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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. 8.7/10(165 votes)

    #1 - Perfect Storm

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    S2:E12

    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.

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  2. 8.6/10(218 votes)

    #2 - Fire in the Sky

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    S4:E8

    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.

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  3. 8.5/10(176 votes)

    #3 - One Twelve

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    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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  4. 8.5/10(144 votes)

    #4 - Forget Me Not

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    S4:E20

    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.

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  5. 8.5/10(137 votes)

    #5 - There's No Place Like Home, II

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    S5:E1

    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?

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  6. 8.5/10(121 votes)

    #6 - Under The Weather

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    S5:E3

    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.

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  8. 8.4/10(125 votes)

    #7 - Murder in the Rue Morgue

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    S4:E11

    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.

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    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writer:Linda Gase
  9. 8.4/10(126 votes)

    #8 - Jump Push Fall

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    S4:E21

    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.

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  10. 8.4/10(132 votes)

    #9 - Post Hoc...

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    S6:E13

    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.

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  11. 8.4/10(113 votes)

    #10 - Dead Again

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    S6:E15

    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.

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  12. 8.3/10(132 votes)

    #11 - Pandora's Trunk (1)

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    S2:E21

    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.

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  13. 8.3/10(113 votes)

    #12 - A Stranger Among Us

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    S4:E10

    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.

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  14. 8.3/10(153 votes)

    #13 - Don't Leave Me This Way

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    S5:E21

    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.

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  15. 8.3/10(150 votes)

    #14 - 33 Bullets

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    S6:E3

    Police officers have shot an 8-year-old boy a staggering 33 times, which sends the city of Boston into a riot. Jordan and the rest of the team investigate the shooting, however one of their own could be lost.

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    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Rob Fresco
  16. 8.3/10(125 votes)

    #15 - Hubris

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    S6:E7

    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.

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  17. 8.3/10(113 votes)

    #16 - Faith

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    S6:E11

    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.

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  18. 8.3/10(108 votes)

    #17 - In Sickness & In Health

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    S6:E14

    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.

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  19. 8.3/10(112 votes)

    #18 - D.O.A.

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    S6:E16

    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.

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  20. 8.3/10(153 votes)

    #19 - Crash

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    S6:E17

    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.

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  21. 8.2/10(130 votes)

    #20 - Ockham's Razor

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    S2:E10

    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.

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  22. 8.2/10(113 votes)

    #21 - John Doe

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    S2:E15

    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.

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    Director:Tim Hunter
  23. 8.2/10(130 votes)

    #22 - Pandora's Trunk (2)

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    S2:E22

    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.

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    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Tim Kring
  24. 8.2/10(120 votes)

    #23 - After Dark

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    S4:E1

    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?

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  25. 8.2/10(110 votes)

    #24 - Judgement Day

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    S5:E4

    Jordan works to expose the downfalls of the prison health care system, when an inmate turns up dead. Meanwhile Lily is put into a life or death situation…at a local court house.

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  26. 8.2/10(181 votes)

    #25 - Road Kill

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    S5:E7

    A copy cat killer starts to terrorize Boston, Woody and Jordan are left to break the case. When they have to turn to the original killer for answers, Jordan is less than comfortable when the killer starts to get personal.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Perfect Storm" is the best rated episode of "Crossing Jordan". It scored 8.7/10 based on 165 votes. Directed by Stephen Williams and written by Kiri Hart, Christopher Barbour, it aired on 1/27/2003. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fire in the Sky".