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Synopsis

"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't understand ... the brand, being colorblind, extreme claustrophobia. And while my gifts provided answers for others, I still search for my own. My name is John Doe."

In the opening scene of the series' pilot episode, a mysterious man wakes up on an island off the coast of Seattle, Washington, naked, with absolutely no memory of who he is or how he got there. However, apart from the details of his own past, "John Doe", as he comes to call himself, seems to have access to the sum total of all human knowledge: he knows how many dimples are on the surface of a golfball “Seattle” redirects here. ...

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, the population of Uruguay, and other such obscure (and not-so-obscure) facts. He also has expert knowledge on everything from the stock market to computer science. Over the course of the series John attempts to find clues about his past by using his unusual ability while also helping people in need. In the process it becomes clear that an international conspiracy known as the Phoenix Organization is watching John's every move.

Who is John Doe?

After the show was cancelled, one of its producers revealed the secret of the main character's true identity in an interview with TV Guide: the Phoenix Organization, he said, was a group conducting research into near-death experiences. They believed that the sum total of knowledge in the universe would be conferred upon them at the moment of death, so they killed John and brought him back to life in order to gain access to that knowledge. TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... It has been suggested that The Near Death Experiment be merged into this article or section. ...

The show's final episode revealed that Digger, one of John's closest friends, was in fact the true leader of the Phoenix Organization.

Meanwhile, in contrast to the revelations of the show's producers, Dominic Purcell revealed in an interview at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that "apparently I was the messiah returned," confirming an earlier report in Entertainment Weekly. As for the Phoenix group? "They were working for the Vatican. The Catholics. They didn't want it to be revealed that the true Christ had returned." Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell[1] (born February 17, 1970) is a British-born Australian actor, of Norwegian-Irish extract, most active in the United States. ... The Television Critics Association is a group of approximately 200 U.S. and Canadian jornalists and columnists who cover televions programming. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

A different explanation was eventually put forward by the show's producers in the pages of Entertainment Weekly. The article read, in part: Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

Where We Left Off: Doe was helping the police solve crimes and being tracked by a seemingly nefarious group called the Phoenix Organization. He finally unmasked the big bad, a villain nicknamed Stocking Cap -- his friend, Digger (played by William Forsythe)!

What Would Have Happened: Make that someone who looked like Digger. The villain unmasked in the finale was actually just a Phoenix member with some fancy facial reconstruction. Turns out, the Phoenix believed Doe was the Messiah and its members were actually protecting Doe from a second group, which wanted him dead. The truth: Doe was injured in a boating accident.* That mark on his chest? A scar left by a piece of shrapnel from the explosion. His Überbrain? A by-product of transcending his body during a near-death experience, traveling to a spiritual plane where all the universe's questions are answered, and returning.... naked!

So Who is John Doe?! "You'd think we actually would have come up with his name," the show's producer revealed. "We have no idea," he finally admitted, before adding "Fred."

• On the popular weekly podcast Diggnation, Alex Albrecht said he was given a reason for the black and white vision, as well as all of the knowledge John Doe had. It was said that when you reach the gates of heaven, you are given the answer to every question you'll ever ask or that will ever be asked. And the reason for the black-and-white vision was an effect of being returned to earth.

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Trivia

• Though the show was set in Seattle, it is obvious to Seattle residents that almost none of the show's scenes were actually shot there. Inclusion of locations used on Highlander: The Series indicates that the majority of the show was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is a common substitute for Seattle. Interestingly, a show with a similar premise, Kyle XY, is also set in Seattle and also filmed in Vancouver.
• Two versions of the show's pilot episode were filmed. The unaired version includes several deleted scenes (most notably involving John talking to a corpse labeled "Jane Doe" in the morgue throughout the episode). Many scenes differ from what actually aired, mostly due to the fact that several of the roles were later recast: Digger was originally played by Meat Loaf, Jamie by Elizabeth Lackey, and Karen by Azura Skye. The original pilot ran 52 minutes, which explains the cut scenes.
• John Doe was referred to as Tommy in at least two episodes.

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Cast

• Dominic Purcell as John Doe
• Jayne Brook as Jamie Avery
• William Forsythe as Digger
• Sprague Grayden as Karen Kawalski
• John Marshall Jones as Frank Hayes
• Rekha Sharma as Stella (recurring)

Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell[1] (born February 17, 1970) is a British-born Australian actor, of Norwegian-Irish extract, most active in the United States. ... Jayne Brook (born Jane Anderson on September 16, 1962 in Northbrook, Illinois) is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Diane Grad on the medical drama Chicago Hope. ... William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ... Sprague Grayden (born July 21, 1980) is an American television, film and theater actress born in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. ... John Marshall Jones (born 1962) is an American actor and director, who was born in Detroit, Michigan. ... Rekha Shanti Sharma Canadian Actor, born in Vancouver, B.C. Currently Starring in TV series Battlestar Galactica as Tory Foster. ...

Episodes

Main article: List of John Doe episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the Fox television series John Doe. ...

Notes

External links

• Official SciFi Channel website
• John Doe's guide at TVGuide.com
• John Doe at the Internet Movie Database
• John Doe at TV.com