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The Dead Zone: The Complete Second Season | 
| Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  16 reviews
Format: Import, Dolby, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 1.6
MPN: 031398120247
ISBN: 1594351899
UPC: 031398120247
EAN: 9781594351891
ASIN: B0001907BC
Theatrical Release Date: June 16, 2002
Release Date: June 8, 2004
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Excellent drama sci-fi for everyone to enjoy...! June 11, 2007
D. Landry (Ottawa)
This is the story of Johnny Smith who has been leading an idyllic small-town life, employed as a science teacher. He is newly engaged to Sarah, a fellow teacher he's known since childhood. His life is nearly perfect... until a near-fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma for six years. br / br /When Johnny finally regains consciousness, he discovers that the life he once knew is gone. Sarah has gone on to marry the local sheriff and the child they are now raising is Johnny's son. But Johnny himself is also not the same person he once was: he now finds himself in possession of amazing psychic powers which allow him to see into the lives of anyone he touches. br / br /As he attempts to reacquaint himself with a life he has been away from for six long years, he must also begin a quest to come to terms with his new abilities, which may turn out to be both a blessing and a curse. br / br /Helping Johnny make a fresh start are his physical trainer Bruce, who also becomes a close friend, and Sarah, who must find a way to make Johnny a part of her life again without risking her relationship with her husband and son. br / br /This show is amazing in many different levels. It is highly addictive, and you will find yourself wanting to know more about each characters and situations. br /
Worth EVERY Penny!! July 14, 2004
Janet L. Rogers (Claremont, NC USA)
After viewing the first season on DVD, I had to get this set RIGHT away!! This show just keeps getting better and needless to say I am now shamelessly addicted to this program!! With the limited intelligent shows now appearing on local and cable channels, GOOD QUALITY television like this must be supported so the executives of these networks will see that there ARE people out there who still appreciate entertaining, intelligent, dramatic shows!
loved it July 10, 2004
Stargate Fan (Burnaby, British Columbia Canada)
The first season was good and well worth the money the second season is even better. The stories are fresh and you quickly come to know and like the characters involved. I highly recommend it. I loaned the first season to two friends. they both ended up buying season 1 2 because they liked it so much. 822 minutes of solid entertainment at a price so good you wish all boxed sets were this price.
Best Show on Cable July 9, 2004
Justin (North Dakota)
Just bought the box set the other day and finished it in two days. That is 19 episodes of pure genius. Something new every episode while maintaining "The Dead Zone" look. Favorite episode was "Playing God," where Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) has to decide who lives and who dies. Easily the most emotional episode I have seen on any T.V. show for a while. pThe DVD presents very good picture, better than some high budget Hollywood DVDs. Even better was the 5.1 Dolby Digital track. The soundtrack remained low key during the moments that occurred in reality and really kicked into gear when Johnny entered "The Dead Zone."pI recommend this to all fans, not just science fiction ones. Every episode was great and interesting and it had great heart. Go out and buy this now.
The Dead Zone gets even better in the Second Season June 27, 2004
Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
The one thing definitely established by the second season of The Dead Zone is exactly how great of a job Michael Piller and Shawn Piller did of turning Stephen King's novel into a television series. The climax of the novel was Johnny Smith's desperate act to derail the future of political candidate Greg Stillson, an act which succeeds but at the cost of Johnny's life (although Johnny had an inoperable brain tumor at that point). In the series Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) is still plagued by visions of the nuclear destruction of Washington, D.C., because of something Stillson (Sean Patrick Flanery) does in the future, but the moment of crisis has yet to come and by the end of the second season Johnny has serious doubts about his own role in the disaster to come. This may well be the climax of the series, but the Pillers have made that a future encounter, adding key elements to the developing situation (Scars).pEqually important is that Stillson is no longer a thug turned populist demagogue but more of a traditional corrupt politician. This represents the attention paid to developing the key supporting characters. In this version Sarah (Nicole de Boer) is still married with a child, but the child is Johnny's and she is married to Sherrif Walt Bannerman (Chris Bruno), now spared from a fatal encounter of his own with a rabid St. Bernard named Cujo. What would have been a mandatory soap opera love triangle has been avoided, and indeed the two-part Ascent/Descent near the start of this second season resolves a lot of the inherent tensions in these relationships by bringing them into the open. In this season episodes start focusing on the relationship between Johnny and his son (Plague, The Mountain).pThe series also takes advantage of three created characters. As Bruce Lewis (John L. Adams), Johnny's physical therapist turned friend, our hero has not only a sidekick (Precipitate) but a willing ear for exposition and explanation. Then there is Dana Bright (Kristen Dalton), a reporter who becomes interested and then enamored with Johnny, providing another convert in the inner circle who can provide help. Finally, from Johnny's evangelical mother in the novel the series transmutes the Reverend Gene Purdy, who served as a villain at the beginning of the series before Stillson arrived, but now becomes both an ally (Cabin Pressure, Plague) and a voice of conscience (Playing God).pThe other key thing about this series is that it deals with a world in which Johnny Smith has a reputation in what can be considered a rather realistic manner. This means dealing with people who are out to get him in various ways (Valley of the Shadow, Misbegotten) as well as those who consider him to be a curiosity (The Storm). It also provides an interesting episode in which Johnny works with the government to try and find Osama Bin Laden (The Hunt). We also find The Dead Zone playing creatively with Johnny's powers when he has a blood transfusion (Precipitate) and an interesting encounter with a woman in a bar (Deja Voodoo), and shares his visions with not only Bruce (Zion) but a figure that has been haunting his life (Visions). These are probably the episodes that best indicate that this is a show that is both creative and intelligent. I thought the first season was pretty good, but the second is even better. pThere are two things to know about the production schedule for the second season. First, the episode The Hunt was originally scheduled to be the 12th episode of the season and air on March 30, 2003 but was delayed until July 27 because of the outbreak of the war with Iraq. Second, Zion was supposed to be the final episode of the second season but the USA network asked for another six episodes starting with The Storm. Called by fans Season 2.5 this includes my favorite episode of the season, Deja Voodoo, and a pivotal story arc involving the Burned Man (Frank Whaley). Good thing the Third Season is on right now because who wants to wait for the next DVD set for anything more than the great extras (even though they are undoing a couple of the points I praised above big time in the first half-dozen episodes).pIndeed, this set has some great extras because one additional thing that makes this DVD a class act is the high involvement of Anthony Michael Hall and others in the commentary track. Every episode has such a track and Hall is on most of them, as are most of the major guest stars, such as Hall's fellow alumni from The Breakfast Club Ally Sheedy (Playing God), Academy Award winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. (Zion), and Reiko Aylesworth (Deja Voodoo) from 24. There are several examples of storyboard comparisons with the finished episode and interviews with notable guest stars. In terms of fan friendly DVD extras The Dead Zone sets the standard for others to follow.
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