mother of a six-year-old boy. Stunned by the news of Johnny's awakening, Sarah drives to the hospital, but can't quite summon the courage to go inside. Meanwhile, on the campus of the imposing Faith Heritage University, Reverend Purdy learns of Johnny's recovery from his legal counsel, Mike Kennedy (Michael St. John Smith).
Within his first few days of consciousness, Johnny is shaken by intermittent visions of past, present and future events, triggered by contact with various people and objects he touches. When Johnny's physical rehabilitation trainer Bruce Lewis (John L. Adams) reaches out to assist him, Johnny foresees an accident with a water bottle. When Johnny meets Dr. Tran's elderly uncle (Donald Fong) who insists he saw Tran's mother die, Johnny is transported back in time by a vision of a Saigon street mobbed with terrified refugees and rocked by explosions. Witnessing the scene from Uncle Tran's point of view, he watches in horror as Tran's mother is mortally wounded. But Johnny refuses to let go of the old man's hand, and when he replays the vision from a different angle, he sees that the victim was not Mother Tran, but someone dressed like her. He tells the astonished Tran that his mother is still very much alive.
Reverend Purdy, who has been Johnny's legal guardian since the death of his mother five years earlier, observes part of Johnny's interaction with Tran and is shocked by what he sees. Sarah finally visits Johnny, and their initial reunion is painful and awkward. Her hug triggers a vision in which Johnny finds himself moving through her house as she talks about what has happened in the six years they've been apart. Sarah tells him about the death of his mother, her marriage to Walt, and her son Johnny. Coming out of the vision, Johnny realizes that the boy is actually his child, and learns that Walt knows the truth but little Johnny doesn't. Overcome with emotion, Johnny tells Sarah not to reveal the truth to him, assuring her that he still loves her and the greatest gift he can give her is her freedom. Sarah leaves in tears, insisting they're always going to remain close friends.
Inspired by Bruce's optimism and sense of humor, Johnny begins pushing himself harder and harder in rehab, determined to fully regain the use of his legs. Meanwhile, Dr. Tran travels to Ho Chi Minh City and reunites with his beloved mother. Johnny eventually leaves the hospital, finally able to walk with the help of a cane. As the staff sees him off, attractive young nurse Allison Connover (Emily Holmes) presents him with a homemade cake. Johnny then gets a ride from Bruce to his late mother's house, where Sarah is waiting to greet him and introduce him to young Johnny (Dominic Louis). The boy is shy and the meeting brief, but Johnny is obviously pleased by Sarah's visit.
As Johnny picks up Allison's gift to bring it inside the house, he is seized by a sudden and violent vision of her. He witnesses a shovel breaking ground in a rain-soaked field at night as an electrical storm rages. Looking down at a pair of distinctive boots worn by the digger, he sees a body falling into frame and the face is Allison's. Johnny cries out to Bruce that he must call Allison to warn her. Bruce grabs his cell phone and dials her number as thunder rolls in the distance. Allison has just arrived home and is about to get something from the trunk of her car when she hears the phone ringing. She runs up the walk and races inside, but misses the call on the last ring. The distinctive boots from Johnny's vision are standing on the sidewalk as the first drops of rain begin to fall...
#1002: WHAT IT SEEMS
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At the county sheriff's office, Deputy Frank Dodd (Michael Rogers) reluctantly takes a report from Johnny as his fellow deputy Roscoe (Bill Mondy) plays cards with attractive police reporter Dana Bright (Kristen Dalton). Learning that Allison has only been missing for a few hours, Dodd grows suspicious when Johnny insists she may already be dead. Bruce reveals that Johnny has powerful psychic visions that have actually saved lives, and he urges them to listen. When Sarah's husband, Sheriff Walt Bannerman (Chris Bruno), appears, Johnny realizes immediately who he is. Dana asks Johnny if he thinks he can help catch the strangler who is now on the loose, but before Johnny can answer, Walt ushers him behind closed doors. He listens with undisguised skepticism as Johnny describes his vision of Allison, and their encounter becomes even more strained when Walt finally realizes who Johnny is as well. Eventually, the sheriff is persuaded to have units patrol Allison's neighborhood overnight.
Later that evening, Sarah (Nicole deBoer) tells Walt about her visit to Johnny's house that afternoon, and talks about his obvious delight in meeting little Johnny. Walt is clearly uncomfortable as he begins to contemplate the ramifications of Johnny's return. The following day, Johnny is taking a walk when Reverend Purdy's limo pulls up. After assuring Johnny he's arranged access to whatever money he needs, Purdy (David Ogden Stiers) invites him to join in the work being done at his Faith Heritage University. Johnny graciously declines, and Purdy leaves.
Continuing his walk, Johnny finds himself in front of Allison's house. As he touches the mailbox, he's hit with a vision of himself as a mailman being chased by a barking dog. Moving to the side of the house, Johnny kneels down to touch a muddy boot print under Allison's bedroom window. Suddenly, he's standing in a terrible storm wearing a raincoat and the distinctive boots of the killer. With his heart pounding, he sees Allison through the window, and then, in a rush of images, he is in a field with a shovel in his hands as a girl's body is dumped into a shallow grave. Walt arrives, and is shocked when Johnny reveals details about the killer's boots that have not been made public.
Still skeptical about Johnny's powers, Walt visits Dr. Tran (Rick Tae), who verifies that Johnny's unique psychic abilities should be taken seriously. Walt shows Johnny the bags from the three previous strangler murders, all of which contain only cigarette butts. As Johnny pulls one out, he is thrust again into the mindset of the killer. He reveals that the strangler's mother did terrible things to him, and that he only kills when it rains so all the evidence will be washed away. He also explains that nothing is ever found under the victims' fingernails because the killer always wears a slick vinyl raincoat.
Sarah arrives at the sheriff's office for a lunch date with Walt and insists that Johnny join them. During the awkward meal, Johnny gets a flash and is able to prevent a serious accident between a rambunctious young boy and a passing waitress. When Walt gets a call summoning him to Allison's house, he and Johnny take off. Johnny is humiliated and Walt is ready to kill him when they arrive to find Allison perfectly all right. She explains she was out of town with her sister and left quickly without even checking her messages. Dana files an embarrassing story, prompting Purdy's lawyer to suggest having Johnny declared incompetent to handle his own financial affairs. Purdy shrewdly resists the offer, concerned that a legal action against the son of his ministry's largest benefactor would be bad public relations.
Johnny is extremely upset and confused by his mistake. When Sarah comes over to comfort him, her touch triggers a vision of the two of them making passionate love and he becomes even more emotional. As Johnny begs her to leave, he gets a call from Bruce who tells him that he's figured out what went wrong. Bruce and Johnny return to Allison's house, and Bruce begins to reconstruct the scene. As Bruce talks through possible scenarios, Johnny flashes back to the events of that night and realizes that the killer was there. It was Bruce's phone call, prompted by Johnny's initial vision, which caused Allison to run up the walk and race inside before the strangler could attack her.
Having felt the bloodlust of the killer, Johnny is certain that he must have murdered someone else that night. Johnny's vision from the perspective of the killer resumes, and he begins moving towards a movie theater around the block from Allison's house. The early show is letting out, and he sees an attractive young blonde heading towards the parking lot. He attacks her, pulling her into a gazebo in an adjoining park. Johnny is shaking out of control as he experiences the young woman's murder.
Johnny and Bruce rush to the Bannerman house to tell Walt that the killer has murdered someone else and that they've seen the grave. As police and reporters descend on the scene, Johnny reaches out to touch the corpse, now covered in a body bag. Overwhelmed by what he feels, Johnny reveals he knows who the killer is. He and Walt drive out to the spooky old house where Frank Dodd lives with his mother Henrietta (Fran Gebhard). Henrietta insists that Frank has gone fishing, but they quickly realize she's lying. As she tries to block them from searching the house, Johnny is hit with a vision that confirms she knows all of the details about the murders her son has committed. As Walt moves upstairs, Henrietta runs to the kitchen and grabs a huge knife. She slashes Johnny's shoulder and is about to stab him again when Walt returns and shoots her. Walt instructs Johnny to call for backup as he descends into the basement.
When Johnny picks up the car radio, he has a vision of Dodd's bloodied shoes coming down the stairs. He sees Dodd firing and Walt go down. Moving forward in the vision, Johnny sees Sarah in mourning and realizes she will now be free to be his once again. He flashes on a "just married" sign and sees himself leading Johnny Jr. to a newborn in Sarah's arms. Johnny now understands the enormity of the choice he faces.
Meanwhile, Walt kicks open a locked door in the basement to find a room of terror and death filled with souvenirs from Frank's victims. Dodd sneaks up on Walt and is about to shoot him when Johnny's cane comes crashing down on Frank's arm and the gun goes off harmlessly and drops to the floor. Dodd escapes into a corner of the dark basement, intending to ambush his pursuers. But when he hears approaching police sirens, he turns the gun on himself instead.
Later that day, as the bodies of Frank and his mother are being taken away, Dana Bright corners Johnny and Walt to get quotes for her next story. Walt tells her that Johnny's assistance was critical in resolving the case, but Johnny is reluctant to say anything and would just as soon not become big news.
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#1003: QUALITY OF LIFE
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At Faith Heritage University, Reverend Purdy (David Ogden Stiers) puts aside the newspaper which has Johnny's picture on the front page and turns his attention to reporter Dana Bright (Kristen Dalton). Admitting that his and Johnny's relationship is rocky, Purdy candidly requests that Dana keep him in the loop about Johnny, insinuating that it's the least she could do considering their past. Meanwhile, Bruce drops Johnny off at the high school he once worked at prior to his accident. While on his way to the principal's office, Johnny bumps into Sarah (Nicole deBoer) in the hallway, and the two share an unspoken intimate moment. Johnny then meets with Principal Pelson (Alvin Sanders), who assures him that while he wants him back, the only available position is in the Physical Education department. When Pelson promises that Johnny can substitute teach as well, Johnny eagerly accepts the job.
