A man escapes from the Seneca Institute and is run over andmdash; Digger recognizes him as his blood brother Jay Dougan and John can see Dougan's picture in color. The two of them travel to Northam where the color leaves the dead man as John watches and the body has teeth with no enamel and a tag-id on his tongue. The two of them find the man's Army medal in the woods and follow it back to the Institute where mental patients are kept, but there's no evidence Dugan was ever there. They sneak in and John witnesses patients being drugged to act as 'remote viewers', seeing things psionically from a distance.
John sees one blind patient, Michael, in color and playing 'My Funny Valentine' and gets him out andmdash; he has scrambled senses and says he was told he was suffering from a fatal brain disease (similar to John's history andmdash; see 'The Mourner'.) and they took him in and help him develop his gift to see at a distance along with other orphans and homeless people. They realize they're being watched by Sam...

John Doe Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - Blood Lines
• s01e03 - Doe Re: Me
• s01e04 - Past Imperfect
• s01e05 - John Deux
• s01e06 - Low Art
• s01e07 - Mind Games
• s01e08 - Idaho
• s01e09 - Manifest Destiny
• s01e10 - The Mourner
• s01e11 - John D.O.A.
• s01e12 - Tone Dead
• s01e13 - Family Man
• s01e14 - Ashes to Ashes
• s01e15 - Psychic Connection
• s01e16 - Illegal Alien
• s01e17 - Doe or Die
• s01e18 - Save As...John Doe
• s01e19 - Shock to the System
• s01e20 - Remote Control
• s01e21 - The Rising

John Doe Show Summary

The series is about the life of John Doe, a mysterious man who rises from the primordial waters of an isolated island, possessing knowledge of literally everything in the world, yet having no memory of who andmdash; or even what andmdash; he is. Doe quickly finds his way to Seattle, where he befriends the police and uses his special gift to help them solve 'impossible' crimes each week, while continuing his unending quest to uncover who he is and where he came from. Despite his considerable charm, Doe is an emotional island unto himself. Want to know the population of Peru in 1853? How many blue cars there are in the state of Washington? Or better yet, predict which horse will win every race at the track based on knowing all the variables? Doe has all the answers. But what is he like? Family man or loner? Hero or villain? What is truly in his soul? Doe doesn't have a clue. In his search to unlock the key to his past, He may be a government agent, an extra-terrestrial or perhaps just a regular guy.