John Doe’s Blog

Synopsis:

“Who am I?…I didn’t know who I was…how I got there. I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. But I did seem to know everything else. And about me, there were things that I didn’t understand… the brand, extreme claustrophobia, being colorblind. And I still search for my own while my gifts provided answers for others. I guess, my name is John Doe.”

On an island off the coast of Seattle, Washington, a mysterious man wakes up naked, with absolutely no memory of how he got there and who he is. However, as he comes to call himself, apart from the details of his own past, “John Doe” seems to have access to the sum total of all human knowledge: he knows the population of Uruguay, how many dimples are on a golf ball and other such obscure and not so obscure facts. Also, on everything from the stock market to computers, he has expert knowledge. Over the course of the series, by using his unusual ability while also helping people in need, John attempts to find clues about his past. It becomes clear in the process that there is an international conspiracy is watching John’s every move, known as the Phoenix Organization.

Who is John Doe?

One of its producers revealed the secret of the main character’s true identity, after the show was cancelled, in an interview with TV Guide: the Phoenix Organization. He said, there 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, in order to gain access to that knowledge, so they killed John and brought him back to life.

The show’s final episode revealed that Digger, one of John’s closest friends, was in fact the true leader of the Phoenix Organization. An explanation of Doe’s identity was eventually put forward by the show’s producers in the pages of Entertainment Weekly. The article read, in part:

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.

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.”

John Doe is an American television series, during the 2002–2003 TV season that aired on The Fox Network.

source: wikipedia.org