Crossing Jordan

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Crossing Jordan

Genre	Crime, Drama
Creator(s)	Tim Kring
Starring	Jill Hennessy Miguel Ferrer Ravi Kapoor Kathryn Hahn Steve Valentine Jerry O'Connell (2002-)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	111
Production
Running time	One hour per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 24, 2001 – present
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that airs on NBC. It stars Jill Hennessy as the crime-solving medical examiner, Jordan Cavanaugh. The show uses an ensemble cast approach featuring a group of Jordan's co-workers, members of the Boston Medical Examiner's Office and police detectives assigned to the various cases. It was created by Tim Kring. The title references the biblical metaphor of the ancient Hebrews crossing the Jordan River, commonly used in spiritual songs to represent death and passage to the afterlife.

During the first two seasons the series used a gimmick whereby Jordan and her retired-police-detective father (Ken Howard) would role-play the events leading up to that week's murder, which would be depicted by showing Jordan playing the part of the victim or suspect in a recreation of the scene. (The idea being that such role-playing would allow Jordan to figure out the circumstances of the crime, like a profiler). This element of the series was mostly dropped when Howard left the series as a regular.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Recurring characters
- 1.2 Former characters
2 Show information
- 2.1 International
3 Las Vegas crossover
4 Episode list
5 2006-2007 season
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Cast

Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy) is a young, attractive medical examiner from Boston who solves crimes during the course of her investigations. Jordan is emotionally scarred by her mother's murder when Jordan was a child in the 1970s. Jordan's issues with trust ensure that serious relationships don't have a chance with her except for the one with Woody Hoyt, the homicide detective who has stayed true to Jordan for three seasons, giving in to her unorthodox investigating techniques. However, when Woody was shot in the fourth season's finale, Jordan was forced to confess her true feelings for Woody. Woody, however, didn't believe her.
Dr. Garret Macy (Miguel Ferrer) is Jordan's boss. Macy must deal with Jordan's erratic behavior as well as his confused family (he has a teenage daughter, Abby, but is divorced from his wife) and his own personal demons. Garret has an affinity for jazz. He's been known to have had romantic entanglements with Grief Counselor Lily Lebowski, ADA Renee Walcott, Charlie Davis, and, obviously, his one-time wife, Maggie Warner. Garret has recently admitted to a drinking problem, after finding out his daughter, Abby, had become addicted to heroin upon dropping out of college and becoming involved with a heroin dealer.
Mahesh "Bug" Vijayaraghavensatyanaryanamurthy (Ravi Kapoor), a brilliant but shy forensic entomologist from Liverpool. He has feelings for Lily which, until the final episode of Season 5, were not reciprocated. In the beginning of Season 6, with the cancellation of Lily's wedding, his relationship with Lily is beginning to move forward. However, things may be complicated by Lily's unexpected pregnancy.
Lily Lebowski (Kathryn Hahn), a good-hearted grief counselor working in the medical examiner's office. Lily and Garret used to be romantically involved, but their developing relationship ended when Garret went back to his ex-wife for a brief period. Lily and Garret remained friends ever since. Bug thought Lily was adopted because her blood type differed from that of her newly deceased mother. Garret recently revealed that the woman Lily thought to be her mother was really her aunt. In "Mysterious Ways", she tendered her resignation and accepted her boyfriend's marriage proposal. She eventually canceled the wedding and returned to her job as a grief counselor. Lily has recently received the surprising news that she is pregnant. It is unknown whether this will complicate her blossoming relationship with Bug.
Nigel Townsend (Steve Valentine), a wise-cracking British criminologist of ambiguous sexual orientation often known for his dry humor and his knowledge of everything from coffee to textiles. Nigel ran away from the Royal Navy, where he was a counter-intelligence officer. Nigel is sometimes thought to have feelings for Jordan, because of his willingness to do whatever she asks despite the possibility of losing his job as a consequence. He was also never on speaking terms with his father, who still lives in England, until some time before the episode "Murder in the Rue Morgue", in which he mentioned to Jordan that he was glad that he and his father are back in touch and that he regrets having no contact for so long. Relations with his father continue to be very rocky, though.
Detective Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell), a police detective from Wisconsin who often works with Jordan on her cases. Woody is also known to harbor romantic feelings for Jordan, who resists, preferring friendship because she believes it to be safer. However, on Jordan's birthday ("Embraceable You", Season 4), Woody gave her a diamond ring, a gesture that, according to Nigel, shows that Woody wants more from their relationship, but Jordan declined the ring. Premiered in the episode "Wrong Place, Wrong Time", he became a regular in Season 4. On the final episiode of Season 4 ("Jump Push Fall"), Woody was shot by a cop killer and nearly died in the hospital, an event that prompted Jordan to confess her love for him when it was uncertain whether he would survive. Many fans considered this a big step in the right direction for their relationship, but a recovering Woody turned her down, believing her declaration of romantic feelings to be motivated by pity for his condition. When a case took him to Las Vegas, he started a flirtatious relationship with Sam Marquez (from sibling TV series Las Vegas), which is still going on; although he was never seen he was apparently invited by Sam to Delinda Deline's wedding.

