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The Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan

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The Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office...

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  1. Background image for Pilot
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Meet Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh of the Boston Medical Examiners office. With a reputation of going way beyond the call of duty…Jordan finds her first case a little close to home.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Tim Kring
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  2. Background image for The Dawn of a New Day
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Dawn of a New Day

    S1:E2

    Two seemingly unconnected men turn up dead, but there is more than meets the eye to this case. Elsewhere Mr. Stinky has Bug and Trey stumped at identifying him.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Tim Kring
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  3. Background image for The Ties That Bind
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Ties That Bind

    S1:E3

    A woman’s torso is found and linked back to the prison system. Jordan is assigned to find out who the victim is and who is responsible for her death.

    Director:Andy Wolk
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  4. Background image for Born to Run
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Born to Run

    S1:E4

    With what appears to be a cut and dry murder suicide Jordan gets help from her colleagues to find the truth. Meanwhile Dr. Macy faces the hard truth about his daughter.

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  5. Background image for You Can't Go Home Again
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - You Can't Go Home Again

    S1:E5

    When the body of a firefighter is found Jordan is called to the scene. What she discovers will shock her and set her on a mission.

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  6. Background image for Believers
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Believers

    S1:E6

    Facts are scarce when a Senator’s daughter is found stabbed in the park. Jordan but cut though the political red tap to find the answers. Back at the morgue Bug and Nigel face some had choices.

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  8. Background image for Sight Unseen
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Sight Unseen

    S1:E7

    Two school children are kidnapped and one of them turns up dead. Jordan must race against the clock to try to find the other child…before time runs out.

    Director:Dick Lowry
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  9. Background image for Digger (1)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Digger (1)

    S1:E8

    In this two part episode women are turning up…buried alive. Jordan teams up with a FBI Agent to try to solve this case. What Jordan does not know is that she matched the profile the killer likes.

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  10. Background image for Revealed
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Revealed

    S3:E10

    The body of a writer is found with bite marks in the neck and drained of all blood. Meanwhile a decomposing body is found in the woods and a camera in the hand of the victim is the only clue.

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  11. Background image for Wrong Place, Wrong Time
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    S1:E11

    With a botched robbery victims are many and answers are few. Jordan and Dr. Macy set out to prove maybe this was no ordinary bank robbery.

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  12. Background image for Four Fathers
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Four Fathers

    S1:E14

    With the morgue pinching pennies the staff wonders who will be “pink slipped”. Elsewhere Jordan works a case involving the son of an old family…friend.

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  13. Background image for Acts of Mercy
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Acts of Mercy

    S1:E15

    What appear to be mercy killings are turning up one after the other in Boston. Both Dr. Macy and Jordan are both tracking a doctor with a deadly needle. Bug and Nigel audition for a network.

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  14. Background image for Lost and Found
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Lost and Found

    S1:E16

    Jordan and Detective Winslow find a young father murdered in an alley, they race to find the baby. Dr. Macy must find out why a student died, as well as help Abby deal with the loss.

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  15. Background image for Crime & Punishment
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Crime & Punishment

    S1:E17

    A housewife from the suburbs is found dead, and linked to Sado-masochism which leads Jordan to an internet site. Elsewhere Bug sees the shrink to talk about the case of an 8-year-old boy.

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  16. Background image for With Honor
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - With Honor

    S1:E18

    One of America’s finest abandons her post in Afghanistan and is later found dead in Boston. Jordan is paired with an investigator from the Marines, to investigate the case. Elsewhere Dr. Macy is in the middle of a turn war…between pimps.

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  17. Background image for The Gift of Life
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Gift of Life

    S1:E20

    In this episode we go back to 1995 when Jordan wonders if being a heart surgeon is the right of courier for her. But after a patient dies on the table because of Dr. McCaffrey's negligence Jordan realizes that the truth is always best to tell even if it hurts somebody. We also see how Jordan met Garrett and the importance of honesty.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Someone to Count On
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Someone to Count On

    S1:E21

    When the mother of a teenage girl is found dead the daughter becomes the prime suspect. Jordan is convinced of the girls’ innocence and seeks advice from an unlikely source to save the girl from prison.

    Director:Nick Gomez
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Secrets & Lies (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Secrets & Lies (1)

    S1:E22

    Jordan is called to a local psychiatric hospital to investigate a suicide. While there and unknown source provides her with a clue to her mother’s murder.

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  20. Background image for The Truth Is Out There
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Truth Is Out There

    S2:E3

    Jordan and Nigel are making a trip to the local Total-Mart, and end up with a dead door greater. When someone tries to steal the body the case takes an unusual turn.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
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  21. Background image for Payback
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Payback

    S2:E4

    After a high class party girl dies in custody, Woody will face possible charges. Jordan must step up and defend Woody and try to help save his career. Elsewhere Lily is trying to help a little boy.

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  22. Background image for As if by Fate
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - As if by Fate

    S2:E5

    Jordan tries her hand at dating and is later called to the scene of her would-be suitor’s apparent suicide. A near death experience leaves Nigel asking lots of questions. Dr. Macy sets out to help validate a recently departed jazz legends personal image.

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  23. Background image for One Twelve
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - One Twelve

    S2:E6

    Jordan and the team are sent to lead the recovery effort at the site of an explosion. Amongst the rubble is a lone survivor and Jordan must keep him talking till help can get to him. The grim task of identifying the victims falls on Dr. Macy.

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  24. Background image for Scared Straight
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Scared Straight

    S2:E7

    When the lover of a controversial lesbian talk show host is found dead, Jordan and Woody lead the investigation. Garret and Lily go head to head when a cancer patient dies.

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  25. Background image for Don't Look Back
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Don't Look Back

    S2:E8

    Jordan and Woody are off to California when the body of a Hollywood starlet is found in Boston. Elsewhere Dr. Macy and Lily both get visits at the morgue.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Tim Kring
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  26. Background image for Prisoner Exchange
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Prisoner Exchange

    S2:E9

    Not willing to breach confidentiality Lily makes a sacrifice to keep a late night confession secret. Elsewhere Dr. Macy and D.A. Walcott are forced to work together to put a sexual predator behind bars…where he belongs.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Crossing Jordan". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Tim Kring, it aired on 9/24/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Dawn of a New Day".