The BEST episodes of The Dead Zone season 4

Every episode of The Dead Zone season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Dead Zone season 4!

Johnny had the perfect life until he was in coma for six years. When he awoke, he found his fiancee married to another man. His son doesn't know him. Everything's changed, including Johnny. With one touch, he can see things.

Last Updated: 1/12/2026Network: USA NetworkStatus: Ended
A Very Dead Zone Christmas
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7.36
226 votes

#1 - A Very Dead Zone Christmas

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/2005

Johnny prepares for a Christmas celebration and has to deal with a visit by Alex, an amnesiac Santa, three young brothers without a family, and... turducken.

Directors: James Head
Watch Now:Amazon
Saved
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7.33
199 votes

#2 - Saved

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/28/2005

When Stillson's girlfriend disappears, he must reluctantly turn to Johnny Smith for help in locating her.

Directors: James Head
Broken Circle (2)
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7.32
199 votes

#3 - Broken Circle (2)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/12/2005

Johnny is forced to try and save Greg Stillson...by stopping Rachel Caldwell from making a fatal mistake, even though it may cause nuclear armageddon.

Directors: Michael Robison
Watch Now:Amazon
The Collector
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7.32
168 votes

#4 - The Collector

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/19/2005

When a friend of Sara's goes missing, Johnny becomes involved trying to find her twisted abductor...before he kills the missing woman.

Directors: Michael Robison
Writer: James Morris
Watch Now:Amazon
Double Vision
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7.30
203 votes

#5 - Double Vision

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/26/2005

Johnny runs into an attractive psychic as they both try to find and stop a sniper.

Directors: Mike Rohl
Babble On
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7.13
171 votes

#6 - Babble On

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/14/2005

Johnny has been getting visions of his dead father, who is apparently trying to warn him of some coming disaster.

Directors: Mike Rohl
Writer: Adam Targum
Heroes & Demons
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7.13
196 votes

#7 - Heroes & Demons

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/17/2005

An autistic boy makes his way to Johnny to "ask" him to help clear his father - a cop on death row for the murder of an undercover cop.

Directors: James Head
Grains of Sand
star
7.12
137 votes

#8 - Grains of Sand

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/31/2005

When an immigrant woman dies, Johnny is determined to take care of her baby and reunite it with the father.

Directors: James Head
The Last Goodbye
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7.10
197 votes

#9 - The Last Goodbye

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/24/2005

Johnny gets a vision of a rock star who is believed to have died...but Johnny realizes he's still alive.

Directors: Michael Robison
Coming Home
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7.09
170 votes

#10 - Coming Home

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/21/2005

Johnny gets a vision of death concerning Sara's father, who is apparently being stalked by a "Shadow Man" who is preying on an old folks' community home.

Directors: Mike Rohl
Still Life
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7.08
200 votes

#11 - Still Life

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2005

A painter's daughter and model has disappeared and Johnny tries to help locate her, but is swept into a web of obsession and hidden secrets.

Directors: Mike Rohl
Watch Now:Apple TV
Vanguard
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7.05
197 votes

#12 - Vanguard

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/7/2005

Johnny must help a former student, now a researcher for a plastics company, with a future of destruction setting off the doomsday of Johnny's visions.

Directors: James Head