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I had the perfect life until
I was in a coma for six years.
And then I woke up
and found my fianc�e
married to another man.
My son doesn't know
who I am.
Everything has changed
including me.
One touch and I can
see things
things that happened,
things that will happen.
You should see what I see.
Narrator:
Previously on "The Dead Zone"
I like you, Johnny.
I've always liked you.
My vision followed the heart
back to Kate to an accident
sometime in the near future.
I just don't know when.
I have two friends.
One of them's gonna die.
And it's up to me
to choose which one.
I can't see a way out, Kate.
I can't see a way out.
No.
Kate!
(honks)
I don't want her
to forgive me.
(thunder rumbles)
Radio: a few clouds, maybe a widely
scattered sprinkle or two,
nothing to spoil our
Fourth of July weekend.
If you don't like the weather in Maine,
wait a few minutes.
- Hi, guys.
- Purdy: Bruce, wonderful.
That's everyone then.
I think
we all know why we're here
Has anyone talked
to him lately?
He's not into talking.
Or listening.
If you ask me, he still hasn't gotten
over Kate's death.
It's more than Kate.
It's all of it.
It's all of the visions
every day of his life,
hundreds of them.
God has asked
a great deal of him.
In the same conditions,
any of us might begin to lose our way.
You mean the way out.
He's barely left his house in months.
The only people he lets in are the kids
he's tutoring in science this summer.
He just doesn't want
to touch anyone
and doesn't want anyone
to touch him.
I'd like to propose
an intervention,
his best friends
confronting him as a group.
I've run them for members
of our congregation.
- We have to get him out of that house.
- Oh, agreed.
I'd like to offer
the Alliance retreat at Moosehead.
I'll get him there.
How do we throw a surprise party
for a psychic?
You don't let him
touch you.
(thunder rumbles)
(doorbell rings)
- It's open!
- (door creaks)
- Oh, it's just you.
- Hey.
We were worried it might
be the fire marshal.
Welcome to
Mr.
Wizard's science lab.
Don't let me interrupt.
No, it's cool.
Okay,
so, same flour as before.
Put on your goggles, guys.
What's up, Mr.
Smith?
You gonna smoke that?
No.
I'm going to disperse it.
Okay?
- Cool!
- Boy: Whoa.
Johnny: Not bad.
Now what happened is,
when I blew the flour
out of the tube,
the compacted
particles became dispersed
allowing the oxygen molecules
in the air to feed the fire.
- That's how it works.
- (beeping)
You guys lucked out.
That's it for today.
Please, do not try this at home!
And I'll see you on Monday.
I've never actually seen
the old John in action.
I used to be a pretty good
teacher in my day.
You still are.
Oh, yeah?
Thanks, man.
Hey, let's get out of here.
I've planned us a day trip.
Naw, I think I'm just going to stick
around the house this weekend,
holiday traffic and all that.
You've been sticking around
the house for months, John.
Come on,
let's get some fresh air.
Bruce, I cannot control what happens
outside that door, man.
At least here,
I have control.
And
the chance
to just be the old John
with a couple of kids that are
just trying to pass chemistry.
I'm glad you're here, you know.
I love you and I appreciate you, so
- Uh
- What's up?
Let's go get some fresh air, John.
Let's go for a ride!
What is it with you
and this day trip?
You really don't want me
to touch you, do you?
- Nn nn
- Oh, that's okay.
So what, were we going to pick
everyone else up on the way there?
No thanks.
Bruce, I don't need
an intervention.
You have friends that
are worried about you, John.
You're gonna hear
what they have to say.
And when we get there,
you're gonna act surprised.
- I'm not going.
- One way or another, you're going.
I'm fully committed
to putting you into the car
and I will do whatever it takes
to get you into the car.
We can do this
any way you like.
Read my lips:
I am not going.
If you let me go, I'll tell you how
you're gonna break that leg.
- Break my leg?
