Episodes
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Mimi Leder | Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | September 20, 2002 (2002-09-20) | 10-02-179 |
| A man with no memory of himself is found in Puget Sound. He knows everything else it is possible to know, and uses this ability to make a fortune, first gambling on horses and then the stock market. He takes the name John Doe. Later, a little girl is kidnapped, and John helps the Seattle Police find her. Last scene of the pilot episode, a lady on a boat calls out to him, "Tommy". | |||||
| 2 | "Blood Lines" | Mimi Leder | Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27) | 10-02-101 |
| John's friend Karen Kawalski (Sprague Grayden) is fired from her job, and John takes her on as his assistant. Also, John helps the Seattle Police save a man and his family. The man has been smuggling illegal aliens, and when a group of them dies, their relative decides to exact revenge. | |||||
| 3 | "Doe Re: Me" | Henry Bronchtein | Gardner Stern | October 4, 2002 (2002-10-04) | 10-02-103 |
| John helps police officers Lt. Jamie Avery (Jayne Brook) and Frank Hayes (John Marshall Jones) solve a series of gruesome murders. A mother who put her twins up for adoption (with bad results for the twins) is exacting revenge on all the people involved in the adoption. Also, a doctor who learns something about John's past is killed by a secret organization. | |||||
| 4 | "Past Imperfect" | Bill L. Norton | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | October 18, 2002 (2002-10-18) | 10-02-102 |
| A woman's body is found in a 30-year-old barrel. The police look up the owner of the corresponding vineyard, who bears an uncanny resemblance to John, looking as he does now, but 30 years ago. The body may be his mother, and John helps catch the killer, who may be his father. | |||||
| 5 | "John Deux" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Geoffrey Neigher | October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25) | 10-02-104 |
| Another man is found in the Puget Sound. John visits him in the hospital, and the man seems to recognize him before John is thrown out. The man then disappears, and John looks for him. A rogue doctor has illegally harvested the man's organs, and Frank saves John before the same can happen to him. Also, another man who seems to know something of John's past is killed. | |||||
| 6 | "Low Art" | Dwight H. Little | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | November 1, 2002 (2002-11-01) | 10-02-105 |
| Doe's trust of Karen is called into question after she is suspected of stealing an art piece. | |||||
| 7 | "Mind Games" | Frederick King Keller | Adele Lim and Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | November 8, 2002 (2002-11-08) | 10-02-106 |
| A mother and child show up on Doe's doorstep, claiming he is the father. | |||||
| 8 | "Idaho" | Henry Bronchtein | Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | November 15, 2002 (2002-11-15) | 10-02-107 |
| A series of events lead Doe to Idaho, where he meets apparent family friends. However, all is not what it seems. | |||||
| 9 | "Manifest Destiny" | Leslie Libman | Timothy J. Lea | December 6, 2002 (2002-12-06) | 10-02-108 |
| After John decides to take a holiday, a vicar on his flight is poisoned. John must discover the murderers identity before more people are killed. | |||||
| 10 | "The Mourner" | Mimi Leder | Matt Pyken & Michael Berns | December 13, 2002 (2002-12-13) | 10-02-109 |
| John is trapped in a battle of wits with "The Mourner," a serial killer who leaves a sympathy card with the bodies of his victims. | |||||
| 11 | "John D.O.A." | Michelle MacLaren | Matt Pyken & Michael Berns | January 10, 2003 (2003-01-10) | 10-02-110 |
| The concluding episode to The Mourner. | |||||
| 12 | "Tone Dead" | Randall Zisk | Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson and Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | January 17, 2003 (2003-01-17) | 10-02-111 |
| John investigates the murder of a DJ. | |||||
| 13 | "Family Man" | Bryan Spicer | Geoffrey Neigher | January 31, 2003 (2003-01-31) | 10-02-112 |
| After a string of kidnappings, Doe's unique talents are needed to track down the culprit. | |||||
| 14 | "Ashes to Ashes" | Mimi Leder | Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | February 14, 2003 (2003-02-14) | 10-02-114 |
| When Karen is kidnapped, John finds himself brought back to Horseshoe Island. | |||||
| 15 | "Psychic Connection" | Ian Sander | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07) | 10-02-115 |
| Skeptical Doe teams up with a psychic to solve a case. | |||||
| 16 | "Illegal Alien" | Henry Bronchtein | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | March 14, 2003 (2003-03-14) | 10-02-113 |
| After a US astronaut is shot dead in the woods outside Seattle, John investigates the theory that he may have been abducted by aliens. | |||||
| 17 | "Doe or Die" | David Straiton | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner and Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21) | 10-02-117 |
| A rogue agent threatens to unleash Smallpox upon the country. | |||||
| 18 | "Save As... John Doe" | Keith Samples | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts and Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | March 28, 2003 (2003-03-28) | 10-02-116 |
| Missing artificial intelligence research may have a direct connection to Doe's past. | |||||
| 19 | "Shock to the System" | Bobby Roth | David Manson and Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts and Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | April 4, 2003 (2003-04-04) | 10-02-118 |
| Doe loses his encyclopedic mind after he is struck by lightning. He is also challenged by a serial killer at this time. | |||||
| 20 | "Remote Control" | Paul Shapiro | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | April 18, 2003 (2003-04-18) | 10-02-119 |
| Doe discovers the Seneca Institute, where "fallen geniuses" are being conditioned with psychic abilities. | |||||
| 21 | "The Rising" | Mimi Leder | Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson | April 25, 2003 (2003-04-25) | 10-02-120 |
| The series reaches a shocking finale as John utilizes his analytic abilities to find the Phoenix organization. |
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