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Sep 20, 2002 Season 1 Episode 1 TV-14

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John Doe Season 1

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Season 1 Episode 1 — Aired on Sep 20, 2002.

Directed by Mimi Leder.

Written by Brandon Camp, Mike Thompson.

Notable cast/guest names in this episode include Dominic Purcell, Jayne Brook, John Marshall Jones, William Forsythe.

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Synopsis

John awakens to find himself stranded on an island off Seattle. His uncanny abilities are soon apparent to him when he is rescued by Asian fishermen and begins to speak the sailors' language fluently. When he sees a news report about a kidnapped girl, the color-blind Doe realizes that he is seeing the child in color. Sure that she holds the key to the mystery of who he is, Doe is eager to find her and offers his assistance to the skeptical police.