- Yeah.
Big white cast
clump, clump, clumping along,
about six weeks.
I can save you all that pain.
Liar.
You didn't see
any broken leg.
Okay.
Suit yourself.
Suit yourself.
You know how your skin gets
all red and itchy underneath the cast
- when you can't scratch it?
- Not funny.
(Johnny chuckles)
I thought it was funny.
(radio playing '50s music)
- You want a couple of sodas to go?
- Yeah, I'll have a Pepsi.
(theme music playing)
* Oooh *
* Fall in love, fall in love,
fall in love *
* Fall in love *
* Feel no shame
for what you are *
* Feel no shame for what
you are *
* Feel no shame
for what you are *
* Fall in love,
fall in love *
* Fall in love.
*
Sir, there's going to be a storm.
A big storm
like a tornado.
I'm not sure when.
But it will be soon.
- It won't be safe here.
- This is Johnny Smith.
I've known him a long time.
He has psychic abilities.
- Believe him.
- This is a rib?
Did Wally from the car lot
send you over
Sir, I know you don't
believe me.
But when the storm comes,
and it will come,
remember what I said.
Don't wait, and don't think.
Just get people out of harm's way.
Get them to safety.
All right? Those people
will die if they don't take cover.
Bruce: You best be on
the level with this
'cause if you're just trying to get out
of this intervention, it's not working.
How many times do I have
to see something like this?
How many people have to die
inside my head before I go crazy?
Why do I have to live
with these things?
I'm just a human being, right?
- You may have saved lives back there.
- There's too many lives to save.
There's too many lives
I can't save.
- Look, John
- I can't do this anymore.
I can't have these visions
inside my head anymore.
What do you wanna do?
I mean, about the storm?
(thunder rumbles)
There's an airfield west of here.
It's a little out of the way.
I suggest we find somebody tied into
the weather service and warn them.
Man, come on, get in.
We'll backtrack this way
and I'll call the guys and let
them know we're gonna be late.
There is nothing on the weather map
that even begins to suggest
Ms.
Donahue,
I don't know to tell you.
If Johnny saw it,
it will happen.
I'm sorry but I can't put out
an emergency advisory based on
a psychic vision.
Here, look at the radar yourself.
These are WSR-88D images
from the Doppler radar at Gray, Maine.
The dark green is precipitation.
You've got a little up by the border.
Light shower
over in Aroostook
Couldn't a little green thing
turn into a big green thing?
We use a sophisticated system called
the Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm
to identify potential supercells.
And there isn't one in sight.
Yeah, and
you're never wrong.
Well, of course, we're wrong sometimes.
We're the weathermen.
But we've only had one
MDA detection failure
that I know in this region.
And that was
eight years ago.
It was June 6, 1995,
near Lake Cobbosseecontee.
What?
What did you say?
June 6th?
I remember that storm.
June 6th.
That was the day
of my accident.
Well, if they're going
to be awhile,
I invite you to take
advantage of the setting.
Anyone want to go for a swim?
Walt: You wanna
go for a swim? Now?
It's a lake, Walt.
You brought a bathing suit
to an intervention?
Who said anything
about a suit?
Maybe we should have an intervention
for you while we're waiting for Johnny.
I'm sure Dana recalls
from earlier visits
that we keep a wide variety
of swimwear for our guests.
If you're interested, I'm sure
you'll find something that fits.
If you're hungry, the chef has set up
some lovely salmon for lunch.
Please make yourselves
at home.
If anyone needs me, I'll be taking
a constitutional along the lake.
Suit yourselves.
I'm going for a swim.
How many times
have we've been through this?
Tell them what's gonna happen,
they say it's impossible.
They show us why it's impossible
and then it happens.
It doesn't always happen.
Sometimes you can change it.
Unless I can't.
Like Kate?
(thunder crashes)
Like a storm.
- How far are we from the cafe?
- Five, six miles.
