7.7/10146 votes#1 - There's No Place Like Home
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2002
Special 90 Minute Episode Jordan and Woody are 3000 miles from Boston on the trail of the man that may hold the answer to Jordan’s questions about her mothers' death. Dr. Macy is struggling with the disappearance of Jordan and trying to solve a case of his own.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
7.5/10120 votes#2 - Bombs Away
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2002
When the wife of a former ATF agent is found dead the husband’s grief is overwhelming. He will take drastic measures and put everyone in the morgue in danger…will they defuse the situation before it is too late?
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Ian Biederman
8.0/10134 votes#3 - The Truth is Out There
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2002
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
7.9/10121 votes#4 - Payback
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2002
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
7.9/10136 votes#5 - As if by Fate
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2002
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
8.5/10169 votes#6 - One Twelve
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2002
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
7.7/10136 votes#7 - Scared Straight
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2002
When the lover of a controversial lesbian talk show host is found dead, Jordan and Woody lead the investigation. Garret and Lily go head to head when a cancer patient dies.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnoff
7.8/10125 votes#8 - Don't Look Back
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2002
Jordan and Woody are off to California when the body of a Hollywood starlet is found in Boston. Elsewhere Dr. Macy and Lily both get visits at the morgue.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Tim Kring
7.7/10264 votes#9 - Prisoner Exchange
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2002
Not willing to breach confidentiality Lily makes a sacrifice to keep a late night confession secret. Elsewhere Dr. Macy and D.A. Walcott are forced to work together to put a sexual predator behind bars…where he belongs.
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: Ian Biederman
8.2/10123 votes#10 - Ockham's Razor
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2003
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
Writer: Damon Lindelof, Lizzy Shaw
8.0/10116 votes#11 - Family Ties
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/2003
A woman is shot in an apparent car jacking; Jordan and Elaine make an unlikely team investigating this one. When a baby is found clinging to life under the mother, her husband claims the child is not his.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Kathy McCormick
8.7/10151 votes#12 - Perfect Storm
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2003
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
Writer: Christopher Barbour, Kiri Hart
7.9/10122 votes#13 - Strangled
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2003
The morgue staff gathers to attempt to try and solve a case from 1964. With each of the staff members assuming a role in the case, with Max leading the way. Will they be able to find a killer from so long ago?
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: Gary Glasberg
8.0/10116 votes#14 - Wild Card
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2003
A witness for an up coming case is found murdered. Jordan is sure there is a dirty cop involved in the permanent silencing of this witness. Meanwhile Dr. Macy and Dr. Winslow head an investigation of their own.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Diane Ademu-John
8.2/10108 votes#15 - John Doe
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2003
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
8.0/10112 votes#16 - Conspiracy
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/17/2003
A mysterious death captures Jordan’s attention. Meanwhile, Dr. Macy revisits his past with a current case involving a former friend.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: James Morris, Shintaro Shimosawa
7.9/10115 votes#17 - Cruel and Unusual
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/31/2003
A local woman dies and forces Jordan to come face to face with an ex-lover. Dr. Macy and D.A. Walcott make a trip to investigate if an execution was cruel and unusual.
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnoff
7.9/10111 votes#18 - Fire and Ice
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/7/2003
A methamphetamine lab explodes and takes the life of a young girl. Jordan tried to help the grieving mother and manages to tick off the D.A. Elsewhere, Lily and Bug work a case together.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Kathy McCormick, Diane Ademu-John
7.9/10109 votes#19 - Dead Wives' Club
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/14/2003
A woman is kidnapped…thirteen years later her body washes up in Boston. Jordan is convinced the killer is the husband…but the evidence does not support her theory. Meanwhile, Dr. Winslow had to identify a body at the morgue.
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: David Amann, Ian Biederman
7.6/10144 votes#20 - Sunset Division
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/21/2003
Woody decides to take some time off and goes home to Wisconsin, while there the Sheriff, his mentor is killed. The trail leads him to Los Angeles where he crosses paths with a special LAPD unit.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring, Damon Lindelof
8.3/10126 votes#21 - Pandora's Trunk (1)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2003
Three people are found dead and seem to have no connection to each other. Woody takes on the task of solving the triple homicide. Meanwhile, Jordan is back on the trail of her mothers killer when some new evidence surfaces.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Gary Glasberg, Damon Lindelof
8.2/10126 votes#22 - Pandora's Trunk (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2003
With the secrets the car held for years out in the open, Jordan still has questions. Dr. Macy makes a hard decision regarding Jordan and Woody has a case to solve.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
The Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan Season 2
Every episode of Crossing Jordan Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Crossing Jordan Season 2!
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
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"There's No Place Like Home" is the best rated episode of "Crossing Jordan" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 146 votes. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Tim Kring, it aired on 9/23/2002. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Bombs Away".