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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 1 Episode 1 - 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. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 2 - 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. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 3 - 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
    Writer:Ian Biederman

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  4. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 4 - 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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Damon Lindelof

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  5. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 5 - 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.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Samantha Corbin-Miller

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  6. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 6 - 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.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Todd Ellis Kessler

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  7. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 7 - 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
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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  8. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 8 - 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.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Diane Ademu-John

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  9. Crossing Jordan Season 3 Episode 10 - 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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Damon Lindelof

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  10. Crossing Jordan Season 4 Episode 16 - Skin and Bone
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Skin and Bone

    S4:E16

    When a mass grave for the mob is found, the killer assaults Bug. Not long after the discovery Woody’s brother shows up sparking some suspicion. Lily and Nigel stay at Bug’s side waiting for him to wake up.

    Director:Stephen Williams
    Writer:Scott Williams

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  11. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 3 - Under the Weather
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Crossing Jordan Season 6 Episode 17 - Crash
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 11 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Rick Rosenthal
    Writer:Damon Lindelof

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  14. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 14 - Four Fathers
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Rachel Talalay
    Writer:Diane Ademu-John

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  15. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 15 - Acts of Mercy
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writer:Elizabeth Sarnoff

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  16. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 16 - Lost and Found
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  17. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 17 - Crime & Punishment
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Allan Arkush
    Writer:Damon Lindelof

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  18. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 18 - With Honor
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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  19. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 20 - The Gift of Life
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 21 - Someone to Count On
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 22 - Secrets & Lies (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Michael Gershman
    Writer:Elizabeth Sarnoff

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  22. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 3 - The Truth Is Out There
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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
    Writer:David Amann

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  23. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 4 - Payback
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:Leslie Libman
    Writer:Kathy McCormick

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  24. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 5 - As if by Fate
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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  25. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 6 - One Twelve
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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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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".