Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Season 4 Episode 14
Tempus escapes from a home for the criminally insane and with a new technology from the future he plants subliminal messages into the minds of the people saying that “”John Doe is a darn nice guy””. In truth, John Doe is Tempus, and now with this fake identity, he is running for presidency of the United States. There are only a few people who doesn’t believe him: non-users of telephone, and Lois and Clark, but he will do everything to solve this problem, including banish Superman into a time window.
Episode Title: Meet John Doe (1)
Air Date: 1997-03-02