Dead Zone Returns (summer of 2003) (1 Viewer)

[Dave Scarpa]

For a Mini Season 7 episodes on July 6th. No Word on whether the Series is renewed for a 3rd Season, Althou I would think it would be.

 

[Andres Munoz]

What do you mean it returns for a mini season 7 episodes? You mean that's not the 3rd season? Are these new episodes?

 

[Lee Jamilkowski]

Here is why Michael Piller says at http://www.usanetwork.com/series/the...e/from_mp.html

behind the scenes|FROM JOHN L. ADAMS
Posted May 21, 2003

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm baaaaaack! And glad to be bringing you yet another installment of Riffin'. When I last wrote you, I promised that I'd riff a lot harder... well, here goes!

Yes, we are back filming six new episodes, on again and poppin' with what has been tentatively titled "Season 2.5," or, as the producers like to call it, "The Sexy Summer Six."

First up on our list of six is an episode entitled "The Storm." Returning to the helm is Michael Robison (director of the first season's "Here There Be Monsters" and the season 2.0 finale "Zion," a.k.a. "da kid's" episode). In addition to Mr. Stillson and Little Johnny, the whole gang of cast regulars is in this episode, sharing stories of what they did this summer. Our special guests for "The Storm" include the very talented and uproariously hilarious Bob Picardo of Star Trek: Voyager fame and the deliciously delightful Jane Lynch from Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. I'll tell you right now that the scenes with them are funny, and I mean uptown funny.

"The Storm" kinda picks up where "Playing God" left off: finding Johnny trying to cope with the loss of his friend Kate (Ally Sheedy) and distancing himself from those who truly care about him by throwing wild parties and surrounding himself with strangers and hangers-on. Bruce and the rest of Johnny's true friends decide to hold an intervention at one of Faith Heritage's retreat locations. Bruce's job, as Purdy so delicately puts it, is "...to get him there, Bruce." Seems like I'm always drivin' someone somewhere...

On the way to the intervention, Johnny gets a vision (clue: triggered by a nice weather-related object) of a storm that's headed towards the Faith Heritage retreat (where Walt, Sarah, Purdy, and Dana are waiting for Bruce and Johnny to arrive). This storm resembles only one other in the recorded history of Maine (the one that caused Johnny's accident eight years earlier), so we're left with the question: is the storm coming back to finish the job?

This is, without a doubt, the most challenging script we've ever done. Sadly, I even lose something that is extremely dear to me in "The Storm"... but you gotta watch to find out what.

 

[Andres Munoz]

In that case...I'm there dude!

 

[Dave Scarpa]

I know Piller is getting ready to turn the series over to new Producers and perhaps a new writing team and I'm hoping the quality and tone of the series stays the same. This has been a big series for USA and can't see them not renewing it. But it's almost like these new episodes and a test for whether to renew the series, this is very strange, you would think they would have announced the series 3rd season in Jan already. I wonder if money is an issue. Damn you realitty series you're making original programming too difficult to produce, networks would rather have 10 crap reality shows.

 

[Dave Anderson]

This show is amazing. I was pleased to hear that Season 3 is in fact going to happen.

 

[Dave Scarpa]

Season 3 is a go.

 

[Dan Hitchman]

I should have watched this show from the beginning. Now, the new writer sounds intriguing since the very short lived Strange Luck on Fox (an X-Files spin off) was quite an interesting concept, with some creativity missing from a lot of shows these days.

Stupid Fox pulled the plug!

Dan

 

[Shea]

The Dead Zone is by far my favorite current TV show. It seems like a no brainer to renew it, and am glad it has been.

 

[Andres Munoz]

So when does season 3 begin?