Dow Jones’s Reviews > The Dead Zone > Status Update

Sad to see all the students show up to visit Johnny while he’s in a coma and then Sarah having breakdowns at school, but at least they’re all supporting her. Herb is a great dad and encourages her to keep in touch. Vera comes around too. Not sure why they’re the only ones paying for life support, what about the cab company or the kid’s parents?

Johnny takes a cab home and as they climb Carson’s Hill, his high school students are drag racing and they collide head on. His student and his gf died, Johnny’s in a coma, and cabbie died. His mom, Vera, takes the news hard and wants to pray and repent while dad, Herb, tries to stay levelheaded and call the hospital. Spanish teacher Anne calls Sarah who knows nothing and passes out from the shocking phone call.

I love the dialogue and Sarah and Johnny’s rapport. They’re great. The wheel of fortune gamble was so exciting. I loved their tall tales of carnival mishaps too. Sarah’s afraid of Johnny a bit when he’s in the zone and she throws up a bunch. Bad hot dogs?

Loved the movie and already enjoying the book so far. As a kid, the backwards skating hockey body check led to Johnny’s first vision of the future of Chuck getting electrocuted. Greg Stillson at 22, scamming bibles door to door in 1955, was already evil as fuck. Slapped the girl around, sprayed ammonia in a dog’s face and kicked it to death. Now the film’s urgency to kill him makes sense. Need more time to read