The Dead Zone. The Complete 1st Season, [Disc 2, Episode 4-6]

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Originally broadcast on USA Network.
Based on the characters from the Stephen King novel.
Special features: Featurette that takes you inside meetings with the writing staff as they outline each episode; interviews with Michael and Shawn Piler, director Rob Lieberman, Anthony Michael Hall and David Ogden Stiers.
Enigma -- Netherworld -- The house.
Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole deBoer, Chris Bruno, John L. Adams, David Ogden Stiers.
Johnny Smith's life is interrupted by a near fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma for six years. When he regains consciousness, he discovers that he now possesses amazing psychic powers that allow him to see into the lives of anyone he touches.
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.

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Dead Zone submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on July 23, 2013, 9:56pm In "Dead Zone" Anthony Michael Hall (formerly of "The Breakfast Club") plays Johnny Smith, a teacher and hockey player who becomes brain injured and goes into a coma after a car accident.
After he awakes his life is gone: his mother is dead, his fiance has married someone else and yet another person has taken his job.
The car accident created what his doctor calls a dead zone in Johnny's brain, which gives him psychic abilities. Johnny also walks with a cane. While one could argue that "Dead Zone" continues the sci fi stereotype of imbuing people with disabilities with special supernatural powers, I would counter that the show positively portrays people with brain injuries. Given the negative stereotype our culture has of people with brain injuries, a positive pop culture portray is necessary.