The Dead Zone

Reverend Purdy:
I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

Johnny Smith:
When did I turn into Boo Radley, huh?

Johnny Smith:
I had the perfect life until I was in a coma for six years. And then I woke up, and found my fianc? [pause] married to another man. My son [pause] doesn't know who I am. Everything has changed, including me. One touch [pause] and I could see things. Things that happened. Things that will happen. You should see what I see...

Dr. Janet Gibson:
We've done everything we know how to do.

Bruce Lewis:
But you haven't done everything Johnny knows how to do.

Johnny Smith:
We've put a man on the moon, but we haven't come up with a hospital gown that doesn't totally humiliate you.

Johnny Smith:
You're a figment of his imagination.

Death:
Oh, please, don't get personal.

Johnny Smith:
I know Walt. Trust me, he wouldn't like peace.

Johnny Smith:
This mine seems to know me by name.

Walt:
What the hell's that supposed to mean?

Johnny Smith:
Wish I knew.

Jill Deer:
You know what's funny about this?

Johnny Smith:
Not much.

Johnny Smith:
Worst case scenario, I'll break out the blow torch and we'll fire that sucker up from the inside out.

Dana:
Airline company's always your best friend right after the plane goes down.

Johnny Smith:
You seen every John Wayne movie?

Walt:
You betcha. The Duke rules.

Bruce Lewis:
You're always wrapped up in this 'Chicken Little' thing.

Johnny Smith:
Who's Chicken Little?

Johnny Smith:
Okay, one of my visions was a little off.

Bruce Lewis:
'A little off'. Do you understand what it means in the context of the rest of humanity for your brain to be 'a little off'? That puts you in another galaxy far, far away.

Johnny Smith:
Do you believe in miracles, Reverend?

Reverend Purdy:
I'd have to, or I'd have to find a new line of work.

Sara:
Don't do anything foolish.

Johnny Smith:
Yeah, that's me. John 'Don't do anything foolish' Smith.

Conrad:
Are you a religious man?

Johnny Smith:
I am today, Conrad.

Conrad:
[talking about Sara] She's still got feelings for you.

Johnny Smith:
Why do you say that?

Conrad:
C'mon, what kind of psychic are you?

Dana Bright:
Johnny Smith. You had to go and piss off Mayberry.

Johnny Smith:
I can understand you.

Shaman:
When we die, we all sound the same.

Dana:
Tell me you weren't holding Sarah's hand while you were making love to me.

Reverend Purdy:
I know this isn't the life you would've chosen. But is the life that has chosen YOU. And you cannot deny the possibility that some other force is guiding you, choosing what you see.

Johnny Smith:
Just say his name Reverend, I know you're dying to.

Reverend Purdy:
Destiny, Johnny. It is your destiny to help people. I truly believe that.

Greg Stillson:
How's my future look these days?

Johnny Smith:
Not always so easy to tell.

[while watching Greg Stillson discuss politics in Washington, DC]

Johnny Smith:
Did he just say "diddle"?

Johnny Smith:
One thing I've learned about you, Gene. If you don't know the people, then you know the people that know the people.

[Inviting Purdy to the carnival]

Johnny Smith:
I promise not to take you anywhere near the Hoochie Coochie Show.

Reverend Purdy:
Ah, the Hoochie Coochie Show is my bread and butter!

Greg Stillson:
Now, Sonny, you know we can't hide anything from Johnny Smith.

Sonny Elliman:
He's been asking questions about you.

Greg Stillson:
The wrong kind of questions?

Sonny Elliman:
Not just that. It's like he already knows what he's looking for.

Greg Stillson:
[turns and stares at Sonny] The psychic thing freaks you out, doesn't it?

Greg Stillson:
Anything about me in there?

Johnny Smith:
Uh, no, this is the sports section.

Greg Stillson:
No, I mean, is there anything about me... [points to Johnny's forehead] In there?

Greg Stillson:
Gene Purdy seems to think you're the greatest thing since Christian Rock.

