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The Worst Episodes of Crossing Jordan

Genre:Drama
Network:NBC

Every episode of Crossing Jordan ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Crossing Jordan!

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...
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  • For Harry, with Love and Squalor
    7.0/10(157)
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    #1 - 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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  • Pilot
    7.1/10(281)
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    #2 - 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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  • The Dawn of a New Day
    7.2/10(212)
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    #3 - 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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  • Believers
    7.2/10(167)
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    #4 - 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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  • Born to Run
    7.3/10(193)
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    #5 - 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(170)
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    #6 - 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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    #7 - 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(147)
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    #8 - 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(144)
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    #9 - 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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  • The Ties That Bind
    7.4/10(199)
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    #10 - 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(161)
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    #11 - 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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  • It Happened One Night
    7.4/10(116)
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    #12 - It Happened One Night

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 3/20/2005

    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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  • Sight Unseen
    7.5/10(174)
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    #13 - 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(183)
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    #14 - 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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    #15 - 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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  • Bombs Away
    7.5/10(124)
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    #16 - 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

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  • Cruel and Unusual
    7.5/10(119)
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    #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

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  • Crime & Punishment
    7.6/10(145)
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    #18 - 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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  • Wild Card
    7.6/10(119)
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    #19 - 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

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  • Sunset Division
    7.6/10(149)
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    #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

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  • He Said, She Said
    7.6/10(136)
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    #21 - He Said, She Said

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 5/16/2004

    A woman shots and kills her attacker...Woody and Devan are convinced there is more to the story. Elsewhere a woman tries to convince Bug that an invasive autopsy is not needed for her husband…which sparks Bugs suspicions.

    Director: Michael Gershman

    Writer: Andi Bushell, Jim Praytor

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  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time
    7.7/10(159)
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    #22 - 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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  • There's No Place Like Home
    7.7/10(150)
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    #23 - 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

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  • Scared Straight
    7.7/10(140)
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    #24 - 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

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  • Prisoner Exchange
    7.7/10(267)
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    #25 - 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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"For Harry, with Love and Squalor" is the worst rated episode of "Crossing Jordan". It scored 7/10 based on 157 votes. Directed by Ian Toynton and written by Tim Kring, it aired on 4/8/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Pilot".