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Crossing Jordan S1E2 — The Dawn of a New Day
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Crossing Jordan•Season 1•Episode 2

The Dawn of a New Day

7.3/10 · 244 votesOct 1, 200142 min

Ranked #17 of 23 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

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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.

Directed byAllan Arkush
Written byTim Kring
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Pilot stillE1 7.2

Pilot

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The Dawn of a New Day

The Ties That Bind stillE3 7.4

The Ties That Bind

Born to Run stillE4 7.3

Born to Run

You Can't Go Home Again stillE5 7.3

You Can't Go Home Again

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Believers

Sight Unseen stillE7 7.5

Sight Unseen

Digger (1) stillE8 7.9

Digger (1)

Digger (2) stillE9 7.9

Digger (2)

Blue Christmas stillE10 7.6

Blue Christmas

Wrong Place, Wrong Time stillE11 7.8

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Blood Relatives stillE12 7.4

Blood Relatives

Miracles & Wonders stillE13 7.7

Miracles & Wonders

Four Fathers stillE14 7.5

Four Fathers

Acts of Mercy stillE15 7.4

Acts of Mercy

Lost and Found stillE16 7.3

Lost and Found

Crime & Punishment stillE17 7.6

Crime & Punishment

With Honor stillE18 7.6

With Honor

For Harry, with Love and Squalor stillE19 6.9

For Harry, with Love and Squalor

The Gift of Life stillE20 7.9

The Gift of Life

Someone to Count On stillE21 7.8

Someone to Count On

Secrets & Lies (1) stillE22 7.9

Secrets & Lies (1)

Secrets & Lies (2) stillE23 7.8

Secrets & Lies (2)

Cast7

Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy

Jordan Cavanaugh

Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer

Garrett Macy

Steve Valentine

Steve Valentine

Nigel Townsend

Ravi Kapoor

Ravi Kapoor

Mahesh 'Bug' Vijay

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

Lily Lebowski

Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Trey Sanders

Ken Howard

Ken Howard

Max Cavanaugh

Crew8

Allan Arkush

Allan Arkush

Director

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Tim Kring

Writer

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Mary Albee

Stunt Coordinator

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Samantha Corbin-Miller

Co-Executive Producer

Edward Conna

Edward Conna

Stunts

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Lori Motyer

Associate Producer

T

Tim Kring

Creator

Angela Barnes

Angela Barnes

Second Assistant Director

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Episode Summary

"The Dawn of a New Day" is episode 2 of Crossing Jordan season 1. It scored 7.3/10 from 244 votes, ranking #17 of 23 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Tim Kring, it aired on October 1, 2001.

Next: E3 · The Ties That BindBest of Season 1