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The Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan Season 1

Every episode of Crossing Jordan Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan Season 1!

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
Episodes
23
Avg. Rating
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  • Digger (2)
    7.9/10(174)
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    #1 - Digger (2)

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/26/2001

    Jordan buries herself into the case and winds up putting her life in danger. Elsewhere Nigel and Lily plan some nuptials?

    Director: Allan Arkush

    Writer: Jill E. Blotevogel

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  • The Gift of Life
    7.9/10(163)
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    #2 - The Gift of Life

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 4/15/2002

    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: N/A

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  • Secrets & Lies (1)
    7.9/10(142)
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    #3 - Secrets & Lies (1)

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 5/6/2002

    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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  • Secrets & Lies (2)
    7.9/10(144)
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    #4 - Secrets & Lies (2)

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 5/13/2002

    With Jordan still at the psychiatric hospital she agrees to look into a triple homicide. Typical Jordan gets herself in over her head and Woody is there to lend a helping hand…again.

    Director: Allan Arkush

    Writer: Tim Kring

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  • Digger (1)
    7.8/10(178)
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    #5 - Digger (1)

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/19/2001

    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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  • Miracles & Wonders
    7.8/10(189)
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    #6 - Miracles & Wonders

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 1/21/2002

    Elvis has entered the building? Dr. Macy attempts to save a deer at his daughters’ request. And Jordan ponders the existence of a higher power.

    Director: Allan Arkush

    Writer: Tim Kring

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  • Someone to Count On
    7.8/10(180)
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    #7 - Someone to Count On

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 4/29/2002

    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: N/A

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  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time
    7.7/10(159)
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    #8 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 1/7/2002

    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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  • Crime & Punishment
    7.6/10(146)
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    #9 - Crime & Punishment

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 3/4/2002

    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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  • Sight Unseen
    7.5/10(175)
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    #10 - Sight Unseen

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/12/2001

    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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  • Blue Christmas
    7.5/10(181)
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    #11 - Blue Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/10/2001

    When a cop killer dies in police custody Dr. Macy orders a coroners inquest to get answers. Else where, Trey wonders what all Nigel’s invite to the mountains will involve.

    Director: Donna Deitch

    Writer: N/A

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  • With Honor
    7.5/10(153)
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    #12 - With Honor

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 3/18/2002

    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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  • The Ties That Bind
    7.4/10(198)
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    #13 - The Ties That Bind

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/8/2001

    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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  • Four Fathers
    7.4/10(160)
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    #14 - Four Fathers

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/28/2002

    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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  • The Dawn of a New Day
    7.3/10(210)
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    #15 - The Dawn of a New Day

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/1/2001

    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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  • Born to Run
    7.3/10(192)
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    #16 - Born to Run

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/15/2001

    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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  • You Can't Go Home Again
    7.3/10(169)
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    #17 - You Can't Go Home Again

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/22/2001

    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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  • Blood Relatives
    7.3/10(160)
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    #18 - Blood Relatives

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 1/14/2002

    A mother and her two young sons turn up murdered, the only suspect…the husband. This case will do more than test Jordan’s skills are a pathologist, but also test her mentally as some memories come flooding back.

    Director: Arvin Brown

    Writer: N/A

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  • Acts of Mercy
    7.3/10(148)
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    #19 - Acts of Mercy

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 2/4/2002

    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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  • Lost and Found
    7.3/10(145)
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    #20 - Lost and Found

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 2/25/2002

    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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  • Believers
    7.2/10(165)
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    #21 - Believers

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/29/2001

    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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  • Pilot
    7.1/10(275)
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    #22 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/24/2001

    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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  • For Harry, with Love and Squalor
    7.0/10(158)
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    #23 - For Harry, with Love and Squalor

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 4/8/2002

    With gangsters on his tail, Dr. Macy’s father makes a surprise visit to Boston. Elsewhere Jordan meets a stranger in her dad’s bar. What repercussions will this latest fling have?

    Director: Ian Toynton

    Writer: Tim Kring

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Digger (2)" is the best rated episode of "Crossing Jordan" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 174 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Jill E. Blotevogel, it aired on 11/26/2001. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Gift of Life".