It was worth the $5.95 that I paid for it, just to satisfy my curiosity. No big, shocking revelations, but an interesting view of the series just the same. The disk also contained a short feature on season two, with season two trailers. The serial killer plot was originally planned to extend throughout the first season of the series. There were also two scenes I'd never seen before: (1) a street scene, clearly a vision, where Johnny is being hailed by a crowd as a savior, much like the beginning scene in "Quality of Life," the hockey episode and (2) a scene where Purdy lit a cigarette, which was intended to suggest that Purdy might be the serial killer. Most of them showed the first director's version of key scenes that were later re-shot, like the lunch scene with Johnny, Sarah, and Walt. What I found most fascinating were the deleted scenes. Although Sarah is supposed to be a musician, I don't believe we've ever seen her doing anything musical in the series - so far, anyway. Walt came home and he and Sarah discussed Johnny, but in the unaired pilot, it began with Sarah playing the guitar. One re-shot scene in particular jumped out at me. She seemed fine for the part, but she didn't jump out at the viewer the way Kristen Dalton does. Stiers is a more accessible actor, easier to like, and more convincing in the part.ĭana Bright was played by another actress with short blonde hair (Kendall Cross). I couldn't picture him as a successful televangelist. They are both good actors, but I think Moriarty lacked warmth and sounded affected. The biggest change was the casting Michael Moriarty played Reverend Purdy, instead of David Ogden Stiers. The music was different as well, and the serial killer plot was integrated into the story earlier so that it made for a more cohesive whole. Turns out the unaired pilot is essentially an earlier version of the first two episodes of the series, "Wheel of Fortune," and "What It Seems." Nearly all of the scenes were the same, although many of them were re-shot. I of course sent away for it, and it arrived last week. The Dead Zone season one DVD included a coupon for the original unaired pilot.
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