8.7/10155 votesLoading...#1 - Perfect Storm
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2003
Boston is at the mercy of a blizzard and the morgue staff at the mercy of an unknown toxin. With bodies piling up, and the lights out, the race is on stop this invisible killer before too many more die.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Christopher Barbour, Kiri Hart
8.7/10207 votesLoading...#2 - Fire in the Sky
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2004
Jordan receives a late night call from Devan asking her to cover the shift. A plane crash has occurred and the staff soon learns one of their own was on that flight.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring, Scott Williams
8.6/10128 votesLoading...#3 - There's No Place Like Home, II
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2005
With a familiar killer in their midst, Slokum is forced to get help from an unlikely source. Will the morgue staff be able to stop this killer…again?
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Tim Kring, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner
8.6/10109 votesLoading...#4 - Under The Weather
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2005
Jordan’s defiance of Dr. Macy ends up putting her own life in danger. With three boys missing and bodies turning up, Woody and Dr. Macy don’t realize they are also searching for one of their own.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Tim Kring, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner
8.5/10172 votesLoading...#5 - One Twelve
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2002
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.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.5/10136 votesLoading...#6 - Forget Me Not
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2005
Nigel is spending the evening with his new soul mate when her daughter ends up kidnapped. Nigel is left with questions that science cannot answer. A man thought to be dead awakens on the autopsy table…scaring Lily.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Tim Kring, Scott Williams, Steve Valentine
8.5/10125 votesLoading...#7 - Post Hoc...
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 4/18/2007
Jordan is recovering from her brain surgery but suffering hallucinations she tries to hide. Her friends take turns caring for her. When Bug does not show up for his turn anger quickly turns to fear when they discover he is in the custody of Homeland Security. The team fight to clear Bug but are met with hostility and resistance. Meanwhile, a persistent detective is trying to get an autopsy performed but everyone is focused on Jordan & Bug.
Director: Jill Hennessy
Writer: Kathy McCormick, Lynne E. Litt
8.4/10117 votesLoading...#8 - Murder in the Rue Morgue
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2005
When a lone gunman decides to commit murder inside the morgue, Jordan wonders if there is a connection to any of the recent admits. Where this case leads will cause Woody to dive deep into a world he does not know…to find the truth.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Linda Gase
8.4/10118 votesLoading...#9 - Jump Push Fall
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2005
Some new evidence comes to light in an old case that involves Dr. Macy. Jordan is placed in charge of the case that will either make or break Dr. Macy. Meanwhile, Woody is hot on the trail of a cop killer, and Woody finds himself looking down the barrel of a gun.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Linda Gase, Aron Eli Coleite, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner
8.4/10107 votesLoading...#10 - Dead Again
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 5/2/2007
A dead woman brings Jordan and Ivers together for a case. Lily and Jeffrey are seeking help from a psychiatrist, who dies in the middle of their session. To add to the mounting stress, Lily suddenly goes into labor; luckily for her, everyone is there to help bring her child into the world.
Director: John Badham
Writer: Rob Wright, Jim Danger Gray
8.3/10128 votesLoading...#11 - Pandora's Trunk (1)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2003
Three people are found dead and seem to have no connection to each other. Woody takes on the task of solving the triple homicide. Meanwhile, Jordan is back on the trail of her mothers killer when some new evidence surfaces.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Gary Glasberg, Damon Lindelof
8.3/10108 votesLoading...#12 - A Stranger Among Us
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/2005
When a gunman opens fire on a local diner the FBI knows it is related to a recently arrested drug lord. However Jordan and Dr. Macy are less than convinced. After some investigating they soon realize everything is not as it seems.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Andi Bushell
8.3/10150 votesLoading...#13 - Don't Leave Me This Way
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2006
When Jordan wakes up to find J.D. dead beside her, she has no memory of the events from the previous night. Accused or murder Jordan will turn to her friends to help piece everything together.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Melissa R. Byer, Treena Hancock
8.3/10122 votesLoading...#14 - Hubris
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 3/7/2007
An internet psycho reeks havoc in Boston as he goes on a bloody rampage leaving bodies in his wake. Woody and Nigel pair up to put a stop to this serial killer, who's leaving cryptic message on Nigel’s Blog. Elsewhere Jordan is auditing past autopsies, and discovers that Bug might have put an innocent man behind bars.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Melissa R. Byer, Treena Hancock
8.3/10117 votesLoading...#15 - Seven Feet Under
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2007
A 16-year-old girl is found murdered and while working to solve the case, they discover many secrets in the young victims life. As the investigation continues Jordan begins to have some health issues that raise concern with Dr. Macy. Elsewhere a mummy is found, leaving Dr. Switzer, Bug, and Woody asking lots of questions. Imagine their surprise when it turns out she is more modern than they believe.