Listen, we need to get back there
and make sure that guy believed me.
Hail.
Damn!
We've gotta pull over.
Man, it's really
coming down.
- We have to get out of this car.
- What?
Are you crazy?
We can't go out in this.
Look, I'm psychic and I'm telling you
we've got to get out of this car.
Come on!
Get out!
My car
I don't see my car.
Johnny:
What the hell!
Man
- Hey, hey! Hey! Hey!
- Hey (whistles)
- Hey wait!
- Slow down!
- Thank you!
- Slow down!
Thank you very much.
That's five, five "good" people
who looked right at us
and made a conscious decision
to ignore us.
We're officially hitchhikers now,
and a lot of people won't
pick up hitchhikers, Bruce.
No, this is all your fault.
Yeah, yeah,
you lost the karma.
What? Please!
Don't blame my karma.
You turned your back on the world
now the world's turning its back on us.
- Oh my
- Yeah!
Please.
Eeh!
Aha! I don't see you giving
my karma credit now.
- See? Look at that.
- Hey, hey.
Oh my Lord.
I don't believe it.
I was right.
It is you!
It is Johnny Smith, Mitch.
- Mitch: I don't believe it.
- Oh my God.
What are you doing out here, Johnny?
You boys need a lift?
We had a little car trouble,
got caught in the storm.
- What storm?
- Didn't you see it?
No, we've had beautiful
weather all morning.
We'd be honored
honored to have you join us
in our traveling
home-away-from-home.
Climb in.
Johnny Smith in our Winnebago.
Wait till the girls back home
hear about this.
You won't believe it
but we just drove by your house
in Cleaves Mills yesterday
hoping to catch a glimpse of you.
Mitch and Flo McMurtry.
Whoa.
We're from
Independence, Missouri.
Uh, that's Mitch Junior,
and little Fiona there
completes our family.
Say hi to Johnny Smith
and Johnny Smith's friend, kids.
- Bruce Lewis.
- Hey, John, do me a favor
and touch the kids and tell me
if they'll go to Ivy League schools.
(snickers)
- I'm just pulling your leg.
- (laughing)
But you can touch them if you want.
I don't mind.
So, are you an important someone
in Johnny's life, Bruce?
Friend and physical therapist.
Well, you've done
a wonderful job with him.
He's walking so well now.
Who'da thunk it after
that kind of a terrible accident?
Y'all really seem to know
a lot about John.
I've always had an interest
in the paranormal.
- Flo herself is a fire starter.
- Oh, stop it; I am not.
- She is, she is.
- Those were accidents.
I did have something very strange
happen to me once.
But I'm sure people bother you all
the time with their personal histories.
- I don't want to
- Go on, he wants to hear it.
Don't you, John?
Please.
Well Mitch Junior.
He was outside playing
at a friend's house in the field
when he was a toddler.
And there was this snake.
Meanwhile, I'm in the bathtub
with my eyes closed.
And it's like I could almost
hear him crying in my mind.
And I just knew he'd been bit.
So I jumped up,
I ran across
the street half-dressed.
They said in the emergency room,
a few minutes later
would have been too late.
It's the only time
I've ever felt anything like that.
Call it a mother's intuition,
I don't know.
But it sure does make you wonder
where it comes from.
If you find out,
let me know.
For me, on that day,
there's no doubt
in my mind.
It was a gift from God.
It was
a gift from God.
They're ice cold.
Some of them are frozen.
Absolutely the most
startling thing I've ever seen.
No miracle here, Reverend.
I read about
raining fish in National Geographic.
Apparently all you need is
a waterspout in a thunderstorm,
it sucks the fish up into the clouds
then dumps them miles away.
But it's not raining.
Apparently it happens,
not just with fish, but birds as well.
And there were those toads
in Mexico and blood too.
Blood?
Yeah, "rains of blood" have been
reported since ancient civilization
all over the world.
