Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)

A "sexy, brilliant" Boston medical examiner... Despite a checkered career, Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh goes above and beyond to solve cases.

Creator:

Tim Kring

Stars:

Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor

5 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jill Hennessy	...	Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh (117 episodes, 2001-2007)
Miguel Ferrer	...	Dr. Garret Macy (117 episodes, 2001-2007)
Ravi Kapoor	...	Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy (117 episodes, 2001-2007)
Steve Valentine	...	Dr. Nigel Townsend (117 episodes, 2001-2007)
Kathryn Hahn	...	Lily Lebowski (115 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jerry O'Connell	...	Detective Woody Hoyt (88 episodes, 2002-2007)
Ken Howard	...	Max Cavanaugh (49 episodes, 2001-2005)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

police | detective | irish american | female detective | boston massachusetts

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

A&E Dr. Nigel Townsend's "blog"

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Tim Kring Project

Filming Locations:

Elm Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tailwind Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jill Hennessy recorded songs for the show's soundtrack.

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Goofs

Throughout the series, the Boston Police Department is shown to be driving Dodge Intrepid cruisers. In real life, the BPD drives Ford Crown Victorias.

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Quotes

Macy: Dead men do tell tales, I guess.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.105 (2012)

User Reviews

WTF? Started good, but oh so bad?

I'm not sure what show thwolf was watching, but it doesn't appear that he was watching this one. Crossing Jordan has been one of the freshest and most interesting of the new crop of "crime dramas" that have surfaced recently. In the same vein as CSI, this show has taken the genre to new levels. It does what CSI does, but better, with more humour and a more interesting cast. Does CSI do well as a show? Yes, but if I had to pick between the two, my money would be on Crossing Jordan. Miguel Ferrer has done top notch work (Top Guns: Part Deux notwithstanding), Jill Hennessy is one of the hottest looking women out there, Jerry O'Connell, well, I've liked him since "My Secret Identity", and the supporting cast crack me up on a weekly basis. As for accuracy and versimilitude, I have a friend who works in the local Coroners office and while the office he works in isn't nearly as bright and breezy as the Boston office in Crossing Jordan, the general feel and the equipment that is mentioned in the show is spot on. Someone on staff does their homework.