Greg Stillson:
I'd call first, but I figure you'd sense I was coming anyway.

Reverend Purdy:
Just what in God's name are you doing?

Johnny Smith:
Oh Gene, I do so many things in God's name. You're going to have to be more specific.

Johnny Smith:
What are you, the Vince Lombardi of existentialism, man?

Johnny Smith:
There's still time.

Greg Stillson:
Guess we never know what our fellow man is capable of, do we?

Reverend Purdy:
[stares at Stillson] No. Only God knows what we're truly capable of.

David Lewis:
Deliver him from his sins, and let him partake of Thy redemption

Tiny the Biker:
[after beating up Jack Jericho, he stops his fellow bikers] No! That's enough! Don't descend to his level. Now, let's go. We got a love rally to get to.

Johnny Smith:
We were always twenty minutes late to every movie we went to! How did ET get to Earth? I don't know. Why did the Empire strike back? Beats me.

Alex Sinclair:
What happened to forgetting about commercialism and searching for inner peace?

Johnny Smith:
What are you, crazy? This is Christmas in America.

Walt:
What the hell's "turducken"?

Johnny Smith:
I thought you hated last-minute shopping.

Alex Sinclair:
Who can resist taking down a couple of dishonest soccer moms?

Sara:
Trimming the tree's the best part of Christmas.

Christopher Wey:
Not better than presents.

Walt:
Or turkey sandwiches.

Christopher Wey:
Or pumpkin pie.

Walt:
Or turkey sandwiches.

Santa:
[to the cooking Bruce] So, who are you, Betty Crocker?

Johnny Smith:
A female psychic, Santa Claus with amnesia, and the cast of Oliver! Not exactly a Norman Rockwell painting.

Johnny Smith:
[to Sara] Why didn't I marry you? Oh, right, I was in a coma.

Walt:
[about Santa incorrectly reeling off reindeer names] Randolph?

Johnny Smith:
Forget it. He's on a roll.

Johnny Smith:
Let's go eat this turducken thing.

Johnny Smith:
Go answer the door.

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
But it didn't ring. [doorbell rings] cool.

Alex Sinclair:
And I thought who else do you know that might be on his own this time of year?

Johnny Smith:
And you thought of me.

Bruce Lewis:
Oh, the next thing you'll be telling me there's no such thing as Santa Claus.

Alex Sinclair:
You mean the fictional character created by New York City merchants at the turn of the century to encourage people to buy material goods?

Bruce Lewis:
I can't handle this.

Bruce Lewis:
[holds up his hand] This is Johnny's Dead Zone.

[claps]

Bruce Lewis:
This is Johnny's Dead Zone on drugs-scrambled eggs!

Sara:
Trimming the tree's the best part of Christmas.

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
Not better than presents.

Walt:
Or turkey sandwiches.

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
Or pumpkin pie.

Walt:
Or turkey sandwiches.

Johnny Smith:
Go answer the door.

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
But it didn't ring.

[doorbell rings]

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
cool.

[first lines]

[Johnny and Bruce enter a restaurant]

Johnny Smith:
Busy night, huh?

Bruce Lewis:
Yeah. It'll be crowded everywhere. It's Friday.

Johnny Smith:
I'ma grab us a seat.

Bruce Lewis:
I'll put our name in.

Johnny Smith:
[at the bar] This seat taken?

Natalie Connor:
No.

Johnny Smith:
You see that woman sitting next to me?

Bruce Lewis:
Yeah.

Johnny Smith:
I just had a vision of her kissing me.

Bruce Lewis:
[smiling] Ye-eah? I have visions like that all the time. Except mine don't come true.

Bruce Lewis:
Johnny, I'm down with using your powers for good. But sometimes you have to use them for your own good.

Johnny Smith:
There's nothing I can do that won't screw it up somehow. I'ma just sit here, eat some clams, and she will be back, all right?