Probably just some red dust
mixed with water, you know?
I see you found something
that almost fits.
You could use some color
in your face yourself, Sarah
now that you're finally
out of the kitchen.
Phone lines were down.
I couldn't get through to the office.
There you go,
there's your storm.
What about cell phones?
Sorry, one of the blessings
of the retreat there's no reception.
Are these things edible?
Call 911.
Keep the kids inside.
John, be careful!
You've got live power lines.
There are people alive in there.
Hello?!
Can you hear me?
(faint voice calls)
- Hello?
- Man: We're here.
- Is anybody hurt, sir?
- No.
As soon as I heard the freight train,
I started to think of what you said
- and I moved them into the basement.
- What do you mean freight train?
That's what it sounded like.
Only we got no tracks out here.
- I'm gonna need a hand here, Mark.
- Okay, got it?
How many people were hurt?
Mitch: Johnny
we'd love to stay but this is a little
too exciting for the missus and me.
We're heading down south
to Graceland next.
- Thanks for your help, Mitch.
- Sure.
Sorry, I had to do that.
Everyone at home will ask
if I touched Johnny Smith.
Mitch:
So? What did you see?
- Mitch, stop.
- No.
What did you see?
I really don't wanna know.
Unless, of course, it's something
very bad.
No, no, I just
I saw a safe trip.
- Okay, teammates, we're on our way.
- We're hitting the road.
- Mitch, wash your hands for dinner.
- Here we go.
Mitch:
It's Graceland or bust.
(honks)
How's your algorithm?
Embarrassed.
I don't understand it.
It never showed up on radar.
Nothing on the satellite coverage.
Are these satellites pictures
taken in intervals?
Every 15 minutes.
Radar every six minutes.
I guess it could have happened
between intervals,
although this kind of damage
it's hard to believe.
Based on the visual evidence, I'd almost
want to guess an F3 event except
I'd hate to use the word
"impossible" twice in one day.
Except what?
In its entire recorded history,
Maine's never had an F3.
What are your systems
showing now?
Mesocyclone Strength Index
for this area is at 12.
Ohhh
Yeah, that means what exactly?
It means a 62% chance this storm will
result in additional tornado activity.
The lake.
It's moving toward Moosehead.
He's a walking
early warning system, isn't he?
Look, they're in danger.
We've got to warn them.
There's still time.
We were supposed
to meet friends there.
Lot of tourists up there
this weekend.
But phone lines all over north county
were knocked out by the storm.
We've got to outrun it.
Can you give us a lift?
Let's go.
Donahue: I was 14
when I saw my first one.
I was coming out of
a movie theater outside Nashville.
"Rambo II.
" The boy I was with
was a huge Sly fan.
Bobby Tucci.
He was older and I wasn't
supposed to be out with him.
My parents didn't like him so I lied
to them about where I was going.
Anyway, we're coming out
and the sky was
this dark mustard green.
And everything was still.
You could just feel
something was wrong.
And then we saw it,
like a shoestring in the sky.
And then Bobby jerk
he takes off,
just takes off and leaves me
standing there.
See, your parents were
right about him.
Yeah, that's exactly
what I was thinking.
So running
across the street
and I can hear myself saying
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
"
Like the storm was
coming for me, you know?
Just because I'd been out
with Bobby Tucci.
I duck into a Shakey's Pizza where
they they're having a birthday party
for some kids, all with these
silver party hats on.
And we crawl under the tables
and there's this is one kid
sitting under the table
eating his pepperoni pizza
like nothing's happening.
And I'm closing my eyes
and I'm swearing out loud
that I will never go out
with Bobby again.
- Did you?
- Hell no.
I know better
than to tempt the fates.
Anyway, when it was over,
we came out
the other side of the street
was gone.
It was gone.
And the movie theater,
that I'd just come out of,
was gone.
And our side was untouched.
