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The Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan Season 1

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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
    Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.2/10(316 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
    7.3/10(237 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
    7.4/10(220 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
    7.3/10(211 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
    7.3/10(187 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
    7.3/10(185 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
    7.5/10(189 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)
    7.8/10(195 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 1 Episode 9 - Digger (2)
    7.8/10(192 votes)

    #9 - Digger (2)

    S1:E9

    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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  10. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 10 - Blue Christmas
    7.6/10(201 votes)

    #10 - Blue Christmas

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 11 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time
    7.8/10(175 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 12 - Blood Relatives
    7.4/10(175 votes)

    #12 - Blood Relatives

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 13 - Miracles & Wonders
    7.8/10(213 votes)

    #13 - Miracles & Wonders

    S1:E13

    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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  14. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 14 - Four Fathers
    7.5/10(175 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
    7.4/10(161 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
    7.4/10(158 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
    7.6/10(158 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
    7.6/10(164 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 19 - For Harry, with Love and Squalor
    7.0/10(172 votes)

    #19 - For Harry, with Love and Squalor

    S1:E19

    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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  20. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 20 - The Gift of Life
    7.9/10(179 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 21 - Someone to Count On
    7.9/10(196 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 22 - Secrets & Lies (1)
    7.9/10(154 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 23 - Secrets & Lies (2)
    7.9/10(158 votes)

    #23 - Secrets & Lies (2)

    S1:E23

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Crossing Jordan" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 316 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Tim Kring, it aired on 9/24/2001. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Dawn of a New Day".