Later that afternoon, Johnny enters the hockey arena during practice and is immediately greeted by Coach Foley (Michael Puttonen) and Doc Cooper (Ken Camroux-Taylor). Turning his attention to the ice, Johnny is drawn to Huskies star Todd Paley (Chris Masterson), who has just signed a letter of intent to go to Princeton on a full scholarship. Noticing Johnny watching Todd, Foley tells him that Todd is the best offensive player in the state, but he's on defense now, and having some trouble. When Todd skates over, Johnny, a former all-conference hockey player himself, informs him that hockey is just like poker and he should watch his opponent's hips rather than his face. Taking note of Johnny's advice, Todd hits the ice. As Calhoun (Chad McMillan) races towards Todd with the puck, Todd throws his shoulder into Calhoun's chest and they both fall. Excited that his advice worked, Johnny approaches Todd, who points out that he has an old hip pointer that's still a little sore. Johnny grabs Todd's arm to help him stand and is suddenly struck with an odd and terrifying vision in which he's moving through Todd's skin and bones to an artery that leads directly to his heart. When the motion ends, all Johnny can see is Todd's heart beating and he can hear Vera's voice whispering the same puzzling message that she had in his dream, "Heed the still, small voice when it comes." Johnny's vision then vanishes, and he finds himself back in the arena surrounded by people congratulating Todd on his amazing play.
The next morning before school, Johnny tells Sarah about the unsettling vision he had of Todd, but confesses that he has no idea what it means. Todd suddenly approaches the two and tells Johnny that he's the substitute for his first period history class. Thrilled that Johnny will be teaching for the first time in almost seven years, Sarah gives him some pointers as they enter the school. After introducing himself to the class, Johnny proceeds to impress and intrigue the students with his powers. Half-jokingly, he informs them that a teacher with extra sensory perception might be their worst nightmare.
As the class adjourns, Johnny, concerned about the implications of his vision, pulls Todd aside and makes him promise that he'll have Cooper do a routine check-up on him that afternoon. Making his way through the hallway, Johnny is approached by Dana, who has just finished grilling Principal Pelson about Johnny's return to teaching. Dana is trying to convince a skeptical Johnny that he needs her when they bump into Sarah. As Johnny introduces the two women, an obvious pang of jealousy overtakes Sarah. Moments later, Johnny finds Doc Cooper in the school parking lot and asks him if Todd has ever suffered from heart trouble. Knowing what Johnny is insinuating, Cooper immediately let's him know that he doesn't believe or endorse any of his psychic nonsense. Johnny, however, still insists that the doctor give Todd a thorough check-up before that evening's game.
That night at the hockey game, an irritated Foley corners Johnny and tells him that Todd hadn't needed to be checked out. Cooper then strolls over and condescendingly informs Johnny that he has examined every inch of Todd and that he's in perfect health. The Huskies emerge victorious, but when Todd comes off the ice and hands Johnny his stick, Johnny is suddenly rocked with another vision: this time it's of Todd lying dead on the ice and Vera's voice chanting the bizarre phrase from his dream.
The next morning, Dana's headline story "Teacher By Day, Psychic Deputy By Night," causes Pelson to be confronted by three angry mothers. When Johnny enters the office and overhears the conversation, Pelson excuses himself from the women and takes Johnny into his office to discuss Todd. After questioning Johnny about the accuracy of his visions, Pelson informs him that benching Todd would cost him his scholarship to Princeton. Worried about Todd's well-being, Johnny pays a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Paley, who are angered by Johnny's suggestion and insist that he leave their home immediately. Later that evening, Todd shows up at Johnny's house to inquire about his visions. When Todd agrees to see a cardiologist before their big game the following day, Johnny calls Reverend Purdy to ask about getting Todd an appointment at the Faith Heritage medical school. The next day, Johnny accompanies Todd to the Faith Heritage Heart Center, where a specialist runs a series of tests and also gives Todd a clean bill of health.
Johnny and Todd arrive at the arena just as the game is about to begin. As Todd moves onto the ice, Foley glares at Johnny disapprovingly. Torn with concern, Johnny watches the game, and is then thrust into the head coach's role when Foley is thrown out of the game for arguing with the refs. Johnny suddenly notices Vera staring at him from the stands, and he calls a time-out and pulls Todd out of the game, ignoring protests from both Todd and the crowd. The Princeton coach, who has come to watch Todd, shakes his head while an enraged Mr. Paley screams at Johnny from his seat. When the opposing team wins in the last seconds, the incensed crowd bombards Johnny with cups and programs. Exiting the arena, he is approached by Pelson, who informs him that the school board is holding an emergency session to discuss his fate. Johnny, however, decides to save them the trouble and resigns on the spot.
As an angered and frustrated Todd rides home with his parents, he suddenly falls unconscious. Johnny and Bruce arrive at the hospital the next morning and stand outside Todd's room while the doctor explains his condition to his parents. It seems he suffered a moderate cardiac arrhythmia, which could have been fatal had it struck Todd while he was playing hockey. After the doctor leaves, Johnny and Bruce enter the room and Johnny receives a heartfelt thank you from Mr. Paley. When Todd awakens, Johnny is shocked to hear Mrs. Paley recite Vera's words, "Thank the Lord. His work is great upon the earth." Walt meets Johnny and Bruce at the hospital entrance to escort them through a crowd of reporters which has assembled outside. As Johnny looks at the mob of press, he realizes that they are the same people who had surrounded him in his dream. Johnny is flooded with a number of visions as he touches people while pushing through the crowd - but the one that stands out above all the rest is a vision of Dana and him making love.
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#1004: ENIGMA
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That evening, Johnny sorts through a shoebox of old mementos Arthur has given him. As he studies a photo of Arthur's long lost love, Abby Travers (Elizabeth Bennett), he realizes that she is, in fact, the beautiful young woman he saw in his vision. Picking up a silver cigarette lighter from the box, Johnny flashes back in time and finds himself at New York's Stage Door Canteen in 1945. In the vision, he becomes Tommy, a close friend of young Arthur, then known as Artie (Boyan Vukelic). Both are dressed in American Air Force uniforms and seated at a small table. When Artie's girlfriend Abby approaches, he introduces her to Johnny/Tommy, unaware of the instant attraction between the two. Artie, who's consumed by a crossword puzzle, doesn't seem to notice when Johnny/Tommy and Abby suddenly head to the dance floor together. But Rosie O'Halloran (Alisen Down), Abby's loud overbearing friend, instantly notices their connection. When Johnny's vision suddenly ends, Arthur is amazed by the accuracy of what Johnny has just experienced. Later that evening, Johnny picks up the lighter again and finds himself back at the Stage Door Canteen, where Johnny/Tommy and Abby continue to dance. As they acknowledge the fact that they must deny their feelings for each other before things go too far, Johnny's vision ends. Now knowing the truth of Arthur's past, Johnny decides that he must go to Manhattan in search of Abby.
Arriving in New York, Johnny contacts Rose O'Halloran (Sheila Paterson), telling her he's a friend of Arthur's. When Johnny arrives at Rose's apartment, she greets him with open arms and the two sit down to chat about the past. Johnny flips through Rose's old pictures in hopes of getting a vision, but sees nothing. When Rose reveals that an old friend named Tommy took a number of the pictures at a particular spot in Central Park, Johnny immediately heads there to look for clues. In the park, Johnny sits down next to an elderly man on a nearby bench and is suddenly thrown into a vision that brings him back to Central Park in 1945. His vision shows Johnny/Tommy and Abby's infatuation for one another, coupled with their guilt about Artie. Surrendering to their emotions, they kiss with great passion until Abby breaks it off and Johnny's vision abruptly ends. That evening, Johnny, who is now more determined than ever to find Abby, goes to the street clock in Manhattan where Arthur first saw her. After waiting for some time, Johnny finally sees a woman, who's the spitting image of Abby, round the corner and head toward an approaching taxi. Johnny catches up with her and as he opens the door of the taxi, he sees a vision of Johnny/Tommy and Abby in a cab heading to the Swan Song Hotel.
When his vision ends, Johnny goes in search of the hotel, but all he can find is a shabby-looking building in its place. Johnny checks into the honeymoon suite and searches the room for anything that will trigger a vision. It's not until he lies down on the bed, however, that he suddenly sees a vision of Johnny/Tommy and Abby in the same bed together, in an embrace fueled by both passion and the knowledge of their "sin."
Johnny awakens the next day overwhelmed by the experience he's lived through his vision of Tommy and Abby's tryst. Just then, Sarah calls him on his cell phone and when he tells her what's happened, Sarah - both concerned and jealous - tells Johnny that he's too emotionally involved in the case. In an effort to end the mystery of Abby's whereabouts, she informs him that Walt (Chris Bruno) is searching the database to see if he can find any record of her. Later that day, Johnny comes across a commemorative bronze plaque which indicates the prior location of the historic Stage Door Canteen. Upon touching the plaque, Johnny finds himself back at the club, where Abby is telling Johnny/Tommy that in order to prevent Artie from getting hurt, it's best if they stop seeing each other. Devastated and filled with emotion, Johnny/Tommy decides he wants to tell Artie about his affair with Abby. Before Johnny/Tommy can give Artie the bad news, however, Artie reminds him that they only have a few days left together before they leave for war. Johnny/Tommy finally decides he must break off his relationship with Abby and leaves the Canteen without telling Artie the truth.