[edit] Recurring characters

Max Cavanaugh (Ken Howard) — Jordan's father, an ex-cop turned bar owner, who disappeared in the finale of Season 3 and reappeared in the episode "It Happened One Night." Ken Howard's appearance in the show was changed from regular cast to guest star.
DA Renee Walcott (Susan Gibney) — The district attorney who constantly clashed with Jordan. She also had a romantic relationship with Garret Macy, but it ended when she had an affair with her ex-husband and became pregnant (coinciding with Susan Gibney's pregnancy). She returned later in Season 4.
Det. Matt Seely (David Monahan) — A somewhat misogynistic detective who is the son of a newspaper mogul. Has the tendency to be insensitive and not to think before he speaks, subsequently annoying the characters on the show. He had shown particular interest in Lily Lebowski, and the relationship was being tentatively explored, but Seely has only appeared in a handful of episodes this season, with no word as to whether his character is returing to the show.
Doctor Howard Stiles (Wallace Shawn) — the resident psychiatrist who checks up on everyone's sanity from time to time, especially Jordan's. Flirts with Jordan, but seems to understand her commitment and abandonment issues very well, and is extremely gentle when counseling her.
Det. Roz Framus (Sandra Bernhard) -- a recent acquisition to the recurring character list. She calls Bug "Buggles", which Bug hates.
Emmy (Emy Coligado) -- Works as an assistant in the M.E.'s office. Emy has appeared in over 20 episodes of the show, starting with "Born to Run," the fourth episode of the first season.
ADA Jeffrey Brandau (Ethan Sandler) A new member (as of season 5) of the DA's office who began a romantic relationship with Lily, creating a love triangle of sorts between the two of them and Bug.

[edit] Former characters

Dr. Trey Sanders (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali) — A medical examiner who left after the first season.
Dr. Elaine Duchamps (Lorraine Toussaint) — A medical examiner who joined the team in the second season and often butted heads with Jordan and Garrett as it appeared she was there to take over management of the Coroner's office from Macy. After finally developing a good working relationship with the staff, she died of E. coli in the episode "Perfect Storm" after saving Peter's life.
Dr. Peter Winslow (Ivan Sergei) — A recovering drug addict medical examiner who appeared in Seasons 2-3 and simply disappeared without explanation. Rumours are that Peter may return to the morgue in the upcoming year. A character named "Peter" was briefly mentioned in a season 5 episode, but never seen, suggesting that Peter Winslow never left his job at the morgue and has simply been unseen for the last few seasons.
Dr. Devan Maguire (Jennifer Finnigan) — A pathology resident who appeared in 10 episodes, including one in which Jordan did not appear. Devan was just beginning to develop a close relationship with Woody when she died in a plane crash from Washington D.C. to Boston in the episode "Fire From the Sky."
Detective Annie Capra (Arija Barekis) (Recurring role) -- A female detective partnered with Woody throughout Season 3.
Dr. Sidney Trumaine (Eugene Byrd) (Recurring role) — A new medical examiner who clashed with Bug over power issues. Sidney also disappeared after season 5 (last episode was There’s No Place Like Home II) and is assumed, like Peter above, to be still working, sight unseen at the morgue.
J.D. Pollack (Charles Mesure) — A sometimes oily reporter who dated Jordan early in Season 5. Their relationship, which had at first mostly just been sexual, got serious enough that J.D. considered proposing, but things were off after Jordan slept with Woody in the episode "Loves Me Not." J.D. was found murdered at the end of Season 5.
Detective Tallulah "Lu" Simmons (Leslie Bibb) first appeared in Season 5, when she was assigned to work with Detective Hoyt on some of the psychological issues he endured while serving on the force. Since then, Lu became a frequent collaborator with the ME's office on cases and struck up a relationship with Hoyt; it's unknown how she dealt with Woody's long distance relationship with Sam Marquez. In the episode "33 Bullets" (6x03), she was killed after being shot during a riot in Boston.
William Ivers (Jeffery Donovan) (Recurring role) -- A creepingly charming attorney hired in Season 6 by the governor's office to investigate any questionable behavior within the morgue, aiming directly at Macy, although Jordan was a brief potential suspect. He disappointingly finds nothing wrong and later targets the morgue's current spending as an open door to a major disaster, enforcing a new, strict budget that deprives the morgue of much needed equipment. This loss causes many problems in two important cases (Night of The Living Dead (6x06) & especially Isolation (6x08)), with the latter resulting in the new budget being revoked and Ivers' exit.
Det. Luisa Santana (Camille Guaty) (Recurring role) -- A rising detective in the Boston Police Department who appears in the episode "Blue Moon" and again briefly in "Family Affair." Presumably, she is still with the force.
Oliver Titleman (Brian Kimmet) -- A self-imagined forensics prodigy who fascinates himself with creating the perfect murder and stages elaborate killings to deceive the investigators. He has an unusual obsession with personal beating Dr. Macy at his own game. Oliver appears in episodes "Devil May Care" and "There's No Place Like Home II."

