# Now it's over...who really was John Doe?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 22, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-over-who-really-was-john-doe/176751 "2003-05-22T05:34:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tommyturtle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Tommyturtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommyturtle)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-over-who-really-was-john-doe/176751/1 "2003-05-22T05:34:12Z")

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I am talking about John Doe the Fox TV show

They gave hints he might be an alien…a government experiment… even that there might be some religeous significance to John Doe

I know it was kind of cheesie but I liked it none the less

BTW Did anyone else think the main charactor looked and sounded alot like Mel Gibson?

I just checked at the Fox site for the show and apparently there will be at least ONE more episode on June 6…maybe they will answer all my questions after all

But until then…any theories?

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-over-who-really-was-john-doe/176751/2 "2003-05-22T05:44:21Z")

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Silly … he’s Keyser Soze!

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-over-who-really-was-john-doe/176751/3 "2003-05-22T05:46:41Z")

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He was Thomas Veil, Nowhere Man.