Director: Kate Woods
Writer: Brian L. Ross
8.3/10108 votesLoading...#16 - Faith
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 4/4/2007
A school bus full of children is hijacked then vanishes into thin air. Jordan and Woody must race against the clock to find them. Having few clues to follow finding the children after the bus is located will be harder than expected. Elsewhere, Dr. Switzer and Nigel find ‘Santa’ in the morgue. Everyone is concerned when the secret Jordan is keeping is revealed.
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner
8.3/10108 votesLoading...#17 - Sleeping Beauty
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 4/11/2007
Dr. Macy escorts Jordan to the hospital where she will undergo brain surgery, that will hopefully save her. While Dr. Macy waits to hear about Jordan’s surgery everyone else throws themselves into work. Woody sets out to keep his mind busy by investigating a murder with an eyewitness who is about to testify.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Rob Fresco
8.3/10103 votesLoading...#18 - In Sickness & In Health
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 4/25/2007
Jordan’s recovery has gone well and she is ready to return to work, Dr. Macy agrees to allow her return if she does not over do it. Bug is struggling with his experience with Homeland Security and refuses to talk about it. The murder of a groom on his wedding day has Nigel, Woody and Dr. Switzer occupied.
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: Melissa R. Byer, Treena Hancock, Jason Ning
8.3/10106 votesLoading...#19 - D.O.A.
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 5/9/2007
Exhausted, Lily emerges from the elevator for a visit to the morgue with baby Madeleine, who won't stop shrieking. Upon seeing Woody's latest attempt at decor, Jordan is just telling him he seriously needs a wife, when disheveled Shawn Curaco bursts in to report a murder. He hands over a lab report: someone's been poisoned with carbon tetrachloride, from which there's no recovery. When Woody asks the location of the body, Shawn admits the body is him.
Director: Curtis A. Schnell
Writer: Rob Fresco
8.3/10147 votesLoading...#20 - Crash
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 5/16/2007
Having just picked up 18 corpses with no visible cause of death from a cargo ship, the Mys Venezia, the whole gang is aboard a 737, flying into a storm. Nigel thinks it's aliens or pirates that are the cause of the deaths, but all speculation ends when co-pilot Dave Rosso tells everyone to buckle up, because they have to fly into the storm. When the engines blow out, the hatch blows off, and the plane starts to dive, Dave tells everyone to brace for the inevitable crash.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Ashley Gable, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner
8.2/10126 votesLoading...#21 - Ockham's Razor
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2003
When the wife of Dr. Macy’s nemesis is found dead…he pushes forward for the truth. A photo lab is going out of business and calling old customers the Cavanaugh’s are on the receiving end. What comes to light will push Max to face a truth he has tried to hide.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Lizzy Shaw
8.2/10110 votesLoading...#22 - John Doe
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2003
When a John Doe comes into the morgue…Bug makes it a mission of his to find this mans identity. Dr. Macy sets out to try to prove murder or suicide when a cop turns up dead.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: David Amann
8.2/10128 votesLoading...#23 - Pandora's Trunk (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2003
With the secrets the car held for years out in the open, Jordan still has questions. Dr. Macy makes a hard decision regarding Jordan and Woody has a case to solve.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
8.2/10117 votesLoading...#24 - After Dark
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2004
A mysterious blackout blankets Boston, and leaves Jordan and Bug trapped in a tunnel. Meanwhile Woody is late for a very important date…or is he?
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Scott Williams
8.2/10115 votesLoading...#25 - Sanctuary
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/2005
Jordan suspects foul play in the death of a man. When the wife of the dead man takes Jordan and others hostage Woody, Dr. Macy and the others race to solve the murder to save one of their own.
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: Aron Eli Coleite
The Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan
Every episode of Crossing Jordan ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Perfect Storm" is the best rated episode of "Crossing Jordan". It scored 8.7/10 based on 155 votes. Directed by Stephen Williams and written by Christopher Barbour, Kiri Hart, it aired on 1/27/2003. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fire in the Sky".