[edit] Show information

Crossing Jordan premiered in 2001 on NBC. It has aired on Monday, Friday and then Sunday, its air date through the 2005-2006 season. For the 2006-2007 season, NBC had planned to move it back to Fridays at 8 pm beginning in October, but without warning nor explanation, replaced it with 1 vs. 100, much to the dismay of viewers wanting resolution of last season's cliffhanger. NBC claimed that Crossing Jordan was such a strong show, that it could be used anywhere in the schedule, yet has only ordered 17 new shows for the new season, instead of the standard 22 or 23 shows that would constitute a "full" season order. NBC recently announced it would return in its original time slot of 10 pm on Sundays starting on January 14, 2007, but will be changed to Wednesdays at 9 pm as of March 7, 2007.

The scientific aspects of the show are comparable to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, but come with a rock and roll sensibility owing to Jordan's psychological Sturm und Drang. The show is also less graphic than the CSI shows, and more character driven.

In the first season, Hennessy was the only cast member to be shown in the opening credits, which featured a rewritten version of Bad Haggis' "REELS Part Two: My Love is In America" (from the CD "Trip") performed by bagpiper Eric Rigler. Starting with the second season, the show adopted more clinical credits where all of the major players were pictured, along with a more rock-like, less Irish sounding opening theme.

The show was put on hiatus for the 2003-2004 season to accommodate Hennessy's real-life pregnancy, not returning to the airwaves until March 9, 2004. The previous cliffhanger plotline was dropped in a new episode, which featured a humorous subplot that paid homage to Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window. The murder victim's name was Alex Corvald — a reference to Thorwald in the film.

Crossing Jordan was created by Tim Kring and is produced by Tailwind Productions in association with NBC Universal. Singer-songwriter duo Wendy and Lisa score the music for the show. Eric Rigler's pipes and whistles can still be heard in most episodes.

Inability of NBC to secure music rights has prevented the show, which relies heavily on pop music in its soundtrack, from being released on DVD. However on the NBC.com blog, it was announced this problem may soon be resolved. [1]

[edit] International

In Australia, the show screens on the Channel Seven on Tuesdays 10:30pm.

In Brazil, the show screens on NBC's Universal Channel.

In Belarus, the show is on Hallmark's international channel (available on cable).

In Bulgaria, the show is on Hallmark's international channel (available on cable) and is called Срещи с Джордан (aka. Meeting Jordan).

In Canada, it airs on Global, CH and Séries+ (French Canada, under the name Témoins silencieux).

In France, the show screens on TF1.

In Germany, the show screens on private network VOX, together with CSI: NY and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

In Indonesia, the show airs on Metro TV.

In Italy, the show airs on Sky satellite network FoxLife.

In Latin America, the show screens on NBC's Universal Channel.

In The Netherlands, the show airs on Talpa.

In Philippines, the show airs on Crime Suspense.

In Poland, the show airs on Hallmark.

In Spain, the show screens in satellite/cable channel Cosmopolitan, and since November 2005 on the broadcast network Cuatro.

In Turkey, the show airs on Digiturk satellite FoxLife channel.

In the UAE and several Arabic countries, the show airs on MBC 4.

In the UK, Crossing Jordan was previously on The Hallmark Channel but is now available on ITV 3.

In the United States, repeats through the last season air on A & E at 9 am and 4 pm EST weekdays.