Just as his vision ends, Johnny gets a call from Sarah to inform him that Walt found Abby registered with the New York Stage Actors' Guild, and that "Abigail Travers" was probably her stage name. Upon hearing the news, Johnny goes back to Rose's apartment to inquire about Abigail's real name. Rose tells him it is Abigail Tarnovski. Discovering that Abigail is now a teacher at a small children's theater in New York, Johnny goes to the theater where he is greeted by the elegant Abigail and her granddaughter. Abigail is happy to see him and interested in hearing about Arthur. Upon touching her hand, Johnny has a vision of Abby cradling an infant girl in her arms, her eyes filled with love and sadness. When the vision ends, Abigail explains that she was engaged to Artie, but Tommy is the father of her child. She wrote to Tommy to let him know, but he never wrote back. Even though it was Artie she always loved, Abigail is hesitant about seeing him again, but eventually agrees.
When Johnny and Arthur arrive at the infamous street clock in Manhattan, Abigail is already there. Johnny watches as Arthur and Abigail shake hands with each other before embracing in a heartfelt hug. Johnny leaves the two alone and returns to Central Park. As he sits down on the same bench as before, he is struck with a vision of Tommy sitting on the bench, feeding the birds. He looks at the elderly man next to him and suddenly realizes it's Tommy. Johnny surprises the old man by telling him he knows him through a mutual friend.
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#1007: UNREASONABLE DOUBT
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Arriving at the courthouse, Johnny moves through the crowded lobby and accidentally bumps into the wheelchair of fellow juror Vic Goodman (Jim Byrnes), sending him into a vision of a younger-looking Vic facing an even younger male prisoner across a glass partition. As the trial gets underway, the prosecutor (Dion Johnstone) immediately recognizes Johnny and reveals that Johnny claims to have psychic abilities. After a quick sidebar, however, the Judge (Alex Diakun) rules Johnny fit to serve. The first witness to testify is a young woman named Emily (Kirsten Williamson), who states she heard gunshots as she ran out of a local convenience store. Following her testimony, a security videotape shows a gang of teens, including the defendant, a 17-year-old African-American named Carl Winters (Dexter Bell), harassing the female witness as the store clerk (Manoj Sood) tries to stop them. The prosecutor insists that a gun is clearly visible in Carl Winters' belt and that he was the only one in the store who could have shot and killed the clerk. The defense attorney (Geoff Adams), however, maintains that his client didn't fire any shots, and what the witness heard were glass bottles crashing to the floor.
In the jury room, Johnny takes a seat at the long conference table with the eleven other jurors, who are referred to descriptively as Martha (Wanda Cannon), Feather (Julia Arkos), Agatha Christie (Esme Lambert), Night School (Dean Marshall), Pinky (Eric Keenleyside), Brassy (Patricia Mayen Salazar), Leading Citizen (Blu Mankuma), Sports Nut (Tom Scholte), Goth Guy (Kett Turton), Vic Goodman (Jim Byrnes), and Fan Man (Adrien Dorval). After electing Martha the foreman, each juror begins by stating his or her initial vote. As each declares the defendant "guilty," Johnny realizes he is seeing exactly what unfolded in his earlier vision. Reaching over to the table with tagged evidence items, Johnny picks up the defendant's key chain, and is sent into a vision of the future in which Carl Winters is being stabbed in the back by a fellow prison inmate. As the vision ends, Johnny announces his vote is "not guilty."
When the jurors go into an uproar over Johnny's decision, he insists they must examine the evidence more carefully before returning a verdict that could cost the defendant his life. Picking up an the affidavit of a 75-year-old male witness, Johnny is struck by a vision of himself as the elderly man in the parking lot of the convenience store. He watches as Carl Winters and two other boys (Doron Bell, Jonathan Ndukwe) arrive in a convertible, booming with rap music, and enter the store. Suddenly, Johnny/Elderly Man notices a third vehicle in the corner of the lot, even though the testimony of both witnesses stated there were only two. As the vision ends, Johnny explains what he saw. Agatha Christie carefully thumbs through the affidavit to find that Johnny is correct. But Leading Citizen, who totally rejects the notion of Johnny's psychic visions, tauntingly places the gun from the evidence table in front of him, demanding he tell the jury the identity of the killer. When Johnny picks up the gun, he is instantly transformed into the anonymous gunman ordering the store clerk to open the register. When the vision ends, Johnny is unable to determine who the killer is, but tells the jurors there is no doubt the gun in hand was used as the murder weapon. He also professes that the videotape shows the defendant with "a" gun in his belt, and that there's no hard evidence to prove Winters was the one who fired the murder weapon. Another vote is called but before anyone can say a word, Johnny interrupts when he notices Vic Goodman with a curious look on his face. Flashing back to his earlier vision of Vic at the prison, Johnny realizes Vic was visiting his own brother, and after asking Vic to consider that his brother may actually be innocent, Vic changes his vote.
As the late-night deliberations continue, the Judge arrives for an update on the jury's status. Apprised of the difficulty the rest of the jurors are having with Johnny, he reminds the group that the case must be decided strictly on its own merits. As the Judge leaves, Johnny moves over to the evidence table to pick up a baggie that contains two bullets. Removing one, he is sent into a vision dressed as the store clerk. As he watches the gang of teens harass the female witness, he sees Winters slip two bottles of beer under his jacket. Johnny/Clerk yells to Winters to put the bottles down, and as they crash to the floor, Johnny/Clerk notices a shadow shifting slightly at the back of an aisle. Johnny is frustrated as the vision ends, and wanting to see more, he picks up the gun with his other hand and is back in the vision, this time dressed as the shooter. He sees the same sequence of events as before but this time notices that Winters' convertible is already leaving the parking lot when the clerk is shot. Johnny now realizes he must find real evidence to back up his visions and prove to the rest of the jury that the defendant is innocent. He asks to see the security videotape one more time and as the group reviews it again, Sports Nut points out the gun in Winters' waistband. Not satisfied with what he sees, Johnny asks to rewind the tape, and in the replay, Goth Guy suddenly becomes aware of a security mirror in the back corner of the store that reveals a blurry figure.
More time has passed throughout the evening and another vote is taking place. The outcome is now 10 "not guilty" and two "guilty" votes, the latter cast by Leading Citizen and Feather. Leading Citizen, who has been the most adamant about his vote, insists the evidence proves the defendant's guilt, but the rest of the jurors now agree that the sudden appearance of another suspect has given them reasonable doubt.
Feather, after diligently looking over the affidavit of the female witness, contends that she heard gunshots before the boys left the store. When Johnny picks up the affidavit, he is struck by a vision of himself as the female witness. He/Female Witness rushes out of the store and is getting into a car, when he/she hears a muffled "popping" sound coming from inside. Turning around, Johnny/Female Witness sees Winters and the two teens and drive off, rap music blasting. The vision ends, and Johnny now realizes the loud music from the convertible actually covered up the sound of the real gunshots, and what the Female Witness really heard were the crashing beer bottles.
Feather changes her vote, enraging Leading Citizen even more. As a confrontation breaks out between Johnny and Leading Citizen, Johnny is struck by a vision of a gang member shooting and killing Leading Citizen's young son. He realizes this is why Leading Citizen has been so emotional about the case and when Johnny brings this to light, Leading Citizen agrees, confessing he has brought his own bias to the deliberations. He changes his vote to "not guilty" and the jury reaches a unanimous verdict.
#1006: THE HOUSE
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Returning home that evening, Johnny hears the sound of a woman crying upstairs in the master bedroom. When he goes to investigate, the crying is suddenly interrupted by the crash of a breaking window downstairs. Rushing back down, he sees the neighborhood kids racing down the street. Johnny runs after them and catches up with a young girl named Lindsay Davis (Stephanie Wyder). Grabbing Lindsay's arm, he is suddenly struck by a vision of two naval officers standing in a doorway while Lindsay looks up at them. When the vision ends, Johnny, confused by what he's just seen, walks Lindsay home to tell her parents about the broken window. Aware of the stories surrounding Johnny's psychic powers, Lindsay's parents are distrustful and pull her away from him. As Johnny turns to exit, he notices a photo of Lindsay's brother, a naval flight officer, on the foyer table.
Approaching his house, Johnny sees the figure of a woman sitting in Vera's old room. Inside are two figures moving in the shadows. Catching a glimpse of their faces, he realizes they look just like Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. Johnny's attention then turns to the sounds of a young boy singing upstairs. Entering the master bedroom, he sees a 31-year-old version of his mother Vera (Anita Adams) brushing the hair of a five-year-old version of himself (Patric Coulter). Awestruck at the sight, Johnny reaches out to touch the boy, but the mother and child abruptly vanish.
At Faith Heritage University, Johnny confronts Reverend Purdy (David Ogden Stiers) about the truth of his mother's death. As Purdy assures him that his mother died of a heart attack in her sleep, he touches Johnny, which triggers a vision of Purdy in Vera's bathroom, his hands covered in blood. Johnny leaves the university and heads straight to the sheriff's office to tell Walt (Chris Bruno) about his vision. Walt informs him that Art Paulson was the Sheriff on the scene at the time of his mother's death, and that he must have concrete evidence of foul play in order to open up an investigation. Taking matters into his own hands, Johnny heads to the coroner's office where he admits to Dana Bright (Kristen Dalton) "off the record" that he has reason to believe that the coroner's report on his mother's death was inaccurate. As the two search through the reports looking for clues, Dana gets a call on her cell phone and learns that a local navy flier has been reported missing in action. After Dana drops Johnny off at his house, she heads down the street to the Davis residence, where a military car is parked in the driveway. Meanwhile, Johnny notices Lindsay sitting on the porch of her house and approaches her. Looking up at him with tear-filled eyes, she asks Johnny if he can tell her if her brother is still alive. Touching her arm, Johnny is suddenly seized by a vision of Lindsay's brother (Wes Wain) piloting a plane in Afghanistan that is out of control and heading straight for the ground. Horrified by the vision, Johnny cannot bring himself to tell Lindsay what he's just seen.
