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Descent (1)

Episode Number: 15    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Sunday January 12, 2003    Prod Code: 2003
As Walt begins to wonder what's between Johnny and his wife Sara, a group of teenagers disappear into an abandoned copper mine that was owned by Johnny's grandfather. Walt brings Johnny in to help with the rescue and Smith soon begins to get visions not only of the teens but of the miners who died in an incident in 1949 brought on by his grandfather's actions. The ghost miners seem to be striking back at Johnny and Walt is seriously injured. The teens are rescued but Johnny gets a vision of Walt's funeral as he is taken away in the ambulance. (To be continued)

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Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Director: James Head
Star: Anthony Michael Hall (Johnny Smith),  John L. Adams (Bruce Lewis),  Chris Bruno (Sheriff Walter "Walt" Bannerman),  Nicole de Boer (Sarah Bannerman)
Recurring Role: Kristen Dalton (Dana Bright),  Bill Mondy (Deputy Roscoe),  David Ogden Stiers (Rev. Gene Purdy)
Guest Star: Zook Matthews (Edgar),  Colby Johannson (Tom Hirsh),  Nicki Clyne (Erin Salkowe),  Bill Switzer (Doug Hirsh),  Sharmin Mackay (Kate Tyner),  Angelo Renai (Eli),  Paul Kloegman (Mr. Sam Hirsh),  Lesley Ewen (Mrs. Maggie Tyner),  Raugi Yu (Emt),  Frederick Pleasure II (Black Miner),  David Short (Stengel),  Shaun Johnston (Terry Collier)

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Aired on the "Sci-Fi Channel" on January 24, 2003 (edit)

Quotes

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Johnny: Okay, talking to myself, that's bad. Monologues, visions of Armageddon, obsessive internet searches - the trifecta of mental health warning signs. (edit)
Johnny: You seen every John Wayne movie?
Walt: You betcha. The Duke rules. (edit)
Dana: Airline company's always your best friend right after the plane goes down. (edit)
Johnny: This mine seems to know me by name.
Walt: What the hell's that supposed to mean?
Johnny: Wish I knew. (edit)

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It doesn't seem to be raining when Walt and Sarah come out of the theater, but Walt holds up an umbrella anyway. (edit)

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