It's hard to accept
the idea of random,
we all like explanations,
a way to make sense
of things that don't make any sense.
I guess I've spent my life
trying to make sense of that day.
You haven't made
my job any easier today.
Uh-oh, what's this?
Bruce: Looks like
they closed the road.
Walt: It seems like we've got a real
summertime storm moving in here, huh?
Yeah, I just wish we could call home.
I wonder if JJ's all right.
JJ's fine, he's not afraid
of a little thunder.
You know he's got
the science fair coming up?
Already?
Didn't we just build
a papier-m�ch� volcano?
That was a year ago.
- No, come on.
- Yes.
What else can we make
out of papier-m�ch�?
Actually, I was thinking that
maybe Johnny
could help him this year.
I thought it might be
good for them.
And Johnny used
to teach science.
Yeah, I know.
And he's his father
and all that but
And you're his father too,
a wonderful one.
I don't know, I just -
maybe you could all
work on it together.
Yeah, that'll be fun.
It was just an idea.
Have you thought any more about
giving JJ a little brother or sister?
Yeah, I've given it
a lot of thought.
And?
And, um
well, I realized that I do miss
having a baby in the house.
And I'm not getting
any younger
Nope, you're just getting
more beautiful.
Wow, it's like the temperature
just dropped 10 degrees.
- Wanna go inside?
- Yeah.
- Donahue: Great, the road's blocked.
- Bruce: What is it, a carnival?
Man: Get some rope
or something so we can tie it off.
- Man #2: That's good, good.
- Man #3: It's too heavy!
Clear this stuff out of here
so we can wrap it around.
You guys see
what the problem is.
I'm gonna check the readings
on my equipment.
Bruce:
What happened?
Damn tree fell
right in front of the truck.
We were supposed to be at the Penobscot
fairgrounds hours ago.
I know you.
Yeah, you've probably
seen him on TV.
No, not TV.
Years ago you took me
to the cleaners.
Most amazing run on the wheel
I ever saw.
That's a face I'll never forget
as long as I live.
- You remember that night?
- Yeah.
The MDA is showing two
symmetric 2-D circulations
at different elevations
right above us.
Are we chasing this storm
or is this storm chasing us?
We're going to try and move this tree.
Can you give us a hand over here?
Welcome to the fold.
Wait! Get back!
Get back!
Move, move, move!
- (screaming)
- Run! Get away from it!
Oh God!
Johnny Smith.
Girl:
Mommy!
Mommy!
Mommy?!
Honey, honey, oh!
It's okay.
You're okay.
Thank you so very much.
God bless you.
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
I wonder where
Johnny and Bruce are.
I hope they're not
caught in this.
Dana: Have I ever mentioned
that I have a
thing about thunder
and lightning,
ever since my dad left me home alone
in a storm when I was five?
Here's a little tea.
Perhaps this'Il
Okay.
Does anyone have
a doll I can hold?
You don't have any idea
what I'm talking about.
- Bruce: I see some coincidences.
- It's the same carnival.
- John, they tour New England.
- A storm that doesn't show up on radar,
just like the one in '95, a storm
that appears to be following us?
- You said so yourself.
- John, a joke, that's all it was.
Toni, would you tell him that storms
do not have a mind of their own?
Storms do not have
a mind of their own.
Of course, I still wouldn't go out
with Bobby Tucci if he called.
Okay, I'm reading a weak
rotational couplet at 2106 UTC.
Not good.
Listen, if we'd left if we drove
in the opposite direction,
maybe we could draw the storm.
I know
it's gonna sound crazy but what if
It's crazy.
What if it follows us?
John I've seen some
strange things around you.
- What you're saying
- What?
It's the weather!
There it is, an unstable
sheared environment, right turning cell.
We need to find
shelter and soon.
We're five minutes away
from the retreat.
This'll calm you down.
Cooking sherry?
You'd be surprised what you can
find in the kitchen.
Touch�.
