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BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

OllieSuave-007 This is a pretty exciting TV show from FOX that is about an amnesia-plagued man dubbed John Doe and played by Dominic Purcell, who possesses a wealth of encyclopedia knowledge and is pursued by an obscure and foreign organization called "The Phoenix" to do some sort of mysterious and secret experiment.Each episode has its own intriguing and unique flavor, not straying from the plot but also not dragging on to make the show pointless and boring. And, each episode gives its own taste of suspense, making you wonder more and more where "John Doe" comes from and what is the truth behind his knowledge and background.The final episode of Season One ends in a twist and unmasks the main villain. However, the cliffhanger was not elaborated on as the series was canceled after the first season. It is too bad - this show had great potential and is what I think one of the better TV dramas of the 2000s.Grade B+

OldAFSarge Jayne Brook, who will be 48 this coming Sept (2008), plays the part of police Lt. Jamie Avery, started her career as a JFK High School Teacher in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). Since that time she has really made a living in TV series such as John Doe, WIOU, Sirens, Chicago Hope, The District, Everwood, Boston Legal, NCIS and Brothers and Sisters just to name a few and that does not include the handful of movies she has done as well. She plays her part to a T and fits right in with her fellow co-stars.Dominic Purcell plays the part of John Doe, a man who seems to know everything but his real name and where he came from. Dominic may be better known to the younger generation as the guy from Prison Break, but at 38 years of age, Dominic has been around since 1998 where he started off in Raw FM. He was also in Beast Master, Visitors (2003), Blade Trinity (2004), The Grave Dancers (2006), and just completed Creek (2008).William Forsythe plays Digger, a man who owns a bar and yet seems to know quite a bit about quite a few things he might not should know about. Forsythe has long been a favorite of mine and has a long resume, which includes Long Shot (1980), Hill Street Blues (1983), The Devil's Rejects (2005), The Platform (2008) (post-production) and one he is working on for 2009.Rekha Sharma who plays Stella and seems to meet the criteria of a nice looking young lady from India who also happens to be the computer nerd. Rekha does it with style and class, not to mention good looks. She started off in 2001 as an EMT in The Lone Gunman, went on to The Outer Limits, Cold Squad, then five episodes of Dark Angel in 2001 and 2002. She has been in the L Word, House M.D., and most recently in "Battlestar Galactica" . Now in Traveling (2008) (post-production) .John Marshall Jones plays Frank Haynes, a cop who works for Lt. Avery. Started off in Screen Test in 1985, went on to such things as Good Morning Vietnam, Family Ties, China Beach, Bones, Boston Legal, and now in The Troop (2008).This series worked on so many levels that it is hard to see what happened to it. Each story was a little different and it made for good viewing. God help us all if all the networks can bring us is so-called reality T.V. while letting the great shows like John Doe, The Kindred, Moonlight, Shark, and many others which have died at the hands of the network brass, so we can have crap like I Survived A Japanese Game Show and do we really need two Price Is Right shows, and I will get booed for saying this, but I could care less who the next American Idol is or the next Nashville Star will be or who's dog is the best. John Doe deserved better and hopefully one day the brass will be able to see beyond the crap that is on today.

mintclovers This is one great show containing all the mystery and intrigue of the X-Files and Characters who actually have character. I got hooked on it when it came out on Sci-Fi without having heard of it before. When I missed an episode and had to download it, I found the whole first season and went ahead and got it. Fox really screwed up when they decided to cut it without actually bringing it to a real end. It was there one day and gone the next. That's what I hated about it. I didn't mind so much about it ending, but it was never really revealed who this mysterious John Doe character is or who Phoenix was. What was this strange staff they were after and why did it matter so much to them? Because of Fox's decision to send it down the tubes we will never know. I like a good mystery, but I want it to be solved. Because this one was never solved, it will leave you disappointed in the end.

liquidcelluloid-1 Network: Fox; Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi; Average Content Rating: TV-PG; Classification: Contemporary (star range: 1 - 4); Season Reviewed: Complete series (1 season)I went into 'John Doe' skeptically. This was, after all, the year after some of the finest shows of the new millennium had lost their heads on the chopping block under the Gail Berman regime over at Fox. So it goes without saying, and it went without saying from minute one of this show, that it was going to be canceled before it's time. This is the Fox network where talking about, after all. As the sun rises and sets so does Fox pull out a great or if not that an extremely promising show before its time. When it's all said and done I would put 'John Doe' firmly in the latter category. The surrounds an enigma, about a man (Dominic Purcell) who awakens with all the encyclopedic facts of the universe but lacks any memory of his own identity. It sounds a little formula and hockey but stick with it. Despite my skepticism it managed to hook me in the very first episode. After a summer of seeing the over-dramatic scene of nothing more than Doe waking up nude on an island in all of the Fox promos the lighter, more breezy nature of the opening was a good sign. Instead of Doe muddling around trying to find himself the pilot script jump right into reality, having Doe do exactly what anyone would - use his new found knowledge to enrich himself. Soon enough he's got a hot car and a nice apartment on his ability to pick horses at the track. He can do so much that he becomes bored with this life and soon finds himself trying to help others by helping the police solve the usual TV 'unsolvable crime'. It all follows a pretty linear cause-and-effect plot, which is why I feel myself forgiving the show for the more formulaic show it often became. Essentially it became another 'MacGyver' in which Doe uses household items like paper-clips and dish-washing liquid to scientifically get himself out of one absurd jam after another. However, it's jams where pretty good. Such as when Doe tussled with a killer on an airplane or tracked down a Jack the Ripper copycat. Although, the endings are often a cop-out in the usual TV way. The best, by far where the 2 episodes in which Doe went up against his doppelganger - a psychotic serial killer who had the same abilities and would put Doe up to tasks like defusing a bomb before the traffic light turns red. In that way, and in the way the series is based on a larger premise but takes time away from it - breaking the momentum if you will - to focus on a self contained mystery, 'John Doe' recalled 'the X-Files'. With that show now retired, Fox would have been better advised to keep his one around and see what it could do. It was different but similar enough to make a run at it. This show also calls back to 'The Pretender' and numerous other recent crime dramas where a genius solves the unsolvable cases. The difference here is in the execution. I actually think 'John Doe' is better than most of the shows it recalls. As I said, not only does the premise make the crime elements seem logical, but it also works due to it's crisp direction - often from movie director Mimi Leder. What makes the show fly most of all is the charming lead performance of Purcell. His take on Doe is one of a man without a past or a personality and Purcell strikes that cord, but also keeps him lively, colorful and away from being the face-less wooden hero Doe could have easily been. While some of the self-contained stories (all of which felt very much like the writers satisfying a network requirement) seemed to grow tired before the hour was up, the driving mystery of the series was a compelling and original one. What where the nature of Doe's powers? What was the Phoenix group? All mysteries that remain unanswered as the series was canceled. The show had a knack for keeping us on the edge of our seat, answering questions only to pose more in an ending twist. And the best shock of them all came in the final second of the series. Hey, if it had to go at least 'John Doe' went out with a bang. You've got to give it that. * * * / 4