Johnny and Bruce are outside Johnny's house later that day when Johnny hears music coming from inside. When the two enter the house, Johnny is transported back to the 1960's in a vision of a costume party taking place in the parlor. Scanning the room, he gets a closer look at the Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley characters he had seen the previous day and realizes they are actually his mother and father. He then notices a young Purdy dressed as Zorro (Jodie Graham) staring at Johnny's young father Herbert (Noah Beggs) as Herbert announces that he and his wife Vera (Anita Adams) are expecting a baby. Witnessing the heartsick look on Purdy's face following the news, Johnny becomes increasingly suspicious of Purdy's involvement with his mother. Suddenly, Johnny gets a call from Walt, ending his vision. Walt tells him that he has tracked down Sheriff Paulson, who has verified that the housekeeper found Vera in bed just like it was stated in the coroner's report - but it was Reverend Purdy who called the police, not the housekeeper.
Later that day, Johnny tells Purdy about his vision of him with blood all over his hands. Cutting to the chase, Johnny asks Purdy directly if he killed Vera. Purdy vehemently denies the accusation. But when Johnny grabs his arm, he is struck by a vision of Purdy with the same bloodied hands, and the housekeeper Mrs. Runyon (Wendy Morrow Donaldson), kneeling by the bathtub which holds Vera's lifeless body. On the side of the tub lies a bloody razor blade. With tears in his eyes, Purdy moves to the phone and calls for a hearse to take Vera to the mortuary for immediate cremation. Turning back to Mrs. Runyon, he orders her to bandage Vera's wrists, put her in bed and promise that she will never tell anyone what has happened. Johnny's vision ends and he looks to Purdy in confusion. Revealing that Vera lost all will to live while Johnny languished in his coma, the Reverend explains he chose to protect Vera's name and legacy by covering up her suicide.
That evening, Lindsay comes to Johnny and informs him that her brother was killed instantly when his plane crashed in the mountains of Afghanistan. Comforting her, Johnny puts his arm around her and gets a sudden vision of Mrs. Davis staring out the second story window of her house. Johnny immediately takes Lindsay home and seeks out her mother. In the master bedroom, Johnny's eyes connect with Mrs. Davis' and he sees a vision of her with a handful of sleeping pills. Realizing what she is contemplating, Johnny reaches out to her to avert a second family tragedy.
#1009: ENEMY MIND
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At Bangor Hospital, Dr. Tran (Rick Tae) informs Johnny that what he inhaled was a large dose of "Special K," the street name for the drug ketamine, a common pet tranquilizer. Aware of the dangers of the mind-altering drug, Dr. Tran tells Johnny he's deeply concerned about how it might affect his "dead zone." Johnny, however, is determined to find the missing girl, and dismisses the doctor's warnings and leaves the hospital. At Jill's mother's house, where Johnny has gone in search of anything that might give him a clue about Jill's whereabouts, he picks up a photograph of Jill dressed as a six-year-old Tinkerbell (Talia Ranger) at a Halloween party and is struck by a vision. He sees the young Jill being scared by a boy and then running off into the woods.
Heading over to the Sheriff's station, Johnny sits in as Walt questions Jill's friend Tammy. When Tammy refuses to give up any information, Johnny grabs her wrist, sending him into another vision of the six-year-old Jill, this time is in an alley looking at a dumpster where two legs of a body can be seen. Suddenly, a large hand with a cougar tattoo grabs her from behind, and the vision ends. Later that day, Johnny admits to Bruce (John L. Adams) that his visions have been a little "off," and he doesn't understand why he continues to see Jill as a young girl. Bruce's concern heightens, especially when Johnny insists he must go back to Portland in search of Jill. Bruce decides to go with Johnny and is just about to call the hospital to arrange for someone to cover his patients when Johnny is struck by a vision of Bruce conspiring to get him back to the hospital against his will. But when Bruce makes the actual call, Johnny realizes that his vision was totally inaccurate.
At the Portland warehouse, a rave is in full swing when suddenly Jill's boyfriend Scott is grabbed by a hand - a hand with the same cougar tattoo from Johnny's vision - and pushed to the wall. Scott is now face-to-face with Malcolm (Mark Hildreth), a tough-talking drug dealer, who demands that Scott come up with the $10,000 he says he is owed by the next day or Scott's life will be in danger. Noticing the concerned look on Jill's face as she watches the confrontation, Johnny reaches out and grabs her arm, sending him into another vision. He sees himself with the six-year-old Jill in the woods surrounded by trees in which the rave kids are writhing. Bruce watches as Johnny, reacting in terror to his vision, chases after Jill, who has managed to escape out the door.
Outside the warehouse, a defiant Johnny grabs the car keys from Bruce and shoves him into some nearby garbage cans. As Bruce struggles to get up, he watches as Johnny takes off in the car after Jill. Johnny is busy forcing himself to focus on his driving when his cell phone rings and it's Sarah (Nicole deBoer) on the line. After getting a concerned call from Bruce telling her what happened, Sarah questions Johnny about what he's doing and where he's going. Johnny instantly gets a paranoid vision of Sarah and Walt tracing the call, and, believing they are conspiring against him, throws his cell away. Arriving at the warehouse where they first discovered the teens, Johnny picks a quarter up from the floor and is struck by a vision of the six-year-old Jill panhandling near a local diner. Heading straight for the diner, Johnny pulls up to see the teenage version of Jill soliciting spare change. Johnny offers to buy her breakfast, and the very hungry Jill reluctantly agrees.
Back across town at the dumpster in Johnny's vision, a fight between Malcolm and Scott turns deadly. When Scott tells Malcolm that Jill is holding the money and she's across town at Rosie's Diner, Malcolm, enraged by the news, stabs Scott in the stomach and kills him. Meanwhile at Rosie's Diner, Johnny is suddenly thrown into a vision when he touches the check from the waitress. In his vision, Johnny sees Malcolm stab Scott, leave his lifeless body sprawled at the foot of the dumpster, and head to Rosie's Diner. The vision ends, and Johnny informs Jill they must leave immediately. Minutes later, Sarah, Walt, and Bruce show up at the diner to find that Johnny has just left. As Johnny and Jill move down the street, Johnny describes his vision of Scott's murder and Jill takes off running. Johnny's visions begin to escalate, and he becomes more and more disoriented. Eventually he finds Jill at the dumpster kneeling over Scott's body. As the two stand in the alley, they suddenly see Malcolm driving a large pickup truck straight at them, and Jill pulls Johnny into a warehouse. Hiding inside, the two sit in silence as they see the silhouette of Malcolm's head move towards them but then disappear into the darkness. Johnny is almost paralyzed in fear by the visions he now sees, of himself and Jill in an impenetrable forest.
Tracking Johnny and Jill, Walt, Bruce and Sarah finally discover Scott's body. Inside the warehouse, Jill tries to comfort the terrified Johnny, who doesn't understand what's going on in his own head and now believes the two of them are trapped in the woods with a cougar coming towards them. Just as Jill is telling Johnny she is going to help him get through this experience, a hand with a cougar tattoo shoots out of the darkness and drags her away. Now alone with his hallucinations, Johnny desperately tries to find Jill.
Suddenly, there is a lightning storm and the trees in his vision catch fire. The flames seem to be reaching out and grabbing him, and as he yells in agony, Sarah, Bruce, Walt, and Officer Kohlan hear his cries. Jill also reacts to Johnny's shouts and breaks loose from Malcolm's hold. Suddenly, Johnny hears the cougar, which is actually Malcolm, growl behind him. As Johnny turns around, Malcolm drags him to the ground and the two begin to fight. Finally, Johnny gets to his feet and hits Malcolm on the side of his head with his cane, knocking him off a precipice and sending him to the ground in a lifeless heap. As Sarah, Walt, Bruce, and Kohlan race forward, Johnny apologizes for taking the car and informs them he is ready to go back to the hospital. At the hospital, Johnny is still recovering when he gets a visit from Jill, who informs him she has worked things out at home.
#1005: NETHERWORLD
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Sarah is making pancakes and quizzing little Johnny for a test when Johnny enters the kitchen. Baffled by the whole situation, Johnny approaches Sarah and quietly asks her when she told little Johnny that he was his real dad. Sarah looks at him quizzically and he drops the subject just as Miranda (Brieanna Mameli), an adorable three year old, enters and jumps in his lap. Moments later, Walt (Chris Bruno) arrives to take Johnny on a security walk-through of the mall in preparation for an art fair the following day. Convinced he's in a dream, Johnny excuses himself and returns to the bedroom where he slaps his face in an attempt to wake himself up. When nothing changes, he calls his confidant Bruce (John Adams) who, surprisingly, has no idea who Johnny is. Johnny subtly probes Walt for information about his life as they drive to the mall. According to Walt, Johnny is the County Commissioner and has an important meeting at his office later that morning. Just as Walt parks, Johnny is quickly overcome with an ominous feeling and doubles over from a sudden sharp pain in his head.
Walt rushes Johnny to the hospital, where Nurse Sharon Weizak (Lindsay Price) comments on his many hockey injuries while examining him. Johnny is shocked, however, when she tells him there's no record of a car accident in his file. When Elaine (Gina Chiarelli), the nurse whose daughter's life Johnny saved from a fire, passes by without a hint of recognition, Johnny asks Sharon about Elaine's little girl, and is troubled to learn that she did in fact die in a fire. Johnny is released, and as he heads for the exit, he notices a man whose face is scarred with burns. Distracted, he accidentally bumps into Bruce, who also shows no sign of recognizing him.
