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Meet John Doe: Directed by Jim Pohl. With Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Justin Whalin. Criminal from the future Tempus runs for president as "John Doe" and uses a subliminal device to make everyone think "John Doe is a darn nice guy."
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Jim Pohl
- 1997-03-02
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- Plot Summary
- Guest Cast
Meet John Doe is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season.
It was the first part of a two-part story of the terror of Tempus.
Dirty politics gets a new layer of slime when fugitive from the future Tempus runs for president.
Tempus is being held at an institution for the criminally insane. a Utopian peacekeeper named Andrus comes from the future to him back to Utopia for his trial. He leaves a replica of Tempus in his place so people from the present wouldn't ask questions. Tempus manages to escape Andrus and steals the time travel window to return to the twentieth century.
He comes up with an entire new scheme to rule the world and destroy Superman. He takes on the identity of "John Doe" and runs for United States presidency. Along the way he travelled back to the twenty-fifth century and stole a sophisticated device called a subliminator, a powerful device that can send subliminal messages directly into the brain so that the people will vote for him.
Andrus appears and tries to apprehend Tempus, who tries to use the time travel window again, but Andrus has deactivated it. He kidnaps the peacekeeper and holds him hostage
When Lois and Clark see who "John Doe" really is, they discover at once that it is Tempus and have an interview with him. Tempus reveals through a conversation that he is indeed him and threatens to expose Superman's true identity if he interferes.
Thanks to the subliminator that brainwashes the citizens by telephone, Tempus wins by a landslide and becomes the new president. He makes things worse for Superman by having federal bureaucracy harass him and then brainwashes Lois to drive her car off a cliff. An angry Superman confronts Tempus and warns him to leave Lois alone or he would pay dearly.
After this, Tempus is even more determined to get rid of Superman, so he lets Andrus go and keeps Andrus' time window that only the peacekeeper can operate.
Recurring cast
•Lane Davies as Tempus •Fred Willard as President Garner
Guest starring
•Robert Arce as Barrett •William Christopher as Andrus •Richard Cody as Randolph •Dennis Fimple as Homeless Man •Robert Gallo as Security Guard •Mary Amadeo Ingersoll as Suit #3 •Shirley Jordan as Cop •Cynthia Kania as Suit #2 •Ben L. McCain as TV Anchorman •Victor Raider-Wexler as Doctor Dussel •Scott Alan Smith as FAA Inspector
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Meet John Doe is an episode of season 4 of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.It premiered on March 2, 1997.. Synopsis for "Meet John Doe" A criminal from ...
This episode, which takes its title from the 1941 film Meet John Doe but parodies The Manchurian Candidate, is the first part of a two-part story arc. Under the new identity of 'John Doe', Tempus is running for President, and only Lois and Clark know the truth about him. Clark has a recurring dream about Lois being taken away from him by a shadowy figure in a mysterious window. He wakes up to ...
Mar 1, 1997 · A criminal from the future uses a subliminal device to win the presidential election and begins a reign of terror. Attempting to stop the villain, Sup…
