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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 Worst Episode
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    Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 19 - For Harry, with Love and Squalor
    6.9/10(178 votes)

    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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  2. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.2/10(330 votes)

    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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  3. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 2 - The Dawn of a New Day
    7.3/10(244 votes)

    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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  4. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 4 - Born to Run
    7.3/10(216 votes)

    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(192 votes)

    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(191 votes)

    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 16 - Lost and Found
    7.3/10(165 votes)

    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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  8. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 18 - Fire and Ice
    7.3/10(130 votes)

    S2:E18

    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
    Writers:Kathy McCormick, Diane Ademu-John

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  9. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 3 - The Ties That Bind
    7.4/10(225 votes)

    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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  10. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 12 - Blood Relatives
    7.4/10(180 votes)

    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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  11. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 15 - Acts of Mercy
    7.4/10(171 votes)

    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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  12. Crossing Jordan Season 4 Episode 15 - It Happened One Night
    7.4/10(129 votes)

    S4:E15

    Jordan’s father returns to help stop a vendetta…that he is all too familiar with. Meanwhile, Nigel and Bug are shooting for top honors, but a computer crash will leave them scrambling.

    Director:Miguel Ferrer
    Writer:Tim Kring

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  13. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 7 - Sight Unseen
    7.5/10(194 votes)

    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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  14. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 14 - Four Fathers
    7.5/10(181 votes)

    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 2 Episode 2 - Bombs Away
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    S2:E2

    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

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  16. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 17 - Cruel and Unusual
    7.5/10(131 votes)

    S2:E17

    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

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  17. Crossing Jordan Season 3 Episode 5 - Dead or Alive
    7.5/10(132 votes)

    S3:E5

    When a picture shows up for Dr. Macy he travels to Mexico to prove the identity of a killer. While in Boston Woody works the case from a different angle. When the investigation turns up a witness she is not willing to talk…will Jordan get her to open up in time?

    Director:Stephen Williams
    Writer:Aron Eli Coleite

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  18. Crossing Jordan Season 3 Episode 12 - Dead in the Water
    7.5/10(119 votes)

    S3:E12

    A young woman has been missing for seven years; everyone is shocked when she washes up on shore after a storm. Elsewhere Dr. Macy and Bug take on the case of a surgeon who goes under the knife of another surgeon.

    Director:Stephen Williams
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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  19. Crossing Jordan Season 5 Episode 9 - Death Goes On
    7.5/10(120 votes)

    S5:E9

    With only traces of evidence Woody and Dr. Macy are looking to bring down a mob hit man. Elsewhere Jordan is called to the scene of an accident…with the body missing. This new case will lead to answers for an old case.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writer:Aron Eli Coleite

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  20. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 10 - Blue Christmas
    7.6/10(205 votes)

    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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  21. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 17 - Crime & Punishment
    7.6/10(167 votes)

    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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  22. Crossing Jordan Season 1 Episode 18 - With Honor
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    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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  23. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 11 - Family Ties
    7.6/10(136 votes)

    S2:E11

    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

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  24. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 14 - Wild Card
    7.6/10(131 votes)

    S2:E14

    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

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  25. Crossing Jordan Season 2 Episode 16 - Conspiracy
    7.6/10(130 votes)

    S2:E16

    A mysterious death captures Jordan’s attention. Meanwhile, Dr. Macy revisits his past with a current case involving a former friend.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writers:James Morris, Shintaro Shimosawa

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Worst Episodes Summary

"For Harry, with Love and Squalor" is the worst rated episode of "Crossing Jordan". It scored 6.9/10 based on 178 votes. Directed by Ian Toynton and written by Tim Kring, it aired on 4/8/2002. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Pilot".