When Walt drops Johnny off at his office, Johnny is astonished to find his mother, Vera (Anna Hagan), waiting for him. Believing her to be dead, Johnny is overwhelmed to see her again and overreacts. As Vera remarks on Johnny's odd behavior, their reunion is cut short, and Johnny is led to a conference room where he bluffs his way through the meeting, distracted the whole time by blaring fire trucks in the distance. The meeting adjourns, and as Johnny takes a taxi back to the house, he notices a biker whose face is scarred just like the man at the hospital. At the house, Johnny is looking through photos in an attempt to piece his life together when Sarah enters. Distraught, Johnny tells her that he believes he's dreaming and that nothing they are experiencing is real. Sarah, however, promises that she is real and that the other life he's referring to was just a nightmare. As they embrace, Johnny again hears the sound of sirens.
That evening at Vera's birthday party, Johnny is surprised to see Bruce again. Excusing himself from Walt and Reverend Purdy (David Ogden Stiers), Johnny heads in Bruce's direction but misses him. Pushing his way through the crowd, Johnny suddenly realizes that all the guests' faces are severely burnt and scarred. Just as the crowd begins singing to Vera, a confused and scared Johnny orders them to stop. As Sarah stares at him, he sees the wall behind her explode in flames. Panicked, Johnny goes to grab Sarah, but his hand passes right through her and all the guests seem to be frozen in time.
Suddenly, Johnny finds himself back in a comatose state at the hospital trying to call out to Nurse Elaine, who has just ordered Valium to calm his tremors. Forcing his eyes open, Johnny reaches out to grab Elaine's armÉ but instead suddenly finds himself at the mall with Bruce, who informs him that they went there to buy sneakers and that he fainted. Now totally unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality, Johnny tells Bruce about his experience with Sarah, but Bruce assures him that it wasn't real. When they arrive at the hospital, Johnny bursts into the room he occupied while in his coma, and is horrified to see himself lying unconscious in the bed. Violently shaking his own body in an effort to wake himself, Johnny suddenly opens his eyes and finds himself back at the mall with Bruce, surrounded by students preparing for the art fair. Scanning the courtyard, Johnny notices that the people he had previously seen with burnt faces as well as the seven men from his meeting are all there. Suddenly he is hit with a vision of a deadly explosion, and Johnny loses consciousness, coming back to in his bed with Sarah. Panicked, he bolts upright, certain that something terrible is about to happen.
As Sarah watches Johnny dress, she tells him that the explosion at the mall was just a nightmare and that he needs to seek therapy. Ignoring her advice, Johnny insists she tell Walt to meet him at the mall with as many men as possible. As Johnny gets out of his car at the mall, he sees Walt arrive alone. Johnny's headache returns and he adamantly tells Walt that they need backup. Using his leverage as County Commissioner, Johnny insists they clear the area and conduct a thorough search of the mall, scouting for anything suspicious. Their investigation turns up nothing, and they are about to call it off when Johnny heads for an area of the mall that's under construction. Observing a worker welding a piece of metal with a flaming torch, Johnny's eye is suddenly drawn to an exposed gas line that has just broken. When the gas ignites slightly from a spark, the welder turns the torch off and Walt evacuates the premises just seconds before the whole mall explodes. Finding Sarah and the kids in the crowd, Johnny tells them that this has all been a dream. As Miranda reaches out for Johnny, everything suddenly evaporates into thin air before his very eyes, and he awakens back in the mall courtyard with Bruce by his side. He immediately heads to the construction site and orders the welder to shut off the torch. Pointing to the exposed gas line foretold in his vision, he averts disaster.
Relieved and exhausted, Johnny enters his house and answers his ringing telephone. It's Sarah, calling to invite him to dinner. He graciously declines, telling her he's had a terrible headache all day.
#1008: THE SIEGE
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Meanwhile, Dana (Kristen Dalton) approaches Johnny and Little Johnny outside the bank. As she hands Johnny a quarter to put in the toy racecar Little Johnny is riding, Johnny is struck by a vision of the future. It's nighttime, and Johnny sees police cars, ambulances, broken windows and body bags being carried out of the bank. As his vision ends, he tells Dana to contact Walt immediately because something terrible is going to happen.
Back inside the bank, as tellers Karen and Tom (Dayna Van Buskirk) empty their drawers, Conrad realizes he forgot to lock the front door just as it swings open and Johnny enters. Conrad immediately orders Johnny to join the others, and Johnny takes a seat next to Sarah. As she touches his hand and their fingers intertwine, Johnny gets a flash of Sarah being shot in the chest after a struggle for the gun breaks out between Conrad and Rudy the security guard (Michael P. Northey). When his vision ends, Johnny quickly distracts Conrad in order to change the outcome he's just seen and manages to avert the deadly confrontation.
Once Conrad has all the bank's goods in hand and is ready to leave, he instructs the group to stay put and count to a thousand - except for Sarah, who he wants to take with him as a hostage. When Johnny insists Conrad take him instead, Conrad pokes him with the barrel of the gun, sending Johnny into a vision of Henry taking a fatal shot as bullets begin to fly. As the vision ends and he sees Henry tell Conrad he'll go with him, Johnny knows he must act immediately and informs Conrad that the Sheriff is outside. When Johnny then reveals he was able to call the police ahead of time because he knew what was going to happen, Conrad is shocked, realizing that Johnny is the "guy who can see things."
Later in the day, as Johnny helps the elderly Mrs. Stratton out of her chair, he is struck by a vision of Mr. Stratton kneeling over his unconscious wife. Johnny immediately warns Conrad that they're going to need emergency personnel because Mrs. Stratton is about to have a heart attack or a stroke. Minutes later, cries of help can be heard coming from Mr. Stratton. As Johnny begs Conrad to free Mrs. Stratton so she cab get help, the phone rings, and it's Walt (Chris Bruno) on the line. Conrad allows Johnny to talk to Walt so he can inform him that the Strattons will be released but that no one is allowed to come inside. As Johnny moves towards the door with Mr. Stratton and his wife, Conrad grabs Johnny's arm and tells him he must come right back and bring a TV set. Conrad's touch sends Johnny into a vision of wounded and dead hostages in a smoke-filled bank. Outside, Johnny gives Walt the details of the situation, and Walt is very reluctant to let Johnny go back in until Johnny reveals that he also had a vision he had of himself in a body bag. Insisting that Walt must trust him, Johnny goes back inside with the TV.
As the group watches the news coverage, Conrad realizes Sarah is the Sheriff's wife and tells her he is going to use her as his ticket to freedom. Sarah is forced to relay Conrad's demands to the police, which include a helicopter with enough fuel to fly to Jamaica and his insistence on keeping Sarah as a hostage. Shaking with fear, Sarah is comforted by Johnny, who assures her that he won't let anything bad happen. The phone rings again, and it's Conrad's estranged wife Arleta (Deanne Henry) on the line. Arleta tries to talk Conrad into surrendering, but he becomes increasingly upset by her comments and hangs up the phone. As Johnny continues to watch TV, he turns the sound knob and is sent into a vision in which he sees a newscaster reporting that a police intervention has gone terribly wrong and has resulted in numerous casualties. When the vision ends, Johnny warns Conrad that the police team is under the floor planning an attack, and not to answer the next call since it's their signal to fire. Conrad, who has gradually come to trust Johnny, uses Sarah as a shield and stops the tactical team's attack. The team is very confused when they realize Conrad somehow knew of their plan, but Walt is sure it was Johnny who revealed the outcome to Conrad.
Johnny continues to try to convince Conrad that nothing good will come out of this situation if he continues to hold the hostages, and eventually, he talks Conrad into freeing four of them. Conrad is still adamant about keeping Sarah, believing she's his only protection, but after more convincing, Conrad agrees to let Sarah out provided that Johnny stays with him to the end instead. As Sarah hugs Johnny goodbye, Johnny is struck with another vision of himself in a body bag. Johnny knows the game is not over yet, and that he must continue to act to change the events of the future. With his own life hanging in the balance, Johnny continues to reason with Conrad, eventually convincing him he wants to help. Johnny ultimately reassures Conrad that although he's destined to go to prison, Johnny will be there for him when he gets out even if no one else is. With this, Conrad finally surrenders to the police and exits the bank with his hands on his head. A relieved and exhausted Johnny follows behind, and is complimented by Walt for his patience and great work. As Johnny leaves the scene, he watches longingly as Sarah heads home with Walt.
#1010: HERE THERE BE MONSTERS
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Inside the station, Bruce reveals that Johnny helped find a serial killer in Penobscot County. The Deputy tells Johnny she would like him to look over some of the evidence from the case and, stepping into the outer office, is joined by Sheriff James Danforth (Tim Henry). She begins searching the Internet and finds a newspaper story on Johnny and the serial murderer Bruce alluded to earlier. As she reviews the article, she tells the sheriff she believes Johnny was involved in the Penobscot murders and that he led the Bangor sheriff to arrest someone else to cover his own tracks. She also states that with their crime scene being linked by ritual satanic elements and Johnny claiming to have supernatural powers, there has got to be a connection. Deputy Simmons goes back into the room and presents Johnny with the evidence from the previous night's murders. As he goes through a few of the items including a muddy sneaker, a hacksaw, and a Ken doll, he sees different visions of a young girl running through a forest, branches of a tree being arranged in the shape of a pentagram, and the face of Tom Reed (Patrick Keating), the father of the murdered girl. Picking up a dagger, Johnny begins whispering to himself fragmented sentences of some strange language. When he comes out of the vision, Johnny tells the astounded officers that the murder was a ritual sacrifice and the dagger was used as the murder weapon in one of the killings.