Ugh, that's bad.
I'll have another.
I hope you don't do a lot
of this during the day.
Only in emergencies.
I think I'll join you for one.
Sarah
I'm sorry.
- For what?
- You know.
The mouth.
Don't worry.
I can give as good as I get.
We're not going
to be pals now, are we?
I don't think so.
Good.
Because
that would be hard
Yeah.
considering how
we both feel about Johnny.
Look, I don't know
what you think is going on,
but Johnny is my best friend.
And he'll always be
my best friend.
When are you going
to face it, Sarah?
I can be his best friend.
You can't.
He is too deep inside of you
and you are too deep inside of him.
You wanna know
what I think is going on?
I think there isn't
a day in your life
that you don't wonder
how it might be with Johnny.
And how you might
break it to Walt,
but you keep seeing
his "Gentle Ben" face
as you tell the poor ***.
Walt is a good man.
And he deserves someone
who really loves him
and only him.
I think that you hate yourself
because you can't
give him that.
Well, you're wrong.
In fact, Walt and I are talking
about having a baby
not that it's any
business of yours.
I don't know why
I even told you.
Don't you?
Purdy:
Johnny.
I know this must look
rather strange.
It's not exactly
what we intended.
- Your friends have gotten together
- We can't do this now, Gene.
I understand how
you must feel but
No, no, what he means is we can't
do this now.
This is Toni Donahue,
she's a stringer for
the National Weather Service.
There's a tornado forming along
the lake, maybe more than one.
No, stay away
from the windows.
- Is there a basement here?
- Storage room but it's small.
- It'll have to do.
- This way, through the kitchen.
Leave it!
(window breaks)
Come on.
Donahue:
Get down.
Move, keep moving!
Come on.
Hurry!
Johnny:
Dana, hold on!
- Dana!
- Yes.
- Dana! Hold on!
- Grab her, John!
- Hold on, Dana.
Hold on!
- (screaming)
Dana!
- Grab on, grab on!
- Dana, hold on!
Hold on, Dana, hold on!
Dana, don't you let go!
Hold on!
Hold on!
Dana: Oh my God!!
(screaming)
Walt: Let's go!
Gotta get out of here! Let's go!
Go, go, get out of here!
Walt:
Come on, let's go!
John, come on!
John
You wanted me?!
I'm a just a science teacher.
I'm the first to admit
that the universe
is full of things
that I'll never understand.
Listen to yourself, Johnny,
you're talking to a tornado.
Was that to scare me?
Or was it just some sort of
random wind shear?
I can't believe that you were sent here
to teach me some lesson.
I just can't conceive of a God
who would take
a young woman's life
who would show me the future
and not let me change it.
If it'll help
if it can save
the lives of my friends
there's one thing about the universe
that I do understand now.
That's my place in it.
And I will accept that,
if you'll please just spare them.
(man grunting)
(Bruce coughing)
Johnny?
Johnny?
- Johnny
- (gasps)
(sobs)
Thank God.
Hey, Sarah.
Hey, yourself.
Don't don't move don't move
too quickly.
Take your time.
John, what on God's earth
were you thinking?
I don't know,
just a crazy notion.
Not a smart move, John.
You're lucky to be alive.
We all are.
It's over the storm.
You should
check your readings now.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
It's gonna be okay.
Walt: Get him up,
get him up.
Bruce:
It serves you right, man!
We can skip that intervention.
I think spring break's over.
Tell me you did it.
What?
You made a deal
with the storm.
What kind of deal?
(groans)
You did.
No, the storm was running out of steam
by the time I got out here.
Ohhh, liar.
You are such a liar.
It's not exactly the kind of
intervention I was hoping for.
- But hey, if it works for you
- I need to get back, make my reports.
We could use you
in the National Weather Service.
- You don't need a job, do you?
- He already has one.
(theme music playing)
- No no!
- Yes yes!
You're grounded!