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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 of the Chief Medical Examiner.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Crossing Jordan Season 4 Episode 8 - Fire in the Sky
    8.7/10(236 votes)

    #1 - Fire in the Sky

    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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writers:Scott Williams, Tim Kring

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  2. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 12 - Perfect Storm
    8.6/10(182 votes)

    #2 - Perfect Storm

    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.

    Director:Stephen Williams
    Writers:Kiri Hart, Christopher Barbour

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  3. Crossing Jordan Season 4 Episode 20 - Forget Me Not
    8.6/10(161 votes)

    #3 - Forget Me Not

    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.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Scott Williams, Tim Kring, Steve Valentine

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  4. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 6 - One Twelve
    8.5/10(185 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Damon Lindelof

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  5. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 1 - There's No Place Like Home, II
    8.5/10(140 votes)

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

    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?

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Tim Kring, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner

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  6. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 3 - Under the Weather
    8.5/10(130 votes)

    #6 - Under the Weather

    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.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Tim Kring, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner

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  7. Crossing Jordan Season 4 Episode 11 - Murder in the Rue Morgue
    8.4/10(136 votes)

    #7 - Murder in the Rue Morgue

    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.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writer:Linda Gase

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  8. Crossing Jordan Season 4 Episode 21 - Jump Push Fall
    8.4/10(134 votes)

    #8 - Jump Push Fall

    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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writers:Linda Gase, Aron Eli Coleite, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner

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  9. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 21 - Don't Leave Me This Way
    8.4/10(160 votes)

    #9 - Don't Leave Me This Way

    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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writers:Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

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  10. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 13 - Post Hoc...
    8.4/10(135 votes)

    #10 - Post Hoc...

    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.

    Director:Jill Hennessy
    Writers:Kathy McCormick, Lynne E. Litt

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  11. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 3 - 33 Bullets
    8.3/10(153 votes)

    #11 - 33 Bullets

    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.

    Director:John Badham
    Writer:Rob Fresco

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  12. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 6 - Night of the Living Dead
    8.3/10(144 votes)

    #12 - Night of the Living Dead

    S6:E6

    A shooting has occurred and three people are dead, including an alleged killer and his snake of a defense attorney. Much to one of the victims surprise, he has been declared dead by mistake and sent to the morgue for an autopsy. Unable to speak or move he can only watch as the doctors prepare to do his autopsy.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Jason Ning

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  13. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 7 - Hubris
    8.3/10(127 votes)

    #13 - Hubris

    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.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

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  14. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 15 - Dead Again
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    #14 - Dead Again

    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.

    Director:John Badham
    Writers:Rob Wright, Jim Danger Gray

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  15. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 16 - D.O.A.
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    #15 - D.O.A.

    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.

    Director:Curtis A. Schnell
    Writer:Rob Fresco

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  16. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 17 - Crash
    8.3/10(159 votes)

    #16 - Crash

    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.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Ashley Gable, Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner

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  17. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 10 - Ockham's Razor
    8.2/10(137 votes)

    #17 - Ockham's Razor

    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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writers:Damon Lindelof, Lizzy Shaw

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  18. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 15 - John Doe
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    #18 - John Doe

    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.

    Director:Tim Hunter
    Writer:David Amann

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  19. Crossing Jordan Season 4 Episode 1 - After Dark
    8.2/10(129 votes)

    #19 - After Dark

    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?

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Scott Williams

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  20. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 4 - Judgement Day
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #20 - Judgement Day

    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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Kathy McCormick

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  21. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 7 - Road Kill
    8.2/10(186 votes)

    #21 - Road Kill

    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.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

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  22. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 13 - Dreamland
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #22 - Dreamland

    S5:E13

    Macy is stunned when he discovers that a body from a gang related shooting is his daughters boyfriend. When a gun from the crime scene returns with Abby's prints on it, the entire team focuses on finding the missing girl.

    Director:Karen Gaviola
    Writer:Rob Fresco

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  23. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 17 - Save Me
    8.2/10(110 votes)

    #23 - Save Me

    S5:E17

    Woody and Lu team up to find the killer of a young girl, with the possibility of the killer being mentally ill and living in a halfway house the search will prove difficult. Jordan has taken in Kayla, while the state tries to find a home for her.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Linda Gase

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  24. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 20 - Mace vs. Scalpel
    8.2/10(153 votes)

    #24 - Mace vs. Scalpel

    S5:E20

    While attempting to return some personal effects Dr. Macy makes a startling discovery. Jordan and Lu butt heads over the morgue janitor and Lily prepares for the wedding.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Rob Fresco

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  25. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 1 - Retribution
    8.2/10(153 votes)

    #25 - Retribution

    S6:E1

    Following J.D.’s murder Jordan has traveled to the nation’s capital to prove her innocence. She is tracking the news story that J.D. was working on in an effort to find out what happened the night he was murdered. Lu decides to bring in an independent medical examiner, to prove her case against Jordan. Dr. Macy travels to D.C. to find Jordan while the rest of the team work to prove her innocence.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writers:Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer

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Best Episodes Summary

"Fire in the Sky" is the best rated episode of "Crossing Jordan". It scored 8.7/10 based on 236 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Scott Williams, Tim Kring, it aired on 11/14/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Perfect Storm".