Bruce Lewis:
Not necessarily. You could be changing the future just by deciding to sit on your ass and do nothing.

[last lines]

Johnny Smith:
Sheriff Bannerman please.

Bruce Lewis:
What was that all about?

Johnny Smith:
I'll tell you in a minute [to phone] Yeah Walt? This is John. We have got a little situation here.

Johnny Smith:
Wait a minute... I see him.

Sheriff Walt Bannerman:
Who the shooter?

Johnny Smith:
No, the victim. I got to go.

Sheriff Walt Bannerman:
John... [Closes his cell phone] I got to stop taking these calls.

Bruce Lewis:
[holds up his hand] This is Johnny's Dead Zone. [claps] This is Johnny's Dead Zone on drugs-scrambled eggs!

Johnny Smith:
You know what's funny about this?

Jill Deer:
Um... not much?

Wanda Purcell:
Where you from?

Johnny Smith:
Cleaves Mills, Maine.

Wanda Purcell:
And you come all this way for some one who is not exactly your girlfriend?

Johnny Smith:
Ah, it's hard to explain. I didn't really leave Maine lookin' for anyone. I guess, it's just more about... getting lost.

Wanda Purcell:
Hmm... Honey, I've been to getting lost. The million dollar question is why?

Johnny Smith:
I still don't get it. Why all this happened and how. I mean, you showed up here because I called you. But I only called you because I had this postcard.

Alex Sinclair:
So?

Johnny Smith:
How did I get a vision off this post card if you never touched it?

Alex Sinclair:
Photo by Wanda Purcell? Hey, that's you...

Wanda Purcell:
Yup. Took the picture myself. Had the postcards printed too.

Johnny Smith:
Wait a minute. Wanda... you made these postcards?

Wanda Purcell:
Aha.

Johnny Smith:
Do you know the day that your baby was born?

Wanda Purcell:
Well, of course I do. How could I forget? It was 30 years ago yesterday.

Johnny Smith:
Alex, this is a little bit weird, but are you ahhh... were you adopted?

Alex Sinclair:
Uhm, I don't really talk about it, but... yeh.

Johnny Smith:
She turned 30 yesteday, and she's adopted.

Bruce Lewis:
Instead of a moat with sharks, how about koi?

Johnny Smith:
No

Bruce Lewis:
Man-eating koi?

Patrick Hanchin:
Do you have a social problem or some form of Tourette's?

Johnny Smith:
Just making conversation.

Patrick Hanchin:
This is a bar. You want conversation, go to a Starbucks.

Johnny Smith:
What about bar stool philosophy? [pause] Guess I do have a problem, though.

Johnny Smith:
Tell me it's not 2009.

Bruce Lewis:
It's not 2009.

Johnny Smith:
Thank You.

Bruce Lewis:
It's 2011.

Johnny Smith:
Did the Red Sox win the World Series yet?

Bruce Lewis:
[Johnny wants to drive Bruce's car; Bruce cracks up laughing] Nothing personal, but I get a little nervous when other people drive my car, *especially* those that have been in a coma since their last time behind the wheel!

[first lines]

[Johnny meets Bruce at the airport, holding up a cardboard sign "LEWIS"]

Johnny Smith:
Uh, Mister Lewis! Bruce Lewis?

Bruce Lewis:
[smiling] Johnny.

Johnny Smith:
Hey, man. What's up?

Bruce Lewis:
Glad to see you.

Johnny Smith:
Me too. So, ah, your limo awaits, sir.

Bruce Lewis:
More like a busted-ass Jeep. But I'll take it.

Johnny Smith:
I've made a self-fulfilling prophecy. You heard his trainer. One bit of doubt, one bit of hesitation and he's dead. And who planted that doubt in his head? Me. Danny Avila believes in me, in my prediction more than he believes in himself. So if this is a self-fulfilling prophecy, maybe it's the prophecy that needs to change.

Bruce Lewis:
Change how? You mean lie to him about what you're seeing? Make him believe the he's gonna win?