Later that day, Sheriff Danforth tells Doug Martin (Michael David Simms), the local prosecutor, that he would like to hold Johnny for a while to try to tie him to the evidence. Martin searches for a charge and comes up with an antiquated local ordinance defining witchcraft which, given Johnny's psychic abilities, he believes will stick. Johnny is later shocked when Danforth places him under arrest for practicing witchcraft.
In the interrogation office, Johnny meets with Gabriel Barnes (Benjamin Ratner), the public defender, to discuss his case. Gabriel explains that Johnny needs to go before the judge in order to set bail. When Gabriel asks Johnny if he is in fact a witch, Johnny explains that he does see things that no one else can, but he is by no means considered a witch. At the courthouse, Doug Martin asks the judge, Donald Wilson (Tom Butler), to hold Johnny pending trial. Wilson is very reluctant, but eventually agrees. The trial begins with Martin explaining to the court that witchcraft is defined as "the practice and belief in supernatural abilities, including the divination of future and past events." He proceeds by recognizing that according to newspaper reports from Bangor, Maine, this is exactly what Johnny does. Bruce is then called to the stand and as he is questioned, Dana Bright (Kristen Dalton) quietly enters the courtroom. The Judge calls for a recess and in the break, Johnny tells Bruce that in order to be safe, he wants Bruce to leave town immediately. Johnny also tells Dana how he saw the father of the murdered girl in a vision and can't quite put his finger on how he's related to the murders. Minutes before the trial gets under way again, Johnny tells Gabriel he wants to take the stand in order to convince the people of the town that he is a human being and there is no reason to be afraid of him.
Later on the stand, Johnny tells the court he has always used his psychic abilities in positive ways to help people. Doug Martin then hands Johnny a hair clip of Cathy Reed (Jacqueline Bennett), the daughter who is still missing. As Johnny reaches out for the clip, he sees a vision of Cathy sitting at a table and hears boat sounds in the background. When the vision ends, Johnny tells the court Cathy is alive, sending the locals into an uproar as they demand he tell them where she is. The judge clears everyone out of the court and Johnny immediately finds Dana to tell her that Cathy is on a boat in the harbor.
Dana goes directly to Deputy Simmons and Sheriff Danforth to urge them to begin searching the harbor. Suddenly, a group of locals led by Eddie Wolcott (Scott Heindl) comes marching up, demanding to speak with Johnny. The mob enters the courtroom just as the judge is ruling that Johnny has broken no enforceable laws and that he has not appeared to use his powers to harm anyone. The mob swarms Johnny and drags him out of the courthouse. As hands grab him, he sees visions of gasoline being splashed on his face and someone near him cracking open an emergency flare, igniting it in a blazing fire. The vision ends and as the crowd demands to know the whereabouts of Cathy, Johnny explains he must go to the crime scene. They proceed to the location and Johnny is surrounded by the mob as he stands next to the pentagram. Johnny can see Tom Reed looking on as if he knows something terrible is about to happen. Suddenly, Eddie Wolcott throws Johnny to the ground, and as he does, Johnny is struck with a vision. He sees Mary Reed (Jane Sowerby), the deceased mother, kill her daughter, Susan Reed (Kristen Prout), in a sacrificial ritual while speaking the same strange language Johnny uttered in his earlier vision. He then sees a terrified Cathy kill her mother and the vision ends. Meanwhile, Dana is at the harbor with Sheriff Danforth when Cathy is found hiding inside a yacht, which Tom Reed takes care of when the owner is away. Back at the crime scene, a horrified Johnny sees another vision of Tom Reed ushering his sobbing daughter Cathy to the yacht and slamming the door behind them. Johnny tells Tom he knows he's been hiding Cathy ever since she killed her own mother, after her mother killed Susan. Outraged at Johnny's accusations, the mob grabs Johnny and fastens him to the tree, splashing gasoline in his face. Just as Eddie Wolcott lights the flare and the mob, including Deputy Simmons, is about to burn Johnny at the stake, Sheriff Danforth steps in, firing his shotgun to stop the frenzy. Dana walks Cathy into the clearing and Cathy explains to her father that she tried to stay quiet on the yacht, but the police burst in. With that, Johnny is set free.
#1011: DINNER WITH DANA
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As the evening progresses, other characters from Johnny's life show up as psychic projections, intruding on his dinner with Dana. First, he gets dating advice from Bruce (John L. Adams). Then, he sees Sarah (Nicole deBoer), who pointedly reminds him that Dana is known to be promiscuous. Meanwhile, Dana realizes that Johnny is having visions by the expression on his face and insists that he tell her everything he sees. As the two begin their first course, Johnny takes the corkscrew from Dana to open the wine and is struck by a vision of Dana and Purdy (David Ogden Stiers) having an intimate discussion about the "pretend" date. When the vision ends and Johnny tells Dana what he saw, Dana admits that she had a relationship with Purdy, but they're now just good friends.
Pulling out an old yearbook from her bag, Dana asks Johnny to tell her about his relationship with Sarah. Simultaneously, Johnny looks up and sees a vision of Bruce advising him not to talk about Sarah during the date. When Johnny touches the yearbook, he is transported back to the past in a vision in which he and his beloved Sarah are at a carnival playfully discussing their future together. As he reveals what he's seen, Dana studies him carefully, jealous that Sarah obviously means so much to him. Touching Johnny's wrist as he clears the table, Dana sends him into another vision in which every door in the room is slamming shut and the sound of a little girl crying to be let out is coming from behind each door. When the vision ends and the room returns to normal, Johnny is left confused.
Meanwhile, Max Cassidy is drinking at a local country western bar with a pretty young woman named Saundra (Leila Johnson). As the two get drunk, Max reveals he's upset about what just happened with Dana. Back at Johnny's house, Dana invites Johnny to dance while they wait for their main course to come out of the oven. In the midst of a slow dance, Johnny sees visions of multiple Danas dancing with different men. As his attraction to Dana builds and is reciprocated, Johnny struggles to ignore these visions until he sees one of the men dancing with Dana slap her across the face. He reacts, and Dana confides that Max, her ex-boyfriend, was abusive when they were together. Her admission draws them closer, and as they move into a heartfelt kiss, Johnny is hit with another vision of the two of them making love. He breaks off the kiss and leads Dana upstairs to his bedroom. Soon after falling into each other's arms, Johnny starts seeing visions of Sarah, Purdy, his mother Vera (Anna Hagan), Walt (Chris Bruno), and Dr. Tran (Rick Tae), one after the other. Frustrated by the intrusions, Johnny is finally able to get his visions under some control, and the "visitors" disappear one by one.
Back at the country western bar, Max and Saundra are making out in the back alley when Max suddenly turns on Saundra and begins punching her repeatedly. Meanwhile, as Johnny watches Dana sleep, he is struck by a vision of two blinding lights. Dana awakens and Johnny tells her what he saw. Suddenly, as before, he sees a vision of every door in the room slamming shut and a little girl is heard crying out for help. When the vision ends, the room returns to normal, and Dana gets dressed to head back downstairs.
Later that same evening in the back alley of the bar, Walt watches as Saundra is taken away in an ambulance. He gives a description of the suspect and his car to the other sheriff's personnel at the scene. Across town, Max, now bloodied and scratched, parks his car near Dana's townhouse.
Back at Johnny's house, Dana withdraws in the aftermath of their lovemaking and calls a cab to take her home. As she's leaving, Johnny gets another vision of the shutting doors. He finally asks Dana what it all means, and she reveals that her father used to lock her up in her room to keep her out of trouble when he left the house. Dana pretends not to be bothered by her past, but Johnny senses the truth.
As Dana leaves, Johnny sees the two bright lights once again. He heads to the kitchen to clean up, and when he touches Dana's dish he again sees the bright lights, but this time the lights are followed by flashes of Dana being hit by Max's car in the middle of the road. When Dana arrives home and gets out of the cab, Max turns on his engine and hits the headlights. Turning, Dana shields her eyes as Max stomps on the gas. But before he can hit her, Walt's cruiser skids to a stop in front of him and he leaps out, pointing a gun at Max's head. Max is thrown into the squad car just as Johnny roars around the corner. Walt thanks Johnny for calling to alert him to the situation and Johnny comforts a shaken Dana as he escorts her inside.
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Concluding the fiery streak was a meteor, Johnny goes to see an astronomer (Michelle Harrison) at the local observatory to explain what he's seen in his vision, and tells her that people are going to die unless she can identify the meteor and reveal exactly where it's going to hit. Although she is highly skeptical, she reluctantly agrees to help if Johnny can provide more specific information about what he saw. As they shake hands goodbye, Johnny sees the woman vanish like a flickering flame, just like the old man.
Johnny leaves the observatory in search of the mountain he saw in his vision, and is driving down a country highway when he is pulled over by a patrolman. As Johnny hands over his license and registration, he hears the same loud roar and the officer suddenly vanishes, ending the vision. Johnny tells him he is looking for a specific mountain, and the officer directs him to a scenic turn-off down the road. Parking the car at the turn-off, Johnny follows a topographical map along a narrow brush-lined path towards the mountain he thinks was the one he saw in his earlier vision. Suddenly, he hears the loud roar once again, and is blinded by a bright light above.
When this latest vision ends, Johnny is disoriented and loses his balance, sending him tumbling down a steep incline into the vegetation below. As he catches his breath, he realizes his leg is bleeding badly. Crawling over to his cane in agony, Johnny sees a vision of Walt (Chris Bruno) and a search party discovering his dead body, frozen during the cold night. Terrified, Johnny knows he must get out of the cold in order to survive.
