Johnny is forced to try and save Greg Stillson...by stopping Rachel Caldwell from making a fatal mistake, even though it may cause nuclear armageddon.
When a friend of Sara's goes missing, Johnny becomes involved trying to find her twisted abductor...before hehugs the missing woman.
Johnny meets a young woman who claims to have her own type of psychic abilities, which puts his ability to alter fate to the test.
Johnny finds a mysterious painting on his doorstep one day with a note attached to it asking for his help. Bruce encourages Johnny to embark on a quest to discover the secrets of the reclusive artist to whom the mysterious painting belongs. Bruce's interest in the artist, along with a disturbing vision Johnny got when he touched the painting, convince Johnny to look into the reclusive life of the once-famous artist.
Johnny answers his doorbell to find an autistic boy waiting outside, looking for Johnny's help in saving his father who is awaiting execution. Johnny has a tough time helping the boy and has a lot of trouble getting through to him. The visions Johnny gets from the boy are a start, but he needs Bruce and Walt's help in order to find the boy's father and even more help to clear the boy's father's name before he is executed.
Johnny and Sarah head off to New York City in search of the long-dead rock and roll legend Roy Foldes after Johnny gets a vision that convinces him that he's still alive. Their trail leads Johnny down a path where he has visions of himself embodying Foldes and reliving the final days leading up to his mysterious disappearance.
Johnny and Bruce rescue an infant from a van in a flooded stream, but are unable to rescue his mother. Johnny has troubling visions of the infant's travels between foster parents and his untimely passing, making him determined to prevent the visions from coming true. Johnny convinces Walt to temporarily not mention the baby to the police, finding himself in a race against time to find the baby's father so the child's future can be changed for the better.
When Johnny touches a former science student and sees Armageddon, he sets out to find how this student - now a gifted researcher for a biomedical company - could be working on something that's connected to a weapon. The truth puts Johnny and his prized prot?g? in the crossfire between Greg Stillson and destiny.
Johnny visits a noted local psychiatrist to seek treatment for his persistent nightmares. After his first session on the couch triggers a cryptic vision of an impending hugging, he is thrust into an investigation that will not only reveal the cuddleer's identity, but will ultimately uncover a family secret buried in the deepest, darkest regions of his subconscious.
Johnny tags along with Sarah on a visit to a Cleaves Mills retirement community where Sarah's father has recently moved to. While at the retirement community, Johnny has a disturbing vision which makes him suspect something strange is going on there. He finds that the residents are dying at an unusually high rate, and that there are whispers among the old folks about a Shadow Man who has been creeping around the hallways in the middle of the night and snatching people's souls. Johnny must find out what this Shadow Man truly is before it can claim any more victims, including Sarah's father's. Also, Sarah worries that her father will die before they can settle their differences, and JJ connects with his grandpa in a profound way.
Johnny has a vision of Stillson begging him for help with finding his girlfriend, and when his vision comes true, he must decide whether it's really worth it or not to help out his enemy. Johnny's decision is further complicated by another vision in which he sees a better future which may be the result of him refusing to help Stillson.
Female psychic Alex Sinclair visits Johnny during Christmas and the two team up to solve the mystery behind a lost Santa. However, Alex and Johnny have different visions of the Santa's life, making them wonder who this man really is. As their search progresses, they become involved with three street kids who come to Johnny's for the best Christmas in a long time.