In Venezuela, it currently airs on Televen on Saturdays at 6:30pm.

[edit] Las Vegas crossover

Crossing Jordan is set in the same fictional universe as fellow NBC series Las Vegas. In the season 4 episode "What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston", a case took Jordan and Woody to Las Vegas, where Woody got very well acquainted with Montecito's host Sam Marquez (Vanessa Marcil), and the long-distance relationship is still going on. O'Connell has appeared in two episodes of Las Vegas so far, and he's slated to appear in two more this season. Vanessa Marcil has also appeared as Sam in two Crossing Jordan episodes.

[edit] Episode list

Season 1

1. [1-01] Pilot (24 September 2001)
2. [1-02] The Dawn of a New Day (1 October 2001)
3. [1-03] The Ties That Bind (8 October 2001)
4. [1-04] Born to Run (15 October 2001)
5. [1-05] You Can't Go Home Again (22 October 2001)
6. [1-06] Believers (29 October 2001)
7. [1-07] Sight Unseen (12 November 2001)
8. [1-08] Digger (1) (19 November 2001)
9. [1-09] Digger (2) (26 November 2001)
10. [1-10] Blue Christmas (10 December 2001)
11. [1-11] Wrong Place, Wrong Time (7 January 2002)
12. [1-12] Blood Relatives (14 January 2002)
13. [1-13] Miracles & Wonders (21 January 2002)
14. [1-14] Four Fathers (28 January 2002)
15. [1-15] Acts of Mercy (4 February 2002)
16. [1-16] Lost and Found (25 February 2002)
17. [1-17] Crime & Punishment (4 March 2002)
18. [1-18] With Honor (18 March 2002)
19. [1-19] For Harry, with Love and Squalor (8 April 2002)
20. [1-20] The Gift of Life (15 April 2002)
21. [1-21] Someone to Count On (29 April 2002)
22. [1-22] Secrets & Lies (1) (6 May 2002)
23. [1-23] Secrets & Lies (2) (13 May 2002)

Season 2

24. [2-01] There's No Place Like Home (23 September 2002)
25. [2-02] Bombs Away (30 September 2002)
26. [2-03] The Truth Is Out There (7 October 2002)
27. [2-04] Pay Back (14 October 2002)
28. [2-05] As If by Fate (21 October 2002)
29. [2-06] One Twelve (11 November 2002)
30. [2-07] Scared Straight (18 November 2002)
31. [2-08] Don't Look Back (2 December 2002)
32. [2-09] Prisoner Exchange (9 December 2002
33. [2-10] Ockham's Razor (6 January 2003)
34. [2-11] Family Ties (13 January 2003)
35. [2-12] Perfect Storm (27 January 2003)
36. [2-13] Strangled (3 February 2003)
37. [2-14] Wild Card (10 February 2003)
38. [2-15] John Doe (24 February 2003)
39. [2-16] Conspiracy (17 March 2003)
40. [2-17] Cruel and Unusual (31 March 2003)
41. [2-18] Fire and Ice (7 April 2003)
42. [2-19] Dead Wives Club (14 April 2003)
43. [2-20] Sunset Division (21 April 2003)
44. [2-21] Pandora's Trunk (1) (28 April 2003)
45. [2-22] Pandora's Trunk (2) (5 May 2003)

Season 3

46. [3-01] Devil May Care (7 March 2004)
47. [3-02] Slam Dunk (12 March 2004)
48. [3-03] Till Death Do Us Part (14 March 2004)
49. [3-04] Is That Plutonium in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? (19 March 2004)
50. [3-05] Dead or Alive (21 March 2004)
51. [3-06] Second Chances (28 March 2004)
52. [3-07] Missing Pieces (4 April 2004)
53. [3-08] Most Likely (18 April 2004)
54. [3-09] All the News Fit to Print (25 April 2004)
55. [3-10] Revealed (9 May 2004)
56. [3-11] He Said, She Said (16 May 2004)
57. [3-12] Dead in the Water (23 May 2004)
58. [3-13] Oh, Brother Where Art Thou? (6 June 2004)