Johnny stumbles to the opening of a rocky cleft nearby, and once inside, he sees a vision of a group of college kids partying and drinking beer there. Johnny watches as one of the kids tosses a lighter behind a rock, and when the vision ends, he reaches behind the same rock and finds the lighter. As he begins to gather kindling for a fire, he picks up an antler fragment and hears the low beating of a drum. Slowly turning towards the sound, Johnny sees a Native American, a shaman from centuries past, with his eyes closed and a knife carved of the same antler pressed against his chest. A sharp pain suddenly shoots up Johnny's leg and when he screams out in pain, the shaman turns and looks right at him! Realizing that Johnny is holding the same antler shard, the amazed shaman instantly understands that the two of them are connected in some way. When Johnny then drops his antler fragment, the shaman suddenly disappears from his view.
Later in the day, Johnny hears the faint sound of drumming and picks up the antler one more time. The shaman is drumming quietly when Johnny appears to him again out of thin air. As he takes a few steps closer, the shaman starts blurting out phrases in a foreign tongue, obviously defensive and confused. Struggling for communication, Johnny attempts to tell the shaman that it's possible he is having visions of the past, that the shaman is having visions of the future, and that the antler shard is the link between them. Hearing the loud roar coming from outside once more, Johnny makes his way to the opening of the cleft, and again sees a rocky fireball smash into the side of the mountain. When the vision ends and things have quieted down, Johnny looks out across the valley and sees the same mountain across the way. Trying to locate the mountain on his map, he begins to feel faint from the cold and all of the blood he's lost from his leg. Knowing the shaman is his only human lifeline, he picks up the antler shard again, hoping this may save his life.
Meanwhile, Bruce's concern about Johnny's whereabouts leads Walt to call the local highway patrol. Walt orders a search party to comb the area where the local policeman pulled Johnny over. Back at the rocky cleft, Johnny's condition continues to worsen. The shaman is watching him try to start a fire, and realizing Johnny needs heat to survive, the shaman manages to ignite a flame from his own fire. They are a team now, and they both know it. The shaman then pulls out a medicine bag, which contains a variety of different items including a tiny blue bird egg. Touching the egg throws Johnny into a vision of the shaman as a six-year-old boy falling from a tree and hitting his head on the ground. Johnny then sees himself approaching the injured and terrified boy. When the vision ends, Johnny is startled to see a man with a cane on the shaman's drum.
Even though the two men cannot communicate verbally, they are able to understand each other through their visions. As Johnny investigates the rest of the contents in the medicine bag, he comes to realize that the shaman, since his fall as a young boy, has been seeing visions of Johnny throughout his life and they are both seeing each other using their "dead zones." Now that Johnny has seen into the shaman's past by touching the contents of his medicine bag, Johnny hands the shaman his cane to see if he can experience Johnny's past. Sure enough, the shaman picks up the cane and is suddenly swept up in a vision of Johnny's car accident. He then sees him waking up at the hospital with his new psychic abilities. The shaman is shocked, but now understands Johnny completely.
As night falls, Johnny's condition deteriorates further, and he begins to lapse in and out of consciousness. He is barely able to speak, but when the shaman grabs his hand, both are struck by a disturbing vision. The two are among the people of a tiny community, and they watch a meteor flash across the heavens, finally striking a mountain with a tremendous explosion. Time suddenly stops with the flames advancing down the slope, heading towards them. When the vision ends, Johnny realizes that the old man, the astronomer, and the cop are all descendants of the shaman, and that they'll all be wiped out if the shaman dies. Johnny knows that he was sent to the shaman in his visions to warn him about the meteor strike, and there's still time to save all those lives. Showing him the map, Johnny tells the shaman exactly where to go to get his people out of the range of the meteor. As the shaman gets on his way, he takes his antler knife from its sheath and as he lets it fall from his hand, he vanishes from the present world.
The next day, Bruce explains to Walt how Johnny saw a vision of a meteor that struck in the past, which can now be geologically proven. Bruce then radios Walt from the observatory and guides him to the same clearing Johnny first entered and the exact location where the meteor hit.
Back at the rocky cleft, Johnny is now unconscious. As the shaman returns and places his hand on Johnny's shoulder, it becomes clear that the shaman's people are migrating to safety with all of their belongings. The shaman tells Johnny that everything is going to be all right and that he is going to be rescued momentarily. The shaman then again tosses the antler away, and the vision ends. Johnny regains consciousness at the sound of a helicopter, grateful for the visions that have helped avert disaster.
1013 Destiny
b: 15-Sep-2002 pc: 1013 w: Craig Silverstein s: Michael Piller d: Robert Lieberman
NOTE: Season Finale
Michael Piller says that this is the episode that will introduce the politician, "Greg Stillson."
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Season 2
“Valley Of The Shadow” - Johnny is busy trying to connect his apocalyptic visions with Greg Stillson (Flanery), but is sidetracked when a young boy is kidnapped by a serial killer who seems to think Johnny is a prophet sent from God.
“Descent” - In part one of a two-part story, Johnny and Walt (Bruno) head into a mine shaft to try and rescue some trapped teenagers. But Walt is critically injured in the rescue and winds up fighting for his life.
“Ascent” – In the conclusion, Johnny must use his psychic abilities to try and save Walt – who is deep in a coma. As a result, Johnny is able to find out more about the man who married his fiancé…and comes face to face with an entity that may be God himself.
“The Outsider” – Johnny has a vision that a pharmaceutical company is about to release a drug for women that will affect the birth of thousands…if not millions of babies.
“Precipitate” – In one of Season Two’s best shows, Johnny gets a blood transfusion and realizes he can see into the lives of six people…one of which he knows is going to die. The rest of the episode is spent with Johnny as he tries to stop this tragedy from happening.
“Scars” – Determined to stop Stillson from winning the election, Johnny uses his powers to team up with the opposition, Harrison Fisher (Gerald McRaney). But when Johnny finds out a dark secret about Fisher’s past, will he be able to continue to support him?
“Misbegotten”– This is the weakest episode of the season, as Johnny is kidnapped by three women who hope he can use his abilities to solve a murder that happened in an abandoned house many years ago.
“Cabin Pressure” - Flying home a commercial airliner with Reverend Purdy (David Ogden Stiers), Johnny foresees the plane exploding. He must now convince the pilot and crew to listen to him or face disaster.
“The Man Who Never Was” – Robert Culp guest stars in this great episode that has him playing a man with a secret past.
“Dead Men Tell Tales” - Johnny saves the life of a mob boss when he warns him about an upcoming hit. But he soon finds out that he may have caused the wrong man to get killed.
“Playing God” - This is not only my favorite Dead Zone episode, it’s one of the best hours of television I have ever watched. Johnny throws a party for an old high school buddy (Lochlyn Munro) who is in desperate need of a heart transplant. But when Johnny’s visions show that his buddy’s sister (Ally Sheedy) must die in order to give her brother a heart, Johnny must make the difficult choice in selecting which one of his friends are going to die. It’s a powerful, moving episode that really showcases what is great about this series.
“Zion” - Johnny’s physical therapist, Bruce (John L. Adams), attends the funeral of his father (Louis Gossett, Jr.) and finds himself using Johnny’s powers to go back and find out what his life may have been like if he had followed in his father’s footsteps. Another powerful episode, with some great acting from Gossett and Adams.
Note: It was here that the 13-episode second season of The Dead Zone was supposed to end, but USA commissioned six more shows – intended to focus more on action and less on the ongoing storylines. These additional episodes became known as “The Summer Six” – which actually consisted of seven episodes, since one was included from the original thirteen that was delayed for political reasons (it is noted below).
“The Storm” - While Johnny’s friends plan an “intervention” for him at one of Purdy’s country retreats, Johnny sees the coming of a great storm – one whose powerful force may have something to do with his psychic abilities.
“Plague” – At the school science fair, Johnny foresees all the children of the town getting sick and dying. He must now convince a government investigator (Stephen Tobolowsky) that the plague is real – even though there is no apparent trace of it.
“Deja Voodoo” – After meeting an attractive young woman (Reiko Aylesworth) at a restaurant, Johnny must live the same moments over and over again – until he can prevent her death…and his own.
“The Hunt” – This is the episode that was originally made as part of Season Two’s first thirteen shows, and had its airdate postponed. In it, the United States government hires Johnny to help track down a noted Arab terrorist…one who might be using a dialysis machine. The noted terrorist is never mentioned by name, but it’s more than clear in the episode who they are referring to. The episode’s airing was postponed due to the American invasion of Iraq near the time it was originally scheduled to air.
“The Mountain” – On a fishing trip with Walt, Sarah (deBoer) and his son, Johnny has a vision of a plane crash that happened a few years back. The four of them are led by a local ranger into the mountains to search for the downed plane…but the ranger has an agenda of his own that has to do with the cargo the plane was reportedly carrying.
“The Combination” – Johnny foresees the death of a fighter in a championship bout, but can’t convince him that the fight will end in his demise.
“Visions” – Returning to the ongoing storyline from earlier in the season (and hinted at in each of the “Summer Six” episodes), the conclusion to Season Two has Johnny encounter a strange visitor (Frank Whaley) from the future who may just know the answer to Johnny’s visions about the end of the world. As with the first season, we get a great cliffhanger here – setting up Season Three (currently airing on the USA Network – Sunday Nights!).
EPISODE PREMIERE:
June 16, 2002
LOGLINE:
After six years in a coma following a near-fatal car accident, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) awakens to find he has the gift of second sight.
Six-year-old Johnny Smith is skating on a pond in Cleaves Mills, Maine when a young hockey player accidentally slams into him. Knocked unconscious by the collision, Johnny sees a subliminal flash of a player trapped under the ice and murmurs a warning as he comes to. When the player crosses the pond to retrieve his hockey stick, the ice cracks and he disappears into the water, mirroring Johnny's terrifying vision. Forming a human chain, the players and coach manage to rescue the boy with only moments to spare.