Johnny Smith:
Maybe believing in a lie is better than knowing the truth.

Bruce Lewis:
That's a scary thought, John.

Johnny Smith:
I lied to him. I touched him, then lied right to his face.

Bruce Lewis:
I thought that was the game plan.

Johnny Smith:
Only it isn't working. Nothing's changed yet. He must not believe me.

Bruce Lewis:
Maybe he'll believe it when you do.

Johnny Smith:
Believe what? It's a lie. I made it up, remember?

Bruce Lewis:
It's not a lie! It's a hope. Like my Dad used to say, "What makes a hope reality is faith".

Johnny Smith:
"Change one detail and all of life changes". Do you think that one detail can just be you, and what you're willing to believe, have faith in?

Bruce Lewis:
You sure he's dead?

Johnny Smith:
Some talent huh? I think Lindsay's right, I should go on the Psychic Channel and make some money. Hi, your brother's dead. That would be thirty dollars. Visa or Mastercard?

Bruce Lewis:
Man why do... why do white people always stay in the damn house?

Colonel Burt Halsey:
You're a psychometric, right? Touch-enabled cognitive episodes, visions with full-spectrum real-time feedback.

Johnny Smith:
Don't think I've ever heard it put quite that way before. Yeah.

Johnny Smith:
As a wise philosopher once said, "A man's gotta know his limitations."

Sylvia:
Which wise philosopher was that?

Johnny Smith:
Clint Eastwood, in "Magnum Force". Actually, maybe it was "Sudden Impact".

Jeffrey Grissom:
Do you know what they do to those animals so you can eat your precious veal? Think about that the next time you take a bite of animal flesh.

Johnny Smith:
Yes sir, I probably will now.

Johnny Smith:
I don't think I saw him, I saw him, I'm not crazy!

Sheriff Walt Bannerman:
No, you just have visions.

Bill Stade:
He was here this morning and he tried to grab my wife.

Johnny Smith:
I didn't try to grab her. I tried to touch her. There's a big difference.

Johnny Smith:
You think I'm going to let go of this...you think I'm not going to find Jeffrey Grissom, you're wrong.

Stade Child:
Mommy, the mean man is scaring me.

Johnny Smith:
You ain't seen nothing yet, kid. If you really are a kid.

Johnny Smith:
[after signing an autograph for Raul] Don't let me catch you selling these on eBay.

[first lines]

[JJ, Johnny and Walt are fishing in a like]

Johnny Smith:
Well, the fish aren't hungry, but I am.

Johnny Smith:
Listen to yourself, Johnny. You're talking to a tornado.

Johnny Smith:
If you let me go, I'll tell you how you're gonna break your leg.

Bruce Lewis:
Break my leg?

Johnny Smith:
Big white cast...clump...clump...clumping around for six weeks. I can save you all that pain.

Bruce Lewis:
Liar. You didn't see any broken leg.

Johnny Smith:
Suit yourself.

Johnny Smith:
You know how your skin all red and itchy under the cast and you can't scratch it?

Bruce Lewis:
That's not funny.

Johnny Smith:
[to gas station manager,] I'm being abducted. The African American man outside attacked me and forced me into his car.

Johnny Smith:
Just when you think you're too paranoid, you realize you aren't paranoid enough.

Johnny Smith:
Well, I'm glad everything went well.

Sarah Bracknell Bannerman:
[to phone] The kids had a great time, but J.J. missed you.

Johnny Smith:
Oh yeah? Well, I'm making it up to him.

Sarah Bracknell Bannerman:
[to phone] How?

Johnny Smith:
That's classified information, Sarah.

[last lines]

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
Watch out!

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
Oh! Hey! Hey, J.J., I'm letting you skateboard in the house, but you've got to watch the moulding, OK?

[sound of crash from another room]

Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman:
[voice] Sorry!

Johnny Smith:
[to himself] It's OK, it's OK. I'm a fun dad...

