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The Dead Zone

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  Episode Information  
Title: Wheel of Fortune
Episode Number: 1
Season: 1
Season Episode #.: 1
Production Number: 1001
Original Airdate: Sunday June 16th, 2002
9/10 (1 Vote cast)
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Country: Aired On:
Australia Dec 02, 2002
Episode Crew
Director: Robert Lieberman
Writer: Michael Piller
Story: Shawn Piller
  Episode Summary  
Johnny Smith had the perfect small-town life. He loved his job as a high school science teacher almost as much as he loved his widowed mother Vera and his fiancée Sarah. But his life was put on hold for six years after a nearly fatal car crash. The crash caused him to slip into a coma and when he finally awakens from it, he finds that everything in his life has changed. He also discovers that he has developed a psychic ability to see into the lives of others. Johnny must learn to adapt to his drastically changed life after being asleep for six years, while also learning to use his new psychic abilities.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Alvin SandersplayedPrincipal PelsonRecurring (first appearance)
Anna HaganplayedVera SmithRecurring (first appearance)
David Ogden StiersplayedRev. Gene PurdyRecurring (first appearance)
Dominic LouisplayedJohnny Bannerman Jr.Recurring (first appearance)
Emily HolmesplayedAllison ConnoverRecurring (first appearance)
Gina ChiarelliplayedNurse Elaine MacGowanRecurring (first appearance)
Michael RogersplayedFrank DoddRecurring (first appearance)
Michael St. John SmithplayedMike KennedyRecurring (first appearance)
Rick TaeplayedDr. TranRecurring (first appearance)
Bryce HodgsonplayedPlayer #1 
Campbell LaneplayedBarker #2 
Diane Ha (1)playedOlder Mother Tran 
Donald FongplayedUncle Tran 
Ed ChowplayedYounger Uncle Tran 
John HainsworthplayedBarker #1 
Justin StillwellplayedBoy Student 
Kenya Jo KennedyplayedChild in Bedroom (Molly) 
Liliane Lee (1)playedMother Tran 
Mercedes De La ZerdaplayedGirl Student #2 
Nicholas Lee (1)played3 year old Dr. Tran 
Nicole LaPlacaplayedGirl Student #1 
Victoria Billingsleyplayed6 year old Sarah 
  Main Cast  
Anthony Michael Hall (1)playedJohnny Smith
  Episode Notes  
Nicole de Boer (Sarah Bannerman) previously starred as Ezri Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which was also co-created by Michael Piller, from 1998 to 1999. In both series, her character was part of a love triangle.
 
The first season finale "Destiny" reveals that Johnny came out of his coma on September 1, 2001.
 
  Episode Quotes  
Dr. Tran: ...your brain has found a new way to work. It's taking a detour around the damage and tapping into a region of the brain that humans don't normally use to handle sensory perception. In anyone else, this part of the brain might be considered a dead zone. In your brain, the dead zone is suddenly very much alive.
 
  Episode Goofs  
Continuity: Johnny's hairstyle changes back and forth several times because of re-shoots that were done a year after the initial filming
 
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