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June 23, 2002
Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) uses his psychic powers to help solve a serial murder case.
Following Johnny's (Anthony Michael Hall) terrifying vision of Allison (Emily Holmes), Johnny and Bruce (John L. Adams) rush over to the young nurse's home, afraid she has already been murdered. But when the two break in to investigate, Allison is gone and there is no sign of a struggle.
June 30, 2002
Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) gains trust in his powers after they enable him to save a star high school athlete from a life-threatening heart condition.
While strolling leisurely through town, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) is approached by a homeless woman who warns, "Heed the still, small voice when it comes." Puzzled, he looks at the helpless woman and realizes that it is his mother, Vera (Anna Hagan), whom he believed to be dead. Johnny reaches out to help her, but she takes off down the street yelling, "His work is great upon the earth," and "Praise the Lord." Embarrassed by the attention Vera is drawing to them, Johnny grabs her arm and turns her to him, but is taken aback by her black lifeless eyes. Suddenly, everyone in the square begins running towards him and he finds himself surrounded by people who are groping him and yelling questions at him. Awakening in a cold sweat, Johnny is relieved as he realizes it was all a nightmare.
July 7, 2002
In helping an old man find his long lost love, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) himself falls in love with the woman through visions he has of her in her youth.
At a local restaurant, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) is suddenly overcome with a vision when his date Chandra (Sarah Deakins), a friend of Sarah's (Nicole deBoer), touches his hand. In his vision, the two are at the same restaurant and Chandra is telling him that she knows he'll never get over Sarah as tears well up in her eyes. Disturbed by what he sees, Johnny pulls his hand away and the vision abruptly ends. When Sarah asks Johnny about his date the next morning, Johnny indicates that Chandra's not "the one." Moments later, Bruce (John L. Adams) arrives with Arthur Allen (George Murdock), a man in his 70's, and Johnny's new exercise partner. When Arthur tells Johnny that he believes he recently witnessed a woman from his past - the love of his life who disappeared 55 years earlier - getting into a taxi in Manhattan, Johnny realizes that Arthur wants his help to find her. Touching Arthur's shoulder, Johnny gets a vision of what the old man claims he saw.
July 14, 2002
Johnny is called to serve on a jury and uses his powers to uncover the real facts in the case.
When Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) receives a jury summons in the mail, he is immediately struck by a vision of the members of a jury individually declaring a "guilty" verdict. As the vision ends, Johnny is left with the sight of the jury, expectantly awaiting his vote.
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July 21, 2002
Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) experiences disturbing visions in his home that lead him to discover the truth about his mother's death.
Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) and Bruce (John L. Adams) are busy restoring a vintage Jeep when Johnny notices three neighborhood children spying on him with binoculars. Creeping over to the bushes where the kids are hiding, Johnny takes them by surprise and they dash off down the street. Later that day, Johnny is alone in his house looking over his mother's will when he hears the sound of footsteps and sees dark shadows moving up the stairs. Assuming that the neighborhood kids are toying with him again, Johnny goes upstairs, but finds nothing. Entering his mother Vera's (Anna Hagan) bathroom, he hears a strange gurgling sound and blood suddenly begins gushing from the tub drain, spilling onto the white tile floor. Rushing back into the bedroom to escape the river of blood, he is left horrified as the vision abruptly ends and the blood disappears. Badly shaken by what he's seen, Johnny tells Sarah (Nicole deBoer) he's concerned that the vision is indicating that something awful might have happened to his mother, even though he was told she died peacefully in her sleep.
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July 28, 2002
While trying to rescue a runaway teen, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) is exposed to mind-altering drugs which have a uniquely adverse effect on his brain.
Johnny sees a vision of a 16-year-old runaway named Jill Deer (Julie Patzwald) at a desolate warehouse in Portland and immediately goes in search of her. Moving through the old warehouse, Johnny, Walt (Chris Bruno) and Officer Kohlan (Karen Holness) suddenly detect an unusual ammonia smell that leads them to Jill and four other teens, including Jill's boyfriend Scott (Jesse Moss) and good friend Tammy (Sarah Lind), working secretly around a lab table. As Walt and Officer Kohlan move in on the group, Scott knocks over the table to block Kohlan's approach, sending various containers of liquid spilling to the floor. Walt and Kohlan take off after the fleeing teens, but Johnny is paralyzed when he is caught in a cloud of fumes and he passes out.
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EPISODE PREMIERE:
August 4, 2002
Struck with a vision of a fiery explosion, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) must distinguish between his dream world and reality in order to prevent a disaster.
A confused Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) awakens one morning to hear Sarah (Nicole deBoer) calling him to breakfast. Reaching for his cane that isn't in its usual place, Johnny scans the room, which is decorated with a distinctly feminine touch and sees that he hasn't been sleeping alone. Puzzled, Johnny pushes himself to his feet and prepares to take an agonizing step, but realizes that the severe pain in his leg has miraculously vanished. Moving across the room, he is surprised by little Johnny (Dominic Louis) who says, "Morning, Dad," on his way downstairs.
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August 11, 2002
Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) attempts to manipulate the events during a hostage situation in a bank but each time he makes a move, the ending changes for the worse.
Johnny is watching Little Johnny Jr. (Spencer Achtymichuk) outside the Cleaves Mills Bank while Sarah (Nicole deBoer) takes care of some business inside. Sarah is chatting with bank teller Karen Hayes (Enid-Raye Adams) when local electrical contractor Conrad Hurley (Stephen E. Miller) arrives and tells Henry Spahn (Fred Keating), the bank's vice president and general manager, that he must speak with him immediately. When Henry, who is busy helping elderly customers Mr. and Mrs. Stratton (Walter Marsh, Betty Phillips), tells Conrad to wait, Conrad becomes enraged, pulls out a 12-gauge shotgun from his toolbox, and orders everyone in the bank to put their hands on their heads.
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EPISODE PREMIERE:
August 18, 2002
LOGLINE:
Johnny's (Anthony Michael Hall) life is threatened when he's charged with witchcraft in a small New England town.
Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) and Bruce (John L. Adams) are driving through the small New England town of Hobbs Landing when they decide to stop for a bite to eat at the local diner. As they enter, they realize that all the customers inside are staring at them. Johnny and Bruce sit down and as Johnny takes a sip of his water, he is struck with a disturbing vision of himself standing among an angry mob of people screaming at him. He then sees himself tied to a tree while his body is set ablaze. Confused by his vision, Johnny tells Bruce they must leave immediately. Walking out to the car, they see a uniformed officer, Deputy Nancy Simmons (Kathryn Kirkpatrick) taking down their license plate number. Johnny sees the locals from the diner step outside to watch as Deputy Simmons asks them for identification. She explains to Johnny and Bruce that a mother and her 8-year-old daughter were killed the night before, and the second daughter is still missing. Unaware of Johnny's apprehensions, Bruce mentions that Johnny has used his psychic powers to assist in these sorts of cases before. Wanting to hear more, Deputy Simmons asks the two to step inside the sheriff's station to continue their conversation.
EPISODE PREMIERE:
August 25, 2002
LOGLINE:
Things heat up between Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) and Dana (Kristen Dalton) during a "pretend" dinner date, which Dana plans to use as the basis for a cover story.
Dana Bright (Kristen Dalton) is getting dressed for a date when she suddenly realizes the music coming from her living room stereo has changed. Moving downstairs, she is temporarily blinded by the flash of a camera, and is startled when she sees that the photographer is her ex-boyfriend Max Cassidy (Callum Keith Rennie). Dana is shocked that Max has entered her home with an old set of keys, and becomes increasingly nervous when he fails to take the hint that she wants him to leave. When he starts to grab her aggressively, she reaches for a kitchen knife and forces him out of the house. After collecting herself, she heads over to Johnny's house for a "pretend" dinner date which they have planned as the basis of a story Dana is writing on Johnny. Arriving to find Johnny preparing a wonderful meal, she hands him a bottle of wine she has brought, and as his hand touches the glass, he is struck by a vision of the two of them making passionate love in his bedroom.
#1012: SHAMAN
EPISODE PREMIERE:
September 8, 2002
LOGLINE:
Johnny's (Anthony Michael Hall) visions reach across time when he joins forces with a psychic Native American shaman (Adam Beach) from centuries past to avert a major disaster.
Bruce (John L. Adams) and Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) decide to drive to a rural part of Maine to work out in the mountainous terrain. On the way they make a stop at a local gas station, and as Johnny approaches the elderly attendant, he can see the man's young grandson beside him awkwardly beating a toy drum. Johnny hands the old man a $20 bill, and as their hands touch, he is suddenly struck by a vision. The sound of the toy drum becomes much deeper until it's overwhelmed by the sound of a tremendous roar. A brilliant light suddenly illuminates the scene, and Johnny sees a fiery streak across the sky that strikes the side of the mountain in front of him. Following an incredible explosion, he sees the image of the old man wavering like a flame. Suddenly, the man vanishes, and the vision is gone.
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Original Air Date: 9/15/02
In the past Johnny Smith as a child and Greg Stilson, the son of a Bible salesman, briefly meet and Johnny has a future vision of danger. In the present Johnny has a vision of a restaurant graduation party tragedy and warns his employer, the father of a student. Stilson, now a Senatorial candidate being backed by Rev. Purdy, comes to town after the tragedy and Johnny gets visions of catastrophe in Stilson's wake. Johnny and Sara get together while in flashback we see how Stilson has been a total bastard all of his life, and that Johnny came out of his coma just as Stilson was sworn in as state representative. When they meet at a rally Johnny shakes Stilson's hand and sees him as the source of catastrophe - Washington D.C. devastated by a nuclear holocaust.