Johnny Smith:
Hold on a minute. You've got total access to my home security cameras, and I'm not allowed to know how? Seems very "1984", doesn't it?

Rob Coulter:
"1984" was twenty years ago, Mr. Smith. Surely it's worth sacrificing a little privacy to feel safe.

Rob Coulter:
Do you think you can stop the future? You take down Eyetrap, and there's going to be another program just like it on-line before the new year. And you know why? Because the American public is buying what we're selling. They think our technology protects them, that it's good for them.

Johnny Smith:
The technology is not good or bad. It's the people in charge of it.

[first lines]

Sarah Bracknell Bannerman:
Johnny? Johnny.

Johnny Smith:
Sorry, what?

Sarah Bracknell Bannerman:
Are you feeling OK?

Johnny Smith:
U-uh, yeah. I'm having a great time.

Sarah Bracknell Bannerman:
Staring at your shoes?

Johnny Smith:
They're really cool shoes.

Sarah Bracknell Bannerman:
You weren't having a vision, were you?

Johnny Smith:
Actually, I was. I saw myself, at home, watching ESPN.

Bruce Lewis:
I don't think this is such a good idea. Maybe we should wait till she gets home?

Johnny Smith:
And say what? Mind if we come in and try to figure out how you get killed?

Christopher Wey:
Who the hell are you?

Johnny Smith:
I'm the guy who could've had the life you take for granted. Difference between us is I lost it all in one night, and you're just pissing yours away.

[last lines]

Johnny Smith:
I did everything that you asked. Now tell me what you know!

Christopher Wey:
I lied. I don't know what happened. I was asleep, remember?

Johnny Smith:
If you don't know, you can find out.

Christopher Wey:
You don't know what it's like out there. You can't trust anyone!

Johnny Smith:
You can trust me.

Christopher Wey:
I'm not sure.

[Wey shows him a cover of Newsweek magazine with Johnny's photo on it; the headline reads "Will This Man DESTROY the WORLD?". Johnny is shocked]

Doctor Tran:
You've been in a coma for six years. Your brain has found a new way to work.

Johnny Smith:
Who's President?

Bruce Lewis:
George Bush.

Johnny Smith:
Bush? Bush... again?

Bruce Lewis:
Son. Long, long story.

[On Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, who was a professional wrestler in the '70s]

Johnny Smith:
Let me get this straight. They elected a professional wrestler for governor?

[His therapist fills him in on other things that happened since 1996]

Bruce Lewis:
What else? Oh... Bill Clinton... got busted for getting head in the Oval Office from a 22-year old intern.

Dr. Tran:
We know less about how the brain works than any other organ in the body. What seems to be clear is that 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.

Johnny Smith:
The dog ate your computer?

Bradford:
Actually, I was going for rats.

Dr. Tran:
Johnny, as a neurologist, there's only one thing I know less about than the brain.

Johnny Smith:
What's that?

Dr. Tran:
Your brain.

Johnny Smith:
When we look at a tree from below, we see bunches of leaves, without composition, without organization, randomly spread all over the branches. But... nothing in nature is random. From above, we can see that each leaf has chosen the absolute perfect position on the tree to gain exposure to sunlight. This is nature's tapestry, people. And it absolutely never fails to astonish.

Bruce Lewis:
Nobody has a destiny. We're all just stumbling around in the dark.

[first lines]

[At the funeral of Bruce's father]

Bruce Lewis:
I wish I could find the words, after so much time. [pause] My father would want me to give a sermon as he taught me. [pause] But it doesn't quite go with the hair, dad...

Johnny Smith:
I found out more about you in the last two hours than you've told me in the last two years.

Bruce Lewis:
There's a lot of ghosts here. Starting with me.

Rose Lewis:
It takes more time to lie than to tell the truth, Mr. Smith.

Bruce Lewis:
John, there's a dead zone in all of our brains, right? We just don't know how to use it. But there are times we get awful close, times like this... I know how you feel now, John. I know the power of your visions.