Season 4

59. [4-01] After Dark (26 September 2004)
60. [4-02] Out of Sight (3 October 2004)
61. [4-03] Intruded (10 October 2004)
62. [4-04] Deja Past (17 October 2004)
63. [4-05] Justice Delayed (24 October 2004)
64. [4-06] Blue Moon (31 October 2004)
65. [4-07] What Happens in Vegas Dies in Boston (7 November 2004)
66. [4-08] Fire from the Sky (14 November 2004)
67. [4-09] Necessary Risks (21 November 2004)
68. [4-10] A Stranger Among Us (2 January 2005)
69. [4-11] Murder in the Rue Morgue (9 January 2005)
70. [4-12] Family Affair (30 January 2005)
71. [4-13] You Really Got Me (13 February 2005)
72. [4-14] Gray Murders (13 March 2005)
73. [4-15] It Happened One Night (20 March 2005)
74. [4-16] Skin and Bone (27 March 2005)
75. [4-17] Locard's Exchange (10 April 2005)
76. [4-18] Sanctuary (24 April 2005)
77. [4-19] Embraceable You (1 May 2005)
78. [4-20] Forget Me Not (8 May 2005)
79. [4-21] Jump Push Fall (15 May 2005)

Season 5

80. [5-01] There's No Place Like Home II (25 September 2005)
81. [5-02] Luck Be a Lady (2 October 2005)
82. [5-03] Under the Weather (9 October 2005)
83. [5-04] Judgement Day (16 October 2005)
84. [5-05] Enlightenment (23 October 2005)
85. [5-06] Total Recall (30 October 2005)
86. [5-07] Road Kill (27 November 2005)
87. [5-08] A Man in Blue (4 December 2005)
88. [5-09] Death Goes on (11 December 2005)
89. [5-10] Loves Me Not (8 January 2006)
90. [5-11] The Elephant in the Room (15 January 2006)
91. [5-12] Code of Ethics (22 January 2006)
92. [5-13] Dreamland (29 January 2006)
93. [5-14] Death Toll (12 March 2006)
94. [5-15] Blame Game (19 March 2006)
95. [5-16] Someone to Watch Over Me (26 March 2006)
96. [5-17] Save Me (9 April 2006)
97. [5-18] Thin Ice (16 April 2006)
98. [5-19] Mysterious Ways (23 April 2006)
99. [5-20] Mace vs. Scalpel (30 April 2006)
100. [5-21] Don't Leave Me This Way (7 May 2006)

Season 6

101. [6-01] Retribution (14 January 2007)
102. [6-02] Shattered (21 January 2007)
103. [6-03] 33 Bullets (28 January 2007)
104. [6-04] Crazy Little Thing Called Love (11 February 2007)
105. [6-05] Mr. Little and Mr. Big (18 February 2007)
106. [6-06] Night of the Living Dead (25 February 2007)
107. [6-07] Hubris (7 March 2007)
108. [6-08] Isolation (14 March 2007)
109. [6-09] Seven Feet Under (21 March 2007)
110. [6-10] Fall From Grace (28 March 2007)
111. [6-11] Faith (4 April 2007)
112. [6-12] Sleeping Beauty (11 April 2007)
113. [6-13] Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc (18 April 2007)
114. [6-14] In Sickness & In Health (25 April 2007)
115. [6-15] Get Over It (2 May 2007)
116. [6-16] D.O.A. (9 May 2007)
117. [6-17] Crash (16 May 2007)

[edit] 2006-2007 season

RATINGS PER EPISODE:

Episode 101, "Retribution": 6.8 million viewers
Episode 102, "Shattered": 7.6 million viewers
Episode 103, "33 Bullets": 7.9 million viewers (41st place)
Episode 104, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love": 8.1 million viewers
Episode 105, "Mr. Little and Mr. Big": 7.0 million viewers (65th place)
Episode 106, "Night of the Living Dead": 6.7 million viewers
Episode 107, "Hubris": 8.0 million viewers
Episode 108, "Isolation": 7.4 million viewers
Episode 109, "Seven Feet Under": 6.1 million viewers
Episode 110, "Fall From Grace": 7.0 million viewers

Originally, the show was going to appear on Sunday nights after the football season ends in January, but it was then scheduled to premiere on October 20, 2006 and to be on Friday nights with Medium being put into the after-football Sunday night slot. It was scheduled to air at 8pm Eastern/Pacific and 7pm Central/Mountain, but NBC decided to avoid showing scripted programming at that hour and changed this decision regarding the show, pushing off the season premiere in favor of 1 vs. 100, a game show hosted by Bob Saget.^[1] . The season premiere ran on Sunday January 14, 2007 at 10pm Eastern/Pacific and 9pm Central. A crossover episode of Las Vegas in which the Crossing Jordan characters appear was aired on November 17, 2006. Beginning March 7, 2007, the show will move to a new time slot, Wednesday 9/8c.