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| Jill Hennessy | ... |
Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh
(117 episodes, 2001-2007)
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| Miguel Ferrer | ... |
Dr. Garret Macy
(117 episodes, 2001-2007)
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| Ravi Kapoor | ... |
Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy
(117 episodes, 2001-2007)
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| Steve Valentine | ... |
Dr. Nigel Townsend
(117 episodes, 2001-2007)
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| Kathryn Hahn | ... |
Lily Lebowski
(115 episodes, 2001-2007)
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| Jerry O'Connell | ... |
Detective Woody Hoyt
(88 episodes, 2002-2007)
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| Ken Howard | ... |
Max Cavanaugh
(49 episodes, 2001-2005)
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Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh is a forensic pathologist who lost her job with the Boston medical examiner's office because her passion for solving homicides frequently extended beyond the autopsy table. Years later, an old ally rescues Jordan from court-ordered anger management training in Los Angeles and rehires her to her former job in Boston. Jordan is still feisty and mercurial and a pain in the butt, but management tolerates her because she is good at her job. She and her father, a disgraced former Boston police detective, often solve crimes together by using a role-playing game they've played since Jordan's childhood. It goes: "You be the killer, and I'll be the victim and we'll figure out how this happened." The driving force in Jordan's life and career is the crime she took the longest time to solve -- her mother's murder. Written by A.B. Gilpin
"Crossing Jordan" is the ONLY medical drama that doesn't bore me to death. I tried watching shows such as "CSI" and "CSI: Miami" but they don't seem to have entertaining qualities that a good television show should have. And "ER" has gone downhill in recent years.
What I love about "Crossing Jordan" is the interesting characters and the plausable scenarios. These characters form their own family of friends, which is hard to find in today's medical dramas.
Characters such as Nigel, Bug and Woody give the drama much needed comedy. Who says that drama has to be such a downer? Why not laugh a little? With Jordan being the strong female lead, gives the show much needed respect.